![]() ![]() Season 5 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, that's all we're saying about the Pantry Walker. This season also saw Michonne hack herself two new armless, jawless walker companions. Trapped by a falling tree, it had merged with its surroundings and was covered in moss and other vegetation. The Tree Stump Walker was another highlight. Season 4 introduced the first Burned Walkers: “I kept using the analogy of putting a hotdog in the microwave and cooking it so much that the outer skin is black but the underside of the meat that’s not cooked looks pink,” said series producer Greg Nicotero. Hair has thinned substantially while teeth have rotted away more. There’s plenty of flesh hanging off in this season, and clothing is visibly more shabby. In Season 4, the deterioration continues. Season 4 Do these remind you of over-microwaved hotdog sausages? As Daryl saw off his walker bro, we watched the fan-favourite cry real tears. It’s also the season we lost Daryl’s brother Merle to the other side. Season 3’s notable walkers include the Riot Gear Walkers encountered by the group, as well as the Governor’s creepy collection of undead heads in tanks. They’ve got noticeably grislier injuries. Perhaps they’ve been attacked by humans or other walkers before turning. They generally look less fresh as if they’ve not only died and decayed but have been through the mill a bit more. Skin is distinctly greyer in Season 3’s walkers and eye sockets and cheeks are more hollow. Season 3 The Governor with zombie daughter Penny. Other memorable walkers include the Mud Walker, which Carl fails to kill and which winds up coming back to get Dale and Michonne’s armless, jawless Walker Pets. The season is also notable for Carol‘s daughter Sophia’s heartbreaking return to the screen as a zombie. Note the bloated, relatively well-preserved Jabba the Hutt-esque Well Walker that claws at Glenn as he dangles down a well from a rope. In Season 2, we got a glimpse at what immersion in water does to their bodies. Eyes are bloodier and more yellow, while flesh is looser and more visibly coming away from walkers’ bodies. You start to notice a bit more deterioration by Season 2. ![]() There’s also Morgan’s wife, Jenny, who looks near-enough human as she wanders aimlessly outside her former house. One of the season’s most notable walkers was Andrea’s sister, Amy, who turned and was then put down by her distressed sibling. Actors were probably looking at a fairly minimal amount of time in the make-up chair. It’s not until she turns around and comes at him that he realizes she’s not the sweet young girl he took her to be.Ĭlothing is in pretty good nick at this point so aside from a deathly pallor, diseased-looking eyes and any wounds they might have sustained, many of the walkers can almost be mistaken for living people. When Rick encounters the Teddy Bear Girl Walker in Episode 1, he thinks she’s a regular child. In Season 1, the vast majority of walkers exhibit a comparatively small degree of decomposition. Season 1 Rick comes face to face with the Teddy Bear Girl Walker from Episode 1. Here’s our season by season look at how walkers have changed in The Walking Dead, illustrated with some of the most memorable walkers ever to grace the show. But as the seasons have worn on, walkers have changed exponentially, reflecting the passage of time, among other factors. Although walkers are reanimated corpses and therefore exempt from many of the normal rules that apply to the living, they are still affected by decay, much like a regular decomposing corpse, and environmental factors.Īt the start of The Walking Dead, a few weeks into the zombie apocalypse, we saw a lot of freshly turned walkers bearing a close resemblance to the living. As The Walking Dead has progressed, so has its undead.
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