The penultimate 10th season of the hugely popular post-apocalyptic zombie series “The Walking Dead” (TWD) arrived in October last year hot on the heels of its highest-rated season ever on Rotten Tomatoes.
Certainly, 91 percent for Season 9 is nothing to scoff at—a steep climb from its worst-rated previous season (64 percent for Season 8) since the show’s splashy, ground-breaking debut in 2010.
“The Calm Before,” Season 9’s second to the last episode, is now the highest fan-rated episode ever, alongside “No Way Out” (Season 6, in which Carl, played by Chandler Riggs, is shot in the face) and “Too Far Gone,” (Season 4, when Hershel is decapitated by The Governor).
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