Rick wakes up in an abandoned hospital after being shot in the line of duty.

(Italian: "I Giorni Andati" ) is the pilot episode of the AMC series The Walking Dead , which premiered on October 31, 2010. Written and directed by Frank Darabont, it serves as the television adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s comic book series. Episode Overview

He meets survivors Morgan and Duane Jones , who explain the basic rules of survival in the apocalypse.

Rick travels to Atlanta on horseback, mistakenly believing the city to be a safe "refugee centre".

The story follows , a deputy sheriff who awakens from a coma to find the world overrun by the "walking dead".