The Walking Dead season 5 synopsis revealed

Last Updated on July 22, 2021

AMC's hit series "The Walking Dead" returns in less than a month, arriving on October 12, and now Fox has revealed the fifth season's synopsis which asks questions about identity, survival, and who the characters will 'become'.

Based on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics, “The Walking Dead” tells the story of the months and years that follow after a zombie apocalypse and follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, who travel in search of a safe and secure home.

The show stars Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Chandler Riggs, Melissa McBride, Emily Kinney, Danai Gurira, Chad Coleman and Sonequa Martin-Green. Check out the season 5 synopsis below:

Season Four of The Walking Dead ended with Rick and the group outgunned, outnumbered, and trapped in a train car awaiting a grim fate.

Season Five picks up shortly thereafter. What follows is a story that weaves the true motives of the people of Terminus with the hopeful prospect of a cure in Washington, D.C., the fate of the group’s lost comrades, as well as new locales, new conflicts, and new obstacles in keeping the group together and staying alive.

Stories will break apart and intersect. The characters will find love and hate. Peace and conflict. Contentment and terror. And, in the quest to find a permanent, safe place to call home, one question will haunt them…

After all they’ve seen, all they’ve done, all they’ve sacrificed, lost, and held on to no matter what the cost…

Who do they become?

What's interesting about the upcoming season is that, for the first time since the series launched, "The Walking Dead" doesn't have a time-jump this year, but instead picks up right where we left off in season 4.

"The Walking Dead" returns on October 12.