The wait is over

G ood things come to those who wait, as the saying goes, but the wait for new episodes can test even the most dedicated of TV fandom. Luckily for zombie fans, one of television’s most successful horror series is about to return. Following the end of the Whisperer War, the survivors scatter and struggle to find the strength to go on as they face past traumas and deal with new threats in “The Walking Dead,” airing Sunday, Feb. 28, on AMC. The mid-season debut kicks off the final six episodes of Season 10, each of which will focus on small groups of the show’s characters in the lead-up to TWD’S 11th and final season. Subscribers to AMC’S streaming service AMC+ will get to watch the new episodes even earlier as they premiere on Thursdays, beginning Feb. 25. Based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman,tony Moore and Charlie Adlard, “The Walking Dead” follows a group of people trying to survive a zombie apocalypse. Over the course of several seasons, they have banded together to battle all kinds of threats from both the undead and the living. When the most recent episode of “The Walking Dead” aired in October, the characters had finally triumphed over the Whisperers and Daryl (Norman Reedus, “The Boondock Saints,” 1999) killed their leader, Beta (Ryan Hurst, “Sons of Anarchy”). The episode also featured the return of Maggie (Lauren Cohan, “Whiskey Cavalier”), who had been gone since Season 9, her whereabouts unknown. Originally scheduled to air on April 12, 2020, the episode was supposed to be the Season 10 finale, but it was announced during San Diego Comic Con’s Home Stream event that an additional six episodes would air between February and April 2021. In January, Cinema Blend revealed that “The Walking Dead” showrunner Angela Kang had explained that each of the six remaining episodes would focus on what is going on with specific characters, rather than moving the story forward as a whole. “There [are] some other things that we’re doing deep dives into, like Daryl and Carol and Negan, Gabriel, and Aaron has some really cool stuff,” Kang said.