The Walking Dead: 10 Questions That Always Confused You

10. How Long Was Rick In A Coma?

One of the most-discussed aspects of the show since its very first episode has been the length of time that Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) spends in a coma after being shot and then reawakening in the midst of the undead apocalypse.

The timeline of Rick's recovery has never been concretely confirmed within The Walking Dead itself, with fans regularly speculating that he was probably holed up in that hospital bed for at least a month or two.

But in 2015, while promoting spin-off Fear the Walking Dead, its showrunner and executive producer Dave Erickson told Tech Insider that the comic's creator, Robert Kirkman, had given him a rough timeframe. He said:

"Robert has said for him, the coma, Rick was probably out four to five weeks."

As for how Rick was able to survive that long without food and water? It's been theorised that he was taken care of by Dr. Gale Macones (Ellen Greene), who was shown to be caring for patients in the same hospital in the webisode series "The Oath."