The Walking Dead: Every Season 1 Episode Ranked Worst To Best

6. Vatos

Vatos watches like a teaser of things to come, as Rick, Daryl and T-Dog come face-to-face with a rival gang who've stolen their weapons and kidnapped Glenn.

This leads to some tense sequences, including a stand-off between our three heavily outnumbered heroes and their intimidating new foes. It also finds Daryl working with Rick for the first time, and is the first episode to really highlight how much danger Glenn puts himself into for his friends.

On the other side of the episode, Shane and Lori struggle to put their affair behind them now that Rick has miraculously returned, and Shane begins to crack under the pressure of his new life.

It's a thrilling episode overall, despite being slightly let-down by the reveal that the titular Vatos Gang aren't bad people at all, but equally desperate survivors looking after a home of old people. Aside from the tacky and unearned twist, it's solid enough stuff as far as filler episodes go.