The Walking Dead: Every Season 10 Episode (So Far) - Ranked Worst To Best

It's hard to believe that The Walking Dead is already ten seasons in, as it feels like just yesterday that we were watching Rick Grimes wake up from his coma only to step into a world ruled by the dead. It's been quite the ride ever since, with some incredible highs that seized the public consciousness and some dreadful lows that soured critics and turned audiences away in droves.

And while it may not be the pop culture juggernaut that it was a few years ago thanks in no small part to the reception of the show's seventh and eighth seasons, many of those who have stuck with the series seem to agree that showrunner Angela Kang has breathed new life into it. After an acclaimed ninth season that saw the departure of its own lead character and introduced the Whisperers, season ten has mostly kept the momentum rolling along, pushing characters new and old to the forefront as the conflict with Alpha and her pack continues to heighten.

Now that the first half of season ten has come to an end, beginning the wait for the show's return in February, let's take a spoiler-filled look back over the eight episodes we've gotten so far in order to sort out the cream of the undead crop...

After a pretty busy season premiere that caught us up with what many of the survivors had been up to since the conclusion of season nine, the second episode of the tenth season turned the spotlight on Alpha and the Whisperers.

While flashbacks helped reveal how Alpha and Lydia met Beta, a pivotal event that marked the birth of the Whisperer philosophy, present day events explored a consequence of last season: Alpha having forced Mary's sister to abandon her child to walkers outside of Hilltop. When her sister snapped and attacked Alpha, Mary killed her sister to protect her leader, earning herself a more important role in the group's hierarchy as Gamma.

Of course, Beta also discovered that Alpha had lied about Lydia's death, a false sacrifice that had been used to reinforce many of the Whisperers' loyalties and a dangerous secret that only created cracks in the facade further in the season. Overall, the episode's exploration of the group's origins and the establishment of Gamma as a character made it interesting, but its pushing the brakes on the momentum built by the premiere worked against it when it comes to its placement on this list.