The Walking Dead: Every Season Ranked Worst To Best

In the end, though, the best season of The Walking Dead has to be its tenth, which follows the communities as they're thrown headlong into a gripping and violent final stand against The Whisperers and their irredeemable leaders.

With stunning effects, towering performances and more horror than even season nine dared to feature, season ten's portrayal of paranoia and insanity makes for a visceral viewing experience that's as disquieting as it is genuinely shocking and dis-arming.

Allowing Daryl, Carol, Negan and more grow in remarkable, often heartbreaking ways, the season balances its claustrophobic dread with a distinct sense of character; despite the rapidly growing cast, everyone is given ample opportunity to change and become undone by their imperfections and enemies.

Epic, challenging and deliciously creepy, season ten is surely The Walking Dead's crowning achievement. The drama has never been stronger, the characters rarely so well explored, and the stakes seldom so high. If you're one of many who stopped watching before the end, you're missing out.