The Walking Dead season 9 in pictures: Best moments from episode 1
THE WALKING DEAD season nine premiered in the US last night with the UK premiere following tonight. Take a look at the preview pictures of the season premiere.
WARNING: This article contains spoilers from The Walking Dead season nine, episode one.
The first instalment of The Walking Dead season nine did not disappoint.
Jumping forward 18 months, the series shows leader of the Alexandria Rick (Andrew Lincoln) with grey hair for the first time in the long-waited time jump storyline.
Assuming the viewers are aware of this time hop, A New Beginning, gets straight to work showing the survivors in post-war peacetime.
Episode one of the drama shows Maggie Greene (played by Lauren Cohan) introduced as the winner of the Hilltop election.
Maggie quickly reveals her ability to lead and make bold decisions by executing Gregory played by Xander Berkeley.
Viewers were happy to see the back of Gregory, who fans of the show will recall, sold out his people to Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and came grovelling back.
The premiere of series nine was a major moment for the actress, who recently revealed she was quitting her role as Maggie.
Pictures show spoilers of the first episode of season nine.
The Walking Dead season nine continues on AMC next Sunday.