Walking Dead Season 11 First Two Episode Synopses Tease A Suicide Mission

The Walking Dead releases full synopses for the first two episodes of season 11, teasing a desperate suicide mission and more Commonwealth reveals.

The Walking Dead reveals synopses for the first two episodes of season 11, teasing a desperate suicide mission and more details on the Commonwealth. Big changes are afoot in the eleventh and final season of AMC's long-running zombie drama.

Those changes begin with the format for season 11, which will run for an epic-length 24 episodes broken up into three 8-episode blocs. AMC recently released first look images for the kickoff of season 11 teasing harrowing zombie action taking place on a subway train. Another compelling image showed several characters, including mortal enemies Maggie and Negan, going together on some kind of mission.

Now The Walking Dead has fleshed out the story behind those images with synopses for the first two episodes, "Acheron: Part I" and "Acheron: Part II" (Acheron in Greek mythology is the "river of woe," which seems apt). The story sees Maggie leading a group on a mission to procure more food for a starving Alexandria, and encountering zombies on a subway (presumably the Washington D.C. subway). More plotlines involve Yumiko coming into conflict with the Commonwealth and Daryl getting into trouble while searching for Dog.

The episode titles for all of season 11A are as follows:

1101 - Acheron: Part I

1102 - Acheron: Part II

1103 - Hunted

1104 - Rendition

1105 - Out of the Ashes

1106 - On the Inside

1107 - Promises Broken

1108 - For Blood

The synopses for episodes 1101 and 1102 read:

Episode 1101: “Acheron: Part I” (Director: Kevin Dowling; Writers: Angela Kang and Jim Barnes). "Returning to Alexandria from a critical food mission, the group realizes it isn’t enough. Maggie proposes a new plan, potentially a suicide mission. What choice do they have? They must find more food for all their people in order to survive and efficiently rebuild Alexandria. If they don’t, Alexandria falls, taking them down with it. Once on the road, a violent storm erupts forcing them underground into a subway tunnel. As nerves fray and suspicions increase, chaos ensues. The terror is relentless as our people get a glimpse of what Maggie and her group endured prior to returning to Alexandria. Meanwhile, those captured by the strange soldiers are relocated to another undisclosed location."

Episode 1102: “Acheron: Part II” (Director: Kevin Dowling; Writers: Angela Kang and Jim Barnes). "The group discovers a member did not make it to safety inside the subway car. Surrounded by walkers, going back out into the tunnel to search is a guaranteed death wish. All eyes are on Negan as the rule of survival shifts. It is no longer No Man Left Behind. The motto now is We Keep Going. With very little ammo and energy remaining, the group must ready themselves as the walkers have found a way inside the subway train. Meanwhile, Daryl is in his own intense hellish situation trying to find Dog and finding more than he expected; and Yumiko challenges the process at the Commonwealth outpost, which threatens her future and that of Eugene, Ezekiel, and Princess."

It's interesting to note that in the synopsis for "Acheron: Part II" the Commonwealth is simply referred to as the Commonwealth, as AMC had previously been hesitant to flat out confirm that the mystery soldier group is in fact the comic book uber-community fans have long been waiting for. Overall there are no big surprises to be found in the new synopses as mostly they just confirm what any fan could've guessed about the kickoff of season 11: Maggie and Negan will have some tension, the Commonwealth will be further revealed and Daryl will be off doing Daryl things. The Walking Dead season 11 kicks off on AMC on August 22, 2021.