The Walking Dead Season 4

The fourth season of the [[AMC]] horror–drama television series [[The Walking Dead]] premiered on October 13, 2013, and concluded on March 30, 2014, consisting of 16 episodes. The series is based on the [[series of comic books of the same name]] by [[Robert Kirkman]], [[Tony Moore]], and [[Charlie Adlard]]; it was developed for television by [[Frank Darabont]] and is executive produced by Kirkman, David Alpert, [[Scott M. Gimple]], [[Greg Nicotero]], Tom Luse, and [[Gale Anne Hurd]]. Gimple assumed the role of [[showrunner]] after [[Glen Mazzara]]'s departure at the conclusion of the previous season.Season four introduces the notable comic characters [[Abraham Ford]], [[Eugene Porter]], [[Rosita Espinosa]], [[Bob Stookey]], and [[Lilly]], as well as a modified version of the [[Chambler family]] from [[The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor]] tie-in novel. The season continues the story of former [[sheriff's deputy]] [[Rick Grimes]], who relinquished his leadership in order to live a quiet life in contrast to his cold-hearted nature in the [[previous season]]. Rick and his fellow survivors struggle to maintain their idealistic lifestyle in the prison in the face of threats, including the proliferation of [[walkers]] near the prison gates, the outbreak of a contagious and deadly [[flu]]-like infection within the prison population, and the spectre of [[The Governor]], whose whereabouts and status are unknown and, unbeknownst to the prison community, is planning his revenge upon meeting a new family and rallying a new army. The second half of the season mainly focuses on the individual groups that escaped from the prison after its downfall, and their efforts to survive as they follow a line of railroad tracks to a supposed safe zone named [[Terminus]].