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Atlanta, Georgia is the capital city of the state of Georgia. The Metro-Atlanta area's population was over 5.5 million people before the outbreak occurred. It was a major location in Season 1 and Season 5 of the TV series, as well as The Walking Dead Webisodes: Cold Storage and the Tales of the Walking Dead episode "Blair / Gina".
Pre-Apocalypse
Atlanta was home to over 5.5 million people. Not much else is known about it, but it obviously provided many services for the civilians.
Post-Apocalypse
As the undead rose, the government and military advised people to seek the larger cities for protection, yet were unable to handle the dire situation. The military failed to hold the infected back, resulting in the majority of its population reanimating as undead. Military checkpoints were overrun and vehicles were burned or abandoned. People attempted to flee the city using the freeways and highways, however, they became gridlocked, leaving the vehicle occupants vulnerable to the 'walkers'. The Center for Disease Control building is also based in Atlanta and was attempting to discover a cure for the outbreak. When the city became overrun and the military personnel within became infected, airstrikes were called in, releasing napalm onto the city streets and sending in Marines to "liquidate" anyone who survived the bombing. Nevertheless, they were ineffective at clearing out the city of the undead and most of the city remains intact, as just the streets of infected were _targeted (which explains why when Rick Grimes entered the city, he saw several burned vehicles). With the city overrun with undead, it left the outskirts of Atlanta relatively safe until the walkers began to slowly make their way out to the more rural areas, in search of food.
Tales of the Walking Dead: Season 1
"Blair / Gina"
Blair Crawford and Gina work at the Circle of Trust Insurance Company in Atlanta as the outbreak begins. While trying to escape from the city, both women get caught up in a time loop where they repeatedly keep dying while trying to steal an oil tanker. DHS agent Leo Rogers reveals to Blair that the military is shutting down the city and only keeping two back roads open for those trying to leave, Route 122 and the Amurchee Byway.
After Blair and Gina work together to steal the tanker, they head into Atlanta to find Gina's family in the Washington Park neighborhood and escape with them. Stopping on an overpass, the two women spot a mass of civilians trying to flee from a herd down a jammed highway. Blair and Gina dump the fuel from their tanker on the road below them and set it on fire, destroying the herd and saving the civilians. The tanker explodes as well, but both women survive the explosion and continue into Atlanta to find Gina's family.
Webisodes: Cold Storage
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TV Series
Season 1
"Days Gone Bye"
After learning from Morgan Jones of a refugee center in Atlanta, Rick Grimes makes his way to the city in the hopes of finding his family. However, Atlanta turns out to be bombed out and overrun with the undead, forcing Rick to take cover in an abandoned tank.
"Guts"
TBA
"Tell It to the Frogs"
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"Vatos"
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Season 2
"What Lies Ahead"
Atlanta is in the background as Rick tries to talk to Morgan on the radio.
"Chupacabra"
In a flashback, survivors on their way to Atlanta witness the city getting bombed with napalm from a distance.
Season 5
Atlanta is seen once again in the episode "Slabtown", where it's revealed that Beth Greene was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital and was held here since her disappearance in Season 4. It is also revealed that the Atlanta Police Department is still in operation but is extremely limited in its jurisdiction and control, being confined to sections of Grady Memorial Hospital and maintaining somewhat of a dictatorship by forcing "rescued" survivors to do labor. Atlanta is also visited by Carol Peletier and Daryl Dixon in "Consumed" to search for Beth at Grady Memorial Hospital. Noah is also attempting to escape from Atlanta when he runs into Daryl and Carol.
The Ones Who Live: Season 1
"Years"
Atlanta appears in flashbacks to its destruction during Operation Cobalt with Rick recalling that he had seen Atlanta's bombed state. Lieutenant Colonel Donald Okafor reveals to Rick that he was one of the Air Force pilots who had bombed the city and that his wife Estelle was one of the Marines sent in to "liquidate" any survivors of the bombing.
"The Last Time"
Atlanta once again appears in flashbacks to Operation Cobalt as Rick is given the Echelon Briefing by Major General Beale.
Locations
Inhabitants
- Blair Crawford
- Gina
- Joel
- Simon
- Jasmine
- Brian
- Emily
- Gina's Brother
- Gina's Nieces
- Joel's Wife
- Amanda Shepherd
- Dr. Steven Edwards
- Licari
- Bello
- Tanaka
- Alvarado
- McGinley
- Franco
- Percy
- Lt. Dawn Lerner
- Beth Greene
- Sgt. O'Donnell
- Sgt. Bob Lamson
- Jeffries
- Gorman
- Joan
- Gavin Trevitt
- Cpt. Hanson
- Guillermo
- Felipe
- Jorge
- Miguel
- Carlito
- Abuela
- B.J.
- Lenny
- Leo Rogers
- Wendell Rogers
- Many unnamed people
Formerly
Deaths
- Blair Crawford (Multiple Timelines)
- Gina (Multiple Timelines)
- Oil Tanker Driver (At least 3 Timelines)
- Wendell Rogers
- Leo Rogers (Alive)
- Siggard Family Horse
- Wayne Dunlap (Alive and Zombified)
- Lenny (Alive and Zombified)
- Harris (Alive and Zombified)
- B.J. (Alive)
- Ed Peletier
- Amy Harrison (Alive and Zombified)
- Jim (Alive)
- Edwin Jenner
- Jacqui
- Gavin Trevitt
- Joan (Alive and Zombified)
- Gorman
- Bob Lamson
- O'Donnell
- Beth Greene
- Dawn Lerner
- Many unnamed people
- Numerous counts of zombies
Appearances
TV SeriesSeason 1
Season 2
Season 4
Season 5Season 7
Season 9
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WebisodesCold StorageWorld BeyondSeason 2
Tales of the Walking DeadSeason 1The Ones Who LiveSeason 1
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Trivia
- There are a few members of The Walking Dead TV series and Fear the Walking Dead cast and crew that were actually born in Atlanta, Georgia:
- Chandler Riggs, who plays Carl Grimes.
- Scott Wilson, who plays Hershel Greene.
- James Allen McCune, who plays Jimmy.
- IronE Singleton, who plays T-Dog.
- Lorenzo Henrie, who plays Chris Manawa.
- Locations for Rick's house, Morgan Jones' house, and the park where Hannah is first spotted and later killed are all within a quarter mile of each other in Atlanta's historic Grant Park neighborhood. In fact, Rick's house is directly across the street from the Zoo Atlanta. One of its buildings can be seen as Rick leaves his house.
- Many of the scenes in Atlanta were shot in the Five Points district. Locations such as Woodruff Park, Georgia State University, and the buildings surrounding them such as 25 Park Place, the Equitable Building, and the Candler Building can be seen during Rick's escapades.
Tales of the Walking Dead Locations
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| Season 1 | Joe's Bunker • Evie's Cabin • Steven's Cabin • Sandra's Bunker • Atlanta, Georgia • Circle of Trust Insurance Company • Mini Mart • Interstate 85 • Vehicle Jammed Highway • Brooke's Steamboat • Swamps • Sunny Creek RV Park • Dead Sector • Ranger Station • Chattahoochee River • Madawaska, Maine • La Doña Alma's House |
| Larger Regions | Ohio • Michigan • Georgia • Maine • United States of America |