--- title: The Walking Dead: John Cleese Recaps All 6 Seasons description: The Walking Dead returns for the premiere of its seventh season Sunday, which means it's high time for a recap of the past six seasons. canonical: https://time.com/4536767/walking-dead-john-cleese-recap/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-19T17:52:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:46.134Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: British Comedy Legend John Cleese Recaps All 6 Seasons of The Walking Dead og:description: "Lesson 2: There are no safe places" og:url: https://time.com/4536767/walking-dead-john-cleese-recap/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: British Comedy Legend John Cleese Recaps All 6 Seasons of The Walking Dead twitter:description: "Lesson 2: There are no safe places" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch British Comedy Legend John Cleese's Amusing Recap of Every _Walking Dead_ Season  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 19, 2016 5:52 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 19, 2016 5:52 PM CUT [_The Walking Dead_](http://time.com/4525059/walking-dead-rick-grimes-negan-season-7-premiere-sneak-peak/ "undefined")returns for the premiere of its [seventh season](http://time.com/4420036/walking-dead-season-7-trailer/ "undefined") Sunday, which means it’s high time for a recap of everything that has happened to [Rick Grimes](http://time.com/4194632/walking-dead-villains-ranking/ "undefined") and the rest of the crew over the past six years. Luckily — for those who don’t have [four days](http://www.bingeclock.com/s/walking-dead/ "undefined") to devote to binge-watching all 83 episodes — British comedy legend John Cleese is here to give viewers a 4-minute rundown of the events of the zombie apocalypse. The _Monty Python_ alum even supplies some rules for fans to remember as they watch the AMC drama such as, “Zombies are not called zombies,” and, “There are no safe places.” Watch the full video below. “The Day Will Come When You Won’t Be,” the first episode of _The Walking Dead’s_ seventh season airs Sunday at 9 p.m. EST on AMC. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4536767/walking-dead-john-cleese-recap/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4536767/walking-dead-john-cleese-recap/"},"headline":"Watch British Comedy Legend John Cleese's Amusing Recap of Every Walking Dead Season","datePublished":"2016-10-19T17:52:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:46.134Z","description":"\"Lesson 2: There are no safe places\"","url":"https://time.com/4536767/walking-dead-john-cleese-recap/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","The Walking Dead","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4536767/walking-dead-john-cleese-recap/","name":"Watch British Comedy Legend John Cleese's Amusing Recap of Every Walking Dead Season"}}]}] ```