The end begins: the Season 11 premiere of The Walking Dead is now available to watch early on AMC+. “Acheron: Part 1,” the first half of the two-part premiere, is streaming exclusively on AMC+ ahead of an August 22 television debut on the AMC channel. The cabler announced in July new episodes of The Walking Dead: The Final Season Part 1 will premiere one week early all season long on its premium streaming bundle, extending the advance exclusivity window from three days to seven. Starting August 15, the first eight episodes of the 24-episode Season 11 will be added weekly on Sundays instead of Thursdays, with The Final Season Part 2 and Part 3 coming to the service in 2022.

Now all who live in Alexandria struggle to refortify it and feed its increasing number of residents, which include the survivors from the fall of the Kingdom and the burning of Hilltop; along with Maggie and her new group, the Wardens. Alexandria has more people than it can manage to feed and protect. Their situation is dire as tensions heat up over past events and self-preservation rises to the surface within the ravaged walls.

They must secure more food while they attempt to restore Alexandria before it collapses like countless other communities they have come across throughout the years. But where and how? More haggard and hungrier than ever before, they must dig deeper to find the effort and strength to safeguard the lives of their children, even if it means losing their own.

Meanwhile, unbeknownst to those at Alexandria, Eugene, Ezekiel, Yumiko, and Princess are still being held captive by mysterious soldiers who are members of a larger and unforthcoming group.