THE WALKING DEAD Season 7 Premiere Episode Now Available to Watch Online (US Only)

Featuring perhaps the most pivotal moment yet in the series, AMC's The Walking Dead Season 7 premiere episode pulled no punches (or, rather, swings), and if you haven't had a chance to watch it yet, or if you want to experience its heart-shattering emotions once again, the opening installment of the new season is now available to watch online for free.

If you live in the US, you can watch The Walking Dead Season 7 premiere episode online by visiting the show's official website.

"Up until this point, the survivors have lived through conflicts... Disease, hunger, scores of the undead, tragedy, betrayal, and unthinkable loss. Through this, they've become formidable. Powerful. Unstoppable.

To start Season 7, that power is taken away. They had found safety and stability. They had created a home. They thought the world was theirs. They thought they knew the world. They were wrong.

The first half of Season 7 sees the group fractured, broken, bereaved, and picking up the pieces while living under the thumb of oppression. Negan will have successfully brought the survivors under his control, brutally convincing them to live under his rules with a deadly and horrific example of what happens if they don’t.

Other characters are unaware of what’s happened, but have become separated from the group either by incident or choice -- they will learn that they can’t escape this new turn of their world, either. This half season is about these characters starting over.

The overall theme of the season is beginning again. The world isn’t what they thought it was. It’s bigger and it’s even more dangerous."

Keep an eye out for multiple interviews with the cast and creators of The Walking Dead to discuss the season 7 premiere, and in case you missed it, check out a clip and photo from the next episode, "The Well."