Before the pouring of champagne, the vocal countdown as the ball drops, and the sharing of midnight kisses, New Year's Eve is a time to reflect on the events of the past year and the things to come in the year ahead. Beginning December 30th, AMC is giving viewers a chance to look back on the storied past four years of The Walking Dead with a massive marathon comprised of every episode of the series.

Starting with the pilot episode, "Days Gone Bye", at 9:00am EST on December 30th and ending with the mid-Season 5 finale, "Coda", at 5:00am EST on Saturday, January 3rd, AMC's The Walking Dead marathon includes every episode of the series, with back-to-back airings of the first half of Season 5. So if you need to catch up on the latest episodes, want to take a stroll down living dead memory lane, or you're looking to add some zombie mayhem to your New Year's Eve party, AMC has you covered.

“Season Four of “The Walking Dead” ended with Rick and the group outgunned, outnumbered, and trapped in a train car awaiting a grim fate.

Season Five picks up shortly thereafter. What follows is a story that weaves the true motives of the people of Terminus with the hopeful prospect of a cure in Washington, D.C., the fate of the group’s lost comrades, as well as new locales, new conflicts, and new obstacles in keeping the group together and staying alive.

Stories will break apart and intersect. The characters will find love and hate. Peace and conflict. Contentment and terror. And, in the quest to find a permanent, safe place to call home, one question will haunt them…

After all they’ve seen, all they’ve done, all they’ve sacrificed, lost, and held on to no matter what the cost… Who do they become?”

The Walking Dead returns with new episodes beginning February 8th. In case you missed it, here's footage from the upcoming second half of Season 5:

Footage via SpoilerTV:

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