The Walking Dead Season 8, Episode 1 Mercy Drama IMDB 8.1 Country United States Air Date 2017-10-22 Actors Lauren Cohan (Maggie Greene) Norman Reedus (Daryl Dixon) Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Negan Smith) Melissa McBride (Carol Peletier) Christian Serratos (Rosita Espinosa) Seth Gilliam (Gabriel Stokes) Ross Marquand (Aaron) Josh McDermitt (Eugene Porter) Khary Payton (Ezekiel Sutton) Cooper Andrews (Jerry) Overview Rick and his group, along with the Kingdom and Hilltop, have banded together to bring the fight to Negan and the Saviors.