'The Walking Dead' mid-season premiere: watch the first 2 minutes

The Walking Dead's return is only a handful of days away, and to keep us anxious for the debut have been a series of painfully sparse teaser trailers. Now that we've scored glimpses and peeks at what the rest of the season will hold, AMC has decided to ramp up its cruel teases by releasing some footage: exactly two minutes from the start of the return's first episode. There's nothing about the footage that can be considered spoiler-worthy (unless you haven't caught up with all the available episodes yet).

AMC released the footage earlier today on both its website and its YouTube account, but you'll find that it's a bit of trick — the footage is a bunch of cut scenes toggling between what happened during the last episode before the break and what the team plans to do henceforth. It is more or less like another trailer.

If you saw the last episode, you know what the video above was about, but if you haven't caught up yet, you're probably feeling a bit lost. The team is heading out to their next destination, and it has all the promise of being a safe location — though, of course, we've heard that tune before.

The show will return to AMC on February 8, which is this upcoming Sunday. AMC is also planning a "spin-off" series that'll take place in the same world, but with different characters experiencing the situation in a different environment. Hit up the timeline below for more!

SOURCE: amc