But, this is "The Walking Dead," of course so happiness is short-lived as walkers and outside threats are no match for danger brewing inside the fences.
The seeds of future calamities are sown in the opening episodes — a mysterious increase in walkers outside one section of fence, a potentially disastrous visit from Mother Nature inside the prison — and there's no reason to think that the tension won't build steadily over the season.
From gritty graphic novels like The Walking Dead to YA sensations like The Hunger Games and Divergent, our appetite for seeing a world even more messed up than our own is as endless as that horde of walkers outside the RV.
Leeds were quickly level when Danny McGuire punished Hull's failure to deal with a high Sinfield kick, but Hull continued to attack with great purpose and imagination, and by the 14th minute they were ahead again when their prolific young centre Kirk Yeaman beat his opposite number Chev Walker on the outside for his ninth try of the season.
He needed a wheeled walker when moving outside, but he could drive his car for a longer distance.
Nearby, Jesus Dumois, 78, a retired ambulette driver from Cuba, was perched on the seat of his rolling walker, just outside Formaggio Essex.
IKE WALKER stalked outside a rival then off the rail, came three deep into the stretch and was edged for the show.
On dry days, however, regular dog walkers still got outside, even if it was cold.
"Because I work upstairs, I've had to become a walker just to get outside," she told me, as she mixed our drinks in a blender.
Novkov, who said he regularly participated in anti-Walker protests outside the state capitol, vowed to be back on the protest line Wednesday morning.
