I absolutely love this new side of Rick, hrle's showing that he is fit to lead the team! Better than Shane ever was IMO. He's not afraid to tell people how it is and when that prisoner tried to get the walker on Rick, he took care of the problem right after, demonstrating that you don't mess around with Rick. Love how T-Dogg is the most useful he's ever been, and Daryl has a Rick's back. This is already a great season and I expect it to remain great throughout it. Looks like next week will focus on Michone, Andrea, and the Governor, can't wait been looking forward to seeing the Governor

Why aren't they cauterizing Hershels leg? He'll be lucky if the blood loss doesn't kill him.

I like how Rick is taking charge so insistently he's clearly been on edge for a long time.

I wonder how the inmates will react to Rick being a sheriff...
Get the feeling Carl will tell one of them without realising that it might stir up trouble.

Considering the two bigger trouble makers of the inmates are dead, I don't think they have to worry about them finding out Rick was a Sherriff especially after what Rick has done, one does not simply mess with Rick this season

Yeah that was before I seen that part.

Glad it happened that way I was thinking "oh here we go" when that main one was clearly a dick.
Daryl and Rick are such a good team now.

Really like where this series is going so far.

It's also good to see that Rick hasn't forsaken his humanity he clearly felt bad about leaving that guy to the walkers, but knew it needed to be done.
Carl being a fool once again.

I liked the episode, but honestly you guys need to stop hating on Shane. Shane did what he had to to get the group through while Rick was recovering. He would be a good help in this group if he had accepted to give Rick some slack. If Shane were in the situation where there were those prisoners, those prisoners would have been dead with no questions asked.

I'm also happy that Lori is accepting her mistakes. I think people need to step back and give her a chance. I already know what happens to her though so I'm guessing Lori haters will be happy.

Everyone keeps telling me how cool T'Dog is or whatever his name is, yet he barely says anything. I don't know why they keep him around if he is just lurking in the background. He needs a bigger role.

It was super shocking that Rick killed that prisoner. I'll give him one point for that. Shane wouldn't have taken any chances just saying.

The only person I can say I actually like is Daryl. He is the guy who doesn't start crap and gets the job done. He has a caring side too so it gives him a human factor. Rick to me is as dead as the zombies.

So you're saying kill all prisoners without giving them a chance??? What if a guy was only in jail for stealing radios, or something small kill them just because they were inmates? I liked Ricks approach to the situation, and Dartl is standing behind Rick in his decisions. Shane started caring about one or two people only, that was it after some time, he'd kill anyone including Rick just to he with Lauri. I had some respect for Shane season 1, season 2 had none.

Just because T-Dog dies not have any lines doesn't make him useless he's been helping the group a lot taking down zombies, in the whole group Lauri and Beth are probably the least useful characters right now. Ok maybe Lauri gets a pass now since she's pregnant but even before pregnancy, she thinks her husband is dead and withing a month or two at the most she's already sleeping with his best friend? Sheesh that was quick.

Why one or two months I say? Creator of the show said that since the outbreak started to the end of season 2 it's only been 4 months.

At least she's admitting for her mistakes, but I can't blame Rick for not fully getting over it yet. Also no doubt in my mind Shane wold have killed Hershell. I think Rick made the right choices and I think at least one of the two surviving inmates will be of some help in the future.

Yeah Shane would have shot Hershel or something, no doubt.

And then the group would be void if it's only trained doctor.
Shane was good for quickly making what would be a hard decision for most anyone, but his problem was that he made them too quick instead of thinking about it in a sane way.


I guess it makes sense that Lori would have hopped in to bed with someone just to generally take her mind of the situation and the fact that she lost her husband.
But if she really truly loved him surely she would have been depressed a lot longer.


T.Dog is doing not bad for only using an arrow or something to kill zombies...but that's about all there is to his character lol. At least right now.

Finally got to watch the 2nd episode last night, and I like the way it's heading so far. Although I thought they killed off most of the prisoners a little too fast but oh well. I really like how Rick is handling situations now, season 1 or hell even season 2 Rick would have done things way differently.

Rick took a chance allowing the prisoners to be given an opportunity. He almost died when that prisoner threw the zombie on him, which would have left the group in even WORSE condition. A worse condition because they would be without having someone to guide them along. What if they killed any of his partners? It would have been on him and no one else. Daryl was willing to take them out as soon as he saw them and rightfully so. He does respect Rick's decisions, but we will see how long he does because I have a feeling his brother Merle will return and change Daryl's thinking.

Shane would have killed them right then like they should have been. Rick took a chance. Shane would have kept the group from almost getting killed by that one prisoner who let all the zombies loose in the area when Rick clearly told him to open one door. We don't even know what the other two will do if given the chance. We will have to wait and see on that one.

Shane, as mean as he was, he cared for the whole group. If he didn't, he wouldn't have bashed that man's face in for hurting his wife. I forgot what her name was. She was the one trying to perform surgery on a dead zombie in the 2nd episode. I don't care much about her, but Shane had some sense of right and wrong.

I mean if you think about it, if it wasn't for Shane's rash decision, they would STILL be searching for the girl. Shane was the one who went to the high school to get the suppies. I know the zombies eventually found the farm. However, they would have never found out what happened to the girl. Daryl almost died because he had to search for her. An important person to the group would have died if it wasn't for his ability to survive in harsh conditions.

Well we know that Lori isn't exactly useless considering she saved Hershell with CPR. The other woman would have been capable of delivering the baby considering she was practicing it on a zombie. There are ways of getting around tough situations. What Rick did almost put the group at risk for getting killed. However, I do give him props for doing what he should have done from the beginning. He eventually came around.

I am not defending Lori's cheating whatsoever, but it wasn't entirely her fault. I don't like to condone cheating because it is wrong. I'm thinking it through her perspective though. She THOUGHT/ WAS TOLD her husband was dead, wild zombies are everywhere, and she wanted a somewhat normal life for her son in a hellish world. Shane was there even if he took advantage of the situation. What she thought was he could give her son a "father" figure in case that Rick was dead. The world was in chaos. When it is in chaos, rational decisions are hard to make. It is possible she thought she would die. If she died, at least she knew that her son had someone to look after him. The pain she felt was hard to endure especially in those stressful times. She said it herself. She did it to feel somewhat alive in a dead world.

When Rick returned, she refused any romance with Shane despite him constantly being on her. It's why I don't think she is as BAD as people make her out to be.

The fact that she is admitting her mistakes in this season is a step in the right direction. Most people tend to not admit when they were wrong.

The reason why I say T-Dog is useless at the moment is because he barely has any lines. I was told he is kick ***** and that is what I want to see. New characters need to step up to the plate because I am waiting for them to shine.

Killing the prisoners outright wouldn't have made Rick much different from the walkers, it's good that he hasn't lost his humanity yet.

It was really just that one guy who opened both doors that needed to die, had he not been a dick the prisoners could have been pretty useful. Especially that huge guy he was a freaking tank.

Anyway I think it would have been a bad idea to kill them because the group was just barely surviving as it is and the prisoners could have had majorly helpful skills. The junkie guy seems ok but the black guy left alive with him could be trouble he seems a pretty angry guy.


I don't think Shane would have definitely killed them, it was easy to see the long haired guy was the trouble. He might have let them joined the group and then killed him when they were alone.
Didn't he do something like that already in season 2?
Killing them all when they met would have led to a fight in which any of the group could have died or been injured so a tactful approach would have been better I feel.

I love this new side of Rick. Its like a mixture between his own persona and Shane's. T-Dog's shining, I think he's had the most lines/actions in this series so far, which, to me, signals that he may either meet his end soon or become an integral character.

The way that one prisoner killed the other just shook me to the bone. Merciless, honestly I was frightened.

I think the guy with the heavy accent is a mix between Andrew and Axel. He was convicted of abusing pharmaceuticals (Presumably) and he just seems like Axel in character.

If I had to say anything, I think that T-Dog is slowly becoming the 'Tyreese' of the TV series.

Agreed, I saw a funny picture but cant seem to find it that was captioned something like "Kills Shane, becomes Shane." Which does make it even more sad they killed off Shane only for Rick to essentially become him.

Also agree on the prisoner killing that guy, was not expecting that and it was crazy graphic.

When the show first started, that is who I thought T-Dog was supposed to be, but he just isnt quite as badass as Tyreese.

the high points were Merle getting back and when the Givernor kills the whole army as well as the end with the heads in the aquarium. Overall good for introductions, but nowhere near as good as the first two. I can see the Governor make Shane look like an angel. Looks like things will pick back up next week.

Was kind of stupid when the girls were hiding by the crashed chopper they were only like 20m away, how blind are they? That could have been done better they were hardly hidden it was just stupid really.

Merle being back is awesome, obviously there'll be a point where he and Daryl meet and he tries to convince Daryl to leave the main group and help him kill Rick so that will be tense.
I think Daryl will stick to the main group/Ricks side though.


The Governor seems quite...damaged anyway but I can see how killing the soldiers was a good albeit a tad evil decision.