The Walking Dead Season One Episode Two Recap

Episode Two:  This episode lets us meet the group of survivors.  We see that some kind of relationship between Lori and Shane have taken place, though it’s one of lust. We also start were episode one left off, Rick being stuck in the tank while a voice from the radio helps him make an escape plan. Once Rick is free and meets a separate group of survivors who are not happy about Rick’s arrival.

Now our group is trapped and has nowhere to go.  Plus, there are already tensions between the members of the group. We meet Merle Dixon who cannot leave his racist opinions to himself and he suffers for it. Rick handcuffs him and he gets left behind. The group tries to use the sewers to escape. Glenn, our mystery voice and another survivor inspect the sewers while everyone, but Merle keep an eye out on the main level for walkers.

The walkers break through and the sewer is closed off.  So Rick, being the hero he is and coming up with crazy plans decides that in order for them to smell dead they will cover themselves, from the neck down of course with walker… pieces. They test it walking to the construction site to get a truck and it works pretty good… until it starts to rain.  They make it to the truck and come up with another plan to get the walkers away from the store. This of course means hot-wiring a Dodge Charger with the theft alarm sounding off.

In a hurry to meet the truck they are torn with whether to let Merle free or not. The key is dropped and Merle is left behind with walkers closing in.  They do chain the door so that hopefully Merle will not have any walkers find him on the roof.  The group pikes into the truck with seconds to spare and flies down the road back towards the camp. The episode ends with Glenn Driving the Charger back to the camp enjoying the ride. 

My Reaction:  This episode I like a lot because of the action of it. Who would think to take a walker chop them up and then slather those pieces on them so they do not smell like a human? I've seen shows or movies where people will tried to act like a zombie to get by, but never this. 

I also like how Rick is always coming up with ideas to get the group out. You can see how he is trying to get out so he can see his wife and son again. No one seems to know that his family is part of their group back at the camp site. 

I will say to go from the 90 minute season premiere to the 50 minute second episode is kind of a let down. I know shows do this a lot, but when you watch it episode by episode it takes something away. I didn't notice this the first time I watched this, but we watch the entire season is on sitting. I am doing it episode by episode so I can write these recaps. 

So this is a good episode, with some crazy gore and scary walkers. The scenes with the group back at the camp site seem a bit pointless, but I think there is a point to them. It gives you an idea of what people are doing when they are not face with the threat of walkers.