Okay, I apparently found different views on the episode than most people here. For starters, Shane didn't kill the kid b/c he told him he knew where the group was, he freed him from the barn and then killed him as a reason to get Rick out in the woods to kill him. That's why he ran himself into the tree, to make it look like Randall attacked him. He's been trying to kill Rick ever since Rick found the group. Remember when they were in the woods at the very beginning of the season (or it was the end of last season, they are blurring together a little bit), and Dale watched Shane eye up Rick with his gun? He's wanted Rick gone so he can be with Lori (only God knows why, she looks like Olive Oyl from Popeye. Isn't she supposed to be pregnant?? Put some fat on that girl!) Anway, I digress. Jenner did tell Rick that everyone is infected, it's going to come out next week exactly how. But when Shane and Rick had Randall up at the school, they saw the three dead walkers lying on the ground, but they didn't have any bite marks. They had scratches but that's not what turned them. They turned b/c they died from some other cause and came back. Like someone else said, unless you get shot in the head, you will return as a walker.

Also, can someone tell me what exactly makes Shane "eye-candy"??? I find nothing about him appealing. Now Darryl on the other hand is sexy as hell, but I've been a Norman Reedus fan for years, so I'm partial.

Carl has been pissing me off to NO end, who the heck watches this kid?? Neither of his parents seem too concerned with his whereabouts, Shane was the only person to ask him where he's been. Someone needs to drive it through his brain that he can't just wander off in the middle of the night by himself when there are walkers roaming around EVERYWHERE. But, I have to give it to the kid, that was one hell of a shot at the end. Yeah, it got the walkers attention, but there were hundreds of them, and they were already so close to the house that they would have found it eventually. It just helps make the season finale that much more exciting. For a kid as young as he is with as little gun experience as he did to shot a zombie that is running in their direction in the center of the forehead, with his dad standing between them is a pretty damn good shot. But how exactly did Carl get the gun back? In the last episode, he dropped it and ran off when the walker attacked him. Did he go back out in the woods again without telling anyone and just get lucky this time? My guess is yes. But no one has told Darryl that his gun is gone, and he and Glen are still out in the woods!! I'm thinking that something is going to happen where he can't get back into the house and he's going to have to escape on his bike, and he will run out of arrows and go for the gun in his saddlebag and it won't be there and he will be screwed. And it will be all Carl's fault.

Now that I've vented and got that out, sorry for taking up so much space hahaha. I could go on but there isn't enough room to keep talking hahaha.

I can't think Rick is a wuss. I mean, he shot the little girl, he stabbed Shane. Shane was an obnoxious arrogant d*ck. While it was awesome to see him die, I wish they didn't because it kept the show a little more interesting. What the hell are they going to do now!?!?! That house is going to invaded! OMG OMG OMG

Don't forget taking out the two guys in the bar, and I guess the boatload of zombies should also count. Interesting theories on if Rick knew everyone is already infected from what Dr. Jenner told him? It didn't seem that way since he turned his back on Shane. And why not tell the rest of the group that detail unless he wanted to keep the calm. I thought that was what he was told for a long time, but I am starting to have second thoughts.

But no one has told Darryl that his gun is gone, and he and Glen are still out in the woods!! I'm thinking that something is going to happen where he can't get back into the house and he's going to have to escape on his bike, and he will run out of arrows and go for the gun in his saddlebag and it won't be there and he will be screwed. And it will be all Carl's fault.

Darryl knows that his gun is gone. He made the comment last night when he was given Dale's gun that he wished he knew what happened to his. And I totally agree with you on Carl. Put a damn leash on that kid! Or let a walker eat him. One or the other ;-) And it has been widely speculated for a while now that everyone is already infected with whatever makes you a walker. You just have to die, and then you reanimate. So between the officers, the prisoner, and Shane, I think we pretty much have our answer. That was really creepy though when they were showing what was going on in his head before he reanimated though. And that last scene, when you see all the walkers in the background, gave me chills. I did tell my husband though that I thought it was funny that we saw more walkers in the first five minutes of the show that the last 5 episodes combined ;-)

Okay, I apparently found different views on the episode than most people here.

I like just about everything you have to say! When Rick told Carl to keep the gun, I was thinking what the Hell it's Daryl's gun for crying out loud. Make him take it back to Daryl, cause I think Daryl would understand and maybe even be proud of him on some level.

I agree, Carl should have had to man up and told Darryl he's the reason his gun was gone. Rick keeps saying how he's got to grow up, there's no more kid stuff, etc. Okay, then give him an opportunity to "man up" and let him take responsibility for his actions!!

Darryl has Dale's side arm now... T-dog gave it to him

I read that on the next episode we find out what Jenner whispered in Ricks ear and that not every cast member will be making it to season 3, so it sounds like we will be losing someone else next.

I think they are going to say that Jenner says the zombie virus was a government experiment gone wrong

T-Dog and Carol are going down, pretty safe bets

I couldn't help to think in the beginning when T-Dog had the hammer, please don't try to make him into Tyrese replacement. And with Carol, I think she serves a purpose in staying around. If they keep her close to the comic, some interesting things happen with her that could translate well into the show, but that stuff may not occur if they work up her relationship with Daryl.

I think the season finale will be everyone holed up in the house with the zombies closing in. Then, the gang of 30 from 5 miles down the road will arrive and dispense with the zombies. But then, this gang of 30 will be even more of a danger than the zombies were...and one of them will be Daryl's brother.

Next season would be about dealing with this bigger, more powerful bunch of a'holes...one of whom has a vendetta against the 'Rick group'. And Daryl will have to choose sides.

This adds more humans to the storyline.

That is how I would write it, anyway.

I think the season finale will be everyone holed up in the house with the zombies closing in. Then, the gang of 30 from 5 miles down the road will arrive and dispense with the zombies. But then, this gang of 30 will be even more of a danger than the zombies were...and one of them will be Daryl's brother.

Next season would be about dealing with this bigger, more powerful bunch of a'holes...one of whom has a vendetta against the 'Rick group'. And Daryl will have to choose sides.

This adds more humans to the storyline.

That is how I would write it, anyway.

And (next season) I think the gang of 30 may molest or attempt to hurt Carol, and a ) she will show she's tough instead of a wimp and b ) Daryl will take her side against his brother and gang. I saw him eyeballing her during this show...

I dunno, tons of possiblities when the gang shows up.

I think the gang of 30 will show up with the Dad and Son from Episode one, and they will both know the secret that Jenner told Rick.and Yes I agree that Merle Dixon will be there. All 33 of them will also know how all this zombiness started. Might be some other "plot holes" that get filled in too.

Ok, maybe I am a little ornery today. My prediction is that the gang of 30 will be pushed into next season, and Merle Dixon being with them is not a horrible theory. Based on what we know, Randall's people should have no idea about him and where he was taken. as far as they know, he was left for dead on the fence. Them finding the farm would be total happenstance and it would annoy me. That would be a true plot hole, because it's such a logical leap. I think it will be a big zombie battle, and the humans will be arguing the whole time on whether to flee or fight for the farm. It'll probably be too overwhelming and anyone that makes it through will be forced to flee, and the group will be on the road, just like the end of season 1.

I like Maggie. I hope she doesn't die.

I feel something is going to happen to make Glenn face his feelings for her...they've been dancing around it for the last few episodes. But I'm with you. Since I like both of them, I hope they both make it through.

Season 3 will start with them finding somewhere to stay....I'm hoping it's the same place they find in the comic book.

Me too! Since they cast the Governor, it only makes sense that the prison is where they go next. I haven't read the books, but I have read ABOUT them. Many similarities to the show, they just seem to move the time frame around a lot. I was asking my friend about Daryl, who isn't in the books,and she was telling me that his character has become so popular that the writer is considering putting him INTO the books :-) I would love to read them. She tells me it is so much more intense and gory than the show.