Judge, Jury, Executioner: It's all about survival now

Spoilers Ahead! Recap of Season 2: Episode 11

It must be hard to be a kid during a Zombie Apocalypse. After the group lost Sophia, Carl found himself without someone around his age to hang out with, and slowly had to witness the craziness of what the group has to do to survive. He spent the episode wondering around, insulting Carol and stealing a gun in the process. His father, who told them to think about his actions and find a way to apologize to Carol, then went to hear Dale out on the topic of Randal, who was recently interrogated by Daryl.

While speaking to Daryl, Randal told him that his group have about 30 men, who found a group of female survivors and took advantage of them – while the girls’ father was forced to watch. Yeah, Randal’s groups aren’t nice people, but that should already be well known based on the previous episodes. After finding out this knowledge, the group feels like the decision should be one of survival, but Dale still refuses, stating it would really be the end of their past and humanity.


Before the group met in Hershel’s house to discuss Randal, Carl wondered over to Daryl’s campsite and checked out his bike – then went through his stuff and took out a gun from the bike’s side compartment and went into the forest. Carl then went into the wood and found a lone walker who was stuck in the mud. Carl first began throwing rocks at him, but then he tried to kill him with the gun but panicked when the walker got loose. Dropping the gun, Carl runs back to camp and the walker starts to get free from the mud.

Back at the meeting, the group decides to ultimately kill Randal, and Rick, Shane, and Daryl take him to the barn. Daryl puts him on his knees, and Rick says those famous words:

“Any last words?”

In the background, Carl is watching.

“Do it, Dad. Kill him.”


Rick was ready to kill Randal, but couldn’t with his son there. They delay the kill, and Dale spots one of Hershel’s cattle – laying wounded in the grass from a attack. Then appears a walker, who knocks Dale down and claws into his chest, severly wounding him. The group runs over and kills the walker, but Dale is badly hurt and suffering. Daryl apologizes and then puts Dale out of his misery with a gunshot. Carl comes by and spots the walker – the very one he tried and failed to kill earlier in the woods.

It must be hard to be a kid during a Zombie Apocalypse.