Walkers lie beside the dying fire

Spoilers Ahead! Recap of the Season 2 Finale

The Season finale started off with a brief scene with a group of walkers back in Atlanta – just doing their own thing, when a helicopter flies above and gets their attention. This attracts them and they start walking towards its direction. This walking ends up being in the same area where Hershel’s farm is, and they settle out in the woods when they hear the shot that kills undead Shane by Carl. This alerts them to begin walking towards the farm. It’s possible that their journey started from season one since Rick also spotted a helicopter while in Atlanta.

While walking back, Carl wonders if Shane was bitten before he put him down, and Rick hesitates to answer when suddenly they spot the massive group of Walkers coming right for them. Far from the house, they make a dash to the barn, where Rick lays out gasoline and tasks Carl with lighting up the barn once Rick gives the go-ahead. While they take out at least fifteen Walkers or so, they still have many to deal with.

Back in the house, Glenn and Daryl arrive back to tell the group about Randal, and Lori notices that Carl is gone from the house when they finally spot the Herd on the farm. While escaping is the main goal, the group also begins taking out some of the Walkers while others can get to the vehicles. Back at the barn, Carl and Rick are on top of the roof when Jimmy comes by in the RV. He stops and lets them jump on to escape, but the RV door wasn’t locked, allowing Walkers to get and they begin eating poor Jimmy. Rick and Carl get off from the back and begin looking for the others near the house, while Hershel is seen gathering weapons and takes a shotgun – then quickly starts dispatching Walkers that get nearby.

“This is my farm. I’ll die here.”


When it seems like he may be right about dying, Rick shows up and takes out a Walker who was about to take a bite out of Hershel. They make their way towards a vehicle, as they are under the assumption that everyone else will meet up on the highway – the same fateful spot where they first lost Sophia.

Before they left, Lori, T-Dog, and Maggie’s younger sister leave, but Patricia was not so lucky as she was grabbed and take down by multiple Walkers. Carol also gets cornered, but Andrea saves her, but gets surrounded so she makes a run into the woods – toting the gun bag that contains extra ammo. Daryl comes around on his bike, and picks up Carol as they leave to go towards the highway. Glenn and Maggie make it out too, and they pull over to switch positions since Maggie is upset and worried about her family. Glenn tells her he loves her and they drive toward the highway.

As Rick drives off, Hershel looks back to see his barn burned down and his home overrun by Walkers. Rick, Carl and Hershel are the first to make it to the highway, and after a while, they worry that everyone else may have went different ways. They spot a lone Walker and let him pass, and when Rick is considering just leaving with Carl, he hears the sounds of approaching vehicles and reunites with the group – and thankfully Lori as well. They drive out for a while, but stop when Rick begins to get low on fuel.

With some time to talk, the group go into discussion of Shane and how he was a Walker when Rick tells them a secret he’s known since the Season 1 finale: Jenner whispered to him that everyone’s infected, so upon death they will turn. The group wonders why Rick would keep this secret, but he states he wasn’t even sure it was true until Shane. He goes off on his own to cool down when Lori comes to comfort him – he uses this to tell her that he killed Shane and that he wanted to stop him and all the trouble he was causing. Even though she told Rick about how Shane was dangerous, she is still shocked and walks away from Rick.


Andrea is shown again fending of Walkers – but barely since she is exhausted and still carrying the weapons. When one Walker appears to finish her off, it gets slice by a sword, held by a mysterious person with two Walkers chained up, with their mouth and arms cut off. This mysterious person is Michonne, one of the coolest characters from the comic who will no doubt be a great addition to Season 3.

Back at camp with Rick’s group, he defends himself against his actions, telling everyone that they can leave if they want, and that if they are going to stay, they need to trust him.

“There is no more democracy! My hands are clean!"

The camera then zooms out, and shows what is nearby: a prison.

Could there be safety behind bars?