The grieving process is such a fascination. So take it in stride, some act mournful or sorrowful, and some show blatant anger. All these feelings come from a deep place of sorrow and this episode shows us how different people grieve, while also giving us a taste on how bad the situation really is. Rick comes up with a plan to take Jim to the C. D. C, as they believe it will be a safe haven. Rick and Shane's first sign of conflict shows here. Shane filled with rage at the fact that Rick is "Stealing" his family from him. Lori sowing tensions to come. The group embarks and the reveal of how truly overun and destroyed everything is, is shown here. The area around the C. D. C is a battleground of corpses and unmanned military equipment. The group is at the last of it's ropes, out of food, out of water, out of gas. Rick pleads to whoever is on the other side to let them in. They find that 1 man is left in the C. D. C. The government has given up and either went into hiding or was completely dismantled. Either way this episode paints a bleak picture. It's highly underrated.