Nebraska (12 Feb. 2012)

The gang bury Sophia's body and burn the rest. Hershel disappears just as Beth falls into shock. Rick and Glenn head out to find him.

Director:

Clark Johnson

Writers:

Frank Darabont (developer), Robert Kirkman (series of graphic novels),

Stars:

Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Andrew Lincoln	...	Rick Grimes
Jon Bernthal	...	Shane Walsh
Sarah Wayne Callies	...	Lori Grimes
Laurie Holden	...	Andrea
Jeffrey DeMunn	...	Dale Horvath
Steven Yeun	...	Glenn Rhee
Chandler Riggs	...	Carl Grimes
Norman Reedus	...	Daryl Dixon
Melissa McBride	...	Carol Peletier
IronE Singleton	...	Theodore 'T-Dog' Douglas (as Irone Singleton)
Madison Lintz	...	Sophia Peletier
Lauren Cohan	...	Maggie Greene
Emily Kinney	...	Beth Greene
Michael Raymond-James	...	Dave
Scott Wilson	...	Hershel Greene

Storyline

After the massacre of the walkers kept by Hershel in his barn, Rick's group decides to bury Sophia and the beloved ones of Hershel's family and burn the other copses. Beth is in shock with the violence and Hershel vanishes; Rick and Glenn head to a bar in town to seek out the old farmer. Meanwhile Dale discloses to Lori that he suspects that Shane has sacrificed Otis to save his own life and that Shane would be capable of killing someone in the group. Lori decides to find Hershel and drives away in a car. While checking the map, Lori hits a walker and has a serious car accident. Meanwhile two suspicious strangers arrive in the bar and ask many questions about the location of the survivors and Rick feels that something is wrong with the guys.

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Plot Keywords:

bar | farm | shock | blood spatter | shot in the shoulder | 

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 February 2012 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Circle of Confusion, Valhalla Motion Pictures, Darkwoods Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

As Carol breaks free from Daryl after the barn massacre, Andrea turns her head and watches Carol over her shoulder. Moments later, Andrea is seen turning around and walking away from Dale's side. Moments after that, the same shot of Andrea looking over her shoulder at Carol is shown.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Daryl Dixon: [to Carol after seeing Sophia put down] Don't look. Don't look.

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Soundtracks

"The Regulator"
Written by Neil Fallon
Performed by Clutch

User Reviews

A few steps in a good direction, although not whitout a stumble

I write this from a perspective of a person who have read Kirkman's comic books, so I'd be a bit grumpy about the whole thing - you know us, we're Nazis ;).

The great problem with the medium swap in the case of "The Walking Dead" seems to be that comic book can focus on characters and their development without hurry. One issue - one character, who is most important now (also, they are far more killable). Meanwhile, actors need to have their screen time and, as a consequence, are shown doing pretty meaningless stuff, which doesn't forward the plot or put them in challenging position (and those conversations which are supposed to show us something new... they rarely do IMHO).

The characters development is going in the right direction, Rick is getting more violent and determined, becomes the one we love from the comic books (but less diplomatic, that's for sure). Same with Carl. I suspect Dale is getting grumpy too early, compared to his paper version, but the "new guys": Shane and Daryl show some promise.

The show was pretty consistent before: you get careless - you die. I think that the thing that ruined this feel was Lori doing her little act. Are the show creators going to make another example of her?