Seed (14 Oct. 2012)

The survivors have spent a difficult winter moving from place to place trying to stay clear of the walkers and constantly looking for food. Lori is now at the advanced stage of her ... See full summary »

Director:

Ernest R. Dickerson

Writers:

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

Stars:

Andrew Lincoln, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie Holden

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Andrew Lincoln	...	Rick Grimes
Sarah Wayne Callies	...	Lori Grimes
Laurie Holden	...	Andrea
Norman Reedus	...	Daryl Dixon
Steven Yeun	...	Glenn Rhee
Lauren Cohan	...	Maggie Greene
Chandler Riggs	...	Carl Grimes
Danai Gurira	...	Michonne
Melissa McBride	...	Carol Peletier
IronE Singleton	...	Theodore 'T-Dog' Douglas (as Irone Singleton)
Emily Kinney	...	Beth Greene
Lew Temple	...	Axel
Scott Wilson	...	Hershel Greene
Theodus Crane	...	Big Tiny
Nick Gomez	...	Tomas

Storyline

The survivors have spent a difficult winter moving from place to place trying to stay clear of the walkers and constantly looking for food. Lori is now at the advanced stage of her pregnancy but it's obvious that she and Rick aren't getting along. When they notice a prison in the distance, Rick convinces them it may be just what they're looking for with the possibility of food and medicine being available. They have to fight their way in, eliminating a large number of walkers but they soon settle into a secure prison block. Several of them set off to explore the prison but are soon surrounded by walkers. They aren't the only survivors in the prison either.

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Plot Keywords:

prison | singing | pregnant wife | stabbed in the mouth | stabbed in the forehead | 

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Official iTunes

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 October 2012 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Circle of Confusion, Valhalla Motion Pictures, AMC Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min 41 min (cut) 43 min (uncut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the comic, it was Dale rather than Hershel who had his leg amputated. The writers like to diverge from the original story to keep viewers guessing.

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Goofs

After the group overtake the prison field, Glenn goes to kill a Walker that wasn't killed and Hershel looks back to watch Glenn kill the Walker. In the next cut, Hershel looks back again and Glenn had already killed the Walker.

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Quotes

Maggie Greene: See that?

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Soundtracks

"The Parting Glass"
Performed by Emily Kinney and Lauren Cohan

User Reviews

'The Walking Dead Is Better Than Ever'

As I have followed this show since Season 1, I see how much it have grown. The production quality seems higher than ever. Nice looking pictures, a great and realistic looking prison made just for the show, tons of great looking zombies, great new actors and they are not holding back on the special effects.

This episode starts with a bang, and no word is said until 7 minutes passed. The beginning sets the standard for the rest of the episode, and after only 10 minutes they find the prison. The rest of the episode is mostly just slayin' zombies in many creative ways, and with many new weapons. T-Dog just stabs them with a poker stick, and anything just slides through the skulls that's even more rotten now. There were so many cool kills, and well choreographed action scenes. I laughed so hard when Rick removed the helmet on the riot zombie and the facial skin just got ripped off like a leather mask!

Aside from that we got to see Andrea and Michonne. Michonne is bad-ass and Andrea is very sick, and the two has a pretty relaxed relationship. I predict they're going to meet up with Merle and join him to Woodbury.

At last we had a really shocking end with something terrible happening to a certain character. This will definitely keep viewers excited for upcoming episodes and I think something like this was needed storywise and I can't wait till Monday!

Overall I thought this episode was amazing. It had great action, good character growth (from last season), and shocking moments.

-Zombie kill of the week: Michonne double kill in pharmacy

-Rating: 9.5/10