Beside the Dying Fire

Episode aired Mar 18, 2012
TV-14TV-14
42min

9.2/10

14K

S2.E13

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Lauren Henneberg in The Walking Dead (2010)

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As the farm is overrun by walkers, the group fights to escape.As the farm is overrun by walkers, the group fights to escape.As the farm is overrun by walkers, the group fights to escape.

9.2/10

14K

Director
- Ernest R. Dickerson
Writers
- Frank Darabont
- Robert Kirkman(based on the series of graphic novels by)
- Tony Moore(based on the series of graphic novels by)
Stars
- Andrew Lincoln
- Jon Bernthal(credit only)
- Sarah Wayne Callies

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Andrew Lincoln in The Walking Dead (2010)

Sarah Wayne Callies in The Walking Dead (2010)

Andrew Lincoln and Lauren Henneberg in The Walking Dead (2010)

Sarah Wayne Callies, Irone Singleton, and Emily Kinney in The Walking Dead (2010)

Emily Kinney and Jane McNeill in The Walking Dead (2010)

Savana Jade Wehunt and Michelle Flanagan-Helmeczy in The Walking Dead (2010)

Andrew Lincoln and Chandler Riggs in The Walking Dead (2010)

Andrew Lincoln and Sarah Wayne Callies in The Walking Dead (2010)

Laurie Holden in The Walking Dead (2010)

Director
- Ernest R. Dickerson
Writers
- Frank Darabont
- Robert Kirkman(based on the series of graphic novels by)
- Tony Moore(based on the series of graphic novels by)
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Rick and Carl return to the farm but quickly realize that that they are being followed by by a large group of walkers. Mayhem ensues as the humans try to save the farm but they are eventually forced to flee realizing that the it is lost. Several of them do not survive the onslaught and others are separated into small groups. Some are reunited but fed up with the constant bickering and complaints about his leadership, Rick lets it be known that people will now do as they are told. Andrea meanwhile, on her own and separated from the others, is rescued by a hooded stranger. —garykmcd

zombie farm confession reunited family retreating 43 more

Trivia
The zombies' breath was CGI'd out of final cut. According to Jenner at the CDC, the brain stem is active - the brain stem contains cranial nerves that control autonomic functions like heart rate and respiration. Zombies can produce noises with their vocal folds, which requires some sort of steady airflow coming from the lungs. However, their bodies are the same temperature as the ambient temperature so their breath should not be visible.

Goofs
Approximately two minutes into the episode, when the Walkers are migrating at the wooden fence, a man shouts, "Action!"

Quotes
[last lines]
Rick Grimes: [Rick tells the group that whoever stays that it's not a democracy anymore] Maybe you people are better off without me. Go ahead. I say there's a place for us, but maybe... maybe it's just another pipe dream. Maybe... maybe I'm fooling myself again. Why don't you... Why don't you go and find out yourself? Send me a postcard. Go on, there's the door. You can do better? Let's see how far you get.
Rick Grimes: [the group remains silent] No takers? Fine. But get one thing straight... you're staying. This isn't a democracy anymore.

Connections
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Soundtracks
The Walking Dead Main Title
(uncredited)
Written by Bear McCreary

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7/10

The world has 198 countries... The US is only ONE of them

Why this strange summary? You'll find out later.

Last episode of Season 2, grand finale. Zombie apocalypse for the farm (its owner, that huge actor named Scott Wilson owns also the better and most solid acting work of the whole series, along Jeffrey DeMunn) and turning point for the characters' fate and the plot itself.

Very well directed, better written than other episodes of this season, and with a pretty trustworthy cast (along the two miracles noted above), this one represents a good finale. And, with an enigmatic new character presented in the end, we'll wait until October or so to know what's next.

Sadly, Frank Darabont never directed another episode but the Season 1 pilot. Pity, we want more of him, one of the finest movie directors alive in the whole world.

And... What happened to you, AMC? With this episode only running in the USA, you spoiled the entire script in your official blog! Are you crazy, people? America is only one of the 198 countries in this world, and in the most of them the finale was not aired when you published the spoilers! Dear readers: if you don't like to have the finale totally ruined, DON'T VISIT the official AMC blog until you see it.

Worth seeing: Yes, very much. But the blog administrators deserve something worst than walking un-death.

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