The Walking Dead (TV Series)

Bloodletting (2011)

Scott Wilson: Hershel Greene

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• [Rick tells Hershel that there is no cure to the dead coming back to life] 

  Rick Grimes : We were at the CDC... It's-it's gone now. There is no cure.

  Hershel Greene : I don't believe it. When aids came along, everyone panicked. One boy in town came down with it and some parents pulled their children from school so they didn't have to sit in the same room.

  Rick Grimes : This is a whole other thing.

  Hershel Greene : That's what we always say. 'This one's different.'

  Rick Grimes : Well, this one is.

  Hershel Greene : Mankind's been fighting plagues from the start. We get our behinds kicked for a while, then we bounce back. It's nature correcting herself, restoring some balance.

  Rick Grimes : I wish I could believe that.

• [Lori tells Hershel that she wants to talk to the idiot who shot her son] 

  Lori Grimes : Okay, so I understand, when Shane gets back with this other man...

  Hershel Greene : Otis.

  Lori Grimes : Otis. The idiot who shot my son.

  Hershel Greene : Ma'am, it was an accident.

  Lori Grimes : I'll take that under advisement later. For now, he's the idiot who shot our son.

• [Rick tells Lori that he needs to go after Shane] 

  Lori Grimes : Are you insane? You're not going after them.

  Hershel Greene : Rick, listen to your wife.

  Rick Grimes : If they got into trouble...

  Hershel Greene : You're in no condition to do anything about it. You've given too much blood. You're barely on your feet. You wouldn't make it across the yard.

  Rick Grimes : [Rick looks to Lori]  Something happened, I have to go.

  Lori Grimes : No, your place is here. If Shane said he'll be back, he'll be back. He's like you that way.

  Rick Grimes : I can't just sit here.

  Lori Grimes : [Lori shouts at Rick]  That's exactly what you do! If you need to pray or cry or tell God he's cruel, you go right ahead, but you're not leaving, Rick. Carl needs you, here.

  Lori Grimes : [Lori in a low voice]  And I can't do this by myself. Not this one. I can't... I can't.

• [Rick meets Hershel Greene for the first time when he takes the wounded Carl to the Greene residents] 

  Hershel Greene : Your name?

  Rick Grimes : R-Rick.

  Hershel Greene : Rick?

  Rick Grimes : [Rick with tears in his eyes]  I'm-I'm-I'm Rick.

  Hershel Greene : Rick, we're gonna do everything we can, okay? You need to give us some room.

• [Hershel operates on Carl requesting blood from Rick] 

  Hershel Greene : [as Carl screams uncontrollably]  Almost there.

  Rick Grimes : [Rick screams to Hershel]  Stop! You're killing him!

  Hershel Greene : Rick, do you want him to live?

  Patricia : [as Carl cries in his screams]  He needs blood.

  Shane Walsh : [Shane screams to Rick]  Do it now!

• [Otis talks with Hershel and Shane about where they can get hospital supplies] 

  Otis : Nearest hospital went up in flames a month ago.

  Otis : [when Otis starts to think]  The high school.

  Hershel Greene : That's what I was thinking. They set up a FEMA shelter there. They would have everything we need.

  Otis : Place was overrun last time I saw it. You couldn't get near it. Maybe it's better now.

  Shane Walsh : [Shane looks to Rick]  I said, leave the rest to me. Is it too late to take that back?

• [Rick talks to Hershel about his farm being beautiful from the rest of the world] 

  Rick Grimes : This place is beautiful.

  Hershel Greene : Been in my family 160 years.

  Rick Grimes : I can't believe how serene it is. How untouched. You're lucky.

  Hershel Greene : We weren't completely unscathed. We lost friends, neighbors. The epidemic took my wife, my stepson.

  Rick Grimes : I'm sorry.

  Hershel Greene : My daughters were spared. I'm grateful to God for that. These people here, all we've got left is each other.

• [Lori asks Hershel what kind of doctor is he as they talk about surgery for Carl] 

  Lori Grimes : Okay... I mean, you've done this procedure before?

  Hershel Greene : Well, yes, in a sense.

  Lori Grimes : In a sense?

  Rick Grimes : Honey, we don't have the luxury of shopping for a surgeon.

  Lori Grimes : No, I understand that. But, I mean, you're a doctor, right?

  Hershel Greene : Yes, ma'am. Of course. A vet.

  Lori Grimes : A veteran? A combat medic?

  Hershel Greene : A veterinarian.

  Lori Grimes : And you've done this surgery before on what? Cows? pigs?

  Rick Grimes : [Rick nearly falls over]  I... I have... I have to sit.

• [Lori tells Hershel he's way in over his head to think he can perform the surgery on Carl] 

  Lori Grimes : [Lori in a low voice]  Completely in over your head, aren't you?

  Hershel Greene : Ma'am, aren't we all?