Season 2 of The Walking Dead picks up just a couple of days after the end of season 1. Rick is still trying to contact Morgan on his walkie-talkie and is beginning to lose hope that Morgan is still out there. After the incident at the CDC the survivals have even less manpower now and decide to try and find another safe place.
On their journey they run into a huge car pileup on the road. They don’t even have the option to turn around and find another way because they are so limited on gas. At first this seems like a huge problem but the survivors come to find out many of these broken down vehicles have supplies in them, including a truck filled with water containers. Just as everything seemed to be looking up, Rick spots an army of walkers in the distance heading their way. The survivors hide under the cars hoping the walkers will pass them by.
Several of the survivors get themselves into some trouble but all of them make it through, except for Sophia. She runs off into the woods, followed by two walkers. Rick follows and defeats the walkers but then no one can locate Sophia. Rick sends Shane back to camp to give everyone jobs to do to keep them busy so no one starts to panic about the situation at hand. Rick and Daryl track Sophia but her tracks only lead to a walker who has fresh blood on his face. Wanting to figure out if this walker killed Sophia or not they cut him open to see what he had eaten recently. It appears Sophia is still safe for now but with it getting dark, the search will have to continue at sunrise.
The following morning the survivors form search parties to try and locate Sophia. Dale stays behind in order work on his RV and get it up and running again. During the search the survivors hear church bells going off. After finally locating the church, they find that the bells are on an automatic timer and the church has several walkers in it. Rick and the gang take out the walkers and continue to search the area while Andrea overhears Shane tell Lori that he is going to slip away and leave the group. Andrea tells Shane that she wants in.
Rick goes into the church and attempts to bargain with God. He wants a sign of some kind to show him if he is doing the right thing or not. Later, Rick, Shane and Carl (who stayed behind to continue the search for Sophia a little longer) spot a deer. During a moment of peace, tragedy strikes. I won’t give away what happens.
This is a great episode. The scene with all of the walkers on the road is tense, having a character go missing opens up new story lines and the mounting conflicts between the survivors add new drama that isn’t zombie related. This season is already different than the last season and I like where it is heading. This is probably the best episode of the series besides the pilot.
I give this episode 3.5 out of 4 stars.
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