The hunt for the one handed man
It seems that Merle was able to escape the roof by cutting off his hand. He killed a few walkers on his way out and even cauterized his wound before busting out of the department store. Glenn sets out a plan for the gang. It is well thought out and logical which prompts Daryl to ask Glenn what he did before zombies took over. Glenn's answer: pizza delivery guy. While Glenn goes to get the bag of guns a Latino gang banger shows up. When Daryl questions him about Merle the kid starts screaming for help. Soon two more guys come up and hit Daryl just as Glenn gets back with the guns. They kidnap Glenn and take the guns with them. Daryl throws Merle's hand at the kid to scare him into telling them where they took Glenn. The boys then have a stand off with the leader of the vatos (vato is a Mexican term for dude or guy), Guillermo. The stand off ends when an old lady walks up to the group and takes Rick by the hand. It turns out that not all of the gang bangers are gang bangers. Some of them are a former nurse and custodian at a retirement home. They stayed behind to take care of the elderly survivors. The gang members go out to get supplies. This shows how you can't judge people by what they look like or what they once were. It also shows how people will react in a state of emergency. Some will abandon others to save themselves and other will help those in need they find along the way. When the boys return to the van they find it gone. Merle has taken it. So now they are stuck walking back to camp.
Holes
We see Jim digging holes. We don't know why he's digging them. At first he doesn't seem to know why. He just wants to keep digging and the group wants him to stop because he is freaking everybody out and they want to make sure he is okay and doesn't have heatstroke or has had a nervous breakdown. Eventually, Shane knocks Jim down and they handcuff him. Then he tells us about how he survived. The dead pulled his wife and child out of his arms and were too busy eating them to bother with him. This story is just a quick glimpse into what happened while Rick was in the coma. This also reiterates how Guillermo described the retirement home workers. They left the weak behind to save themselves. How will the survivors react? Jim is then tied to a tree and given water. Then we find out why he as digging. It was because of a dream. He dreamt Carl was worried about Rick. He then freaks Lori out about by telling her to keep an eye on Carl.
The hills have eyes, and mouths, and hands to rip your flesh apart
As the boys are arriving at the camp they hear screaming. The walkers have stumbled upon the camp and started attacking people. The first walker showed up last week. It was mentioned that they would continue coming. As food runs out in Atlanta the walkers would move away from the city in search of food. They hit the jackpot when they found the camp and the campers eating their fried fish dinner. This was one the most frightening scenes from the season. It was really unexpected. Much like the characters, we had allowed ourselves to be lulled into thinking it was safe. Rick and the boys arrive and kill the remaining walkers. It turns out Jim's dream was of the zombies attacking the camp. He was digging graves for all the dead from their camp. This was an interesting bit of foreshadowing for the group. Was this a glimpse into the future or just the inevitable coming true?
RIP:
Ed - we are not so sorry to see you go since you beat your wife and possibly your child.
Amy - Andrea will surely miss you. At the end of the world family is important.
Other people in the camp whose names we never learned because they were going to die anyway.
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