![]() While people talk (and fight) back at base camp, Rick leads a team back into Atlanta in search of Merle Dixon who was last seen on a rooftop handcuffed to a railing. ![]() While I feel there is a long way to go before I can say I truly know any of these characters, it does at least make me feel a little more attached to them. One scene in which a group of the women share their frustrations concerning the inequality of the division of responsibilities within the camp is particularly well written and performed, providing insight into their different personalities. The other members of the group get much less to do but by showing them going about their daily lives we get more of a sense of them as characters. Shane appears to be headed into a very dark place and it will be interesting to see how he emerges. By the end of this episode we have seen his views disregarded (as Rick and several of the others head for Atlanta), Lori blaming him for her infidelity and finally we see him taking out all of his frustrations in a brawl with a member of the group. In the first two episodes we have seen him presented as a clear leader of the band of survivors, loudly telling the group to stick together and that venturing out of camp to save their friends or strangers is not worth the risk. While I found Lori’s reactions to Rick’s returns interesting, I found Shane’s to be the more compelling as Rick’s return causes a more visible shift in his characterization. The hope that she shows when he mentions the possibility of their having a second chance (not realizing what those words are meaning to her) felt quite real and sets up an interesting chain of events later in the episode as she confronts Shane and we learn more about how she came to be sleeping with him in the first place. ![]() I liked the scenes in which Rick and Lori reconnected and appreciated how low-key and tenderly they were played. Rick’s arrival back at camp turns both of their worlds upside down and provides much of the episode’s tension as we wonder if Lori and Shane can keep their secret and whether Rick’s friendship with Shane can survive. The two characters that we observe most in the episode are Rick’s wife Lori and his best friend Shane, who Lori had been sleeping with.
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