The Best Episodes of The Walking Dead Season 2

Hershel sets a deadline. All secrets are out in the open. Glenn stands up for himself and Shane takes charge.

Director: Michelle MacLaren

Writer: Scott M. Gimple

Rick and Carl find the farm in jeopardy; the group is split up in the chaos; Rick's leadership is questioned.

Director: Ernest R. Dickerson

Writer: Robert Kirkman, Glen Mazzara

Someone dangerous may be loose near the farm; Rick, Shane, Daryl and Glenn keep the group safe.

Director: Guy Ferland

Writer: Glen Mazzara, Evan Reilly

Rick and the group leave Atlanta and encounter a threat on the highway the likes of which they've never seen. Elsewhere, the group search for a missing person.

Director: Gwyneth Horder-Payton, Ernest R. Dickerson

Writer: Robert Kirkman, Frank Darabont

Rick sides with Shane causing Dale to worry that the group is losing its humanity; Carl's actions have unintended consequences.

Director: Greg Nicotero

Writer: Angela Kang

Rick and Shane are in conflict over the fate of an outsider; Andrea helps Hershel's daughter face a crucial decision.

Director: Ernest R. Dickerson

Writer: Glen Mazzara, Scott M. Gimple

The group desperately awaits Shane's return. Shane finds himself trapped in a school, surrounded by the undead. Daryl and Andrea search for someone in the woods.

Director: Phil Abraham

Writer: Scott M. Gimple

Rick and the others try to restore order in the aftermath of a terrible discovery. Hershel takes up an old habit and disappears, Rick and Glenn must follow him into town.

Director: Clark Johnson

Writer: Evan Reilly

Rick, Hershel and Glen are trapped and fight to survive; Shane finds Lori in danger.

Director: Billy Gierhart

Writer: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

Concerned for their safety, the group makes a plan – one that Hershel disagrees with adamantly. He makes it clear the group is fine to stay for now, but not indefinitely.

Director: Guy Ferland

Writer: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

Rick discovers a possible safe haven. Shane must go on a dangerous mission to get needed medical supplies.

Director: Ernest R. Dickerson

Writer: Glen Mazzara

Secrets are told and secrets are revealed. Hershel refuses to acknowledge the world’s new reality. Andrea comes out of her shell. Everyone is becoming more and more aware that “everything is food for something.”

Director: David Boyd

Writer: Angela Kang

Shane makes a deadly sacrifice which leads to unusual behavior and self-distancing. The rest of the group tries to hang on somewhere between living to die and dying to live.

Director: Billy Gierhart

Writer: Evan Reilly