Jon Bernthal: Shane Walsh

What Lies Ahead

Shane Walsh

[Rick prays to the Jesus Christ statue while in the church]
Rick Grimes: I don't know if you're looking at me with what?
Rick Grimes: [Rick looks at the Jesus statue] Sadness? Scorn? Pity? Love?
Rick Grimes: [Rick sighs] Maybe it's just indifference. I guess you already know I'm not much of a believer. I guess I just chose to put my faith elsewhere. My family, mostly. My friends. My job. The thing is, we... I could use a little something to help keep us going. Some kind of... acknowledgment. Some indication I'm doing the right thing. You don't know how hard that is to know. Well, maybe you do. Hey look, I don't need all the answers. Just a little nudge. A sign. Any sign will do.
Shane Walsh: [Rick walks out of the church] Get what you needed?
Rick Grimes: Guess I'll find out.

[Andrea watches Shane clean out the barrel of his pistol as he offers to clean hers]
Andrea: Looks complicated.
Shane Walsh: The trick is getting all these pieces back together the same way. I could clean yours, show you how.
Shane Walsh: [Andrea shows him her handgun] Oh yeah. It's a sweet piece.
Andrea: It was a gift from my father. He gave it to me just before Amy and I took off on our road trip. He said two girls on their own should be able to defend themselves.
Shane Walsh: Smart man, your father.

[Rick tells Shane that he can't give up looking for Sophia]
Rick Grimes: I can't go back. Her being out here is my fault.
Shane Walsh: That's great. Now they got you doubting yourself, huh?
Rick Grimes: What about you? You doubt me?
Shane Walsh: Hey, we can assign all kinds of blame.
Rick Grimes: [Rick in a low voice] This means something, finding her. Oh, man. It would be the miracle we need. We can't give up.

[Dale and the group exit out of the overheated RV truck]
Dale Horvath: I said it. Didn't I say it? A thousand times. Dead in the water.
Shane Walsh: Problem, Dale?
Dale Horvath: Just a small matter of being stuck in the middle of nowhere with no hope of...
Dale Horvath: [as Dale sees Daryl scavenge the other abandoned vehicles on the interstate] Okay, that was dumb.

[the group begins making a list of suggestions for items to scavenge]
Shane Walsh: If you can't find a radiator hose here...
Daryl Dixon: There's a whole bunch of stuff we can find.
T-Dog: I can siphon more fuel from these cars for a start.
Carol Peletier: Maybe some water.
Glenn Rhee: Or food.
Lori Grimes: [as Lori makes a comment about the interstate] This is a graveyard. I don't know how I feel about this.

[Andrea and Shane name the group of Walkers on the interstate as a Herd]
Andrea: I'm still freaked out from that herd that passed us by, or whatever you'd call it.
Glenn Rhee: Yeah, what was that? All of them just marching along like that.
Shane Walsh: A herd. That sounds about right. We've seen it. It's like the night the camp got attacked. Some wandering pack, only fewer.

[Shane tells Lori it was a mistake what happened between them at the CDC]
Lori Grimes: I don't believe you. You're giving me the cold shoulder?
Shane Walsh: Isn't that what you want? Aren't you the one who said stay the hell away from him and you?
Lori Grimes: You forget what happened at the CDC? Your little meltdown in the rec room slip your mind? When you tried...
Shane Walsh: When I tried to what? What do you think that was?
Lori Grimes: I think it is pretty plain what that was.
Shane Walsh: A mistake. One that I admit to. I have a few mistakes under my belt, Lori. So do you.

[Shane and Lori listen to an emergency alert system on one of the abandoned car radios]
Emergency Alert System Voice: [the emergency alert system gives warning] The emergency alert system has been activated. The Office of Civil Defense has issued the following message: Normal broadcasting will cease immediately. This is a civil emergency.
Lori Grimes: [Lori asks Dale] Is that a local signal?
Dale Horvath: It's got to be within 50 miles of here.
Emergency Alert System Voice: [the emergency alert system continues] Avoid anyone infected at all costs. Remain calm. Help is on the way. The emergency alert system has been activated.
Shane Walsh: [Shane turns the radio off] Asshole.

[Carol questions Rick about leaving Sophia alone in the woods]
Carol Peletier: How could you just leave her out there to begin with? How could you just leave her?
Rick Grimes: Those two Walkers were on us. I had to draw them off. It was her best chance.
Shane Walsh: Sounds like he didn't have a choice, Carol.
Carol Peletier: How was she supposed to find her way back on her own? She's just a child. She's just a child.
Rick Grimes: [Rick gets to his knees] It was my only option. The only choice I could make.
Shane Walsh: I'm sure nobody doubts that.
Carol Peletier: [Carol begins crying to herself] My little girl got left in the woods.

[Shane tells everybody to take a weapon to look for Sophia]
Shane Walsh: Everybody takes a weapon.
Andrea: [Andrea sees the knives] These aren't the kind of weapons we need. What about the guns?
Shane Walsh: We've been over that. Daryl, Rick and I are carrying. We can't have people popping off rounds every time a tree rustles.
Andrea: It's not the trees I'm worried about.
Shane Walsh: Say somebody fires at the wrong moment, a herd happens to be passing by. See, then it's game over for all of us.

[Shane tells Lori that he's leaving the group]
Lori Grimes: You're just gonna disappear? You're not even gonna tell Rick?
Shane Walsh: He'd only try to stop me. No, that's on you. You tell him what you want. Or tell him nothing at all. You're his wife.
Lori Grimes: And Carl? We dragged him into this.
Shane Walsh: I love Carl.
Lori Grimes: He thinks you hate him.
Shane Walsh: I'm trying to put some distance. I'm trying to make this easier. This ain't easy on any of us, least of all me. I'm the one who loses you.

[Andrea tells Shane that she wants to leave away with him]
Andrea: I'm coming with you.
Shane Walsh: I don't know what the hell you're talking about.
Andrea: I'm not stupid and I'm certainly not deaf. Look, I don't know the story.
Shane Walsh: There is no story.
Andrea: Fine, I don't care. Don't confuse me with someone who does. Look, all I care about is getting out of here as far away as I can, like you.
Shane Walsh: We're gonna sail off into the sunset together? We gonna hold hands?
Andrea: I'm not asking you to go steady, Shane. I'm asking for a ride, a chance to start over somewhere else.

[Andrea tells Shane that them two are the odd men out]
Andrea: You observe this group lately? I have. I see two people who don't belong. We're the odd men out. Between the two of us, we make a great third wheel.
Shane Walsh: So what? Say we do, we just run off. What's in it for me except for the extra ass I got to cover?
Andrea: The chance to do something for someone else.
Shane Walsh: Yeah.
Andrea: And a door that swings both ways. Put a gun in my hand, I'll cover your ass too.
[Shane scoffs]