18 Miles Out

This is the tenth episode of the second season of Walking Dead and it seems like each episode keeps on getting better and better as the season progresses and nears the end. This episode features the confrontation between Rick and Shane that we have all come to be expecting. There is also a good amount of walker action here all due to their fight.

In this episode, "18 Miles Out," Rick and Shane head out to find supplies for the upcoming winter and the decide to leave their captive 18 miles away from the farm. But they find out he may know where the farm is, and Shane tries to kill him, but Rick stops him from doing so. As a result, Shane and Rick fight with each other which alerts all the walkers to their presence. Meanwhile, Lori, Andrea, and Maggie all deal with a suicidal Beth.

Overall, this is a fantastic episode and it's going to be interesting to see what happens next. This episode is where we get to see Rick as a leader and one that may be worth keeping an eye on. I rate this episode 10/10.

Rick and Shane drive over 18 miles out to find a decent place to leave Randall.

Now things are really going somewhere! After all the build up and tension around Rick and Shane, it seems that Rick has had enough woth Shane, and gives him an ultimatum!

Their conversation in the beginning of the episode was great! It really shows how they are both not the same as they were before all this! You can feel the frustration.. that it has come this far!

At this point Shane seems out of control! He is becoming more and more unpredictable and every scene with him is filled with tension as you never know when he might snap! The scenes with him and Rick were overall amazing!!

Beth finally gets something to do in this episode as she becomes the face of courent themes in this season! Hope.. and the will to live! Having Andrea be such a large part of it made perfect sense as she herself has been ok the crossroad of whether to give up or not!

What an unforgettable episode! There are two story-arcs: The tensions between Shane & Rick 18 miles out from the farm and Beth's suicidal issues. It's not easy to describe my reasons why I love this episode best. Maybe it's the fact that the relationship between Rick and Shane finally comes to a point that had been predicted a long time ago. Furthermore, Beth's story really captivated me. Her situation is so believable and tangible. In my opinion - Beth is us. We don't know anything about dealing with such a terrifying world. The fact that she has suicidal thoughts makes her really human. I also find the tensions between Andrea and Lori pretty gripping. The two women are arguing about a quite controversial topic which might lead to interesting discussions among viewers. This is a top-notch episode! My all-time favorite.

Plot In A Paragraph: Rick and Shane drive eighteen miles away from the farm (The eighteen miles of the episode title) so then can drop Randall far enough away from the farm. Whilst there, they have a violent confrontation which results in them getting swarmed with Walkers. Whilst back at the farm Lori and Maggie try and cope with a suicidal Beth.

The episode starts with a great scene between Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Shane (Jon Bernthall) as Rick lays down the law to him about his family. Their fight scene later in the episode is very well choreographed and is well acted.

This is really the first time Emily Kinney has anything to do as Beth. And she proves to be a very talented young actress.

Once again Andrea is very annoying as is Lori played by Sarah Wayne Callies. When the had a scene together I was in agony and was itching to run it forward. I was dying to slap Andrea. What an idiot. Lori and Andrea can both be Walker fodder for me!! I dislike them both immensely.