After the grisly massacre of all the walkers in the barn, a grieving Hershel Greene (Scott Wilson) demands Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and the rest of the survivors to leave his land. Rick confronts Shane (Jon Bernthal), who accuses Rick of being just as delusional as Hershel and argues that, despite Hershel's denials, the old man knew of Sophia's presence in the barn the entire time. (Hershel and Maggie denied this, stating that it was Otis who put the walkers in the barn.) Shane also confronts Dale (Jeffrey DeMunn), arguing that, unlike Dale, he is keeping the group safe. The group decides to bury a few of the walkers .including Sophia (Madison Lintz) and Hershel's wife and stepson, and burn the other bodies.
Carol (Melissa McBride) refuses to attend Sophia's memorial service, saying that her daughter died a long time ago and the corpse at the farm was not Sofia. Carol sinks into a deep depression and tears up plants in the nearby woods (including a Cherokee Rose) to vent her bottled up anger. Shane later finds her emerging from the woods in a semi-catatonic state and helps her wash her dirty hands, telling her he had no idea Sophia was in the barn. Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies), meanwhile, is horrified when Carl (Chandler Riggs) coldly states that killing Sophia was the right thing to do, and he would have killed her himself.
Hershel finally throws out his wife's belongings, before disappearing. His absence is not noted until his younger daughter Beth (Emily Kinney) collapses and goes into a catatonic state. The survivors discover that Hershel has begun to drink again, for the first time since Maggie's (Lauren Cohan) birth. Over the objections of Shane, Lori, and Maggie, Rick and Glenn (Steven Yeun), believing Hershel may be at a bar in town, go out to find him.
Dale argues with Andrea (Laurie Holden) and T-Dog (IronE Singleton) when they say they agree with Shane's actions in clearing the walkers from the barn. Dale later has a private conversation with Lori, wherein he shares his suspicions that Shane sacrificed Otis to the walkers. He warns Lori that Shane may end up killing someone else. As Beth's condition deteriorates, Lori asks Daryl (Norman Reedus) to drive into town to check on Rick. When Daryl refuses, Lori accuses him of being selfish, an accusation which Daryl furiously denies in light of what he had to go through during the search for Sophia. He ends by stating that he's "done looking for people". Lori then leaves the group by herself to find Rick, but along the way her car hits a walker on the road and overturns into a ditch.
Rick and Glenn find Hershel in the town bar, relapsing into his alcoholic habits and lamenting his futile hopes of a cure for his reanimated loved ones. After some time, Rick finally convinces Hershel to return to his family, just as two men enter the bar [Dave (Michael Raymond-James) and Tony (Aaron Munoz)]. From the two men, Rick hears that Fort Benning, the survivors' initial target destination, may be overrun with walkers. The situation at the bar deteriorates as Dave and Tony stubbornly prod Rick's group into revealing the location of the farm, going as far as to offer up their services if allowed to stay there. Rick, however, rejects their offer and flatly refuses the two men safe haven. Frustrated by Rick's response, one of the men reaches for his firearm, but Rick is quicker on the draw and kills them both.
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