Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), his son Carl (Chandler Riggs), and Michonne (Danai Gurira) go on a scouting run to retrieve weapons in preparation for an impending attack by The Governor (David Morrissey). Along the way, the group passes a lone hitchhiker (Russ Comegys) and ignores his pleas to stop.
Carl expresses to his father his reservations about Michonne. They return to Rick and Carl's hometown and enter the police station where Rick previously worked but find the weapons locker is empty. The group then plans to retrieve guns from local establishments whose gun permits Rick signed, but they discover the entire community has been booby-trapped. A walker becomes entangled in one of the traps near where the group is walking, and a masked man on a rooftop shoots it. He then orders the three to drop their weapons and shoes and leave. The group initiates a gunfight. Carl shoots the man, though the bullet doesn't penetrate the man's ballistic vest. The unconscious man is revealed to be Morgan Jones (Lennie James), who helped Rick recover from his coma.
The three carry Morgan into his apartment, where they realize Morgan has stashed the weapons from the police station. They also discover a map that details the layout and status of the community, which indicates Rick's former house has been "burned out".
Michonne and Carl begin packing up the weapons, but Rick refuses to leave until Morgan awakens. Carl decides to retrieve a crib for his baby sister, Judith. However, Rick allows him to go under the condition that Michonne accompanies him; Carl reluctantly agrees.
When Morgan wakes up, he attacks Rick and tries to kill him, ultimately stabbing his shoulder. Rick restrains him and tries to help Morgan recall who he is and what Morgan did for him. Morgan explains that he attempted to contact Rick on the walkie-talkie, but Rick was never there. Rick explains he also tried to contact Morgan every morning, but eventually had no choice but to move his group increasingly far from Morgan's location, thus moving out of range.
Rick realizes Morgan has become nihilistic and insane after witnessing his son, Duane, get bitten and killed by Morgan's undead wife, whom he was unable to kill until she bit Duane.
Rick urges Morgan to join them at the prison. Morgan declines, stating his understanding that Rick needs more guns because the prison is unsafe, and Morgan does not want to watch everyone die. He warns that Rick will be killed "by teeth or bullets", and eventually allows Rick's group to gather some of his weapons and ammunition and leave.
Meanwhile, Carl tries to elude Michonne, who notices that he has bypassed the baby store where the crib is located. Carl instead travels to a café to retrieve a family picture of him and his parents, which he plans to give to Judith so she will know what her mother looks like. The café is filled with walkers, and Carl devises a method to distract them. Nonetheless, a walker grabs Carl, and Michonne saves him. On their way out, Carl and Michonne become surrounded by walkers, forcing Carl to drop the photo and cooperate with Michonne in order to escape.
Michonne reenters the café and retrieves the photo for Carl and another gift for Judith (a papier-mâché cat sculpture), proving her worth to him. The two collect their intended items, a crib for Judith and other baby supplies, and return to Morgan's apartment. Carl apologizes to Morgan for shooting him, and Morgan tells Carl to never be sorry.
Rick privately asks Carl how things fared with Michonne. Carl replies, "She may be one of us". Michonne approaches Rick and tells him she saw him talking to dead people. She reassures him by confiding she used to talk to her deceased boyfriend. As the three drive back to the prison, they see where Morgan has burned piles of vanquished walkers. They eventually come across the torn-apart corpse of the hitchhiker, pull over to pick up his backpack, and then continue on.
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