After amputating Hershel's right leg, Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and his group immediately rush an unconscious Hershel from the prison cafeteria as the five prisoners watch, astounded. Carol (Melissa McBride) and Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) immediately tend to Hershel while Rick, Daryl (Norman Reedus), and T-Dog (IronE Singleton) confront the prisoners who have followed them to their cell block. Rick learns that the prisoners have been shut away from the world for nearly a year and proceeds to describe the extent of the zombie pandemic. Rick and the prisoners come to an impasse when a few of the prisoners try to claim rights to the prison, with Rick asserting that the prison is his on account of what his group went through. The two groups compromise to share the prison on the condition that the two groups never interact. Rick, Daryl, and T-Dog pledge to help the prisoners clear out their own cell block in exchange for half of the food remaining in the cafeteria's storeroom.
Rick's camp members console each other as Hershel remains in critical condition. Upon returning with the food, Rick advises handcuffing Hershel as a precaution in case he dies and reanimates, and leaves Glenn to deal with him in that eventuality. Rick confides in Lori about the threat these prisoners may pose and contemplates killing them. Carl (Chandler Riggs) sneaks off to the prison infirmary alone to retrieve much-needed medical supplies and is scolded by his mother.
Rick arms the prisoners with blunt tools and explains how to go about combating the walkers. Although the prisoners initially ignore Rick's instructions, they quickly become accustomed to properly dispatching walkers. One prisoner, Big Tiny, breaks Rick's command and leaves formation, resulting in his being scratched in the torso by a walker. The other prisoners advocate quarantining their friend, but their de facto leader, Tomas, brutally kills him. Upon arriving at a set of double doors leading to the promised cell block, Rick orders Tomas to open one door, in order to restrict the flow of walkers exiting the block. Tomas disobeys and opens both doors, flooding the area with walkers. In the ensuing chaos, he attempts to kill Rick and then throws a walker at him when he fails – claiming he merely reacted instinctively. Unmoved, Rick kills him and chases down Andrew, Tomas' right-hand man, who attempted to retaliate. Andrew finds himself in a courtyard full of walkers as Rick prevents his re-entry back into the prison.
At Carol's request, Glenn (Steven Yeun) escorts her to the prison yard, where she kills a female walker and uses its corpse to practice performing a C-section in preparation for Lori's pregnancy, in the event that Hershel does not recover. As Carol performs this trial surgery, she is being watched from a distance by an unknown figure. In Carol's absence, Hershel stops breathing, but Lori resuscitates him, saving his life.
Upon returning, Rick shows mercy to the two remaining prisoners - Axel and Oscar, who had surrendered and appeared to be uninvolved in the plot against Rick's life – by sparing their lives and allotting them the cell block as promised. Rick's group leaves the prisoners with some parting words before returning to their own cell block. Hershel is showing positive signs of recovery and is conscious when Rick returns. Later on, Lori tries to strike up an intimate conversation with Rick, who simply thanks her for helping with Hershel, and then coldly walks away.
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