Review of Secrets

The Walking Dead: Secrets (2011)
Season 2, Episode 6
9/10
Carl learns how to shoot, Dale tries to protect Andrea and Shane becomes more dangerous
21 November 2011
Warning: Spoilers
Well this was a very good episode indeed. "Secrets" was all about the characters who are keeping secrets from one another and how they are revealed. Lori is confronted by Rick about the empty abortion box in their tent, Dale talks to Hershel about the barn after Glen tells him, and Dale begins an argument with Shane about the night with Odis and how his story was bland. All of these scenes were great which I will get into later.

The episode starts off with Shane finding Carl with a gun under his belt. After Lori settles down, she and the rest of the group allow Carl to keep the gun as long as he is trained how to use it. Chandler Riggs who plays Carl was great in this episode. He spoke a little more than the previous episodes but delivered with his "I want to help protect this group with you guys, and I can't do it without a gun." Andrea also wants to train with shooting and goes on a private tour with Shane. Shane was a little of a show-off when he could hit a moving tree branch when Adrea couldn't.

Later, Andrea and Shane drive into a village hoping to find Sophia. They didn't expect a lot of zombies there though. And on the way back, Shane has sex with Andrea after getting off on their little adrenaline rush.

Glenn and Maggie went back into town to get Lori abortion pills (which I don't blame her - even though it's a sick thing to do). After this part the great scenes occur. Dale confronts Hershel about the "moaning" in the farm and how he thinks he should keep it a secret and focus on the rest of the group and trusting them. After Andrea and Shane come back, Dale immediately pulls Shane to the side and confronts him about things that Shane has done very wrong. While Dale was just trying to protect Andrea, Shane took the offensive and we began to see a different personality of Shane that we haven't seen yet. It was a powerful scene that if Dale continues to confront Shane about Odis and aiming at Rick, Dale will be in serious trouble.

At the end, Rick finds abortion pill boxes empty in their tent and decides to confront Lori about it after she vomited them out. Lori also tells Rick that she and Shane slept with each other. Rick acknowledges it but doesn't become extremely angry because of the circumstances.

All I know is that the mid-season finale is the next episode. I know the show will deliver a cliffhanger and we will have to wait until February to finish the season but I have faith that it will be great. This season started off slow but has picked up the last few episodes. I am dying to see what happens next and if they succeed, it will be a great accomplishment. 9/10
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