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The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 9

Triggerfinger

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AIRED: 2/19/12

Rick, Hershel, and Glenn find themselves trapped and having to battle against new foes, both walkers and living humans. Meanwhile, Shane attempts to bring Lori back to the farm.

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2x09 - Triggerfinger

9.0

By JDML23, Oct 15, 2012

Now this is the kind of episode that I enjoy. I also enjoy that we see the dangerous side of human survivors. And zombies!
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Stop Whinging

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By blazer666_uk, Sep 10, 2012

WTF is wrong with people....moaning about that they dont like the farm....OMG I want this series to last, you cant have everything just wait. The farm will go one day but please give the writers a chance to drag some story out of it. There is nothing wrong with this episode at all. Stable plot and once again great and I mean great ACTING. Us brits do it best! I cant beleive Rick the Sheriff is english, he sounds amazing, a true American Southerner! :)

All in all a very good episodemoreless
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Best of the season thus far

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By mmmshuddup, Apr 03, 2012

I agree with kbelliveau about the tension this show can build and this episode was a perfect example of that. Those of us who have been waiting to see walkers will finally be appeased after this one!

It looks like everything is starting to come to a culmination finally after the boring first half of the season. I don't like how they're trying to make Shane out to be a villain though. He's been wrong a lot, but he's also done the most to keep everyone safe. I think Dale is being whiny about it and needs to give the guy a break.moreless
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Yes!!! now that's what I'm talking about. The first 30 minutes of the episode felt like I was watching Season 1

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By tigerdude22, Mar 12, 2012

Rick, Hershel, and Glenn find themselves trapped and having to battle against new foes, both walkers and living humans. Meanwhile, Shane attempts to bring Lori back to the farm. Thank you writers, thank you for not being lazy and actually bring what fans like us want..... zombies, action, suspense, and thrills. The first 30 minutes of this episode has non-stop zombies, action, suspense, and thrills. I was at the edge of my couch watching this episode. After the first 30 minutes of the episode was over, the zombies and all that good stuff stopped but I was okay with that which is why I didn't take away any points. The other 30 minutes of the episode just was the characters talking but I wasn't too bored with it though. Trust me, I've seen much more slower and more awful episodes this season. The characters talking here wasn't so boring surprisingly. So yeah, possibly the best episode of the season. Overall, an awesome action-packed zombie filled (in the first 30 minutes of the episode) entertainment of "The Walking Dead". 10/10moreless
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My Pros and Cons - "Triggerfinger"

8.5

By Scully82, Mar 02, 2012

What I Liked/Pros:

There was a lot of good zombie action in this episode. Awesome gore effects with the first walker's skin peeling off his face as he forced his head through the hole in the windshield. It wasn't CGI'd. Nice!!! I loved when Lori was crawling away from the second walker.

The scenes with Glenn, Herschel and Rick trapped in the bar were excellent. Good tension there. There's probably going to be a feud between these two groups at some point, which I like. More zombie action and gore outside, around the bar. A guy got shot by Herschel and then had his face eaten off by some zombies. Nice!!! Plus, we see Herschel beginning to adapt to his surroundings. He's becoming stronger, as is Rick.

I loved when the walkers were closing in as they argued over saving the Randall kid or not. And of course I loved when Rick finally just ripped the leg off of the spike. Bloody, gory excellence!!!

Loved when Daryl finally told Carol off for getting into his business. She's basically stalking him right now. She's annoying. I don't think I'd hate her as much if they weren't trying to force her on Daryl.

What I Didn't Like/Cons:

Why didn't Lori just search for her gun in the first place? I can understand her having to scramble for something quickly to kill the first walker because she was trapped in the car, but after she killed it why didn't she automatically search for her gun? Why would she leave the car with possible walkers around? Wouldn't your first thought be your weapon in a situation like hers? Why was she even in that situation to begin with? And why was she so stupid to believe Shane when he told her that Rick and the others were back?

It didn't seem right for Herschel to just say that they needed to kill Randall. It just didn't make much sense. Herschel is suppose to be a religious man and I don't believe he would abandon any of that and change so quickly. Especially since Herschel then jumps in and wants to try and save Randall.

And couldn't they have just ripped the leg off in the first place and not wasted time arguing over it. Rick suggests ripping the leg off of the spike and Herschel then says there would be nerve damage and they can't do that. But their way to avoid nerve damage is to cut his leg off??? The whole point of not ripping the leg off of the spike is to save the nerves in his leg, but what's the point in worrying about the nerve damage if you're just going to cut the leg off anyway? Then there are no nerves for them to worry about. They waste a lot of time arguing and preparing for this amputation, but the zombies are closing in and Rick quickly decides to go with his first idea. Rip the leg up off of the spike. I loved watching this whole scene play out, especially when they finally just ripped the leg off the spike, but it kind of doesn't make much sense when you think about it.

I keep getting this feeling that Daryl and Carol are going to end up hooking up. I don't want that. We have enough couples on this show, we don't need another one. Besides, Daryl is more cool solo!!!

Overall:

This episode was more interesting because they weren't secluded on the farm and they ran into others. Damn good episode. Way better than Nebraska!!!

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Jon Bernthal	Shane Walsh
Andrew Lincoln	Rick Grimes
Sarah Wayne Callies	Lori Grimes
Laurie Holden	Andrea
Chandler Riggs	Carl Grimes
Jeffrey DeMunn	Dale Horvath

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- Herschel: (to Shane) You know, we haven't even dealt with what you did at my barn yet. Let me make this perfectly clear once and for all. This is my farm and I wanted you gone, but Rick talked me out of it. That doesn't mean I have to like it. So do us both a favor and keep your mouth shut.
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- Hershel: You want me to cover Glenn?
  Rick: You missed all that gun training. It could've come in handy now.
  Hershel: Nah, I can shoot. Just don't like to.
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- Original International Air Dates:
  United Kingdom: February 24, 2012 on FX/FX HD
  Finland: July 29, 2012 on Fox
  Slovakia: August 8, 2012 on JOJ Plus
  Czech Republic: November 19, 2012 on Prima COOL
  Turkey: December 2, 2012 on CNBC-e
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- Viewership: 6.8 million (top show for cable or network tv on February 19th)
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