[Honolulu_Blue]

I agree that the walkers do seem to be able to shuffle quite quickly. They aren't quite running, but are definitely moving at a swifter pace than your typical slow-moving zombie. They are somehwere between Romero's initial slow moving shamblers and the fast zombies of the Dawn of The Dead re-make. Maybe closer to the shamblers than the sprinters, but not too much closer.

It was a fun episode.

Lori definitely has her issues. She's not totally pleasant even under the best of circumstances. But I guess that's something they've been developing over time. There's been that tension between what Lori wants in a husdand and who Rick is. Lori seems to desperately want someone passionate and completely devoted to her in every way. While Rick is devoted to her, he's definitely not a passionate guy and based on conversations in the past and his actions in the show, he's someone who while devoted to Lori in his way, is always trying to do everything for everyone, which makes Lori feel neglected or regulated to a secondary status. So, I can sort of see why she is the way she is, especially when it comes to her family.

I wasn't too sure about Shane and Otis' plan. The flares as a distraction was a good idea, but even as they were heading into the trailer I was questioning their escape plan. Hoping that the flares would keep the zombies distracted long enough was really wishful thinking on their part. They were very desperate, but I think the right idea might have been to distract them the way Glenn did with a car. Ideally it would have been one of the police cars, assuming they had keys in the ignition. If not, maybe Shane could have driven around in the pick-up, honked the horn and drawn the zombies away while Otis snuck in and got the stuff and waited for Shane to hightail it back to pick him up. Ideally big Otis would have been the one driving, but he was the only one of the two who knew what they needed.

That ending scene was awesome and terrifying.

Darryl just keeps getting better with every episode.

I like that they haven't found Sophia yet. It helps build the tension. I, too, thought she'd be at the farm, but now that she's not... I have no idea. Swaggs, your idea is as good as any.