- The Walking Dead S01E01: Days Gone Bye
- The Walking Dead s01e02: Guts
- The Walking Dead s01e03: Tell It to the Frogs
- The Walking Dead S01E04: Vatos
- The Walking Dead s01e05: Wildfire
- The Walking Dead s01e06: TS-19
- The Walking Dead s02e01: What Lies Ahead
- The Walking Dead s02e02: Bloodletting
- The Walking Dead s02e03: Save the Last One
- The Walking Dead s02e04: Cherokee Rose
- The Walking Dead s02e05: Chupacabra
- The Walking Dead s02e06: Secrets
- The Walking Dead s02e07: Pretty Much Dead Already
- The Walking Dead s02e08: Nebraska
- The Walking Dead s02e09: Triggerfinger
- The Walking Dead s02e10: 18 Miles Out
- The Walking Dead s02e11: Judge, Jury, Executioner
- The Walking Dead s02e12: Better Angels
- The Walking Dead s02e13: Beside the Dying Fire
- The Walking Dead s03e01: Seed
- The Walking Dead s03e02: Sick
- The Walking Dead s03e03: Walk With Me
- The Walking Dead s03e04: Killer Within
- The Walking Dead s03e05: Say the Word
- The Walking Dead s03e06: Hounded
- The Walking Dead s03e07: When the Dead Come Knocking
- The Walking Dead s03e08: Made to Suffer
- The Walking Dead s03e09: The Suicide King
- The Walking Dead s03e10: Home
- The Walking Dead s03e11: I Ain’t a Judas
- The Walking Dead s03e12: Clear
- The Walking Dead s03e13: Arrow on the Doorpost
- The Walking Dead s03e14: Prey
- The Walking Dead s03e15: This Sorrowful Life
- The Walking Dead s03e16: Welcome to the Tombs
- The Walking Dead S04E01: 30 Days without an Accident
- The Walking Dead: Season Four
- The Walking Dead: Season Five
A review by C J Dee
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Writer: Glen Mazzara
Starring: Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies, Chandler Riggs, Steven Yeun, Laurie Holden, Jeffrey DeMunn, IronE Singleton, Melissa McBride, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Scott Wilson
Running time: 41 minutes
Rating: ★★★★★ 5/5
[Spoiler alert — review contains a synopsis of episode]
‘Bloodletting’ begins with a flashback to Lori confiding with a friend her doubts as to whether or not she still loves Rick when Shane arrives to tell her that her husband has been shot in the line of duty.
Otis, the man who shot Carl, leads Rick and Shane to a house of survivors led by Doctor Hershel Greene (Wilson). Hershel tends to Carl’s wounds but discovers there is internal bleeding. Shane and Otis must venture to a nearby high school to gather medical supplies so that Hershel can perform surgery to help Carl.
One of Hershel’s daughters rides to find Lori and brings her back to the house to reunite with her husband and son. Before taking Lori, Hershel’s daughter gives the rest of the group directions to the house so that they may regroup there.
Most of the group heads to the house, but Daryl and Dale remain with the RV to create a sign with directions for Sophia in case she finds her way back.
The episode ends with Shane and Otis barricaded and surrounded by a horde of zombies after having retrieved the medical supplies.
I thought first episode of The Walking Dead’s second season was fantastic and the follow-up to it did not disappoint. As each minute of each episode ticks past, I lose more and more hope for the safe return of little Sophia and only have hope for Carl because he’s still in current episodes. I can only imagine how intense the struggle over the fate of the two youngest survivors would have been to viewers at original air dates.
I’ve mentioned this before, but The Walking Dead has some great cliffhangers. ‘Bloodletting‘ is no exception.
“Am I the only one Zen around here? Good Lord!”