- 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, Juan Gabriel Pareja, IronE Singleton, Melissa McBride, Andrew Rothenberg, Noah Emmerich
Running time: 45 minutes
Rating: ★★★★★ 5/5
A distraught Andrea (Holden) holds vigil over her sister’s body while the rest of the camp ensure their dead don’t rise. Rick tries to reason with Andrea but she pulls a gun on him. Amy eventually rises from the dead giving Andrea a chance to apologise for not being there for her in life. Andrea shoots Amy in the head.
Jim (Rothenberg) is found to have been bitten during the attack. The camp is divided as to whether or not to kill Jim. Daryl (Reedus) is outnumbered so Jim lives (for now). The debate then turns to whether the survivors should head to the CDC or a nearby military base in search of a cure for Jim. The camp decides to follow Rick’s (Lincoln) instinct and head to the CDC. Only Morales and his family decide not to follow the rest of the survivors, instead heading to check on nearby family.
When Dale’s (DeMunn) RV breaks down the caravan stops. While Shane (Bernthal) goes on ahead to a service station for the parts Dale’s RV needs, Jim begs the rest of the survivors to leave him on the side of the road. After a short discussion, it is decided to grant Jim’s (un)dying wish. They say their goodbyes and drive away, leaving Jim leaning against a roadside tree.
We are introduced to Dr Jenner (Emmerich), a scientist at the CDC, and witness as his work on a cure is destroyed due to an accident in the lab. The doctor films himself in an attempt to communicate with other scientists and admits he is contemplating suicide.
Rick and the survivors arrive at the CDC. The episode ends with a reluctant Dr Jenner opening the lockdown of the CDC for the disheartened survivors.
Yet another great episode from The Walking Dead crew. My only criticism of this episode is killing Jim in a dramatic way that could have been earth shattering before developing the character to a point where viewers would really feel the loss.
Other than that minor point: solid work, solid episode, solid season so far with only one episode remaining.
“Do not enter the city. It belongs to the dead now.”
‘Wildfire‘ originally aired on November 28, 2010 in the US.