Tell It to the Frogs
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 Rejected by Lori Grimes, Shane Walsh lashes out his frustrations on the abusive Ed Peletier. |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 3 |
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| Directed by | Gwyneth Horder-Payton | ||
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Charles H. Eglee Jack LoGiudice Frank Darabont |
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| Story by | Charles H. Eglee Jack LoGiudice |
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| Original air date | November 14, 2010 | ||
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"Tell It To The Frogs" is the third episode of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead. It originally aired on AMC in the United States on November 14, 2010. The episode was written by Charles H. Eglee, Jack LoGiudice, and Frank Darabont, the creator of the series. It was directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton.
In the episode, Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) finally reunites with his wife Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies), son Carl (Chandler Riggs) and best friend Shane Walsh (Jon Bernthal), although this reunion is short lived when he decides to return to Atlanta to rescue Merle Dixon (Michael Rooker). Upon realizing that her husband is alive after all, Lori ends her tumultuous affair with Shane.
Plot
The prologue of the episode shows Merle Dixon (Michael Rooker), still trapped on the roof of a department store where he was handcuffed to a pipe by Sheriff's Deputy Rick Grimes after attacking another member of their scavenging team. Alone on the roof with no food or water, Merle talks to himself and occasionally struggles impotently against his bonds. A group of walkers reaches the door to the roof and tries to push through, but are blocked by a heavily padlocked chain. With the walkers trying to squeeze through the door, Merle frantically tries to reach some tools lying nearby.
The episode begins with Glenn (Steven Yeun) arriving at the survivors' camp in his stolen Dodge Challenger, with the alarm still blaring. Shortly thereafter, Rick and the rest of the group from Atlanta arrive in the box truck in which they escaped the city. Rick is shocked to find his wife Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) and son Carl (Chandler Riggs) among the survivors, as well as his former partner Shane (Jon Bernthal). The survivors are alerted to the presence of a walker, which they find eating a deer near the camp. They surround and bludgeon the walker; the survivors are concerned because no other ones had yet made it to the remote area where the camp is situated. Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus), the equally volatile and dangerous brother of Merle, arrives in camp from a hunting trip and is enraged to hear that his brother was abandoned.
Rick has an inner struggle with the fact that they left Merle on the roof alone. He resolves to return to rescue Merle and reclaim the bag of guns and ammunition that he dropped when he was knocked from his horse. He also wants to retrieve the walkie-talkie from the bag so he can warn Morgan Jones and his son Duane not to go to Atlanta. Against the misgivings of his wife, Rick leaves with several other members of the group to return to Atlanta. Back at the camp, tensions are high among the survivors. Lori tells Shane to leave her family alone now that her husband is back. Ed Peletier (Adam Minarovich) is sitting around, while the women of the group, including his wife Carol (Melissa McBride) wash clothes in a stream; when he hears them talking and laughing, he goes down to the stream to tell his wife to focus on her work. When one of the other women, Andrea (Laurie Holden), tells him off, Ed quickly becomes threatening and then strikes his wife. Shane comes to the scene and takes his frustration at Lori's rejection out on Ed, beating him severely and telling him that if he lays a hand on his wife or his daughter again, Shane will beat him to death. In Atlanta, the rescue group reaches the top of the department store and breaks through the chain with bolt cutters. Merle is gone—the handcuffs are still attached to the pipe, with a hacksaw and Merle's severed hand laying nearby. Daryl screams and goes into a fit of rage. He appears on the edge and ready to kill everyone who had done this to his brother.
External links
- "Tell It to the Frogs" at AMC
- "Tell It to the Frogs" at the Internet Movie Database
- "Tell It to the Frogs" at TV.com
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