Recap of The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 5: Chupacabra

Here we go Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 5: Chupacabra. If you haven't seen the episode from last Sunday there are going to be spoilers here.

Sunday 9pm EST on AMC!

Episode Recap:

The episode begins with a flashback. We see events at the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. We learn that the government has dropped bombs destroying the city much to the horror of the people waiting on the highway.

The group is planning out a search party for Sophia. Shane and Rick have differing opinions about what should have been done regarding searching for Sophia. Shane believes that there should not have been a search party because it uses up resources and makes the survivors susceptible to danger. Rick is stricken with guilt over how he could not protect Sophia and lost her. He still believes that Sophia is alive and that they will find her. Rick begins to doubt his decisions. We find out later we find out that Shane's top priority is to keep Lori and Carl safe. No one else really matters. Lori has not told Rick (or Shane) that she is pregnant. I'm thinking that this might be Shane's baby but not sure of the timeline of events thus far.

Daryl's missing brother Merle from Season 1. Is he still alive?

Darryl goes off on his own after borrowing a horse without asking. He finds a doll possibly owned by Sophia down by a lake. However, before he can make further progress he is thrown off by a horse down the side of a short cliff. Unfortunately, one of his arrows has pierced his side. He attempts to climb up the cliff to get back to safety. He slips and falls again. He has visions of his brother Merle who keeps goading him and tells him that he is not liked nor respected by the other survivors. He finds the strength to climb back to the path but not before making a necklace out of the ears of the zombies he just killed.

Zombie Killing Highlights: Darryl fights off two zombies.

• Zombie A gets owned by a large walking stick to the head. 

Well place walking stick to the head.

• Zombie B is killed with a well placed arrow to the head.

Headshot!

Andrea wants to keep the camp safe by keeping lookout. She spots a zombie who is really Daryl covered in dirt and blood. She can't properly identify who it is because of the sunlight. She takes a shot which just grazes Daryl's head. 

Zombie or just crazy Daryl covered in dirt and wearing a zombie ear necklace? Andrea take a look...

...what Andrea sees through her binoculars.

Andrea's shot just grazes Daryl's head.

Glen confides in Dale about having sex with Maggie. Dale is not impressed and mortified by the whole situation because he knows that Hershel is going to be pissed off if he ever finds out.

Ever done it in a hayloft? Funny story there was this one time...

Creepy barn alert. There better not be any zombies in there...

The big reveal comes at the very end of this episode. Glen wants to meet Maggie at the barn hayloft after dinner. He makes a shocking discovery that Hershel has kept living zombies locked up in the barn. Maggie tells Glen that he was not supposed to see this.

WTF! There are zombies in the barn! 

How will Hershel explain this secret to the survivors? Will this drive a wedge between Team Rick vs. Team Hershel. Will Lori reveal her pregnancy?  We will see what happens next episode!