 The love triangle involving Lori , Rick , and Shane was cited as an episode highlight . Meslow felt that the interactions between Lori and Rick possessed " as much rawness and honesty as could be hoped for . " Kine criticized the emotion during the interactions between Shane and Rick , and summated that it was a " standard Walking Dead attempt at trying to convince us that Grimes and Shane are friends by way of showing us their casual , good @-@ old @-@ boy @-@ tinged banter . " Ritkoff expressed that the episode 's conclusion was a rational and level @-@ headed resolution to the storyline ; " Whatever jealousy he might feel , it would have been absurd for Rick to punish the woman he loves most in the world for post @-@ apocalyptic infidelity under these circumstances . " Sepinwall commended Rick 's reaction to Lori 's confessions , and Goldman felt that their interaction was well acted and perfectly scripted . Venable appraised the segment as " very engaging " , and applauded Lincoln 's performance . He wrote , " Andrew Lincoln delivered these lines of pitiable understanding as well as anyone could . " CNN 's Henry Hanks opined : " If you thought Rick and Shane had blow @-@ ups before , you ain 't seen nothing yet . " 
