 Principal photography for the episode transpired at the Goat Farm Arts Center in the West Midtown neighborhood of Atlanta , Georgia . " Vatos " features a sequence near the conclusion of the episode , in which a horde of walkers invades and attacks the campgrounds . The scene was written by Robert Kirkman , who based it closely on a similar sequence in the comics . Kirkman stated that he was very excited to develop the sequence and added that it was a familiar task for him : 
