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"This Week... The group learn that someone dangerous may be on the loose near the farm. As night falls, Rick (Andrew Lincoln), Shane (Jon Bernthal), Daryl (Norman Reedus) and Glenn (Steven Yeun) comb the woods to handle the situation and keep the group safe... Watching Dead... The death of Dale (Jeffrey DeMunn) in last week&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Judge, Jury, Executioner&amp;#039; appears to have had quite the impact on the other survivors at Hershel&amp;#039;s farm. Recent shocking events have given each member of the group cause to look back on their actions and reconsider their position... Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies), for one, makes a last ditch attempt to reason with Shane, thanking him for all he&amp;#039;s done and apologising for putting him and Rick &amp;quot;at odds&amp;quot; - a far cry from the Lady Macbeth act we glimpsed in &amp;#039;Triggerfinger&amp;#039;. Meanwhile, her son Carl (Chandler Riggs) - who couldn&amp;#039;t have been more of a petulant brat last week - is feeling guilty over what happened to Dale, confessing his part to the old man&amp;#039;s death to Shane and turning his back on the violence that, last episode, he seemed to gleefully embrace. Andrea (Laurie Holden) too undergoes something of a transformation - the character has become increasingly hardened after her sister Amy&amp;#039;s death, at times resembling a female Shane, so it&amp;#039;s ironic that it&amp;#039;s another loss that finally allows her to see the light. With Dale gone, it seems that Andrea&amp;#039;s priorities have changed - witness the scene in which she comforts an emotional Glenn (Steven Yeun).  But if there&amp;#039;s one character you can rely on to be stubborn, bullish and completely lacking in self-realisation, it&amp;#039;s Shane. Rick&amp;#039;s convinced that his old partner is &amp;quot;turning over a new leaf&amp;quot; but, following his conversation with Lori, Shane&amp;#039;s determined to continue their petty game of one-upmanship... Forget reckless, forget hot-headed - by this point, Shane&amp;#039;s a full-blown psychotic. Disregarding Rick&amp;#039;s orders for the millionth time, he drags the captive Randall (Michael Zegen) into the woods, mercilessly snapping his neck. As if that weren&amp;#039;t deranged enough, Shane slams his own head into a tree, blood pouring down his face... Claiming to have been attacked, Shane leads a band of the men into the woods after Randall, but it&amp;#039;s all a ruse - a trap - and Rick knows it. Shane plans to kill Rick, blame it on Randall then assume the role of leader. At first, it appears that Rick is trying to talk his old friend down, but he pulls a knife and stabs Shane to death. Alright, so Jon Bernthal&amp;#039;s exit from The Walking Dead was possibly the world&amp;#039;s worst kept secret - even if you were unaware of Shane&amp;#039;s death in the comics, the announcement of Bernthal&amp;#039;s casting in Frank Darabont&amp;#039;s new TNT drama L.A. Noir and a spoilerific DVD ad leaked by AMC would&amp;#039;ve blown the surprise for most viewers. What&amp;#039;s more, the impact of Shane&amp;#039;s demise is lessened somewhat by Dale&amp;#039;s death having occurred just one episode prior - a situation which, rumour has it, was beyond the writers&amp;#039; control.  Nevertheless, the final face-off between Rick and Shane - once loyal partners, now bitter enemies - is almost sickeningly tense. Both Bernthal and Andrew Lincoln are utterly, utterly superb. But did Rick make a mistake? Yes, Shane was out of control and had to be dealt with, but in killing him, Rick has effectively taken one more step towards becoming him. Soon, Carl stumbles onto the bloody scene and, in a moment reminiscent of the original comics, shoots the now zombified Shane in the head. First hinted at a few weeks back, the revelation that - regardless of whether or not they&amp;#039;ve been bitten - anyone who dies becomes a walker makes the world these characters inhabit seem just that little bit more grim. But back to Shane. He really has been a fantastic character - deeply flawed, multi-layered, a man you loved to hate. He was a live wire, sparking drama and incidents each week, and The Walking Dead will definitely miss him. Jon Bernthal has been a revelation in the role - give that man an Emmy. Let us know what you thought of this week&amp;#039;s Walking Dead below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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