1.) I believe Rick attempted to talk their way out of another gunfight because he thought Glenn and Hershel were a hinderance to him. Naturally it turns out Hershel knows how to use a gun, but Rick's opinion of Glenn turned out to be correct.

2.) I'm on team Rick, but saving the kid was stupid. Yes, Rick could attempt to find out information on the kid's group and what they've seen, but once the kid rejoins his group, they're going to be searching for Hershel's farm.

 

Rick is trying to remain a good man. Like he said he was just a kid. (They could have easily just sliced the leg from the side, trying to do an amputation was stupid)

Lori wants Shane gone and she doesn't care how it happens. She's just as nuts as Shane is. She has no conscience whatsoever.

Dale is idiot. He may be right about a lot of things but he has no guile.

Andrea is going to regret hooking up with Shane, he's just using her and will kick her to the curb at the drop of a hat.

Herschel is coming around and might just turn out to be a strong member of the group.

Darryl is just being Darryl. He'll pull out of it. Notice he was ready to rock and roll the next morning.

 

I was wondering why it was dark when they were having the leg in the fence disaster, and then the sun was up by the time they got back to the farm. Did they stop and get a latte or run by the pharmacy one more time?

They ditched the old Jeep for a newer Chevy too. Nice to see them in a non-beater of a car.

 

I agree! Plus there is no harm in that. The others won't be looking for the kid, they think he was breakfast, lunch and dinner for the walkers they left him behind for.

 

I asked about this in another thread...And also why it became night instantly after he killed the two guys in the bar. It was sunny out during that scene, and then seconds afterward in the Bar, it is night time???

 

I guess it's time moving at the speed of plot again.
Darkness makes for a certain kind of dramatic effect, so does arriving at dawn with Randall.
The sun is where it needs to be, and hopefully the audience doesnt notice.
Or maybe it's just editing error or they had to film parts at night to match a schedule, either way it's not really relevant to the story I think.

 

I don't think Rick was wrong for saving the kid. He knew it was possible based on the situation. And he took that chance to save the kid. I really doubt the kid'll go back to his people after what they did to him, though.

 

Drastically is the key word there.

It could have been done better. Let one character say "we've been holed up in here for 6 hours..."

They had the barn incident (Early morning: clock in the camper said 10:50 when it was time for the service), the bar incident (afternoon, evening), save the kid (night), all night drive (?), and surgery the next morning. Just trying to follow the story from a timeline perspective.

 

The gunfight started at night. It lasted a while (SOME time can be assumed, how much is irrelevant). They said they had to cauterize Randall's wound, they obviously stopped to blind fold him. All of this takes time. Plus the distance TO the town... The morning can be easily explained.

What is strange is that 'Nebraska' ended in daylight and 'trigger happy' started after dark, but with the gunshots at the end of 'nebraska'

 

Maybe thewriters wanted to show the diff between Rick and Shane, Rick couldnt leave a live guy to be eaten whereas Shane shot Otis in the leg to be eaten. Granted the circumstances were much diffrent, Shane alone, hurt ankle, time limit to save Carl. just a thought maybe it will come up in the next few episodes I can see Rick in an argument with Shane saying at least i diddnt leave him as bait (hint to Otis)?

 

They would have left them if the tables had been turned. better to be quiet, block or lock the door and sneak out the back before they knew you were there while they were searching the other side of the street.

 

Sneaking out the back didn't work. Their were already walkers there and the bad guys were just ahead them anyway. Even if they were able to sneak out what then? Their car was out front with the guys they were trying to get away from. They were just lucky the walkers showed up when they did.