Season two of AMC's cult series—set in a bleak future where zombies walk the earth—struggled to find its way after the network fired creator Frank Darabont. The scope was whittled down, with former police officer Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and his gypsy group of survivors taking refuge near an isolated family farm headed up by wary patriarch Hershel Greene (Scott Wilson), an old-fashioned, God-fearing country doctor just protecting his own extended brood. The show almost stops dead in its tracks for this campout in the woods, with endless struggles over leadership, before rousing back to life at the halfway point as the suppressed conflicts become so volatile they finally erupt under pressure. After this, The Walking Dead finds its footing again in the characters' long, strange, sometimes fatal trip through the end of the world, and the season finale raises the threat level in a bloody battle with a literal stampede of undead cattle on a migratory sweep across the countryside. Compiling all 13 episodes from 2011–12, extras include episode commentaries, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurettes, and webisodes. Recommended. (S. Axmaker)
The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season
Anchor Bay, 4 discs, 578 min., not rated, DVD: $59.99, Blu-ray: $69.99 Volume 27, Issue 6
The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season
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