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The Walking Dead – Season 2, Episode 11 Judge, Jury, Executioner

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The Walking Dead – Season 2, Episode 11

Judge, Jury, Executioner

Aired Mar 4, 2012

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Rick sides with Shane causing Dale to worry that the group is losing its humanity; Carl's actions have unintended consequences.

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The promise of bigger moments to come helps to liven up the deliberate pace of "Judge, Jury, Executioner," while strong work from the cast elevates its talky script.

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Andrew Lincoln

Rick Grimes

Jon Bernthal

Shane Walsh

Sarah Wayne Callies

Lori Grimes

Laurie Holden

Andrea

Jeffrey DeMunn

Dale

Steven Yeun

Glenn

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Starlee Kine

New York Magazine/Vulture

07/28/2015

I were to meet the Walking Dead at a party, it would explain to me that those first 40 minutes were necessary in order for us to feel the true weight of Dale's... But at the same time, watching it felt like listening to your 2-year-old explain their day.

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Alan Sepinwall

HitFix

07/28/2015

Though I don't know if it all worked, it was still a step up from most of the earlier farm episodes.

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Zack Handlen

AV Club

07/28/2015

B+

Using Carl to both resolve the episode's plot, and making him semi-responsible for Dale's death, has a satisfying neatness, and serves as a reminder that for all their talk, Rick and the group have no idea what impact their choices will make.

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Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez

Tom & Lorenzo

06/06/2018

This wasn't a bad episode, but it was pretty much a Greatest Hits listing of all the things wrong with the scripting on this show.

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Josh Jackson

Paste Magazine

07/29/2015

8.6/10

Sometimes it doesn't take a horde of walkers to keep the show engaging. Sometimes the scariest thing to be faced with doesn't want to eat your brain; it just wants to challenge it.

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Andy Greenwald

Grantland

07/28/2015

The screen went to black, but the bad taste lingered; once again our supposed heroes were portrayed as being both unprepared and unlikable. The producers and Rick are in for the same rough lesson, I fear: bad decision-making has real consequences.

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Synopsis

Rick sides with Shane causing Dale to worry that the group is losing its humanity; Carl's actions have unintended consequences.

Director: Greg Nicotero
Executive Producer: Frank Darabont, Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert
Screenwriter: Angela Kang
Network: AMC
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date: Mar 4, 2012