Guts

"Guts" is the second episode of the first season of AMC's The Walking Dead. It is the second episode of the series overall. It premiered on November 7, 2010. It was written by Frank Darabont and directed by Michelle MacLaren.

Plot
Rick unknowingly causes a group of survivors to be trapped by walkers. The group dynamic devolves from accusations to violence, as Rick must confront an enemy far more dangerous than the undead.

Co-stars
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 * IronE Singleton as T-Dog
 * Jeryl Prescott Sales as Jacqui
 * Aubrey Plaza as Susan Ross

Uncredited

 * Unknown as Wayne Dunlap
 * Blade as Siggard's Horse
 * Frances Cobb as Camp Survivor
 * Orlando Vargas as Camp Survivor
 * Samuel Witwer as Tank Soldier
 * James Miller as Rat/Sewer Walker
 * Brian Stretch as Tank Walker
 * Charles Casey as Walker
 * Sonya Thompson as Walker
 * Kristen Sanchez as Walker
 * Steve Warren as Walker
 * Rodney M. Hall as Walker
 * Joe Giles as Atlanta Suit Walker
 * Max Calder as Walker
 * Joe Hernandez as Walker
 * Chance Bartels as Walker
 * Christoph Vogt as Walker
 * Lauren Henneberg as Walker
 * Greg Wattkis as Walker
 * Travis Charpentier, Carl Cunningham, Erin Leigh Bushko, Alexyz Danine Kemp, Derrick McLeod, Eddie Rattanasouk, Tony Gowell, Stephen M. Phillips, Marty Brotzge as Walkers
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Deaths

 * Wayne Dunlap (Zombified)
 * 1 rat

Trivia

 * First appearance of Andrea.
 * First appearance of Merle Dixon.
 * First appearance of T-Dog.
 * First appearance of Jim.
 * First appearance of Morales.
 * First appearance of Jacqui.
 * First appearance of Susan Ross.
 * First appearance of Glenn Rhee. (Physically)
 * First (and last) appearance of Wayne Dunlap. (Zombified)
 * Last appearance of Siggard's Horse. (Corpse)
 * The title of the episode, "Guts", refers to Rick and Glenn using walker's guts to cover their smell, so they can help the group escape Atlanta.
 * It may also refer to the fact that Rick has the 'guts' to confront Merle and get the group out of such a dire situation at the department store.
 * The Dodge Challenger that Glenn steals is the same car the character Walter White buys for his son in another AMC's series, Breaking Bad.[1]
 * The van that Rick drives the group away from Atlanta in, is the van of a company named Ferenc Builders. Darabont Ferenc is the birth name of the developer of the show, Frank Darabont.
 * The scene where Merle Dixon begins shooting his gun on the rooftop in Atlanta caused a little bit of real-life chaos. Some people did not know they were additional in filming, and thought that Michael Rooker was a sniper and notified the police. A SWAT team actually showed up and the misunderstanding was then explained.
 * "Guts" currently has the least views of any other Walking Dead episode premiere in America, with only 4.71 million viewers.
 * Jaqcui, Susan Ross, and Merle Dixon were new characters created for the show and never made appearances in the comics. Same goes for Daryl in the upcoming episode(s).
 * The song that plays at the end of the episode, when Glenn was escaping Atlanta with the Dodge Challenger, is I'm a Man by Black Strobe.
 * When Rick asks Glenn why he tried to save him, Glenn's response was "Call it foolish, naive hope, but if I'm ever that far up shit creek, somebody might do the same for me." This quote foreshadows Glenn's inevitable fate in "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be" and Rick reflecting on it in "Say Yes".
 * In "The First Day of the Rest of Your Life", Maggie tells Rick how the decision to help him was made here when Glenn chose to save Rick's life and that everything that came after it stemmed from that decision.
 * Rick's trick with the walker guts are later used in "No Sanctuary", "Start to Finish", "No Way Out" and "The Big Scary U".
 * In the latter episode, its revealed by Negan that using the trick sometimes results in people becoming ill as happens to Gabriel Stokes. Noticeably, Rick warns everyone not allow the guts to get on their skin and in their eyes and they all take extra precautions while handling the guts. This is done in all but "The Big Scary U" when Negan and Gabriel have no way of taking extra precautions and Gabriel gets sick.

Comic Parallels

 * Shane and Lori having sex in the woods is adapted from Issue 37.
 * Glenn saving Rick's life from a herd of walkers and taking him to a rooftop is adapted from Issue 2.
 * Rick and Glenn covering themselves with walker's guts and barely escaping the herd of walkers is adapted from Issue 4.
 * Rick getting scorned for using a gun in Atlanta is adapted from Issue 2.