Tell It to the Frogs

"Tell It to the Frogs" is the third episode of the first season of AMC's The Walking Dead. It is the third episode of the series overall. It premiered on November 14, 2010. It was written by Frank Darabont, Charles H. Eglee & Jack LoGiudice and directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton.

Plot
Rick makes a decision to go back to Atlanta to retrieve the bag of guns and save a man's life. Lori and Shanemust deal with the surprising return of someone they thought was dead.

Co-Stars

 * IronE Singleton as T-Dog
 * Adam Minarovich as Ed Peletier
 * Melissa McBride as Carol Peletier
 * Jeryl Prescott Sales as Jacqui
 * Aubrey Plaza as Susan Ross
 * Madison Lintz as Sophia Peletier
 * Maddie Lomax as Eliza Morales

Uncredited

 * Viviana Chavez-Vega as Miranda Morales
 * Noah Lomax as Louis Morales
 * Orlando Vargas as Camp Survivor
 * Gregory Nicotero as Deer Walker
 * Stephen M. Phillips as Walker
 * Nilsa Castro as CDC Lab Technician

Deaths

 * 1 deer
 * Several squirrels

Trivia

 * First appearance of Daryl Dixon.
 * First appearance of Carol Peletier.
 * First appearance of Ed Peletier.
 * First appearance of Sophia Peletier.
 * First appearance of Miranda Morales.
 * First appearance of Eliza Morales.
 * First appearance of Louis Morales.
 * This is the only episode of the series in which the entire Atlanta group appears.
 * Bellwood Quarry is the location of the lake that Shane and Carl caught frogs on and where the women did their laundry. [1]
 * The title of the episode, "Tell It to the Frogs", refers to a metaphor for words going unheard or unaccepted, which recurs throughout the episode:
 * Merle talking to a possible hallucination on the roof.
 * Ed telling Shane to mind his own business over the log on the fire.
 * Rick trying to explain to Shane and Lori why he needs to go back to Atlanta.
 * T-Dog explaining to Daryl why he has to go back to Atlanta.
 * Lori and Shane fighting about the return of Rick.
 * The women arguing with Ed because they get fed up with his behavior.
 * According to the commentary track of the next episode, halfway through this episode, Dale's hat changes color from blue to white, because Robert Kirkman stole the blue one.
 * The shirt that Carl is wearing when he and Lori are reunited with Rick is the same one he wore in the comic version of the scene.
 * The walker that is eating the deer Daryl was tracking was portrayed by Greg Nicotero.
 * One of the vehicles at the survivor's camp is a van from the Holy Cross Lutheran Chruch, which exists in real life in Athens, Georgia.

Comic Parallels

 * Rick reuniting with his family and Shane at the Atlanta Camp is adapted from Issue 2 and Issue 3.
 * Rick spending time with Lori while a jelaous Shane watches them is adapted from Issue 3.
 * Dale chopping a walker head off with an axe is adapted from Issue 3.
 * Lori telling Shane that what happened between them was a mistake is adapted from Issue 4.