Self Help

"Self Help" is the fifth episode of the fifth season of AMC's The Walking Dead. It is the fifty-sixth episode of the series overall. It premiered on November 9, 2014. It was written by Heather Bellson & Seth Hoffman and directed by Ernest Dickerson.

Plot
A new set of issues confront our group while on a mission. Will they be able to push through and survive these challenges? Or better yet, each other?

Co-Stars

 * Andrea Moore as Ellen Ford

Uncredited

 * Drake Ethan Light as A.J. Ford
 * Unknown as Becca Ford
 * Coleman Youmans as Walker

Deaths

 * Ellen Ford (Flashback)
 * A.J. Ford (Flashback)
 * Becca Ford (Flashback)
 * Warren (Confirmed Fate)
 * Dirk (Confirmed Fate)
 * Stephanie (Confirmed Fate)
 * Josephine (Confirmed Fate)
 * Rex (Confirmed Fate)
 * Pam (Confirmed Fate)
 * Josiah (Confirmed Fate)
 * Roger (Confirmed Fate)
 * 4 unnamed survivors (Flashback)

Trivia

 * First (and last) appearance of Ellen Ford. (Flashback)
 * First (and last) appearance of A.J. Ford. (Flashback)
 * First (and last) appearance of Becca Ford. (Flashback)
 * The title of the episode, "Self Help", refers to Eugene peeking on Rosita and Abraham having sex at the Self Help section.
 * Also, Eugene reveals that he has been lying to everybody about the cure in order to get other people to ensure his survival, so he has been helping himself.
 * The original titled was "The Choice", but it was changed for unknown reasons.
 * According to Michael Cudiltz, this episode was almost banned completely, due to unknown reasons.[2]
 * The song featured in this episode is "May the Work I've Done Speak For Me" by The Consolers.
 * In the scene where Tara and Eugene talk behind the bookcase, the books on the shelf are titled "We All Fall Down" which is a nod to the classic British nursery "Ring a Ring a Roses" which is thought to make reference to the bubonic plague which swept through 15th Century England and again in the 17th Century.

Comic Parallels

 * Glenn questioning Eugene about his choice for a mullet is adapted from a similar scene in Issue 58, where Andrea questions him instead.
 * Abraham's past is adapted from Issue 58.
 * Eugene watching Abraham and Rosita having sex is adapted from Issue 62.
 * Eugene confessing to the group he lied about being a scientist and he doesn't know how to stop the outbreak is adapted from Issue 67.
 * Abraham brutally punching Eugene before being stopped is adapted from Issue 67.