Walking Dead: Guts

"Guts"
	Series The Walking Dead; Season 1, Episode 2
Air date	November 7th, 2010
Writers	Frank Darabont
Director	Michelle MacLaren
Producers	David Alpert; Frank Darabont; Charles H. Eglee; Adam Fierro; Gale Anne Hurd; Denise Huth; Robert Kirkman; Jack LoGiudice; Tom Luse; Greg Nicotero; Skip Schoolnik
Starring	Andrew Lincoln; Jon Bernthal; Sarah Wayne Callies; Laurie Holden; Jeffrey DeMunn; Steven Yeun; Chandler Riggs
	Episode guide
Previous; "Days Gone Bye"	Next; "Tell It to the Frogs"

"Why don't you pull your head out of your ass? Maybe your headache will go away. Try some positivity for a change. Damn."

―T-Dog

"Guts" is the second episode of season one of the horror-themed television series The Walking Dead. The episode was directed by Michelle MacLaren and written by series developer Frank Darabont. It premiered on AMC on Sunday, November 7th, 2010. In this episode, Rick Grimes and several of the human survivors he found travel from their caravan haven into the heart of zombie-infested Atlanta to gather supplies. They make some new allies, but also some new enemies. A racist named Merle Dixon takes issue with a black member of the party named T-Dog and Rick is forced to resort to drastic measures to insure their continued survival.

Cast[]

Starring[]

Actor	Role
Andrew Lincoln	Rick Grimes
Jon Bernthal	Shane Walsh
Sarah Wayne Callies	Lori Grimes
Laurie Holden	Andrea
Jeffrey DeMunn	Dale Horvath
Steven Yeun	Glenn Rhee
Chandler Riggs	Carl Grimes

Guest Starring[]

Actor	Role
Michael Rooker	Merle Dixon
Emma Bell	Amy
Andrew Rothenberg	Jim
Juan Pareja	Morales
Irone Singleton	T-Dog
Jeryl Prescott Sales	Jacqui

Uncredited Cast[]

Note: The following is taken from the full credits list for this entry on IMDB. As it is a website with user-submitted information, some of the data listed here, including character names may be inaccurate.

Actor	Role
Chance Bartels	Walker shot by Merle
Craig Braginsky	Walker
Erin Leigh Bushko	Walker
Max Calder	Walker
Charles Casey	Walker
Frances Cobb	Unnamed camp survivor
Michael L. Covington	Parent
Carl Cunningham	Street walker
Kevin Galbraith	Walker
Joe Giles	Atlanta suit walker
Rodney M. Hall	Walker
Lauren Henneberg	Walker
Joe Hernandez	Walker
Alexyz Danine Kemp	Walker
Derrick McLeod	Walker
James Miller	Rat/Sewer walker
Stephen M. Phillips	Walker
Eddie Rattanasouk	Walker
Kristen Sanchez	Walker
Brian Stretch	Shovel walker
Sonya Thompson	Walker
Christoph Vogt	Walker
Steve Warren	Walker
Greg Wattkis	Walker
Sam Witwer	Atlanta tank soldier

Notes & Trivia[]

The Walking Dead was developed by Frank Darabont based on the graphic novel series The Walking Dead by writer Robert Kirkman and artists Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard.

This episode is included on disc one of The Walking Dead: Season One DVD and Blu-ray collections. It is also included on The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season 3-disc Special Edition DVD and Blu-ray.

This episode loosely adapts events from The Walking Dead #4 comic book by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore.

Actor Juan Gabriel Pareja is credited as Juan Pareja in this episode.

Actress Jeryl Prescott is credited as Jeryl Prescott Sales in this episode.

This is the first episode of The Walking Dead directed by Michelle MacLaren. It is her only episode from season one. Her next episode is "Pretty Much Dead Already".

This is Frank Darabont's second episode on the series as a writer. His next episode is "Tell It to the Frogs".

This is the first appearance of Andrea, who becomes a regular character on the series.

This is the first appearance of T-Dog, who becomes a regular supporting character in seasons one through three.

This is the first appearance of Jacqui, who becomes a regular character in the remaining episodes of season one.

Actors Charles Casey, Michael L. Covington, Carl Cunningham and Eddie Rattanasouk are all uncredited for their participation in this episode.

Actor Andrew Rothenberg appeared in two episodes of the TV series Prison Break. Co-star Sarah Wayne Callies was a series regular on that program.

Actor Juan Pareja also played a character named Morales in the 2007 horror film The Mist, directed by Frank Darabont. The film also starred The Walking Dead actors Laurie Holden, Jeffrey DeMunn and Melissa McBride.

A still of Andrew Lincoln and Steven Yeun from this episode was used as an alternate photo-cover to The Walking Dead #80.

Allusions[]

Glenn refers to Rick Grimes as Clint Eastwood. Clint Eastwood is an American film actor and award-winning director. He first came to prominence in the 1960s for his work in the spaghetti western genre, particularly the films of Sergio Leone where his character has become popularly known as The Man With No Name.

The trick of coating oneself in walker guts to mask your scent is also used by Travis Manawa in the "Ouroboros" episode of Fear the Walking Dead, which takes place some time prior to this episode.

Quotes[]

Glenn: Nice moves there, Clint Eastwood. You're the new sheriff come riding in to clean up the town?
Rick Grimes: Wasn't my intention.
Glenn: Yeah, whatever. Yeehah. You're still a dumbass

....

T-Dog: [into walkie-talkie] Anybody out there? Hello? Anybody read? I'm hoping to hear somebody's voice 'cause I'm sick and tired of hearing mine.

Merle Dixon: Yeah, well, that makes two of us. Why don't you knock that crap off? You're giving me a headache, boy.

T-Dog: Why don't you pull your head out of your ass? Maybe your headache will go away. Try some positivity for a change. Damn.

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"Guts"
Series The Walking Dead Season 1, Episode 2

Air date	November 7th, 2010
Writers	Frank Darabont
Director	Michelle MacLaren
Producers	David Alpert; Frank Darabont; Charles H. Eglee; Adam Fierro; Gale Anne Hurd; Denise Huth; Robert Kirkman; Jack LoGiudice; Tom Luse; Greg Nicotero; Skip Schoolnik
Starring	Andrew Lincoln; Jon Bernthal; Sarah Wayne Callies; Laurie Holden; Jeffrey DeMunn; Steven Yeun; Chandler Riggs
Episode guide
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