Brand new streaming services and channel packages from cable and satellite providers have brought an entirely new library of shows and movies to thousands of people in recent years, meaning that the range of popular shows available to you has never been greater. All you need to do is look up something like “direct tv new hampshire” and you will encounter a huge range of options specific to providers in your area, where it is fairly likely that, if you have been looking for a new show to enjoy, you will find what you’re looking for and then some. For example, over the course of the last year or so many television fans have become huge fans of the smash hit post-apocalyptic zombie drama The Walking Dead. The show essentially follows sheriff’s deputy Rick Grimes as he wakes from a coma to find the world overrun by zombie “walkers.” Grimes journeys to find his family and, along with any other survivors they pick up along the way, begin the quest for survival.

Following the wildly successful first season of this show, season 2 has earned a lot of attention among television fans. The suspense has been compounded by the fact that this show, like plenty of other ones, has temporarily dropped off after 7 episodes, and will be resuming in February with the conclusion of season 2. So, for those who are interested in how the show has progressed, here is a brief recap of the first half of the season’s final episode.

This finale episode, entitled “Pretty Much Dead Already,” dealt with a theme that seems to be picking up some steam in the show, which is that the Walkers do not have to necessarily be looked at as dangerous monsters. The episode revolves around the concept of whether to rescue (in some sense) Walkers stuck in quicksand, or to shoot them. Hershel leads the charge against violence against the Walkers, as he believes that they are more sick humans than monsters. Shane proves this theory wrong, however, by repeatedly shooting the captured Walkers, displaying the fact that on some level they are not human (or they’d die from the multiple shots). Shane then opens up a barn filled with more captured Walkers, and the group opens fire. The episode reaches a shocking and dramatic conclusion, however, when long-missing Sophia emerges from the barn, having turned into a zombie herself. With nothing else left to do, Rick steps forward and puts a decisive bullet into her head, setting up a resounding conclusion to the first half of this season, and mounting plenty of intrigue going forward.