Blood and Guts

Blood and Guts is the second episode of Dawn of Light of season 1.

Plot
It starts off with the survivors watching the walkers at the doors and Andrea (Laurie Holden) asks what they're going to do. Rick (Andrew Lincoln) asks if there is a way out and Jacqui (Jeryl Prescott) suggests using the building's subbasement sewer system.

They all stand at the top of the ladder and Andrea asks who is going down. Charlie (Tracy Spiridakos), Miles (Billy Burke) and Glenn (Steven Yeun) volunteer but Glenn says that he'll go down and Andrea says that they will be right behind him. Glenn says that he'll take Morales (Juan Pareja) while Rick, Andrea, Miles, Charlie and Nora (Daniella Alonso) watch the door since they have weapons and Jacqui will stay at the top of the ladder to warn them of danger. Charlie, Miles and Nora go to Rachel (Elizabeth Mitchell), Ben (Tim Guinee) and Danny (Graham Rogers) and asks them if Ben is alright. Ben says that he's holding on and Charlie says that she will never leave him. Ben says he wants to be alone with Charlie and they all leave the two alone. Ben says "Charlie, I'm so glad that you are a strong girl but you will always be my little girl. I want you to look out for Danny, your mother and Miles and make sure they're safe. You have to promise me." and she promises.

Glenn and Morales are walking in the sewer until they reach a grated barrier. They discuss ways to cut through, but abandon the idea when they see a walker devouring a rat on the other side. The walker reaches at them through the grate and they step back.

Andrea is looking at a necklace with a mermaid pendant and tells Rick that her sister Amy (Emma Bell) loves mermaids. Rick encourages her to take it, insisting shoplifting rules don't apply anymore. She takes the necklace and walkers break through the exterior glass doors and begin pounding on the interior set. The walker holding the rock leads the pack. Morales, Jacqui and Glenn arrive to report that the sewer is not an option.

Back at the camp, Amy tells Shane that the others should be back by now and Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies), Lourdes (Seychelle Gabriel) and Dale (Jeffrey DeMunn) try to calm her down. Maggie (Sarah Carter) says that she'll go find them but Shane says he doesn't want anyone going and Amy slaps him across his face and says "that's for leaving them."

The rest are on the rooftop and Rick spots a cube van at a nearby construction site but it's a few blocks away and the street is overrun with zombies. The group discusses the difficulty of moving past walkers undetected because they know the difference between their scent and human scent. Rick says he has an idea and he begins to discuss the plan.

Rick, Charlie and Morales then go outside and manage to kill the 3 walkers in the alleyway. They bring in one walker and they close the door. Rick is about to butcher the corpse with a fire axe but pauses and decides to search the body. They acknowledge the man's lost humanity and his name was Wayne Dunlap and had a picture of a girl. Rick begins hacking the dead body to pieces with the axe. After a few blows, Rick, Miles and Glenn smear guts on themselves, disgusting everyone, especially Glenn. Rick tells him to distract himself and Glenn vomits.

Outside, Rick, Miles and Glenn crawl under the bus blocking the alley and lumber into the streets, blending in but a few walkers sniff the air curiously, the guts that the three smeared on themselves earlier seems to be camouflaging their scent effectively. Charlie, Morales, Andrea, Nora, T-Dog and Jacqui race to the roof to follow Rick, Miles and Glenn with a pair of binoculars, and T-Dog tries again to radio the others. T-Dog finally gets in contact with the camp and they all surround the radio while Shane asks where they are. T-Dog tells them that they're surrounded by walkers and trying to find a way out. They then lose contact and Ben (Connor Jessup) says they should go look for them but Shane says they need to stay here. Maggie says to him if they die their blood is on all of their hands and walks away.

Rick, Miles and Glenn are walking and it starts to rain really hard. The scent then goes away and the walkers start chasing them. Rick, Miles and Glenn manage to kill a few walkers and reach the cube van. They take off the coats from the department store and Rick and Miles shoot at the walkers while Glenn looks for the keys. He finally finds the keys and they drive away in the cube van. As the van drives away from the department store to avoid the horde, the group still on the roof worries that they're being left behind. But Rick orders Glenn to radio the group to get ready for pick-up, and mentions that they will need a way to lure the walkers away from the department store, eyeing a red Dodge Challenger sports car. Rick smashes the driver's side window to gain entry, causing the car's alarm to blare loudly.

The group grab their bags while Morales and Danny carry Ben and rushes toward the loading dock. The walkers break through the final set of glass-pane doors and enter the department store. Outside the loading bay at the back entrance of the store, with the walkers lured away by Glenn's car alarm, Rick pulls the van up and the group piles in, catching their breath as they drive away from the city. Charlie tells Ben that he is going to be okay and he then dies. Miles, Nora, Andrea, T-Dog and Jacqui become saddened while Charlie, Rachel and Danny start crying and Miles then stabs Ben in the head to prevent reanimation. The last shot shows them all driving away while Glenn screams in celebration.