- [Rick sees Daryl for the first time as Daryl sees the Deer-Walker that fed on his deer]
- Daryl Dixon: Son of a bitch. That's my deer! Look at it. All gnawed on by this... Filthy, disease-bearing, motherless poxy bastard!
- [T-Dog volunteers to be the fourth man to go back and save Merle Dixon]
- Shane Walsh: Now you're gonna risk three men, huh?
- T-Dog: Four.
- Daryl Dixon: [Daryl scoffs] My day just gets better and better, don't it?
- T-Dog: You see anybody else here stepping up to save your brother's cracker ass?
- Daryl Dixon: Why you?
- T-Dog: You wouldn't even begin to understand. You don't speak my language.
- Dale Horvath: That's four.
- [Shane tells Lori and Carl they'll be begging for frog legs and that him and Carl will be heroes]
- Shane Walsh: When you get down to that last can of beans, you're gonna be loving those frog legs, lady. I can see it now...
- Shane Walsh: [as Shane imitates Lori] 'Shane, do you think I could have a second helping, please? Please? Just one?'
- Lori Grimes: [Lori smiles] Yeah, I doubt that.
- Shane Walsh: [Shane chuckles, looking to Carl] Don't listen to her, man. You and me, we'll be heroes. We'll feed these folks Cajun-style Kermit legs.
- Lori Grimes: I would rather eat miss piggy. Yes, that came out wrong.
- Shane Walsh: [Shane laughs as Carl smiles] Heroes, son, spoken of in song and legend. You and me, Shane and Carl.
- [first lines]
- Merle Dixon: [Merle sits alone cuffed to the rooftop as he begins talking to himself deliriously] That's right. You heard me, bitch. You got a problem? Bring it on if you're man enough, Or take it up the chain if you're a pussy. You heard me, you pussy-ass noncom bitch. You ain't deaf. Take it up the damn chain of command or you can kiss my lily-white ass.
- Merle Dixon: [Merle laughs] That's right. That's what I said. You heard me. And then this idiot, he takes a swing, You know, and well...
- Merle Dixon: [Merle laughs hysterically] Oh, you should've seen the look on his face when I punched out his front teeth. Yeah, five of 'em. Pow! Pow! Just like that. Huh. Oh, my God. Sixteen months in the stockade... Oh, that's what them teeth cost me. Ah, that was... that was hard time, but by God, it was worth every minute of it. Just to see that prick spit his teeth out on the ground.
- Merle Dixon: [Merle chuckles] Yes sir, worth every minute.
- Merle Dixon: [as Merle suddenly realizes he's cuffed to the rooftop still] Oh, no. No, no! No, no! No, no! God! God! No, no! God! Jesus! No, no, merciful Christ! No, no. No, no. God, help me! God! God! Jesus, please! Jesus, please. Help me! Come on now! Help me...
- [when the Walkers pound at the door to the roof]
- [Rick asks for Glenn to join him on his plan to save Merle Dixon]
- Lori Grimes: So you and Daryl, that's your big plan?
- Glenn Rhee: [Rick looks to Glenn] Oh, come on.
- Rick Grimes: You know the way. You've been there before... In and out, no problem. You said so yourself. It's not fair of me to ask... I know that, but I'd feel a lot better with you along. I know she would too.
- [Daryl kicks the Deer-Walker's body on the ground]
- Dale Horvath: [Daryl kicks the Deer-Walker] Calm down, son. That's not helping.
- Daryl Dixon: What do you know about it, old man? Why don't you take that stupid hat and go back to 'On Golden Pond'?
- [Rick tells Daryl that he handcuffed his brother to a rooftop]
- Rick Grimes: Your brother was a danger to us all, so I handcuffed him on a roof, hooked him to a piece of metal. He's still there.
- Daryl Dixon: Hold on. Let me process this. You're saying you handcuffed my brother to a roof and you left him there?
- Rick Grimes: [Rick in a low voice] Yeah.
- [as Daryl tries attacking Rick]
- [Lori tells Shane that her family is off-limits to him from now on]
- Lori Grimes: I'm sorry. Is there a gray area here? Let me dispel it. You stay away from me. You stay away from my son. You don't look at him. You don't talk to him. From now on, my family is off-limits to you.
- Shane Walsh: Lori, I don't think that's fair. I don't think that I deserve that...
- Lori Grimes: Shane, shut up. Don't! My husband is back. He is alive.
- Shane Walsh: He's my best friend. Do you think I'm not happy about that?
- Lori Grimes: [Lori gets in Shane's face] How dare you? Why would you be? You are the one that told me that he died. You son of a bitch.
- [Rick tells Shane why he has to go back to save Merle Dixon]
- Shane Walsh: Could you just tell me why? Why would you risk your life for a douchebag like Merle Dixon?
- Daryl Dixon: Hey, choose your words more carefully.
- Shane Walsh: [Shane looks to Daryl] No, I did. Douchebag's what I meant. Merle Dixon... The guy wouldn't give you a glass of water if you were dying of thirst.
- Rick Grimes: What he would or wouldn't do doesn't interest me. I can't let a man die of thirst... Me. Thirst and exposure. We left him like an animal caught in a trap. That's no way for anything to die, let alone a human being.
- [the women do laundry as each one of them discuss what they miss the most]
- Carol Peletier: I do miss my Maytag.
- Andrea: I miss my Benz, my Sat Nav.
- Jacqui: I miss my coffeemaker with that dual-drip filter and built-in grinder, honey.
- Amy: My computer... And texting.
- Andrea: I miss my vibrator.
- Jacqui: [as the women chuckles] Oh!
- Amy: Oh my God!
- Carol Peletier: Me, too.
- [when the women laugh together]
- [Rick asks Daryl if he can have a calm discussion with him about his brother Merle]
- Rick Grimes: I'd like to have a calm discussion on this topic. Do you think we can manage that? Do you think we can manage that?
- Shane Walsh: Hmm?
- Daryl Dixon: Mmm. Yeah.
- Rick Grimes: [when Shane lets Daryl go] What I did was not on a whim. Your brother does not work and play well with others.
- [Dale looks through his binoculars to see the Mustang car speed towards their campsite]
- Dale Horvath: I'll be damned
- Amy: What is it?
- Dale Horvath: [as the car alarm continues going off] A stolen car is my guess.
- [Shane offers to teach Carl how to catch frogs]
- Shane Walsh: I will teach you to catch frogs.
- Carl Grimes: I've caught a frog before.
- Shane Walsh: I said frogs... Plural. And it is an art, my friend. It is not to be taken lightly. There are ways and means. Few people know about it. I'm willing to share my secrets.
- Lori Grimes: [Carl looks back at Lori] Oh, I'm a girl. You talk to him.
- Shane Walsh: It's a one-time offer, bud... Not to be repeated.
- [Carl asks Shane why do they need frogs]
- Carl Grimes: Why do we need frogs, plural?
- Shane Walsh: You ever eat frog legs?
- Carl Grimes: Eww!
- Shane Walsh: [Shane smirks] No, yum!
- Lori Grimes: No, he's right. Eww.
- [the group sees Rick get out of the truck after they return from Atlanta]
- Shane Walsh: How'd y'all get out of there anyway?
- Glenn Rhee: New guy... He got us out.
- Shane Walsh: New guy?
- Morales: Yeah, crazy Vato just got into town. Hey, helicopter boy! Come say hello. The guy's a cop like you.
- Rick Grimes: [when Shane sees Rick, Rick sees Lori and Carl, Rick whispers] Oh, my god.
- Carl Grimes: [Carl screams, running up to his father, as Rick cries] Dad! Dad!
- [Rick tells Shane he's grateful for what he did for his family]
- Rick Grimes: I can't tell you how grateful I am to you, Shane. I can't begin to express it.
- Dale Horvath: There go those words falling short again. Paltry things.
- [Amy and Andrea suggest on what to tell Daryl Dixon when he returns]
- Amy: We could lie.
- Andrea: Or tell the truth. Merle was out of control. Something had to be done or he'd have gotten us killed. Your husband did what was necessary. And if Merle got left behind, it is nobody's fault but Merle's.
- Dale Horvath: And that's what we tell Daryl? I don't see a rational discussion to be had from that, do you? Word to the wise... We're gonna have our hands full when he gets back from his hunt.
- [Rick tells Lori that he knew he would find her and Carl]
- Rick Grimes: I knew I would.
- Lori Grimes: You're getting cocky now, a little bit.
- Rick Grimes: No. No, I knew. Walking into our home, finding an empty house, both of you gone.
- Lori Grimes: I'm so sorry.
- Rick Grimes: I knew you were alive.
- Lori Grimes: How?
- Rick Grimes: The photos were gone, all our family albums.
- Rick Grimes: [Lori chuckles and reaches for one of the photo albums] I told you so.
- Lori Grimes: [Lori smiles] Now you're getting cocky, huh? A lot.
- Rick Grimes: [Rick takes out his only photo of Lori and Carl out from his wallet] It belongs in here.
- [Lori tells Rick she thought she would never see him again]
- Lori Grimes: Baby, I really thought I would never see you again. I'm so sorry... For everything. I feel like... When you were in the hospital, I just... I wanted to take it all back... The anger and the bad times. But the mistakes...
- Rick Grimes: [Rick kisses Lori on the lips] Maybe we got a second chance. Not many people get that.
- [Rick introduces himself to Daryl as Daryl finds out about his brother Merle]
- Shane Walsh: There was a... There was a problem in Atlanta.
- Daryl Dixon: He dead?
- Shane Walsh: We're not sure.
- Daryl Dixon: He either is or he ain't!
- Rick Grimes: No easy way to say this, so I'll just say it.
- Daryl Dixon: Who are you?
- Rick Grimes: Rick Grimes.
- Daryl Dixon: Rick grimes, you got something you want to tell me?
- [Shane wrestles Daryl to the ground]
- Daryl Dixon: You'd best let me go!
- Shane Walsh: Nah, I think it's better if I don't.
- Daryl Dixon: [Shane puts Daryl in a choke hold] Choke hold's illegal.
- Shane Walsh: You can file a complaint.
- [Shane asks Rick why is he going to leave and forget about everybody else at the campsite]
- Shane Walsh: So that's it, huh? You're just gonna walk off? Just to hell with everybody else?
- Rick Grimes: I'm not saying to hell with anybody... Not you, Shane... Lori least of all.
- Shane Walsh: Tell her that.
- Rick Grimes: She knows.
- [Ed threatens to punch Andrea for not minding her business]
- Carol Peletier: [to Andrea] Andrea, please. It doesn't matter.
- Ed Peletier: [Ed looks to Andrea] Hey, don't think I won't knock you on your ass just 'cause you're some college-educated cooze.
- [Ed hears the women of the group laugh about missing their vibrators]
- Ed Peletier: What's so funny?
- Andrea: Just swapping war stories, Ed. Yeah.
- Andrea: [as Ed stands over the women] Problem, Ed?
- Ed Peletier: Nothin' that concerns you. And you ought to focus on your work. This ain't no comedy club.
- [Merle starts to pray while cuffed to the rooftop]
- Merle Dixon: [Merle cries] No, Jesus. Jesus. No-no-no-no-no-no. Please. I didn't behave, I know. I know I'm being punished. I know. I... Oh, I deserve it. I deserve it. I've been bad. Help me now. Show me the way. Go on, tell me what to do. Tell me. Tell me.
- Merle Dixon: [Merle starts banging his head at the concrete] God!
- Merle Dixon: [when Merle starts to use his belt to reach for the hacksaw next to him] That's okay. Never you mind, silly Christ boy. I ain't begged you before. I ain't gonna start begging now.
- Merle Dixon: [Merle shouts out] I ain't gonna beg you now! Don't you worry about me begging you ever! I'll never beg you! I ain't gonna beg you! I never begged you before. Oh, shit. No!
- [Morales tells Rick about Merle's brother Daryl]
- Morales: Best not to dwell on it. Merle got left behind. Nobody's gonna be sad he didn't come back... Except maybe Daryl.
- Rick Grimes: Daryl?
- Morales: His brother.
- [Rick and Morales see Glenn speed past them back to the campsite]
- Glenn Rhee: Whoo-hoo!
- Morales: [as Rick and Morales see Glenn continuing to holler as he speeds past their truck] At least somebody's having a good day.
- [Carl continues to fidget as his mother Lori gives him a haircut]
- Lori Grimes: Baby, the more you fidget, the longer it takes. So don't, okay?
- Carl Grimes: I'm trying.
- Lori Grimes: Well, try harder.
- Shane Walsh: If you think this is bad, wait till you start shaving. That stings. That day comes, you'll be wishing for one of your mama's haircuts.
- Carl Grimes: I'll believe that when I see it.
- [Shane and Dale finally turn off the car alarm to Glenn's stolen Mustang]
- Shane Walsh: Are you crazy, driving this wailing bastard up here? Are you trying to draw every Walker for miles?
- Dale Horvath: I think we're okay.
- Shane Walsh: You call being stupid okay?
- Dale Horvath: Well, the alarm was echoing all over these hills. Hard to pinpoint the source. I'm not arguing. I'm just saying. It wouldn't hurt you to think things through a little more carefully next time, would it?
- Glenn Rhee: Sorry. Got a cool car.
- [Rick tries to describe to the group on what he felt when waking up in that hospital]
- Rick Grimes: Disoriented. I guess that comes closest. Disoriented. Fear, confusion... all those things but... Disoriented comes closest.
- Dale Horvath: Words can be meager things. Sometimes they fall short.
- Rick Grimes: I felt like I'd been ripped out of my life and put somewhere else. For a while I thought I was trapped in some coma dream, something I might not wake up from ever.
- [Carl tells Rick that his mother Lori said he had died]
- Carl Grimes: Mom said you died.
- Rick Grimes: [Rick smiles] She had every reason to believe that. Don't you ever doubt it.
- Lori Grimes: When things started to get really bad, they told me at the hospital that they were gonna medevac you and the other patients to Atlanta, and it never happened.
- Rick Grimes: Well, I'm not surprised after Atlanta fell.
- Lori Grimes: [Lori hangs her head] Yeah.
- [Shane reminds Ed about the rules of keeping their fires low]
- Shane Walsh: Hey, Ed, you want to rethink that log?
- Ed Peletier: It's cold, man.
- Shane Walsh: The cold don't change the rules, does it? Keep our fires low, just embers so we can't be seen from a distance, right?
- Ed Peletier: I said it's cold. You should mind your own business for once.
- Shane Walsh: [Shane walks over to Ed] Hey, Ed... Are you sure you want to have this conversation, man?
- Ed Peletier: [Ed looks over to Carol] Go on. Pull the damn thing out. Go on!
- [Rick and T-Dog suggest to who is going to tell Daryl Dixon about leaving Merle Dixon behind]
- T-Dog: Have you given any thought to Daryl Dixon? He won't be happy to hear his brother was left behind.
- T-Dog: I'll tell him. I dropped the key. It's on me.
- Rick Grimes: I cuffed him. That makes it mine.
- Glenn Rhee: Guys, it's not a competition. I don't mean to bring race into this, but it might sound better coming from a white guy.
- [T-Dog tells the group that Merle Dixon is alive]
- T-Dog: I was scared and I ran. I'm not ashamed of it.
- Andrea: We were all scared. We all ran. What's your point?
- T-Dog: I stopped long enough to chain that door. Staircase is narrow. Maybe half a dozen geeks can squeeze against it at any one time. It's not enough to break through that... Not that chain, not that padlock. My point... Dixon's alive and he's still up there, handcuffed on that roof. That's on us.
- [Rick sits with Lori and Carl under their tent]
- Rick Grimes: [Rick holds his hand on Carl's head] I found you, didn't I?
- Carl Grimes: [Carl whispers] I love you, dad.
- Rick Grimes: [Rick smiles] I love you, Carl.
- Rick Grimes: [Rick kisses Carl goodnight and lay next to Lori, kissing her passionately on the lips] I found you both.
- [Rick sees Lori carry his wedding ring on her necklace]
- Rick Grimes: I wondered where that went.
- Lori Grimes: Do you want it back?
- Rick Grimes: [Rick smiles] Of course.
- [as Lori takes the ring off from her necklace and puts it on Rick's hand]
- [Rick sees Carol finishing up on washing his clothes]
- Carol Peletier: They're still a little damp. The sun'll have 'em dry in no time.
- Rick Grimes: You washed my clothes?
- Carol Peletier: Well, best we could. Scrubbing on a washboard ain't half as good as my old Maytag back home.
- Rick Grimes: [Carol smiles] That's very kind. Thank you.
- [Glenn watches the men at the campsite strip apart the stolen Mustang]
- Glenn Rhee: [Rick walks up next to Glenn] Look at 'em. Vultures. Yeah, go on, strip it clean.
- Dale Horvath: Generators need every drop of fuel they can get. Got no power without it. Sorry, Glenn.
- Glenn Rhee: Thought I'd get to drive it at least a few more days.
- Rick Grimes: [Rick smiles] Maybe we'll get to steal another one someday.
- [Lori tells Rick in the morning that she didn't want to wake him]
- Lori Grimes: Morning, officer.
- Rick Grimes: Hey.
- Lori Grimes: [Lori smiles] You sleep okay?
- Rick Grimes: [Rick smiles] Better than in a long time.
- Lori Grimes: [Lori chuckles] Well, I didn't want to wake you. I figured you could use it.
- [Rick reminds Lori about Merle Dixon whom they left behind]
- Lori Grimes: [Lori sees Rick stare at her] God. What?
- Rick Grimes: I've been thinking about the man we left behind.
- Lori Grimes: You're not serious.
- [the group kills the Deer-Walker when Dale and Jim tell Rick it's the first Walker they've had]
- Dale Horvath: It's the first one we've had up here. They never come this far up the mountain.
- Jim: Well, they're running out of food in the city, that's what.
- [Daryl examines the dead Deer carcuss that the Deer-Walker killed]
- Daryl Dixon: I've been tracking this deer for miles. Gonna drag it back to camp, cook us up some venison. What do you think? Do you think we can cut around this chewed up part right here?
- Shane Walsh: I would not risk that.
- Daryl Dixon: [Daryl sighs] That's a damn shame. I got some squirrel... About a dozen or so. That'll have to do.
- [Daryl finishes killing the Deer-Walker]
- Amy: [as the Walker's head moves from the ground] Oh god.
- Daryl Dixon: Come on, people. What the hell?
- Daryl Dixon: [Daryl shoots an arrow into its head, pulling the arrow out] It's gotta be the brain. Don't y'all know nothing?
- [Daryl calls out to his and Merle's camper at the campsite]
- Daryl Dixon: Merle! Merle! Get your ugly ass out here! I got us some squirrel! Let's stew 'em up.
- [T-Dog tells Daryl that he dropped the key for Merle's handcuffs]
- T-Dog: It's not Rick's fault. I had the key. I dropped it.
- Daryl Dixon: You couldn't pick it up?
- T-Dog: Well, I dropped it in a drain.
- Daryl Dixon: [Daryl scoffs] If it's supposed to make me feel better, it don't.
- [Rick tells Lori about the walkie-talkie he left in Atlanta]
- Lori Grimes: To hell with the guns. Shane is right. Merle Dixon? He's not worth one of your lives, even with guns thrown in. Tell me. Make me understand.
- Rick Grimes: I owe a debt to a man I met and his little boy. Lori, if they hadn't taken me in, I'd have died. It's because of them that I made it back to you at all. They said they'd follow me to Atlanta. They'll walk into the same trap I did if I don't warn him.
- Lori Grimes: What's stopping you?
- Rick Grimes: The walkie-talkie, the one in the bag I dropped. He's got the other one.
- [Rick asks Dale for his bolt cutters]
- Dale Horvath: I never like lending tools. The last time I did...
- Dale Horvath: [Dale looks to T-Dog] And yes, I am talking about you... Let's just say your bag of guns wasn't the only bag that was dropped. My tools got left behind with Merle.
- Rick Grimes: We'll bring your tools back too. Think of the bolt cutters as an investment.
- Dale Horvath: Sounds like more of a gamble.
- [Shane looks in his bag to give Rick some Python bullets that he might have]
- Shane Walsh: Hey, Rick, got any rounds in the python?
- Rick Grimes: No.
- Shane Walsh: Last time we were on the gun range, I'm sure I wound up with a few loose rounds of yours.
- Rick Grimes: You and that bag... like the bottom of an old lady's purse.
- [Shane gives Rick his only four Python rounds from his bag]
- Shane Walsh: I hate that you're doing this, man. I think that it's foolish and reckless. But if you're gonna go, you're taking bullets.
- Rick Grimes: I'm not sure I'd want to fire a shot in the city, not after what happened last time.
- Shane Walsh: That's up to you. Well... Four men, four rounds. What are the odds, huh? Well, let's just hope that... Let's just hope four is your lucky number, okay?
- Rick Grimes: Thank you.
- [Carl tells his mother Lori to not worry about Rick getting hurt]
- Lori Grimes: [Lori with tears in her eyes] Hey. You know, I bet they'll be just fine.
- Carl Grimes: I'm not worried. Are you?
- Lori Grimes: Yeah, a little.
- Carl Grimes: Don't be.
- Lori Grimes: Why?
- Carl Grimes: Think about it, mom. Everything that's happened to him so far... Nothing's killed him yet.
- [Lori chuckles]