The Walking Dead Recap With Spoilers: Inmates

The “Inmates” episode of The Walking Dead opens with a voiceover of Beth Greene reading from a diary entry. Beth reads, “Hey, I know it’s been awhile, and I’m going to be honest. I forgot about you. After the farm, we were always moving. But something happened…something good, finally. We found a prison. Daddy thinks that we can make it into a home. He says we can grow crops in a field, find pigs and chickens, stop running, stop scavenging. Lori’s baby is just about due. She’ll need a safe place when it comes. The rest of us we just need a safe place to be. I woke up in my own bed yesterday…my own bed in my own room. I’ve been keeping my backpack, keeping my gun close. I’ve been afraid to get my hopes up, thinking we can actually stay here. The thing is I’ve been starting to get afraid that it’s easier just to be afraid. But this morning daddy said something. If you don’t have hope, what’s the point of living. So I unpacked my bag, and I found you.”As the voiceover plays, Beth and Daryl are running through the woods with several walkers chasing them. Daryl kills several walkers. Beth and Daryl run through a field, before finally falling down in exhaustion. Beth’s diary entry ends with a passage which reads, “So I’m going to start writing in you again. And I’m going to write this down now, because you should write down wishes to make them come true. We can live here. We can live here for the rest of our lives.”After the opening credits, Daryl and Beth are sitting around a campfire. Beth is trying to convince Daryl that they aren’t the only survivors. Beth insists, “You’re a tracker. You can track. Come on. The sun will be up soon.” After Daryl doesn’t say anything, Beth yells, “Fine. If you won’t track, I will.” Then, Beth grabs a knife and takes off through the woods, and Daryl somewhat reluctantly gets up, puts out the fire, and follows her.It’s the next day, and Beth and Daryl are hiking through the woods. Beth notices some tracks and suggests that they could belong to Luke or Molly. She says it means they’re still alive. Daryl says it just means they were alive four or five hours ago. Beth insists that they should have faith, and Daryl says faith didn’t do anything for her father. Beth turns and glares at Daryl. Beth starts gathering berries, insisting, “They’ll be hungry when we find them.” Daryl gives her his bandana to put the berries in.Daryl and Beth come across some walker bodies. Daryl says the blood near the walkers isn’t walker blood. A walker comes out of the woods and grabs Beth from behind. Daryl pulls the walker off of her and starts wrestling with it. Beth grabs her knife and stabs the walker in the head. Continuing to follow the trail, Beth and Daryl come across some train tracks. They see a bunch of walkers eating some human remains, and Daryl shoots the walkers with arrows. They look down and see a kid’s shoe, and Beth starts sobbing.It’s night, and Beth is pulling blank pages from her diary and tossing them in the fire. Again, there is a voiceover of Beth reading from her diary. Beth reads, “We’re not going to die…none of us. I believe now. I believe for daddy. If this doesn’t work, I don’t know how I could keep going.”Lizzie and Mika are walking through the woods. Lizzie gives Mika a knife to put on her belt. Lizzie says, “It’s going to get dark soon. Where are we going?” She’s talking to Tyreese, who has been walking in front of them. Tyreese turns around to reveal that he’s carrying baby Judith.Tyreese, Lizzie, and Mika have stopped for the night. The baby starts crying, and Mika is worried that the walkers will hear her. Tyreese gives the baby some milk from a bottle to keep her quiet. They hear something in the wood, so they take off.