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The Walking Dead
Beside the Dying Fire
Directed by
Ernest R. Dickerson
TV-MA
S2 • E13
Mar 17, 2012
43m
9.2
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Rick and Carl find the farm in jeopardy; the group is split up in the chaos; Rick's leadership is questioned.
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Cast of Beside the Dying Fire
Andrew Lincoln
Rick Grimes
Jon Bernthal
Shane Walsh
Norman Reedus
Daryl Dixon
Laurie Holden
Andrea Harrison
Steven Yeun
Glenn Rhee
Melissa McBride
Carol Peletier
Jeffrey DeMunn
Dale Horvath
Sarah Wayne Callies
Lori Grimes
Chandler Riggs
Carl Grimes
Lauren Cohan
Maggie Greene
Scott Wilson
Hershel Greene
Emily Kinney
Beth Greene
Jane McNeill
Patricia
James Allen McCune
Jimmy
Irone Singleton
T-Dog
Moses J. Moseley
Pet Walker (uncredited)
Ernest R. Dickerson
Director
Robert Kirkman
Writer
Glen Mazzara
Writer
Scott M. Gimple
Producer
Denise M. Huth
Producer
Tom Luse
Producer
Beside the Dying Fire Ratings & Reviews
Edward Schofield
July 10, 2025
Get the fire-extinguisher.
Tom & Lorenzo
Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez
From the opening seconds right to the very end, we got exactly the kind of show we always knew Walking Dead could be: gripping, horrifying, and full of human emotion and characters worth rooting for.
IGN Movies
Eric Goldman
The Walking Dead season finale was a big one, that's for certain. And it certainly delivered on several things many viewers have been wanting to see for quite awhile.
TV Fanatic
Sean McKenna
Ultimately, "Beside the Dying Fire" had a mixture of everything: all the zombie fun you could love, a few surprising twists and some truly confounding moments.
Huffington Post
Maureen Ryan
The first two acts of The Walking Dead Season 2 finale were full of excitement, honest to God suspense and characters who came up with pretty decent plans on the fly.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Starlee Kine
It's just amazing how much smoother the plot holes go down when something is actually happening on this show.
HitFix
Alan Sepinwall
Right now, I'm just glad this part of the story is over. The Walking Dead continues to do just enough right for me to stick with it, and just enough wrong to irritate me several times a week.
Digital Spy
Morgan Jeffery
Epic, action-packed, emotional - 'Beside the Dying Fire' is great television. Every single major character gets their moment to shine... and the final reveal of the prison is a nice final touch.
Grantland
Andy Greenwald
The problem, as ever, for The Walking Dead is that when these well-choreographed ballets of blood and adrenaline finally arrive, they feel less earned and more like an attempt to distract from the RV-sized plot holes that preceded them.
TIME Magazine
Nate Rawlings
As Hank Williams allegedly once said to his son Hank Jr., "Always leave them wanting more." Last night's The Walking Dead season finale did that wonderfully, wrapping up several loose threads before pointing the compass directly at the heart of Season 3.
AV Club
Zack Handlen
"This isn't a democracy anymore," [Rick] spits... This is a definite direction. I'm not sure if the show's going to make Rick an out-and-out monster, or if this is setting up some sort of redemptive arc for him in season three, but it's a strong choice.
Paste Magazine
Josh Jackson
It's appropriate that we've left Season 2's farm-the figurative scene of new hope and literal scene of new life-for Season 3's prison. And while I welcome the action that will come with it, part of me is glad that Dale never had to see it all come to this
Screen Rant
Kevin Yeoman
"Beside the Dying Fire" works primarily because it keeps the most unattractive part of the program, and its characters, on hold until after it has done the work needed to keep the audience enthralled and excited.
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