This week's episode of "The Walking Dead" was called "Secrets," but they could have also called it "Lying" because a bunch of characters tell a bunch of lies (or withhold information, which is a form of lying).
Now, this should go without saying by this point, but if you haven't watched the episode yet, fair warning: There is about to be a Thanksgiving dinner of spoilers.
Lori lies to Rick and everyone else about being pregnant and having a relationship with Shane. Rick lies about Hershel wanting everyone to get off his farm. Shane lies about killing Otis. Hershel and Maggie lie about storing a bunch of zombies in the farm and little Carl lies about stealing a gun.
About the only characters who don't lie are kind-hearted Dale and Glenn.
Glenn, whose heart is pure and soul is gentle, is as honest as Abe Lincoln, and that honesty leads to the unraveling of everyone else's tangled web of lies.
By the end of this episode, Lori spills the beans to Rick about her pregnancy and her past relationship with Shane, and finds out that Hershel wants them to get the hell off his property. Hershel's secret barn full of zombies becomes common knowledge, Dale gets pretty close to a confession from Shane about what happened at the high school with Otis, and little Carl gets caught with a gun in his pants.
So we made some good progress this week in terms of clearing the air, but we didn't really get anywhere in terms of action, Jackson.
Prime example: They still don't have a bead on Sophia.
Shane had some mysterious intel, but all it led to was a new housing development. There are a bunch of scorched bodies in one house, and Andrea and Shane ice a bunch of walkers while making their getaway.
I was pretty confused about this part. Shane didn't seem very surprised about all those burned-up bodies. It was almost as if he knew that they were there. And he also didn't seem too surprised about all the walkers outside. Had he been there before?
Either way, it was a pretty good training mission for Andrea. It's a good thing she waited until this week to get all awesome at shooting, or else her shot last week would have hit Daryl between the eyes instead of grazing his head!
Andrea got all hot and bothered after all that shooting, and she and Shane got it on in his Hyundai on the drive back to the farm.
Oh, and despite the title of this week's episode, the survivors unfortunately didn't make a trip to the hottest night club in Ocean City, Md. It would have been neat if they went there and found zombie DJ Batman.