<P> In the episode "Bloodletting", after Otis accidentally shoots Carl, Hershel treats the boy as best he can with the limited amount of equipment, but he will need to perform surgery, so Shane and Otis go to get more equipment . In the episode "Save the Last One", Shane arrives with the supplies, but reveals that Otis has died; miraculously, Hershel is able to save Carl's life . In the episode "Cherokee Rose", Hershel helps organize the group's search for Carol's missing daughter, Sophia . When the survivors settle down at the farm as Carl recovers, Hershel is watchful of their influence - particularly towards Shane's aggressive behavior and the group's hostile view of the walkers . He makes a deal with Rick to continue providing them safe haven, provided they stay away from the barn . In the episode "Chupacabra", Hershel is also wary of Maggie's closeness to Glenn, and becomes impatient at other difficulties the group has been causing . In the episode "Secrets", Dale confronts Hershel about the walkers he had been keeping in the barn, but Hershel defends himself by stating he feels they are just sick people . In the mid-season finale "Pretty Much Dead Already", Rick confronts Hershel about the barn, but Hershel demands that Rick and his group must leave the farm within a week . Shane impatiently breaks open the barn door, and the group exterminates the walkers he had so desperately kept captive, including his wife and son, as well as Sophia . </P> <P> In the episode "Nebraska", Hershel sinks into a deep depression, running away and reverting to his old alcoholic habits . He abandons his previous beliefs for a cure and is convinced by Rick that he has to accept the new world in order to stay strong for his two daughters . Rick and Glenn find him at a bar, but when two survivors from another group arrive it leads to a violent confrontation and Rick shoots and kills them both . </P> <P> In the episode "Triggerfinger", other members from this group come looking for their two missing members, leading to a shootout . One of them, Randall gets his leg impaled on a fence and he is left behind, but Rick, Glenn, and Hershel save his life and take him back to the farm . In the episode "Judge, Jury, Executioner", Hershel gifts Glenn with a family heirloom symbolizing his approval of Glenn's relationship with Maggie . In the episode "Better Angels", Hershel finally agrees to let the group stay at the farm and move into his house . In the season finale "Beside the Dying Fire", when a horde of zombies invade his property, he fights tooth and nail to fend them off, albeit in vain . In the end, he is forced to retreat with Rick and Carl, not knowing if anyone else has made it off his property alive; he feels sadness over having abandoned his land . Going back to the highway, they stay there until the rest of the survivors come, without Jimmy, Patricia, Shane and Andrea . Jimmy and Patricia have been eaten, while Shane has been killed by Rick (and again by Carl after reanimating) prior to the zombie attack and Andrea was separated from the group and on the run from walkers . While most of the camp doubts Rick's leadership in light of recent events, Hershel has solid trust in Rick, believing they should keep moving together as a group . </P> <P> In the season premiere "Seed", approximately eight months later, Hershel continues to be an active member of the group as they continually move around from shelter to shelter . He has also grown a beard . While clearing out the prison, he is bitten on the ankle and his lower leg is immediately amputated by Rick . In the episode "Sick", Rick and the others rush Hershel to one of the cells in critical condition . He shows positive signs of recovery, and later regains consciousness . In the episode "Killer Within", Hershel has recovered, and is able to get around by walking on crutches that Lori and Carol find for him somewhere in the prison . The celebration is interrupted by a horde of walkers, resulting in the death of T - Dog as well as Lori's death during the birth of her baby, Judith . In the episode "Say the Word", Hershel talks with Glenn while Glenn digs graves for Lori and T - Dog . In the episode "Hounded", Hershel appoints himself to the role of ensuring the well - being of Judith and Carl while Rick is frequently absent from the group (both physically and mentally). In the episode "When the Dead Come Knocking", Hershel tends to Michonne's gunshot wound . In the mid-season finale "Made to Suffer", Hershel allows Carl to investigate the arrival of Tyreese and Sasha's group . </P>

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