'The Walking Dead' Season 2, Episode 6 Recap - 'Secrets'

What happens to the abortion debate in the zombie apocalypse? How about gun control? If you've ever wondered about either, "The Walking Dead" is here to answer your questions!

Essentially, that's what "Secrets" turned into: a debate of the hot-button issues of today, taking place in a post-apocalyptic setting. That, and a dramatic interpretation of the phrase "secrets secrets are no fun"

The beginning of the episode had some of Herschel's followers as well as Carl bugging Rick and Shane to teach them how to shoot.

With Lori on one side arguing that she doesn't want her kid playing with guns, and Rick and Shane on the other side arguing that he has the right to defend himself, it's a Second Amendment debate in a world where there isn't a Constitution anymore.

But Rick and Shane win out, and that allows everyone to have a good time shooting cans and bottles and wasting lots of ammo learning how to shoot. It also gives Andrea the chance to show off her natural shooting skills, which earns her some extra lessons (and a little bit of backseat hanky-panky) with Shane.

Looks like she forgave him pretty quickly for that Amy comment, eh? I guess going all Terminator on those walkers got her in the mood or something. Weirdo.

The debate over the right to life also took place here, in a couple of forms. One stemmed from that lot of walkers out in the barn, a secret that was poorly kept by Glenn (he's bad at lying). When Dale approaches Herschel about it, Herschel reveals that the walkers are his family members (I totally called that last week), and reveals that he thinks it would be nothing short of murder to kill them.

When Herschel brings up the walker in the well, Dale defends. "We put down a walker," Dale points out. "You killed a person," counters Herschel. Dale argues that they're "dangerous," but Herschel notes, "A paranoid schizophrenic is dangerous too. We don't shoot sick people."

Of course, Dale has a history of sticking his nose in the business of others. There's the whole Andrea thing, he gave Glenn an unwanted lecture last week, and this week he decided to not only attempt to convince Lori to keep her baby, but also to confront Shane with a threatening "I know what kind of man you are." Not a good idea, Dale! He's bigger and significantly more unhinged than you!

Speaking of Lori, that's where the other right to life argument comes in. Lori has Glenn run into town again for some morning-after pills, which she hopes (probably futilely) will effectively abort her pregnancy. When Glenn returns, though, he tries to tell her that maybe this isn't a decision she should make alone, which she promptly ignores by taking the pills, which she also promptly throws back up.

She finally lets Rick know by leaving the wrapper for the pills out in the open, and while Rick is upset over the matter, he's incredibly calm when Lori finally tells him about her and Shane. "I know," he responds. "Of course I know. You thought I was dead." Is the anger just going to boil inside him for a while, or is he really this cool with it?

But what's been truly great about the last few episodes is that Glenn, along with Daryl (who is incredibly forgiving of Andrea), has emerged as a new hero. Steve Yeun didn't get to do much with the character up to this point, but now Glenn has gotten the girl (sorta) and saved her from a walker attack (floppy-head zombie!). So Maggie has Glenn wondering if he's really a leader and not just "walker bait"... and also trying to figure what "for a smart guy you're really stupid" meant.

And considering that things look to be coming to a head between Team Herschel and Team Rick (perhaps with Team Shane thrown in there too) in next week's mid-season finale, the team is going to need a smart stupid guy like Glenn.