The survivors are given a temporary sanctuary at the farm of Hershel Greene (Scott Wilson) While the group contemplates what to do, Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) continues to search for Sophia Peletier (Madison Lintz).

Carl Grimes recovers from his operation to remove fragments of a bullet, which he had received earlier when encountering a deer.

He finds a cherokee rose, which is a Native American sign in which the gods protected their children, and gives it to Carol.

It is kind of absurd that in an episode where you see the inside of a bloated, water-logged corpse, you can't see so much as a butt cheek.

Preparation for filming initiated in July 2011, when producers converted an empty building into a temporary drug store.

Filming for the scene transpired at an abandoned late-nineteenth century Gothic revival home in Senoia, Georgia.

[3] This episode marked the consummation of the relationship between Maggie Greene and Glenn, in which they engage in sexual intercourse at a pharmacy.

Writer Robert Kirkman insisted that it was important to view the storyline in a different perspective, explaining, "I don't think we wanted to turn that into some kind of steamy, pornographic sex romp.

"[1] The episode contains a scene in which the survivors pull a bloated walker out of a well in order to prevent contamination of the water.

Greg Nicotero, the special effects director for The Walking Dead, collaborated with KNB Efx Group to produce the sequence.

[4] Nicotero received a phone call from staff members of the company two hours after leaving production offices.

[4] In his interview with Entertainment Weekly, Greg Nicotero explained why he chose Hilliard for the part: I needed somebody who could perform, and who also had a lot of endurance, because we were shooting in Atlanta at the end of July.

Despite putting slime and K-Y Jelly on a board inside of the well, Nicotero and his production team found the particular sequence to be difficult to shoot.

[4] Entrails were lastly added inside the suit, as Nicotero asserted that his team wanted "a gigantic explosion of gore.

"[4] To induce the splitting of the costume, the series' special effect coordinator Darrell Pritchett inserted squibs inside of the suit.

[5] It became the highest-rated cable program of the day, obtaining significantly higher ratings than Hell on Wheels on AMC and the Real Housewives of Atlanta on Bravo.

[5] "Cherokee Rose" was the second highest-rated cable program of the week, edging out television movie John Sandford's Certain Prey by a considerable margin, but attained lower ratings than a match between the San Diego Chargers and the Kansas City Chiefs as part of the 2011 NFL season.

[7] In the United Kingdom, "Cherokee Rose" received 893,000 viewers, subsequently becoming the highest-rated cable program on FX of the week dated November 13.

[9] He opined: "I had a problem with the show's tendency to wander into cul-de-sacs in the first season, mainly because so much of it felt redundant, the work of writers who had no real idea how to construct narrative television.

But this season, I'm starting to think they're getting a handle on things, and "Cherokee Rose" is the sort of episode I'd like to see more off [sic] as The Walking Dead continues.

"[9] Paste's Josh Jackson asserted that the episode was superior to preceding installments, describing it as "simply a catch of breath.

"[10] Similarly, Josh Wigler of MTV evaluated that despite less violence than usual, the quality of "Cherokee Rose" improved from the previous episode.

Andrew Conrad of The Baltimore Sun stated that the storyline epitomized a "steamy romance",[16] while The Wall Street Journal's Aaron Rutkoff called it "the funniest moment of the series.

"I'm glad the writers are introducing this comic book plot point, as this show seriously needs a couple without closets full of skeletons.

[10] Jen Chenay of The Washington Post compared Glenn to Little Mikey from the Life advertisements, and summated: "He has assumed this role without much choice in the matter, but he has done so with a certain quiet, occasionally petrified, baseball-cap-wearing dignity that makes him admirable.

Darren Franich of Entertainment Weekly described the scene as "hilarious", and added, "I loved the horrific pointlessness of that entire plot, and it was yet more proof that makeup designer Greg Nicotero is the real star of [The Walking Dead].

I'm not sure anything else TV can come up with this season will match the image of the bloated half-zombie crawling across the ground with its water-logged intestine hanging out.

"[20] Jackson, Rawlings, and the Houston Chronicle's Pamela Mitchell felt that the sequence was one of the series' most grotesque moments.