Still think not offing Randall was a good idea?
His heart wasn’t in integration with the overly moralistic (in this new American landscape) it was surviving to run back to his thugs and plan taking over the farm.
Shane had independently the same idea, cemented once Lori (idiot) gave him hope with the ‘it might be your baby’ speech last night, ep. 11. You saw him plan the death of Glenn, Rick, Daryl, T-Dog, extract the whereabouts of Randall’s camp and coup d’tat the farm.
The characters don’t know until (hopefully now) that they’re ALL infected, and will turn once they die, witness Randall and Shane not bitten.
Everybody can hate on Shane for being a cold-blooded murderer, but he is biologically impelled to protect his baby and the woman carrying it. His position is accurate: Rick has let Lori and Carl run wild while Shane kept them sane and safe, and I’m glad he proved to Rick ‘Lori and Carl will get over you, they’ve done it before’.
I would disagree, he is not "biologically" impelled to do anything other than rid himself of his superior, Rick. He screwed Rick's wife Lori, not out of love but sheer primal sex drive and the false knowledge that he finally was Rick's superior. And we know how that turned out.....
Shane is a cold blooded psychopath, as evidenced by him bashing his own face into the tree to make it look like he was attacked.
He could care less about Lori's baby, all he wants is Lori and the twisted perceived victory he would gain over his arch rival Rick..........
His hatred of Rick will lead him to betray their own group to the "others"......That will probably be the plot line of next season.
Witness what? Your statement needs further clarification.......
Shane hurt his [not really] woman and his [potentially] children by his own dangerous actions. Instead of two guns pointing out from the camp there is now one. The good team beats the all-star ball hog. A lot of people here seem to try to manufacture some sort of conservative vs liberal dichotomy from the show labeling Dale as a gun-grabbing liberal when he was seen with a gun in his hand throughout the whole series. Dale was for the rule of law over the rule of the man with the biggest gun. Shane's world can be seen in practically every failed 3rd world country around the world and throughout history.
Rick's world is the only one worth while surviving in.