High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Beside the Dying Fire" is the thirteenth episode and finale of the second season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead, which aired on AMC in the United States and Canada on March 18, 2012. The episode was written by creator Robert Kirkman and showrunner Glen Mazzara and directed by series regular Ernest Dickerson. In the episode, a large number of walkers invade the Greene farm, which forces Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and his group to leave the premises for safety. Meanwhile, Andrea (Laurie Holden) is separated from the group, leaving her to fight off the same horde of walkers that attacked Hershel`s farm.