Strangers (The Walking Dead)

"Strangers"
The Walking Dead episode
Bob's leg is amputated and eaten by Gareth and the Terminus survivors.
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 2
Directed by	David Boyd
Written by	Robert Kirkman
Original air date	October 19, 2014 (2014-10-19)
Guest appearances
Chris Coy as Martin April Billingsley as Theresa Chris Burns as Mike Benjamin Papac as Albert Travis Young as Greg
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"Strangers" is the second episode of the fifth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead, which aired on AMC on October 19, 2014. The episode was written by series creator Robert Kirkman and directed by David Boyd. In the episode, Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln)'s group encounters a priest, Father Gabriel Stokes (Seth Gilliam), who provides them solace in his church, while Rick contemplates Abraham Ford's (Michael Cudlitz) proposition to escort Dr. Eugene Porter (Josh McDermitt) to Washington, D.C. to cure the walker virus.

"Strangers" features the debut of Father Gabriel Stokes, a major protagonist of the graphic novels of the same name. Commentators gave the overall episode positive reviews, but most gave an alarmed response to the episode's ending scene, with some calling it one of the show's most shocking moments.

Upon airing, the episode was watched by 15.14 million viewers and received an 18-49 rating of 7.7, down a whole ratings point from the previous episode, which attained an 18-49 rating of 8.7.