JSS (The Walking Dead)

"JSS"
The Walking Dead episode
Carol kills the Wolves who invade Alexandria, in disguise as one of them.
Episode no.	Season 6 Episode 2
Directed by	Jennifer Lynch
Written by	Seth Hoffman
Original air date	October 18, 2015 (2015-10-18)
Running time	43 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
Merritt Wever as Dr. Denise Cloyd Benedict Samuel as Wolves Leader Austin Abrams as Ron Anderson Major Dodson as Sam Anderson Jesse Boyd as Blond Wolf Claire Bronson as Mom Jason Alexander Davis as Dad Ann Mahoney as Olivia Tiffany Morgan as Erin Katelyn Nacon as Enid Susie Spear as Mrs. Neudermeyer Jordan Woods-Robinson as Eric Alec Rayme, Elena Sanchez, LaBrandon Shead, and Lance Tafelski as Wolves
Episode chronology
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"JSS" is the second episode of the sixth season and 69th episode overall of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead, which aired on AMC on October 18, 2015. The episode was written by Seth Hoffman and directed by Jennifer Lynch.

In a flashback, Enid's (Katelyn Nacon) parents are killed by walkers while trying to change a fuse, in order to start their car. Locked in the now-bloodied car, Enid cries as she watches the walkers devour her parents. She escapes and wanders the woods alone, foraging for food and shelter, and hiding from and killing walkers. She repeatedly writes the letters "JSS" (in the dirt, using tortoise bones, and on a dusty window). Enid eventually stumbles upon Alexandria's gates. She initially starts to walk away, but then scrawls "JSS" on her hand and goes inside.

In the present, Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride) collects ingredients from the pantry. Shelly (Susie Spear) complains about wanting a pasta maker. Carol offers to teach her to make hand-made pasta, if Shelly drops her cigarette habit. Carol returns home, where she sees Sam (Major Dodson) waiting for her and coldly tells him to get over Pete's death. Jessie Anderson (Alexandra Breckenridge) tries to give Ron (Austin Abrams) a haircut, but they get into an argument about Rick's role in Pete's death and Ron storms out. Meanwhile, Maggie Greene (Lauren Cohan) takes Deanna Monroe (Tovah Feldshuh) outside the walls to discuss expansion efforts, and urges her to get past Reg's death and become Alexandria's leader again. Eugene Porter (Josh McDermitt) and Tara Chambler (Alanna Masterson) head to the infirmary to get aspirin for Tara's headache and meet Denise Cloyd (Merritt Wever), Alexandria's replacement doctor. Denise confides to them that she is a psychiatrist, and as she has not practiced surgery since medical school, she feels unequipped to fill Pete's role. Carl Grimes (Chandler Riggs) takes a walk in his neighborhood, and sees Ron and Enid sitting together before being asked by Father Gabriel (Seth Gilliam) for self-defense lessons. Though reluctant, Carl tells him to come by to learn how to wield a machete.