What Lies Ahead premiere written and filmed would begin after the events of Season 1, although a brief flashback scene of Shane and Lori witnessing the fall of Atlanta from a distance would appear during the season. At PaleyFest 2011, it was announced that the second season of "The Walking Dead" would mainly be produced outside the city limits of Atlanta, Georgia. Most of the principal photography for "What Lies Ahead" took place in unincorporated Henry County, Georgia on June 5–9, 2011, using a stretch of Georgia State Route 20 that was closed to traffic for the purpose. On June 8, 2011, the
Dex, Lies, and Videotape a B grade and stated that "I really love what Keith Carradine is bringing to the show, and this episode provided him with his strongest showcase yet. [...] The show has been guilty in the past of turning everyday Miami Metro operations into sub-standard cop show fodder, and Carradine’s character has turned that around. With him in the picture, even place-holder episodes like this one are highly watchable." Dex, Lies, and Videotape "Dex, Lies, and Videotape" is the sixth episode of the second season and eighteenth overall episode of the American television drama series "Dexter", which first aired on 4