The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 10: Home (Part 2)

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Carol and Axel seem to be hitting it off while they are fortifying the prison against the Governor.  They are flirting a bit and setting up barriers so they will be able to attack from the high ground when the Governor does arrive.  Merle and Daryl overhear some people being attacked.  They argue over what they are actually hearing but end up checking it out.  Daryl comes to the peoples rescue and kills most of the walkers by himself.

After saving the day, Merle wants to steal everything of value from those people as a reward but Daryl stops him, which starts a conflict.  It’s revealed that Merle and Daryl were going to rob the camp in the first season when they got the chance, but Merle losing his hand stopped that.  Daryl leaves Merle out in the woods by himself to head back to the prison.

Hershel talks to Glenn about his anger and how it’s going to get him killed.  Glenn doesn’t completely listen and decides to go out and look for where the walkers are getting in, by himself.  Not a wise decision.  Rick is still wandering outside the fence, in danger.  Hershel gets his attention and attempts to reason with him.  Hershel informs Rick that Glenn is being wreckless.  Rick tells Hershel that he saw Lori.  He knows she isn’t real but is still chasing her.

Axel and Carol are talking and hitting it off again, and out of no where he takes a bullet to the head!  Didn’t see that one coming!  The Governor has started his attack on the prison.  After a long shootout scene, the Governor’s men drive a truck through the main gate of the prison.  The back of the truck lowers and tons of walkers run out!  This guy is ruthless!  Rick gets surrounded by walkers and looks finished when Merle and Daryl show up and save him.  Glenn also comes back and saves everyone inside of the fence, taking them to safety inside the second fence.

Things are going really badly for our heroes.  Rick is insane, everyone is fighting with each other, the prison courtyard is now filled with walkers and the Governor easily defeated them.  Everyone better pull together soon before it’s too late!

The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 10: Home (Part 1)

If you have not read my last review, you may do so here:  The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 9: The Suicide King (Part 3)

Rick is on guard and surveys the outside of the prison when he sees a strange sight.  It’s the same “ghost” that he had seen in the last episode.  He goes to her but she is gone by the time he arrives at her location (in front of some graves).  Rick turns around and sees her again, this time outside of the fence.  Once again he moves to her location.  This time she doesn’t leave, it’s Lori.  Michonne is watching Rick run around like a madman and out into danger.

The Governor has a talk with Andrea.  He says he liked her speech and she is a good leader.  The Governor asks her to temporarily become the leader at Woodbury while he gets his head back on straight and recovers from the loss of his daughter.  Merle and Daryl are out in the woods searching for food.  Daryl wants to go back to the prison.  Merle says the Governor has probably already gotten a gang together to kill everyone at the prison.  Going there would be suicide.

Back at the prison, Glenn wants to create his own raid party and attack the Governor to take him by surprise.  He doesn’t want to just wait around to die.  Hershel says so many have died at the prison already, it hasn’t been worth it.  He wants to just leave and find another place to stay.  Glenn points out that that plan isn’t really possible anymore because Hershel only has one leg and they have a crying baby to take care of now.

The Governor talks to Milton and questions his loyalty.  He wants to know if Milton would die for him, to which Milton nervously says he would.  The Governor wants Milton to keep an eye on Andrea, he no longer trusts her.  Later, out in the street, Andrea runs into Milton and wants to know where the Governor is.  Milton simply says he is out on a run but won’t give any details about it.  Andrea seems to suspect something is wrong.

After being talked out of attacking the prison, Glenn decides to do the next best thing, check the fence and see how the walkers are getting in.  Maggie and Glenn talk about what happened to Maggie.  She tells Glenn that she wasn’t raped but is angry that Glenn is bringing the whole thing up and treating her like it’s her fault.  Needless to say, their relationship is on the rocks.

The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 9: The Suicide King (Part 3)

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Tyreese tells his group to have patience and to let him do the talking with Rick.  Rick holds his baby and starts freaking out.  He may be wondering if she is his or maybe she reminds him of Lori, it’s hard to say.  At Woodbury, the town’s people are about to revolt.  Since the Governor won’t deal with it, Andrea does.  She comforts the citizens and gives them hope.  She makes them believe they can rebuild and live a somewhat normal life.

Carol and Beth talk about when Sophia was a baby and about Daryl leaving.  They make a comparison between how Daryl is with Merle and how Carol was with her husband Ed.  Beth is mad at Daryl for leaving but Carol says she understands he has a code he lives by and the world needs more men like that.  Carol is obviously hurt Daryl left her, but she understands.

Hershel patches up Glenn and notices there seems to be trouble between him and Maggie.  Glenn won’t talk about what the issue is but Hershel still lets him know that he cares about him like a son.  Hershel then goes to check on Maggie and she asks him if Glenn is alright.  Hershel tells her to go see for herself.  Maggie also refuses to tell her Father what is going on.

Hershel checks on Michonne (this guy sure is busy!).  Hershel tells Rick that it will be at least a couple of days until she will be able to leave.  Axel talks about how Oscar used to protect him and stand up for him.  Everyone discusses the Governor’s attack that is most likely coming and how they could use some serious reinforcements.

Rick talks to Tyreese and his group.  Tyreese says they can help with their troubles and will stay out of the way.  Rick doesn’t want them to stay.  He doesn’t trust other people anymore and his decisions are no longer making any sense, especially with the Governor on his way.  Hershel confronts Rick and tells him that he is wrong.  Rick looks up and sees a ghost (possibly of Lori).  He starts going nuts and tells the ghost to go away, everyone thinks he is talking to Tyreese and his group.  Okay!  Rick has really gone insane!

The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 9: The Suicide King (Part 2)

If you have not read my last review, you may do so here: The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 9: The Suicide King (Part 1)

At the prison, Tyreese and his ground are going to bury their dead.  Some of the members of his group want to try and kill everyone at the prison and take it over but Tyreese tells them that is not how they do things and that these are good people.  After this incident, I have a feeling the two guys in Tyreese group aren’t going to make it.  Rick and Glenn get into it as well, because they went through all this effort and risk and ended up with nothing.  Glenn is also mad that Rick didn’t kill the Governor.

Things aren’t any better in Woodbury.  The citizens are trying to leave the town because they don’t think it’s safe anymore.  The Governor’s men are starting to get violent with them and the Governor himself is no where to be found.  He has locked himself in his apartment.  To make matters worse, some biters have gotten through the fence and attack several of the citizens.  After taking care of them, a victim is laying on the ground dying from his wounds while everyone around him is asking for someone to help him.  The Governor walks out of his apartment without saying a word and shoots him in the head, then walks off.

Carol and Carl have a conversation about how loud the world used to be.  They would give anything to hear planes flying overhead again and hear cars with their horns.  Carl shows regret over how he treated his mom during the last part of her life but Carol says he can’t think like that, she was proud of him.  Just then Rick pulls up to the prison and they let their vehicle through.  Carol doesn’t see Daryl and gets really worried but Rick tells her that he is still alive, he just went off with Merle.  We see just how confused and disappointed Carol is, because Daryl didn’t even say goodbye.

Andrea comes storming into the Governor’s apartment to confront him about killing that man in front of everyone and not being out there holding things together.  The Governor says if the town’s people want to leave, let them, he isn’t holding their hands anymore.  He says they have had it too easy but that ends now because they are at war.  Andrea asks why Daryl was there and he tells her he was trying to free the rest of Andrea’s friends they had been holding.  The Governor says Andrea is just passing through, just a visitor, so why should he tell her anything.  She says not to push her away.

There is a weird moment were Beth gives Rick a hug and kisses him on the cheek.  It looks like she is crushing on Rick.  Rick talks to Hershel about what happened and about the Governor and what he is like.  Rick can tell Hershel has some kind of information he hasn’t told him.  They head back to the cell block and pass right by Tyreese and his group without a word.  That kind of treatment doesn’t exactly put Tyreese’s group at ease.

The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 9: The Suicide King (Part 1)

If you have not read my last review, you may do so here: The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 8: Made to Suffer (Part 2)

After roughly a three month break The Walking Dead returned to life tonight.  Overall it was a pretty solid episode, mixed things up a lot.  We pick up right where we left off, the Governor has captured Merle and Daryl and is holding them as prisoners.  Things don’t look good for the long lost brothers.  It gets even worse when the Governor tells them to fight to the death, the winner gets to live.  Merle seems to jump at the opportunity to prove himself and attacks Daryl, flooring him.

As the Governor’s men bring zombies into the arena, Merle tells Daryl to play along, it’s all part of his plan to escape.  Before Merle can even finish his thought Rick and his group burst on the scene and attack everyone.  In all of the chaos Merle and Daryl manage to escape.  Several of the Governor’s people are killed in the attack but he doesn’t seem too worried about.  The Governor wants war.  Before Rick and his crew even make it out of Woodbury they are already infighting about Merle coming with them.

As Rick’s group escapes they leave a big hole in the fence, allowing walkers to enter the town.  This should make things interesting!  Back at their vehicle, everyone is fighting with each other.  No one wants Merle coming back to the prison (except Daryl), Rick doesn’t trust Michonne and wants to get rid of her, things are out of control.  Merle starts running his mouth a little too much and Rick knocks him out with the butt of his gun.

Meanwhile at the prison, Hershel is cleaning up the new members of the prison.  They all talk about how everyone has been through such tough times lately.  They seem to be good people but Hershel lets them know that Rick has to clear them being able to stay at the prison.  Out in the woods everyone is still arguing about Merle and Michonne.  Daryl decides that if Merle can’t come back to the prison, he won’t either.  Merle and Daryl go off on their own and Rick tells Michonne that as soon as she is healed up she has to leave as well.

Rick doesn’t seem to be making very good choices here!  I know it’s on the fly but Michonne hasn’t done anything but help them and Merle, as bad as he is, will be needed when facing off against Woodbury.  Rick sees them as threats, and they might be to some degree, but at this point “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”.  They may all hate each other but they won’t have time to fight when getting ready for the Governor’s assault that will surely be coming!

The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 7: When the Dead Come Knocking (Part 2)

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The survivors put together a group to raid Woodbury and get their people back.  Most of the weaker members stay behind at the prison.  Before leaving, Rick has a talk with Carl about what he had to do to his mom and Carl also names his sister Judith, after his third grade teacher.  The Governor takes Andrea to see the Doctor and a man named Mr. Coleman.  The Doctor is running an experiment to see if he can get walkers to remember their old lives (Mr. Coleman is on his deathbed and volunteered for this).

Merle brings a walker into the room with Glenn (who is beat up and taped to a chair) and lets it go.  Glenn manages to break the chair against the wall and uses the wood to stab the walker in the head.  Merle was right about one thing, Glenn is tough!  The Doctor and Andrea continue to wait for Mr. Coleman to die.  While waiting they talk.  The Doctor has lived a very sheltered life, in the past and now.  He has never seen anyone turn into a walker.

In a really creepy and intense scene, the Governor interrogates Maggie.  He makes her take her top off and pushes her down on a table.  If you have read the comics and know what happened to Michonne, things could have gone a lot worse.  The Governor doesn’t do anything to Maggie, he was just trying to get her to crack apparently.  Outside of Woodbury, Rick and his gang park their car so they can sneak up on the unsuspecting town.  They run into a lot of walkers but are not able to kill them all.

Rick and his group find a building.  They go inside and block the door to buy some time.  In a scene that doesn’t make a lot of sense, there is a man living in the building by himself.  This man pulls a gun on Rick and seems to think he can call the police.  How this crazy/drugged up guy could survive out in the middle of walker territory all this time, I have no idea.  Not to mention he is also living close to Woodbury.  They probably would have found him by now.  The man tries to open the front door so Michonne kills him.  Since he is already dead anyway, they throw him out the front door while everyone escapes through the backdoor.

The Doctor’s experiment fails and he is almost bitten by the zombie version of Mr. Coleman, but Andrea saves him.  Glenn and Maggie are reunited but things are not looking good for them.  Maggie gives up where the camp is to save Glenn, making Glenn’s previous sacrifice worthless.  Rick and the gang sneak up on Woodbury and start planning on how they are going to get in.  Andrea reports back to the Governor about the failed experiment.  He doesn’t seem very happy that it didn’t work.  It looks like he is probably trying to figure out a way to make his daughter remember who she was.

The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 7: When the Dead Come Knocking

If you have not read my last review, you may do so here:  The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 6: Hounded (Part 2)

Merle interrogates Glenn.  He wants to know where his brother Daryl is and where their camp is located.  Merle brings up the past (losing his hand), mocks T-Dog’s death and tortures Glenn to get the information he wants.  Maggie is in the next room and can hear everything that is going on.  Glenn remains tough through it all and even manages to break Merle’s nose (which just makes Merle even more angry).

Rick moves towards the prison gate and seems stunned by what he sees.  Michonne is at the gate, standing in the middle of several walkers, with a basket of supplies in hand.  They still can’t smell her due to the zombie guts that covered her in the last episode.  She touches her leg, where she was shot and puts her hand back on the fence.  The smell of her blood attracts the walker next to her.  She is attacked by tons of them but manages to fight them off for a while.  Due to the gun shot wound and loss of blood she passes out during the middle of the fight.

Rick and Carl take out the walkers closest to the gate.  They bring Michonne inside and lay her down in a safe part of the prison.  She doesn’t like when they take her sword from her or leave her locked in a room, but she has little choice in the matter.  Rick doesn’t know anything about her or if she is dangerous but he does say they will clean up her wound for her.  Daryl gets Rick and shows him Carol is still alive, they found her.  I thought this scene was a little weird as Rick and Carol had never really interacted much, besides Carol not trusting Rick at the end of season 2.  This scene makes it out like they are best friends.

After a brief scene where the Governor asks Andrea to do something for him (we don’t hear what) we cut back to the prison.  Michonne witnesses the reunion of Rick and Carol and sees that they have a baby at the prison.  Rick questions Michonne to see why she was carrying formula and how she knew where the prison was.  She tells Rick about seeing Glenn and Maggie get kidnapped and fills him in on Woodbury and the Governor.  She wants to sneak back in to rescue them.

We cut back to Merle telling Glenn how he is tougher than he thought.  Glenn is beaten up pretty badly at this point.  Glenn attempts to bluff Merle into thinking their forces are larger then his.  It may have worked except he mentioned Andrea being at the camp.  Since Andrea has been living in Woodbury, Merle knows Glenn is lying.  Back at the prison, Hershel stitches up Michonne while Carl stands guard.  Michonne thanks Hershel for helping her.

The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 6: Hounded (Part 2)

If you have not read the first part of this review, you may do so here:  The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 6: Hounded

Hershel has a talk with Rick about Lori.  He tells him that she was sorry for what she had done.  In return, Rick tells Hershel about the phone calls he had received.  Hershel picks up the phone but there is no dial tone.  I’m sure Hershel is questioning Rick’s sanity at the moment. I wonder if Hershel will tell the others or if he will keep this information to himself?

Merle continues to search for Michonne without much luck.  She comes out of no where again and cuts Merle’s partner.  During the battle a small group of walkers show up.  Everyone manages to defeat the walkers but Michonne has escaped again.  During the fight some walker guts spilled on Michonne.  Back at the prison, Daryl has a talk with Carl about losing his mom.  They continue to clear out a section of the prison.

The Governor calls Andrea into his apartment to talk to her about jumping over the wall.  It’s against the rules and he says they do not need her guarding the wall.  For once in her life she doesn’t argue back, she just accepts it.  Andrea admits that she did enjoy the fights.  The Governor says he knew that she did (because she didn’t leave) and that he also knows she likes him.  Merle tells the only person left alive in his group that it’s time to head back to base.  He says they will just tell the Governor they killed Michonne.  After a brief argument over what to do, Merle shoots him in the head.

Michonne discovers that the walker guts that spilled on her from earlier mask her sent.  The zombies can’t tell she is a human and will walk right past her.  Rick receives another phone call but realizes that the person on the phone says his name.  The problem with that is Rick had never told anyone his name during their conversations.  At this point Rick understands that this is all happening in his head.

Michonne stumbles upon Glenn and Maggie while they are gathering supplies.  She doesn’t know who they are so she watches them for a moment to try and figure out what kind of people they are.  Unfortunately for everyone, Merle comes around the corner.  He manages to capture Maggie and forces Glenn to drive them to Woodbury.  At Woodbury the Governor talks to Andrea about his past.  Apparently in his old life he was a nobody.  Andrea once again fall for the villain of the season.  I’m hoping she becomes a walkers chew toy pretty soon!

Daryl kills a walker and discovers that it has Carol’s knife stuck in it’s face.  Merle reports back to the Governor, lies about the whole situation, and tells him he killed Michonne.  It should be interesting to see how this all turns out down the line.  To change the subject, Merle also tells the Governor about his prisoners.  Rick heads back to where everyone else is and holds his baby, Daryl finds Carol hiding in a room and Michonne shows up at the prison gate.

The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 6: Hounded

If you have not read my last review, you may do so here:  The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 5: Say the Word (Part 2)

Michonne was obviously right about the Governor.  He has sent Merle and several of his men after Michonne.  She knew they would be coming and left a message for them…walker body parts cleverly spelling out “Go Back”.  Of course, with this being Merle we are talking about, he doesn’t listen.  While he is boasting about all of his firepower and manpower, Michonne drops out of the trees and kills two of the men quickly.  As Michonne runs away to make another attack later, she is shot in the leg by Merle.

Risk is talking to a woman on the phone who says she has a safe place.  Rick wants to go there but the woman won’t tell him where it is.  She says she has to keep it a secret but will call back in two hours after talking to her group.  Rick goes to check on Carl.  Everyone has been busy clearing out sections of the prison and making plans for supply runs.

Merle tells his partner that they need to destroy the brains of their fallen comrades.  They never let one of their own turn.  After some whining over it, his inexperienced partner agrees and they take care of business.  Andrea talks with the Governor about how she disagrees with the gladiatorial games held by the town of Woodbury.  She thinks the world is brutal enough.  She also wants to give back and offers to help guard the wall.

Rick receives another phone call.  This time there is a man on the phone.  The man asks Rick if he has killed anyone and if so, how many?  Rick explains that things have happened and he has had to kill, out of self-defense.  He only killed to protect the group.  The man asks how Rick’s wife died.  Rick wants to know how the man knew he had a wife but he explains that Rick mentioned having children.  Rick doesn’t want to talk about how Lori died and the man hangs up on him.

Andrea sits on the wall with a girl who is going to teach her how to use a bow.  After exchanging some personal history, they spot a walker.  The girl fires some arrows but misses twice.  She seems nervous, I’m not sure how often she actually does this.  Andrea jumps off of the wall and kills the walker with a knife to the head.  The girl chews her out and says this isn’t a game.  One of the rules of guard duty is to never jump over the wall and put yourself in harm’s way.  Andrea can’t even do things right working for the bad guys!

The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 5: Say the Word (Part 2)

If you have not read the first part of this review, you may do so here:  The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 5: Say the Word

Merle and his gang drive out to the middle of no where.  They have a pit dug there, this is how they capture walkers.  After messing with the Doctor some they grab one of the walkers and pull out one of his teeth.  The more we learn about this group from Woodbury, the worse we learn they are.  Daryl and Maggie explore a house and find some baby formula…along with a possum for dinner.

Michonne and Andrea start to leave Woodbury when Merle stops them.  After a slight conflict Merle allows them to leave the gates.  Michonne thinks they set this up, she knows they wouldn’t be allowed to leave normally.  Andrea thinks it’s more proof of Michonne being paranoid.  Michonne leaves, without Andrea.  The Governor talks with Andrea and offers her a drink.  Andrea once again blows off the only person to really care about her in order to be mentored by the season’s villain.  I hope she ends up as walker food soon!

Daryl and Maggie return to the prison.  They give the baby her formula and then everyone starts to talk about what her name should be.  Carl starts naming off all of the female characters who have died off.  Rick finds where Lori died.  After examining the area he discovers a walker with a very full stomach.  This walker is so full he can’t even stand up anymore.

They must be suggesting this walker ate Lori, all of her, bones and all.  This doesn’t make any sense as even T-Dog’s body wasn’t completely gone and he had multiple walkers eating him.  Rick shoots the walker in the head and then starts stabbing him in the stomach multiple times.  With the way this season has been going so far I still have to wonder if walker Lori is going to show up sometime.

Back at Woodbury, we finally see what the big event is.  The Governor holds Gladiator fights between his men (it’s voluntary) while zombies are chained up all around them.  After Andrea is repulsed by this and starts to leave the Governor fills her in that it’s all for show.  They have removed all of the zombies teeth.  Everyone in Woodbury is there, loving what they see.  Merle wins his fight.

We see Daryl leave a flower at Carol’s grave.  They still haven’t shown for sure that she died and they never found a body, so I don’t know why they dug a grave.  We end on Rick sitting in the prison alone.  He hears a phone ringing and answers…..

The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 5: Say the Word

If you have not read my last review, you may do so here: The Walking Dead Season 3 E4: Killer Within (Part 3)

We open on Woodbury.  Everyone is having cold drinks and taking a day to relax before the big festivities later that night.  In the Governor’s apartment we see him brushing the hair of a little girl and some of it tears off of her head.  Okay, we knew the Governor was evil and willing to kill innocent people to get supplies, but the guy is completely insane.  He has his zombie daughter restrained so he can take care of her and pretend she is still alive!

Rick is in a stat of shock after finding out that Lori has died.  He picks up an axe and goes into the prison by himself destroying walkers (Doom style).  Daryl and Maggie make a run into town for baby formula.  While The Governor makes a speech about the success of their town, Michonne breaks into his apartment and takes back her sword.  She hears a noise coming from behind a door and starts to break in when she hears someone coming.  It’s The Governor, Merle and the Doctor.  The Doctor is upset about all of the energy usage because he is running some kind of experiment.

We find out Michonne had managed to escape out of the window before anyone had known she was there.  She finds an area where walkers are locked up behind a fence.  She lets them out and slaughters them all.  Someone who was feeding the walkers walks in just as she finishes.  The Governor has a one on one talk with Michonne, attempting to recruit her.  She lets him know she does trust him (but she doesn’t exactly have her facts straight).  When The Governor lowers his guard for a split second Michonne gets the drop on him and takes her sword back.  She leaves and he doesn’t send anyone after her.

Glenn is digging graves for everyone they lost when Oscar and Axel come by to see if they can help.  Glenn lets them dig the other graves while he talks to Hershel about the people they lost.  The Governor calls in Andrea and manipulates her into talking to Michonne for him.  Andrea is as stupid and reckless as always.  She doesn’t listen to anything Michonne tells her about Woodbury being dangerous.  One would think by now that Andrea should know, whoever she thinks is good, whatever she thinks is the right thing….DO THE OPPOSITE!

Glenn walks through the prison attempting to locate Rick.  Rick is just standing there, covered in blood.  Glenn talks to him but Rick doesn’t respond at all.  Glenn makes his way over to Rick and lays a hand on him gently.  BIG MISTAKE!  Crazy Rick slams Glenn up against the wall and then throws him to the side without saying a word.  He then continues on down the hallway to butcher more walkers.  Alright, well Rick has completely snapped at this point!

The Walking Dead Season 3 E4: Killer Within (Part 3)

If you have not read the second part of this review, you may do so here:  The Walking Dead Season 3 E4: Killer Within (Part 2)

Rick manages to shut the generators down but is immediately attacked by Andrew.  Andrew is the prisoner from a couple of episodes ago that Rick chased outside.  We last saw Andrew surrounded by walkers and heard him screwing so we assumed he died, apparently he managed to escape and has been running around the prison by himself all this time.  I’m not a big fan of this plot line as it seems pretty far fetched and also opens the door for everyone still being alive unless you literally see them die with your own eyes.

After a scuffle between Rick and Andrew, Oscar ends up with Rick’s gun.  He has the option to shoot either one of them, this is his chance to decide who’s side he is really on.  Oscar shoots and kills Andrew.  Elsewhere in the prison, Maggie had to cut Lori open to save the baby.  Lori gives a speech to Carl about doing what is right in life.  She doesn’t want him making all the wrong choices like she did.

Spoiler alert…

Lori dies delivering her baby.  Maggie and Carl both know that Lori will turn into a walker after some time so (off screen) Carl shoots Lori in the brain.  Like with Andrew, since this wasn’t actually shown, I have to wonder if Carl really did what he was supposed to here?  Are we going to be confronted with a zombie Lori in a few episodes?  I guess we will have to wait and find out.

Most everyone meets up in the prison.  They find T-Dog’s dead body.  After going outside to see if everyone made it back and meeting up with Hershel and Beth they hear a baby crying.  Rick sees the baby but not Lori.  He looks at Carl and knows that Lori is dead.  In a moment of pure grief, Rick collapses on the ground crying.  Rick seemed to have taken Lori’s death harder than Carl did, perhaps because Carl is already so hardened from the life he has been living.

This was a pretty crazy episode.  Three new characters have been added to the group and we lost (at least) two characters that had been there from the beginning.  We still don’t know what happened to Carol.  This seemed more like a mid season finale or a season finale, not just a random episode.  At least it does break up the formula, so we now know it’s possible to lose important characters at anytime.  It will be interesting to see how Rick deals with Lori being dead and how adding a baby to the group will change things.

The Walking Dead Season 3 E4: Killer Within (Part 2)

If you have not read the first part of this review, you may do so here:  The Walking Dead Season 3 E4: Killer Within (Part 1)

Andrea and Merle have a talk.  She gives him a map showing where the farmhouse (or what’s left of it) is located.  Even though they never got along before (who did get along with Merle anyway?!), Andrea knows what it’s like to lose family.  On that level at least, she relates to Merle.  She asks Merle if the Governor is a good man and he says yes.  She knows what kind of guy Merle is, I’m not sure why she would take his word on anything.

Back at the prison, Rick and the rest regroup.  After finding out who is missing, they check the fences and discover the chain has been broken with an ax.  This was no accident.  Someone is trying to get them killed.  Rick immediately looks to Axel and Oscar.  He is about to deal with them when the prison alarm system starts going off.  This immediately attracts walks from outside the prison.  Oscar says he knows where the alarm can be turned off at.

We catch of glimpse of T-Dog and Carol in the prison.  They are still trying to get to a safe place.  Lori also goes into labor while running from some walkers.  Talk about bad timing!  Having a baby is bad enough, having a baby while running from walkers is crazy.  Merle talks to the Governor about leaving to find Daryl but the Governor doesn’t think it’s a good idea.  Merle doesn’t seem very happy about this decision.  It will be interesting to see if they are setting up a conflict between them that could end with Merle saving the others from the Governor down the line.

Rick and everyone else split up into small groups to find the generator and shut it down.  The longer the alarm is on, the more walkers it attracts.  Lori starts to have the baby but something is wrong, she is bleeding heavily.  T-Dog, who is going to turn into a walker anyway, gives his life to save Carol.  T-Dog is brutally eaten by walkers but Carol does manage to escape.  T-Dog never did a whole lot in the show but at least he went out a hero.

Andrea speaks with the Governor over some drinks.  They talk about life and how things have changed, how they are the same.  He says he lost his daughter and reveals his real name, Philip.  The Governor says she is always welcome in Woodbury if she wants to return.  Andrea talks to Michonne, she wants to stay in Woodbury longer, give it a chance.  Andrea should realize by now that she is an idiot and all of her decisions are terrible.  I don’t know why she never learns.

The Walking Dead Season 3 E4: Killer Within (Part 1)

If you have not read my review of the last episode, you may do so here:  The Walking Dead Season 3 E3: Walk With Me (Part 2)

We open on a mysterious person in the prison, breaking the chains on the fence and leaving pieces of animal meat around to lure zombies into the secured areas.  Rick and the survivors are moving vehicles when they see Axel and Oscar (the two prisoners they let have a cell block) come into the area Rick told them to stay out of.  They plead to be let into group.  They claim they aren’t like the other prisoners were and would be a benefit to them.

After locking the prisoners up temporarily, Rick and the others talk over what they should do.  No one trusts these guys or wants to give them a chance, except T-Dog.  Rick tells everyone a story about some guy who murdered his girlfriend and got off after pretending to be sorry for it, then he turned around and murdered another girl two weeks later.  Rick and the others (except T-Dog) decide the prisoners need to go.

At Woodbury, Michonne is searching the vehicles from the soldiers the Governor killed.  She finds fresh blood on it and bullet holes.  She questions the Governor but he comes up with lies for everything.  Michonne obviously knows something is up.  The Governor trys to talk her into staying, saying they could use a good soldier like her in town.  She wants no part of it though.  I wonder how long it will be before the Governor gets tired of her rejection and his true self comes out?

Back at the prison, Rick says they will give the prisoners a weeks worth of food and T-Dog continues to debate about this decision.  Axel attempts to talk to Daryl but he has none of it and rides off on his motorcycle.  Inside, Lori and Beth bring some crutches to Hershel as he attempts to stand up for the first time in his current situation.  Michonne talks with Andrea about leaving Woodbury but she doesn’t want to leave.  Rick wants the bodies in the prison moved outside the fence and burned so they don’t have to plant crops in walker rotted soil.

Hershel comes outside for a walk.  Everyone is in different sections of the prison but they can all see each other.  They all stop and look at each other, feeling secure and relaxed for the first time since they got there.  That feeling doesn’t last long.  Carl turns around to see several walkers coming at them.  Unfortunately, most of the people in that section are the weakest ones.  Hershel and Beth lock themselves behind a gate, everyone else runs to find a place to hide.

Spoiler warning….

T-Dog rushes over to the gate that had been opened and puts a new chain on it to stop more walkers from coming in.  While he is doing this a walker comes up from behind and bites him on the shoulder.  Not one to give up, he finishes chaining the gate together,then turns around and kills the walker.  He then runs into the building that Carol had just went in.  Looks like we have seen the end of T-Dog, which is unfortunate as he never really did a whole lot during the show.

The Walking Dead Season 3 E1: Seed (Part 2)

If you have not read the first part of this review, you may do so here: The Walking Dead Season 3 E1: Seed (Part 1)

Rick wants to clear the prison in the morning.  Since the prison looks like it fell early, it could be a gold mine.  Weapons, food, medicine, anything could be in there.  Due to limited ammo (and noise) they will have to do it hand to hand.  The risk is worth it, especially since the prison is divided up into sections.  They already have a safe area so they can just continue to spread out from there.

Lori attempts to talk Rick out of trying to take the prison so soon.  Everyone is tired and finally feels relatively safe, she wants to put this off for a few days but Rick shuts her down quickly.  They are obviously having some problems in their relationship but Rick doesn’t want to deal with them right now.  He says he is doing things right now (to protect her and everyone else), that should be enough.

We meet Andrea and Michonne again.  Nothing much happens except Michonne kills some walkers.  Back at the prison the survivors move in to take the prison using close combat weapons and tactics.  This is smart, everyone is fighting as a group, not just running around randomly.  They run into some interesting zombies here, wearing body armor, which makes them very hard to kill…it also makes me wonder how they got bit in the first place.

Rick wants to make sure there are no blind spots, they can’t risk a zombie attack.  Rick says they need to go into the prison and clear it.  During this process they find some keys to one of the prison blocks on a dead guard.  After clearing the block, they now have a very safe place.  It’s sectioned off, so not only do they have cells but there is a large cell door blocking off that entire section.  This is about as safe from walkers as you can get.

We cut back to Andrea and Michonne again.  They are hiding in some building and all we find out about them is that Andrea is apparently very sick.  Lori wants to talk to Hershel alone.  She is worried about the baby dying and becoming a walker inside of her, or her dying during child birth and attacking everyone.  Hershel tells her not to think like that, then she mentions what is really stressing her out.  Carl won’t talk to her and Rick hates her.  Hershel just says they will get over it in time.

Several of the group members move to clear more of the prison, while the rest are safe in C block (the area they cleared out).  After running into some walkers they get separated from each other.  While Hershel is looking for the others he steps over a zombie he thinks is dead and it bites his leg.  The others find him and act quickly to move him to a relatively safe place and chop his leg off (to keep the virus from spreading).  This is a brutal scene and actually happened in the comic books as well, except to Dale, not Hershel.  After cutting off Hershel’s leg, everyone looks up to see some prisoners in the room with them.

This certainly makes things interesting.  Will Hershel live or die?  Who are these prisoners?  Are they friends or new enemies?