Back
where we left off at the prison, about 5 walkers surround Michonne with more in
the midst. Michonne is hobbling and places her hand over the wound. Unfortunately,
the walkers sense her human blood and go after her. Michonne hobbles and
slashes a few with the katana. Carl asks Rick if they should help. Michonne is
losing stamina and her vision decreases. The last she sees is a walker hovering
over her as she lies back, prepared for death. But then she hears a gunshot.
Carl shot the walker. She last hears carl’s gunshot. Rick
opens the gate they begin shooting the walkers; Rick grabs the katana and
Michonne as Carl grabs the basket full of formula and they retreat back to
safety. They go into one of the cells in C-Unit and place Michonne there. Rick
pours water over her and comforts her, asking her who she is. Michonne tries
grabbing her katana but Rick grabs her and asks her who he is. At the same
time, Daryl walks in, wondering who their new guest its. Daryl says he has
something for the unit to see but is still watching Rick. “I didn’t ask for your help!” Michonne seethes
but Rick tells her he couldn’t leave her out there. Rick locks the cell door to
give her some space…and to also see what Daryl has in store. Rick walks into
C-Unit to be greeted by an exhausted Carol. Carol and Rick share and embrace
and when Carol asks where Lori is, Rick’s expression gives it away. The whole
group share a very bittersweet reunion as Carol grieves for Lori but is
ecstatic about the newborn. Michonne is watching from afar, taking in a
different atmosphere than the one she felt in Woodbury.
Back in
Woodbury, the men are back on guard and Milton knocks on the governor’s door. Milton
tells him that “Mr. Coleman is ready”. Andrea is getting dressed and says she’ll
be waiting. But the Governor says he could use her help.
Back in
the prison, Rick says he’ll help provide aid for Michonne and then she can be
on her way but he demands that she tell him where she came from. She mentions
she got the basket from an “Asian guy and pretty girl”. “They were taken by the
same son of a bitch who shot me,” she explained. Rick grabs the gunshot wound
and Michonne tries fighting back, but Daryl points his crossbow at her.
Michonne wants to go after Daryl (Jane’s notes: girl, you’re on my good side,
don’t ruin it! I’ll let it slide this one time). “You came here for a reason”
Rick told her. Michonne begins talking about Woodbury and how 75 survivors were
taken there. She tells them that the town is ran by a man who calls himself as ‘the
Governor’ and describes him as a “pretty boy, charming, Jim Jones type”. She tells
him that there’s sentries posted around the town but they still have a chance
to sneak in. Rick asks her how she found the prison. She told him she heard
about the prison from eavesdropping on Maggie and Glenn before they were
kidnapped. Michonne is then introduced to Hershel as Maggie’s father.
Back in
the interrogation room, Glenn is extremely beat up and covered with blood and
cuts, blood oozing from his mouth as Merle tortures him as if he was the Jack
Bauer of the post-zombie apocalyptic era. Glenn warns Merle that they will be
coming. Merle is convinced that Rick and crew aren’t going to come and that he
is outnumbered. Glenn mentions that
Andrea is part of the group, which perks Merle’s interest.
Back in
the prison, Hershel is stiching up Michonne’s wound as Carl watches, hand ready
on his gun. Michonne thanks Hershel. Back in C-Unit, Daryl suggests going after
them. Oscar, Rick, Daryl and Michonne decide to head on out with the car as they
stock up on guns and tear gas. Daryl assures Carl that he’ll look out for Rick.
Michonne looks around the prison yard and asks if the place was overrun; Beth
mentions it was and that there were others that helped clear the prison.
Michonne is in awe at how such a small group took control of the prison. Rick
goes to have a quick, private chat with Carl about Lori and acknowledges that
no boy his age should’ve done what he had to do. Rick advises that if anything
happens, that Carl has to lock everyone up in the cells and to look out for his
baby sister. “Daryl’s been calling her asskicker!” Carl chirps in. Rick laughs
and asks what Carl thinks she should be called. Carl wants to name her Judith
after his 3rd grade teacher. Judith,
meanwhile, is being held by Carol. Daryl tells her to be safe while Hershel
commands them to bring Glenn and Maggie back. Axel opens up the gate and the
car takes off.
In Milton’s
lab, old 40s music is playing on the record player and the room is full of
paintings. The Governor brings Andrea to the lab where Milton and an old, dying
man is lying on a bed. The Governor introduces Andrea to Mr. Coleman, the man
that is in the bed. The Governor goes over to him and thanks him ‘for his
service’.
Before Andrea
can ask anything, Milton tells Andrea to put the record back to the first track
and then rings a singing bowl. Milton begins interviewing Mr. Coleman and tells
him that he is going to ask him questions and Mr. Coleman will respond with a “yes”
by raising his right hand. He asks about Mr. Coleman’s name, his wife and his
family while showing pictures. Mr. Coleman raises his hand for all the
questions Milton asks. Mr. Coleman grabs Milton’s hand and whispers to him to
keep the song playing “while they wait”.
Back in
the interrogation room, Glenn struggles to free himself. Merle comes in and
brings in a walker with a rope around its neck, asking Glenn if he can
empathize with the way Merle felt back in Atlanta.Merle
commands Glenn that this is his last chance to talk. When Glenn refuses, Merle
lets the walker go. Glenn kicks the walker back and flips himself over. He
knocks cases and boxes over and shields himself between a spring mattress to
prevent the walker from biting him. Glenn kicks the table to the walker before
breaking the chair against the wall. He lifts his covered hand up just in time to
prevent the walker from biting him. Glenn stabs the walker and lets out a
scream.
Back in
the lab, the same music is playing. Milton explains to Andrea that when Mr.
Coleman dies, they will restrain him and wait for him to “reanimate” where
Milton will ask the questions again, then Andrea will kill him. His intent is
to find out if after a human has passed on and has turned, whether or not
memory and human consciousness exists in the walker’s mind, so to speak. Milton
explains that Mr. Coleman has prostate cancer so due to lack of treatment, he
willingly volunteered to be part of Milton’s experiment. Milton is hoping the
music and singing bowl will linger in the walker’s mind. Andrea is dumbfounded
and tells Milton that they are monsters and who they once were are now gone. Andrea
asks Milton if he ever saw the transformation involving loved ones. Milton
explains he grew up an orphan and telecommuted to work. During this time, Mr.
Coleman passes away so Andrea and Milton restrain him. Andrea holds Milton’s
shaking hand as they tie Mr. Coleman up.
The Governor,
Merle with 2 others are out back. The Governor is concerned that Rick and
company will come back. They wonder what will happen, should they arrive. Merle
said he was going to talk to Maggie but the Governor will take care of them. The
Governor goes in the room where Maggie is in and asks to sit down. He cuts the
ties wrapped around her wrists. He tells her that Maggie will be taken back to
the crew and explain it was a huge misunderstanding. Maggie wants to talk to Glenn.
Governor won’t allow it because he feels that “your people are dangerous”. Maggie
knows nothing about what happened at Atlanta. The Governor promises her safety
but Maggie refuses to talk. Governor suggests something else and demands Maggie
to stand up and take off her shirt and her bra. Maggie reluctantly complies
with his perverted demands. The Governor walks up to her and strokes her hair
and caresses her before grabbing her neck and forcing her down at the table. He
then grabs her neck and forces her down the table. Maggie tells him that he can
do whatever he wants as long as he goes to hell afterwards.
Out in
the woods, the crew stop in the middle of the road. Michonne tells them that
the roads are heavily patrolled so it was best to go on foot. While they are
walking in the woods, Rick quickly thanks Daryl for taking care of Judith; ‘it’s
what we do,” Daryl tells him. Before any more tender moments are shared, Daryl
hears a rustle in the woods and tells the group to get down. A small herd of walkers pop out from the
woods. Rick tells them to stay close and to not use gunfire. The crew slash
their way through but the number of walkers multiply and they take a deserted
road to a cabin where they break in. Rick tells them to be quiet but Daryl is
taken aback by a very foul smell in the cabin. They come across a dead dog
while Rick notices a bed and uncovers the blankets to reveal a man with a shotgun.
He demands them to get out. But at this point, walkers are crawling at the
front of the cabin, thirsting for flesh. Rick tells him that they can’t leave. The
man said he’ll call the cops; Rick says he is a cop. Rick tells him to lower
the gun and that he is going to reach down for his pocket to reveal his badge.
Instead, Rick gets him in a chokehold. The man escapes and Rick warns him to
not open the door but Michonne takes care of it real quick in the form of a
slash to the back through the chest. Daryl takes a peek out in the front, where
there’s at least two dozen walkers. Rick asks Oscar to check the back…Oscar
looks at them and knows what they are doing, muttering “you gotta be kidding
me!” but Oscar checks out back and signals it’s clear. Daryl and Rick grab the
body of the dead man and throw him out to the hungry walkers. They throw the
dead body to the walkers as the walkers feast. The crew sneaks out in the back
pass the distracted walkers.
Back in
the lab, Mr. Coleman begins waking up, his eyes an abnormal bloody red. Milton
uses the singing bowl and plays the record. Milton begins asking the same questions
he did before and asks Mr. Coleman to raise his right hand to answer ‘yes’.
Milton shows a walker Coleman the pictures. Milton is convinced that Mr.
Coleman’s hand moved but can’t move because of the restraints and tells Andrea
to remove them because they are blocking him from “responding from his
subconscious”. Andrea refuses, knowing very well what will happen if those
restraints come loose. Milton does so anyways as the walker grabs Milton’s
shirt and lunges towards him but not before Andrea stabs Coleman in the head.
Back in
the interrogation room, Glenn is armed with a weapon ready for Merle to return;
Merle does but with the 2 men, the Governor and a topless Maggie, who is covering
her breasts. The Governor tells to stop playing games and demands one of them
to reveal Rick’s location. The Governor points the gun at Maggie’s head but then
points it directly to Glenn. Maggie immediately tells the Governor that they
consist of ten and are at the prison. The Governor lowers the gun but not
before trying to embrace and ‘comfort’ Maggie. Maggie rushes to Glenn’s arms.
Meanwhile, the Governor and his men are plotting what to do. The men are
wondering if Maggie is lying about the number in Rick’s crew. The Governor begins to question Merle’s loyalty
because Merle told the Governor it was not possible for Rick’s crew to have
succeeded the way they have. Merle states his loyalty to the Governor. Just
outside Woodsbury, Rick, Daryl, Oscar and Michonne are hiding just outside the
walls plotting their next move….
Back in
the Governor’s room, Andrea walks in to give the Governor a hug and kiss. He
asks her about Milton and she reaches for the whiskey. He asks her what
happened. “Mr. Coleman died,” she said. “Did Milton find what he was looking
for?” the Governor asks. “No” she responds. The Governor wraps his arms around
her to “comfort” her.
Jane's Notes: If there’s one thing that’s safe to say, is that we saw a MUCH different
Glenn then the sneaky pizza delivery boy we saw back in Atlanta. Glenn has
always been a very valuable character but this episode truly displays his
mental strength, above his already excellent physical strength. Speaking of
Glenn, AMC has an interview with Steven Yeun, who plays Glenn as he discusses
the transition from one of the crew to surviving solo.
I’m glad that they have added a ballsy female to the group because for the
most part, the men went out and the women stayed behind (save for Maggie and
Glenn and Andrea and Shane but the ladder is just a clusterf*ck and doesn’t
really count). I’m also glad that they added some tender moments to soften the
brutality that’s still in affect from “The Killer Inside” with Carol and baby,
with Rick’s sanity restored and sharing a moment with Carl.
I’m not going to go into the Governor because he’s just CUH-REEP-AY with
a capitol C and that whole scene with Maggie was just flat out uncomfortable.
While I still think Andrea is a bonafide dumbass, I do feel for Milton.
He seems like a smart cookie that hasn’t really seen the Governor’s “darker
side” and is just so focused on his work and genuinely wanting to contribute to
a civilization in the post-apocalypse.
As usual, Merle is being Merle. BUT I do predict he might slightly turn
(no pun intended) when the upcoming showdown between Woodbury and Rick’s crew
and solely focus his loyalty to his family, which is my husband.
Speaking of husband, where did that poncho go that he wore??
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