What does Rick do with Michonne? Will Milton betray his liege lord? Will Andrea come to her senses, assuming she has any? Perhaps Rick betrays Michonne but is warned of the Governor's plan just in time or perhaps he's not warned in time, and everything goes to hell. Our characters' choices are unclear not simply because they're morally ambiguous, but because the characters themselves are morally ambiguous. In the end, we're left with more questions than answers. Rick's cold gunslinger stare is punctuated only by his obvious exhaustion. The conversation burns on and the Governor's smile never quite leaves his lips. The Governor reveals that, apparently quite recently, Andrea was spilling intimate details of Rick's baby, including matters of the child's nebulous paternity, adding even more fuel to the fire of my dislike for Andrea. Rick calls the Governor "the town drunk, nothing more." Rick and the Governor's confrontation was certainly the high point of Arrow on the Doorpost, and while it didn't carry quite the emotional punch of last week's episode, it did a great job moving the plot forward and building the tension.
Maybe there's some 11th hour surprise that he'll figure into in the next (and final) three episodes of the season. In the comics he's a much more central figure (note: I haven't read the comics, but I know a thing or two about them.) I suppose they have their reasons, but the writers have basically relegated him to the sidelines at every possible chance.
It's a shame Tyreese's role in the show has been handled the way it has been so far. Tensions remain high between Merle and the others, leading me to question why Daryl was chosen to go to the meeting rather than.well, come to think of it, there really aren't a lot of choices are there? The prison crew's ranks have been badly thinned. She's still the silent type, but she speaks and that's enough for me. Michonne is getting more lines still, even back around the group. I hate wishing that about any character, but Andrea has been so unbelievably awful this season I'm not sure I can take another, and certainly not another where she's inexplicably a central character. She needs to go. Maybe she'll save the day in the end, but even then I hope a biter gets her. But she just told Hershel she can't go back with them and then she turns around and does it, and I have little faith left that she's willing to kill the Governor. Will he try to warn them? Will he tell Andrea? Will she attempt to redeem herself by warning her old friends?īetter question: Can Andrea be redeemed? At this point I'd bet on Merle becoming a likable character sooner than Andrea.Įven after learning of Maggie's near-rape at the hands of the Governor she still goes back to Woodbury. Milton is obviously upset by this, perhaps remembering his conversation with Hershel. Later in the episode the Governor relays his plans to Milton-that the deal is a trap, that they're going to ambush Rick's crew no matter what. We can see the seeds sewn for a reluctant slaughter on both sides. Meanwhile, Daryl and Caesar have a bit of a bonding moment over some dead walkers, and Milton and Hershel hit it off over the stump of Hershel's leg. He's tempted even though he now likes Michonne and even though he knows, or strongly suspects, that the Governor is planning to kill them all anyways. He's tempted by the Governor's offer: to hand over Michonne in exchange for peace. Rick sees right through the Governor, but maybe not quite far enough. Andrea shows up and finds herself once again torn between worlds. While the two alpha males talk shop inside, Hershel and Daryl shoot the breeze with Milton and Caesar outside. Sunday night's episode of AMC's The Walking Dead was yet another in this ever-expanding chain of hits.Īrrow on the Doorpost opens to an encounter between Rick and the Governor. It's been an incredible journey, and I wouldn't change it for the world, although it would have been nice to have a couple of more seasons with Sarah. In the space of three years I've done more gymnastics on this show then I have in probably four or five years. And it is kind of the big downer on what is becoming the single greatest job of my career.
You make these incredibly brilliant and intense relationships with truly gifted actors and invariably they get bitten, and I have to kill them. The only downer is the fact that we lose people. I was just taking to Scott Wilson, and we were just riffing on how extraordinary how this show is. Q: Now that The Walking Dead is in its third season, what aspects of the show still surprise you?Ī: The show just surprises me and brutalizes me. Actor Andrew Lincoln, who plays Rick Grimes on AMC's The Walking Dead, talks about turning into a real-life Southerner and describes what it's like to rip his guts out on set.
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