Well, there you have it boys and girls, the end of season 3.  Folks (the ones he didn’t kill) finally figure out the Gov. is really crazy as he mows down some of his own people after being successfully rebuffed at the prison.  Tyrese, Sasha and a whole bunch of folks from Woodbury join Rick and the crew in the prison as new residents.  Carl “little Gov.” Grimes begins to slip a little mentally and Rick isn’t sure what to do about it.  He shoots a guy that appears to be surrendering but who really knows?  And yep, we say goodbye to Milton and Andrea.  Actually in a twist of Gov. induced fate they kill each other, although sort of against their will.  Truthfully, the Gov kills Milton the first time, Milton turns, bites Andrea and she kills him the second time, then Rick, Mishone and Daryl find Andrea, she says her good byes and with Rick’s trusty Colt revo she offs herself.  On a side note the producers messed up a little and after her suicide single head shot you hear the tink, tink of a shell casing falling to the floor.  Ooops!  Small oversight I guess.  Anyway all in all a great ending to a great season.  Looking forward to season 4 in the fall.  What’s next I wonder?  Who knows but we’ll have to wait to find out.  Stay tuned here for continued coverage.

Merle grows a conscious; then dies?  Wow.  What a show!

This show was really a show about redemption, a journey back to a sense of ethics or character.  Lots of little stuff packed in there.  Rick rediscovers himself and returns to who he wants to be (or should be) even in the face of the zombie apocalypse, of course demonstrated by turning back on his original decision to give up Mishone.  Naturally, seeing his now dead wife, Lori (symbolizing his conscious) didn’t hurt.  Maggie and Glen get engaged (with a walker borrowed ring) but more importantly Glen asks Herschel first, showing a bit of the pre-walker world and how he still maintains some modicum of innocence even after everything that has happened and an appreciation of same is reflected in Herschel’s face.

And wow, who doesn’t feel real bad for Daryl?  I know I’m a little bummed Merle is out but he was really more trouble than he was worth but Daryl?  I hope this doesn’t bust him up.  Hopefully it will push him deeper in the group and closer to Rick and maybe Carol.

On a side note, I noticed a small editing error in the show.  When Merle steals the car it has large, silver mag type rims on the wheels but when he rolls into the industrial area the car is missing them.  Just an observation.

One episode left!

Wow, wow, wow!  Well, Andrea is in a world of bad smelly stuff!  She’s the Gov.’s new torture test dummy, kind of a pre-Mishone test run.  Her chances don’t look too good.  What a tense chase scene in the old factory building!  The Gov. is really drifting further out into crazy space.  All in all I really hate to see Andrea face the fate it appears she is approaching but she has never taken a real stand.  Trying to broker peace and ignoring the Gov.’s real character just shows an absence of sense.  Maybe  she’s a little too idealistic in my opinion.  Anyway, it looks like Milton is going to have his share of issues as well by burning the Gov.’s personal undead army and Tyrese and his crew are proving out my theory as the divisions between them grow.  Not to mention the flashback of Andrea and Mishone discussing the identity of her former undead guards.  Hmmmmm.  Only 2 episodes left.  Ugh!

WOW!  Great show.  Light on action but HEAVY on tension.  Rick meets the Gov. and they “parlay” a bit with tension so thick you could slice it with the Mishone’s sword!  Incidentally that was mostly what it turned out to be about, the Gov wants Mishone for relieving him of an eye and a daughter.  As expected he told Rick one thing and has plans to do another.  Rick returns to the prison and is not sure whether to turn Mishone over to save the group or fight it out.  On a lighter note Glenn and Maggie finally made up and probably made a baby in the process.  I wonder if they have daycare during the Zombie Apocalypse?  Let’s hope so!

Morgan re-emerges!  Yep, after almost two seasons we finally see Rick’s first ZA buddy, Morgan, and he’s crazier than an outhouse mouse!  Apparently the ZA has not been good to him.  Consequently he feels let down by Rick even though Rick tried relentlessly to help him and he feels at fault for his son’s death at the hands of his zombie mother since he lacked the cahones to drop the old ball and chain in her undead tracks when he had the chance.  Nevertheless Morgan has stockpiled all the guns and ammo Rick and the gang need to put up a good fight vs. the Gov which is of course is rapidly approaching so not a total loss.  Hopefully there is a little skill hiding somewhere in those guns because the group needs it bad after last weeks poor showing in the marksmanship department.   Mishone makes a little headway in the group befriending both Carl and Rick on their little excursion.  And we see a new guy running up and down the road trying to catch up to Rick et al. he gets left behind twice, he becomes zombie food, they get his backpack.  I wonder if any of that will be material later?  And Morgan?  Will he stay in crazyville?  Will he re-emerge again, this time with his full faculties?  (Doubt it!)  We’ll just have to wait and see.

The Gov gets a nifty new pirate accessory, Rick takes a sabbatical from crazyville for a bit, Daryl’s back in the number 2 slot,  Terence and the gang hook up with the Gov but I bet that won’t last at least for him and the girl, Merle does his best to fit in, in true Merle fashion.  Andrea makes a pilgrimage to the prison under a proverbial white flag flown in the guise of a toothless, armless zombie ala Mishone.  They let her in to talk but they ain’t all that happy to see her!  All in all Mishone is right, she’s under the Governor’s spell, and in an effort to make things good between the Gov and Rick she comes out looking spineless and weak.  Pick a side babe, this is the zombie apocalypse, no room for waffling here, choose up and let ‘er rip!