Last night’s mid-season finale of the third season of The Walking Dead was strong, if not somewhat anticlimactic, given the number of shocking events this season so far. There were no huge bombshells in the finale, and the cliffhanger was not terribly cliff-hangey, but we were introduced to a great new character, the Big Bad got some justice, and the episode did a terrific job of setting up the second half of the season.
Let’s get right into the recap, though please remember: Book spoilers go in the thread at the bottom of the page created by Maske.
1. OMG CUTTY — Even when you know it’s coming, you can never quite prepare for the excitement of seeing a former The Wire cast member on another show you love, and when he’s carrying a hatchet and dispensing with walking corpses, all your religious cynicism fades away. God does have a plan, and that plan is for Chad Coleman to carve zombies.
He has a crew, too: They are 5. They are the “Tyreesocracy”? (No, that doesn’t quite work.) Anyway, after one of their own, Donna, gets bitten, they stumble into the prison, where Carl eventually finds them, saves them from the zombies, then locks them in a cell. Tyreese has the same tough softness as Cutty did, too. Tyreese understands, and he’s even a little grateful that, in the prison cell, they can finally rest for a while. However, they hadn’t brained Donna before the episode ended, so expect that to be the first sequence after the winter break: Donna hopping too, zombie-style, and taking out at least one of the Tyreese 5.
2. Carol Is Not a Lesbian, Axel — Besides the Tyreese Experience™, which was more to set up the next half of the season than anything else, there wasn’t a lot going on in this prison this week, except for some reason a scene in which Carol warned Axel away from Beth, which did prompt the one moment of intentional comic relief last night. Is it too early to ship Axel and Carol? I get the feeling that it’s actually setting up Axel’s demise: Will he get too handsy with Michonne, or does he think she’s a lesbian, too?
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i’m late to this party
I am also super late to this party, as I only watched the first 2 1/2 seasons in marathon recently, and let me reiterate, ANDREA IS THE WORST. How are you guys such big fans of her??
Since I’m rather late to this party, I’ll be quick: Andrea is the worst. That is all.
so the worst
Is it weird of me to want Axel to suddenly spout out, “Alright, alright, alriiight,” every time he sees an eligible lady, a la’ Matthew McConaughey?
Example . . .
Axel: Maggie’s with Glenn, and you’re a lesbian.
Carol: What? I’m not a lesbian!
Axel: Well alright, alright, alriiight!
(I apologize for the smiley, but I like to think that if one could actually hear a smiley at the end of any sentence, it would be that one coming from McConaughey.)
Andrea: Worst taste in men ever? Or worst taste in men ever!
It’s not like there is a lot to choose from.
And yet, she still manages to choose poorly
Is there any Michonne/Andrea fan fiction out there? I feel like this would be a better venue to approach then, say, google.
shes just the worst in general
They need to experiment with the genes of Beth and the girl from Modern Family and learn how to make dogs stay puppies forever because what the hell, age?
the “T-DOG 3.0″ image is hilarious. love it.
Never did understand why they didn’t begin the series with Tyrese. Seemed like they tried to substitute T-Dog for him…like Tyrese wasn’t “street” enough to fill the role.
At least now they’re correcting things. Cutty from the Cut – it’s hammer time!
CMON MAN!!! Tyrese rocks a hammer – not the hatchet. One of the other guys had the hatchet.
Wasn’t he rockin’ a big ole hammer once they got into the prison?
That Penny kill was straight out of Spartacus.
Cutty was straight up gansta……… loved it!
great to see him in more roles lately!
Andrea: Still The Worst
yea. i agree… wanna see her dead more than the Gov…..
Michonne is my least favorite, then Andrea. I was hoping they would simultaneously kill each other in the showdown in that episode.
From what I scene for the other half of the season finale it seems to me that Carl wants to be the leader
Carl is atleast very willing to rescue anyone who needs it..first michonne and then the new group.
The dad is not so kind…..
Holy shit, Emily Kinney, who plays Beth Green, is actually 27 years old. Does that make me less of a pervert?
More
I swear they were playing her up to be older last season.
That depends. Are you fantasizing about Emily Kinney or Beth Green?
I was pretty upset when they showed _______ running through the woods even though that last scene set up a fight. So stupid.
So I’m starting to think that black men on TWD are actually “Highlander”-style immortals: “There can be only one!”
if so……. I chose cutty from the wire..
The sensation you’re feeling now is the blackening.
How did Carl went from being insanely annoying to really badass?
Because they realized he can’t act, and appropriately chopped his lines to sentence fragments. Sentence fragments are badass.
That’s more or less how Michonne does it.
NOT true. And Carl was more or less always a badass in the comics after he got shot. Getting shot always makes you a bad ass.
Comic book Carl is pretty bad ass. Especially in the current issues.
Between the beggining of the series and the end of season 2 only a couple of months had passed. Maybe only weeks. Between the break of season 2 and season 3, 8 months went by. So of course a kid in a zombie apocalypse that just started is probably going to get himself in trouble. But now, of course, he’s matured and learned survival skills. Everyone does.
the next few months is going to SUCK. this was a solid episode hands down, zombie kill of the year for michonne. she rules.
Yay Carl badge!
Oh how far we’ve come. I remember a time when the Carl badge was second only to the Lorie badge in it’s terribleness.
How the hell will I make it through the next 2 months before a new episode!?
Considering what happened in the comics didn’t happen to Michonne on the show, what the hell is up with her obsession with the Governor? Did she really risk her life trying to kill the guy because she thought he was creepy and untrustworthy? At least it led to an epic fucking brawl.
Not only is he creepy and untrustworthy but he sent a team of men to kill her. So she has that working for her.
He tried to kill her. And, she’s probably trying to save Andrea’s worthless life in the process.
True…… very true….. yet we all realize that some people are not worth saving.
that means andrea!
Also he stole Andrea from her, which for some reason, she thinks is a bad thing.
Is Glenn on Steroids or did getting laid turn him into a man?
See, Glenn has always sort of been a bad ass. He did save Rick in the tank.
Yeah, Glenn is more or less the hero of this show. Which is gonna make it super crappy when he inevitably gets killed. Like Charlie on Lost or Opie on SOA. Damn you TV! Why do you always kills the ones I love?!
@Devo -
was that a spoiler….. or are you just spitballing?
Charlie died on Lost? How about a spoiler alert?!?
I’d bet that if crazy white folks didn’t get T-Dog and Oscar killed, they would joined Tyreese in owning the post apocalyptic world. No one would have messed with those 3.
2 Dog is dead, all hail Three Dog!
/Cutty 4 evah
Isn’t 3 dog a character from Fallout?
Yes, Three Dog is indeed a Fallout 3 character (also, coincidentally, a black guy) who runs the radio station in DC.
If Carl’s progression to manhood continues at this pace you’ll be seeing him whipping out his 10 inch member and showing Beth what she’s been missing since the start of season 2. I predict this will happen by late February or early March.
I do love how far Carl has come this season. Who knew that the death of his mother would cause his balls to drop that far?
I’m all for a Carl getting some of that.
Damn, Glenn knows how to treat a girl good. He gives her his shirt, rips off a zombie’s arm to make a prison shank for her… no wonder she told him she loves him.
Its fair to say none of us will ever be Glenn
I gave my ex girlfriend a half eaten chicken wing once.
To be fair to Michonne, she looked pretty scared and desperate at the rally point with Rick. After 8 episodes of scowl it resonated.
Her mind is crumbling. She can’t figure out why everybody keeps taking her damned sword.
That was the most boring effing episode since the CDC shit.
but YAY FOR CUTTY/TYREESE
also.. FUCK CHRIS HARDWICK COMING ON AFTER SOMETHING MAJOR GOES DOWN AND HE’S ALL LIKE “hey gang, hashtag zombiepoop to chat lolz!”
You sir, are crazy.
at least be with me on the Hardwick thing!
Hardwick is a twit and has been since the mid 90s. That’s sort of his thing I think.
It’s really not fair for you to single him out like that…
Bravo, Dead Meat. Bravo.
Chris Hardwick is a third rate Joel McHale at best, a second rate Daniel Tosh at worst.
I thought it was a pretty good episode. One bone i have to pick those is that when they were behind the car watching the wall, both before and after entering woodbury they weren’t the quietest bunch. It seemed like they were close and loud enough to be heard, and after the incursion the guys with the spotlights on the wall didn’t seem to be looking too hard.
Blame AMC for their placement of his promos.
You should changed your name to “Contrarian”
His promos are horrendous. You cut out of a dark, twisted massacre of a puss covered zombie – and get some Hardwick acting like a d-bag telling you to tweet him.
And now they’re making his show AN HOUR LONG!!! Unless they have Kirkman on, I’m really not interested.
I actually felt sympathetic towards the Governor when he started crying. That was a pretty sad moment this episode.
and now he looks like a nazi with that missing eye……
dude is definitely gonna be “changing gears” a la the last episode of sunny!!
I’d rather wait until February for a show that runs 8 new shows twice a year than wait an entire year for a show that only runs 10 new episodes once a year.
Not that it matters, I’ll wait, I’ll watch, I’ll like it, damn it!
What? Numbers?
I think you mean Numb3rs.
It’s fine by me, too. My Sunday nights are going to be a bit slow for a while…but 16 is better than 10 any day.
numbers? what numbers?
Yes, it was dumb of Michonne not to remove Penny’s hood before the chain. However, I’ve been thinking about it. Michonne knows the Governor is capable of holding hostages and killing innocent people. She probably just saw the cute little girl Sunday dress and thought the worst. (Well, the second worst, considering she didn’t think for a moment that Penny was a zombie. If only she hooked up with the gang at Hershel’s farm, she wouldn’t have fallen for a little girl zombie!) Given what we know about her experience, it then becomes a little more understandable that Michonne would have instantly assumed “The Gov is a pedo and he’s keeping this girl captive!” Oh well.
No matter how “clean” the governor may have kept Penny there is no way she could’ve missed the smell. Or, you know, all the ragged zombie breathing.
If you look at the packaging of those Febreeze plug-in air fresheners they’ve been advertising like crazy, they’re manufactured in Woodbury, Georgia.
THEY WORK!
The entire plot and waiting by Michonne makes a LOT more sense in the comics. The Governor straight up RAPES the crap out of her over and over again. I knew it wouldn’t go like that on TV, as it was WAY too much for cable TV.
Would definitely have explained a bit better as to why she would try to frantically help another “victim”.
I wasn’t clear on Daryl last night. When he said he was going to hang behind to lay cover fire, I actually thought he was delibrately delaying rejoining the group to head back to prison in case he spotted Merle.
I think that was his point. He just didn’t expect Merle’s bull shitting to catch up with them.
I also couldn’t believe the quantity of rounds fired off at such a close distance, and the one hit you see is a shotgun blast to T-Dawg 2.0
I’d bang Carol. But I would only tell the zombies. For they have no speech to give away my secret.
They have speech, you just don’t know how to translate “AGGGCCHHHK HISSSS BLAAAAHHHHH”
That obviously means moped.
I LOL’d
Hey, her buzzcut is starting to grow out a little bit. It’s slim pickens out there in the zombie apocalypse.
Totally thought Carol was a lesbo and just got artificially inseminated. But I guess she just blew Axel in the watch tower….
If you remember her husband from season1, creepy Axel is definitely an upgrade.
ohh yeah I totally forgot about that guy, didn’t he try to like rape her or something when she was washing clothes?
He enjoyed beating the shit out of her. That was how you knew they were the ‘white trash’ family.
There is no way Axel is not a pedo-serial killer.
with a mustache like that? oh yeah. he’s banging all of the kids.
you may mean…….mustache ride………..who wants one?
must be his motto…..
very classy how he changed his tune when he learned she wasnt a lesbian….
CLASSY!
That’s Daryl’s piece right there.
Did anyone else think Shane looked like Wolverine?
for a second yes it looked a lot like a Wolverine promo.
I didn’t see Shane, I just saw Rick afraid of some wolverine-ish looking fellow.
He definitely looked like Wolverine.
You are not alone.
They addressed it on Talking Dead. Bernthal was under contract to keep a beard for a movie he’s filming, so TWD worked around that technicality to give him that cameo.
Forget the beard, he had the hair like swooping up like Wolverine.
wolverine beard – nothing better
The issue of Carol’s hair needed addressing. Good for Axel.
Wouldn’t her hair have grown out by now?
I assume she has a terrible case of lice and/or bedbugs
I’m sure that the zombies haven’t been eating scissors while they wait for human flesh.
I mean, if you’re not going to be able to wash your hair for months at a time, it’s a perfectly logical haircut. Plus, no hair for zombies to grab onto.
Long hair is not a tactically sound choice. Just ask Josh Cribbs.
As a Browns fan Josh Cribbs benefited from his stupid hair a few weeks ago and got a 15 yard horse collar called on someone pulling his hair.
That’s a blown call. The NFL consider hair part of the uniform. It is fair game.
exactly. In any event, zombies don’t care about little yellow flags.
Andrea = The New Lori. I can’t stand her.
you’re a little late, i’ve hated her since episode three of this season
You’re a little late, I’ve hated her since she pulled that shit at the CDC.
I never liked Andrea, even after she banged Shane in the front seat of a car in Season 2.
She has become increasingly awful this season. She continues to make these stupid ass decisions that make no sense. Andrea’s the worst.
And, that just unlocked the Andrea badge. WTF, why the hell is she higher than Glenn? These badges must be reordered!
@ Squirrel I’ve hated Andrea since season one.
**puts on hipster glasses/opens PBR/strokes ironic facial hair**
YES…………RE-ORDER THE BADGES!!
SUCH A SLAP IN THE FACE TO GET HER BADGE!
Andrea WILL improve. They’re definitely forcing the stupidity on her…as well as the crushing on the Governor. She’s truly a badass underneath it all.
Once she gets a rifle in her hands – it’s on!
T-Dog Theorem proven.
Why does the T-Dog rule only apply to men? That’s sexist and I demand justice, kill off Michonne!
YOU SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH
Well…the show has always been kind of sexist.
One of the people in Cuddy’s group is a black woman. So, will we have some sort of Futurama (the paradox resolves itself” event, like a prison wall falling on the new one, or can she and Michonne coexist peacefully until someone informs AMC that there are multiple minorites on the show now?
Cutty. Dammit. Worst typo of my life right there…
He goes by Dennis now, so it’s ok.
i should have known that when i saw a black guy in the first 30 seconds of the episode, that the other black guy was going to die moments later
The minute he came on screen my wife says, “Well there goes Oscar”
I was thinking Oscar needed to watch his back once I saw Tyreese. I wonder what the actors think of the one black guy rule and how fast they are replaced.
Anyone want to venture a guess as to who T-Dog 4.0 (4-Dog) will be?
You knew that Oscar’s days were numbered. He has had way too many lines in such a short span.
Yeah, I definitely saw it coming when Tyrese appeared and Oscar went with them on the raid. There was no way someone wasn’t dying during that raid and it was clearly going to be the most recent character.
I vote Wallace for T-Dog 4.0
I have a feeling Tyreese’s black girlfriend is going to be the one who gets bitten when the show returns. I think the show thinks they’re pushing their limits with TWO black characters. Three might be too much for them.
Seriously, the previous for the next episode thing is really kind of pissing me off. It takes the suspense out of the show.
This will sound a little nit-picky, but, couldn’t they have Darryl get caught in a trap or get surrounded by 3 guys to get captured? It’s kind of hard to believe the guy who can track and never get lost his whole life all of a sudden get lost in some smoke. Not like it took away from the show, but, it’s kind of lazy writing.
I don’t think he got lost in the smoke, just eventually over run.
I cant wait til Daryl gets back to the camp and they have the four headed monster of Tyreese, Rick, Daryl and Michonne. Unstoppable.
possibly 5 headed monster with Carl? He def has risen to badass level this season thusfar
I really honestly don’t understand all the Andrea hate this season – her worst offense is that she makes the Governor a really boring character. Aside from that, nothing she’s done has not made sense or been overly stupid. Previous seasons, yes, she’s terrible, but as for season 3, she’s not that bad.
Seriously. I thought it was smart of her to cozy up to the Governor. Whether her feelings are genuine or not, she’s part of his inner circle after only a few weeks. But her ambition to be somebody blinds her to some serious shit going on around her. She’s had her head up her ass all season. Plus Lori’s dead so naturally the hate has to land elsewhere.
Agreed. She’s the smartest female out there. She learned how to kill but wants to be safe. She also has needs, so she hooks up with the Governor, who did a good job keeping his craziness away from her, like most psychopaths. And it’s not like there weren’t better looking chicks out there in Mayburry either. She did well for herself.
i’m assuming you three are female. that’s the only explanation for defending andrea.
It is sometimes tough separating what we know about the Governor and what Andrea knows about the Governor. Espcially since Michonne took a vow of silence when it comes to clearing things up, and we see Andrea with him and it makes no sense to us. Her sleeping with him just seems so wrong, even though she until the very end, was not aware of most of his insanity. If she keeps defending the Governor now, then yeah, screw her.
Dont get me wrong Dissident. Andrea needs to die. My main point is that she is ambitious, yet not always bright. And Lori’s death has left a vaccuum of hate for fans of the show and Andrea has filled it. That may not be fair, but thats how it is.
My dislike for the character has never ended.
1. All of season 2 she was nothing but a bitch that drove Dale to the breaking point and her cockiness nearly killed Daryl.
2. Her cockiness mixed with a little nativity has blinded her judgement and left her abandoning someone who rightfully should have never carried her worthless ass through the months that she did.
3. Her face. God damn her face needs to be destroyed.
Dissident, why do you think Andrea is annoying? All she has done is self-preservation. Or maybe your one of those woman hating kind?
Honestly, the worst thing she’s done so far is not trust Michonne when Michonne wanted to leave, because clearly they had a relationship, but to that end, Michonne neither a. had any definitive evidence there was evil crap going down, and b. didn’t bother to tell her about it anyway, so Andrea is in the clear on that one
Ugh. Just stop. Stop.
Andrea has the potential to be one of the more interesting characters on the show, but I’m sure they won’t exploit it. But awful? Hardly. Not this season, anyway.
thatsamare – no, i’m not a woman hater. i love maggie. that’s a female character done right. smart, tough, no bullshit, etc. andrea’s just a moron and way overconfident. i’ll never forget her begging for a gun for like 3 episodes in season 2 and then when they finally let her use one she promptly accidentally shoots Darryl. god damn that was hilarious. awful awful character.
I think the problem people have with Andrea stems from her seeming inability to ask logical questions or engage in critical thinking.
Governor mentions he has a daughter, but you’ve never seen her? Don’t bother asking about it. There’s probably nothing important going on there. You interrupt the person who saved your ass for months fighting the guy you’re currently banging? Don’t ask her why she’s doing it. Just point a gun at her and make mad face, then rush to comfort him.
Also, presumably she was in a camp with Merle for several months before the start of the series. She should be aware that he’s a somewhat dangerous and duplicitous individual, but she just automatically assumes he’s only doing good stuff because she trusts the Governor? She didn’t trust the people within her core group as easily or as quickly as she has the Governor. She fought them constantly over decisions. Maybe she’s overlooking this stuff because she wants to be safe, but it seems odd that she’s doing it after the way she’s behaved throughout the series.
I choose to let choad speak for me on this matter. Well said sir, but I would also like to add
4. Wants to be treated as a sexual equal at the same time as she needs the attention of a man at all times.
Someone please stop Dead Meat……
the logic is killing me…..
Our HATRED of her goes beyond this season alone!
isnt she the worst
If they kill Darryl I think there will be rioting.
If they kill Darryl there will be no show.
I just set a dumpster on fire and rolled it into a bus stop at the idea of them killing Daryl. So, yeah, there is gonna be a riot.
Setting a dumspter on fire and rolling it into a bus stop full of zombies should be the next Daryl zombie kill. Delightfully way-too-complicated, but still awesome.
Exactly, I said well hell Merrel got brought back by Darrell.
Merle and Daryl***
Its not Cutty its Dennis. And ugh. Next time on and Previously on are the worst. Way to spoil what’s going to happen or pound into our heads what you think we may have forgotten. But otherwise a pretty solid episode.
Was anyone else bothered that Michonne didn’t just tell Andrea 1. This dude sent his dudes out to hunt and kill me, and 2. The Gov. has kidnapped 2 people and are holding them here, and 3. I think those people are your old people and we’ve come to rescue them. COME ON
I was more upset that she just didn’t lop her head off, but yeah, that was slightly annoying.
yes…it is always frustarting when characters on shows dont just say one simple thing that can totally change the whole problem. Instead they draw it out and make it so much worse when one simple line or fact could be revealed and save so much grief…..
Trollin for toonies, are we?
Yeah, most of the problems in this season could have been solved if Michonne just fucking spoke.
Hell, I was amazed at how much she did speak last night.
Yep. Her inability to provide some exposition during crucial moments just to force some sort of conflict has started to get a little annoying.
You can’t create story lines that last forever if your characters take the easy route.
Obviously we don’t know TV Michonne’s background yet, but in the comic she was a lawyer which makes her silence all the more frustrating when you consider that being a lawyer is all about communicating details to others.
This is “24″ syndrome: “I can’t explain this very simple point that will solve our conflict because THERE’S NO TIME!”
As I mentioned above, if you were Andrea, wouldn’t you have asked what she was doing? Honestly I can see why Michonne might not have said anything in that case. Andrea has been too busy making moon eyes at the Governor to pay attention to all the stuff that’s off in the town, including when Michonne was pointing it out. If someone you’d known for months repeatedly ignored you in favor of someone they just met, would you bother explaining your behavior?
In case no one corrected you, Tyreese was in fact carrying his weapon on choice from the comics, a hammer not a hatchet. *Tries to do moonwalk, trips over own feet*
Just beat me to it.
Oh, no!!! I just received the Andrea badge…quick someone get it off me
Just be a nice guy and go away because if you fuck her Rick will kill you.
Damn, now I have the Andrea badge.
Comedy gold!
LOL
she is simply the worst
I was pretty letdown by the episode, I actually found myself really wanting Michonne to get her ass beat. And was anyone else at all surprised by the death? LOL I knew they they were gonna keep the black character quota low.
I also wanted Michonne to get her ass kicked, and by ass kicked i meant shot right in her scowl by Andrea.