Er, spoiler alert putz?

Yeah, they wrapped up his storyline pretty well. I think it would take away from the emotional power of this episode if he just had a change of heart and decided to come join Rick.

I gotta give mad props to the design department. So much detail and thought went into building Morgan's little world of bobby traps and crazy writings. He even had escape routes mapped out in different chalk colors. This was obviously the results of a man who has been alone for a very long time.

Oh yeah, I really liked this episode, but you'd think a gaggle of walkers could pretty much push their way through two, mostly glass, doors.

I liked this episode a lot. The Michonne and Carl bit was good, I thought, because we finally got to see her interact using her words. Morgan and Rick was kind of sad to see, and damn if they're weren't cold with that hitchhiker. Stopping the car and picking up his bag was an especially brutal touch, IMO.

Good episode, and I agree with others. Andrea was great this time around.

The windows were rolled up!!! Hallelujah, the windows were rolled up!!!!

Thank you for using a spoiler wrap. Unfortunately now I can't read it, but I'll come back in a couple of years. Can anyone, who doesn't know the future, explain a solution here?

Do you think she is written to be stupid? I find her annoying, as well as being a stupid character. I don't think she was created with the intentions to be disliked, but I don't like her one bit.

It might be the actress or it might be the writing, but its most likely a combination of both.

cause they can't

I too am confused by geography. I thought Rick originally lived somewhere in northern Georgia. Then he headed south towards Atlanta, and when that didn't work out, the gang headed south again... towards Fort Benning, I guess? That's in the southwest part of the state, but Columbus. Woodbury is kind of on the way there, so it makes sense that they'd stop there. It also explains why Rick had no idea where the prison was, 'cos it's a couple hundred miles from where he used to live. But I don't understand why Rick would drive through (or around) suburban Atlanta to go back to his station. There must be 100 gun stores in metro Atlanta... why not try there first? Or a police station near there?

Also, I love Lennie James... but I guess I'm the only one who had a problem with his accent. Seems like he'd start a sentence with the standard Midwest accent, then he'd pile on the Southern as the sentence went on (unless there was a word he could easily exaggerate at the beginning of the sentence). And then his English would bleed through every now and then. It was like "I've been waiting here for months... and theen ya'll decide'd ta come bayck... eh, mate?"

Like I said, love the actor, but he needs to work on the accent. For some reason, it reminded me of Dexter Fletcher, who had a GREAT American accent in Band of Brothers, but an AWFUL one a couple years later in an episode of Hotel Babylon.

You constantly keep me guessing as to whether you're just really incompetent or really inconsiderate. I guess it could be both.

This was a really good episode.

I thought there was a wee bit much of emoting going on between Rick and Morgan, it seemed a little overwrought.

FYI, This episode was written by Scott Gimple, the new showrunner.

One of the better episodes of the season but that isn't saying much ...

I've found the acting (especially in this second half of this third season) to be very wooden or over the top

after a good first season and even better second I'm quickly becoming disinterested

Overall great episode, but the hitchhiker stuff was excellent. Just short, well-done scenes that say so much about the characters.

Wow. Fucking wow.

the episode was probably my fave of the season so far.

the zombies in the cafe seemed very 'Fulci' in style and look

I think it was perfect to illustrate where their heads were at. As Scott Porter said afterwards on Talking Dead, given where they were emotionally coming back, they probably would have stopped.

It's certainly a risk to take time out from the ongoing storyline to tell a side story that doesn't obviously advance the main plot. Most of the AMC shows do this at some point or another. Sometimes they work (Breaking Bad); sometimes they don't (The Killing).

I thought this did work. They've pushed the Rick character to the brink, and in some ways over the brink. While he still had moments of lucidity in absolute crisis, he needed to see what he could become. Lucky for them they had the excellent Lennie James to call on as a character we still sort of cared about that was not connected at all to the main storylines. Rick gets to see where he's headed emotionally in time to try to reign it back. It's also a perfect time to try to finally develop a character trait for Michonne other than unemotive badass to solidify her place in the tribe.

I think they accomplished both goals very well.

Yeah, I guess I'm against the grain here. I hated most of this episode. They did one stupid thing after another. And either the geography makes no sense whatsoever, or they drove an incredibly stupid distance (considering limited availability of fuel) to get back to Rick'sl town, when they must've gone through loads of others.

And Carl, the shit-heal is back. I suppose that's my fault for mentioning that he didn't annoy me last week.

It was good to see Morgan back, however. I was wondering last week if he'd ever show up again. A shame about the circumstances, but some resolution anyway.

The hitch-hiker story was pretty cold, indeed.

Downright excellent episode. Just beautifully acted and soul crushing. Loved it. Thank goodness TWD is back in its prime.