Raul3

She is, no doubt about that.

That was a fucking awesome episode. Great half season and perfect finale.

majorjoe23

I do have one complaint. In a world where zombies can pop out of anywhere, who lets their kid be that far away unprotected?

Mondo Kane

Fantastic episode. Dickerson just edged out Nicotero for my favorite episode-director with this baby.

Did anybody else recognize Clara making her way into the prison at the end? Nice touch.

RocShemp

Yeah, that bugged me. I get that they didn't expect the attack but that no one was keeping tabs on Judith made no sense.

Also, Rick is the shittiest combatant in the world. If you have a gun, you don't engage in a fist fight with someone that doesn't see you coming. You shoot them. Fists should only fly if you're already engaged in a close quarters combat. That and Rick is a total pussy which makes me wonder (despite an assist from Daryl) how he ever beat the shit out of Tyreese.

DRG

So did the other sister (lesbian cop) make it out alive?

Orbi-Wan Techno

Wow, Talking Dead is much more subdued than usual. Not surprised, though.

Gizmo

I'm going to assume Judith isn't dead. Not like it really matters as she serves no real purpose, but I bet someone grabbed her.

She about Hershel. He was a likable character. No Carol either?

Patman

I'm having a good laugh at folks on my facebook stream who got the episode by their "friends" posting spoilers in their statuses. This is why I watch this damn show almost "live" and stay off facebook until I've seen each new episode. Take control of your social media experience, people! LOL!

So, that being said, quite an episode, clearing the field for all of our favorite characters, and leaves a lot of scrambling for the next half-season in February.

hanshotfirst1138

Holy fucking Christ on his cross, they killed the little girl and the baby?! Well, the little girl, anyway. That's heavy. And little kids with guns? Holy shit! I thought they'd kill Hershel, but I couldn't have expected him to meet such a grisly end. Maggie and Beth have just about run out of stuff worth living for. This had some of the most impressive pyrotechnics I've ever seen on TV, maybe they were saving the budget up for this episode. Dickerson has some theatrical experience, he's probably the most high-profile director the show has had outside of Darabont, though he's mostly know for TV work. Daryl is badass to end all badasses, using a zombie as a human shield and tossing grenades into a tank. They're all fucked now, none of them have anything. The sentiments that this probably should've been how season two ended were well-reasoned, it basically took all of these episodes to get the Governor back to where he was and then to do what we all knew he was going to do. Carl might've been right to have shot him when he suggested. To paraphrase Mark Kermode, goodbye to David Morrissey. Figured Micchone would be the one to finish him off. That sword looked CG to me though. THAT'S a proper cliffhanger.

On the subject of high-profile people, is this the same Grace Walker who was the production designer for the definitive post-apocalyptic environment in George Miller's Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior?

Gizmo

Surprised they also killed off the little girl so fast. I wonder when that Flash Flood will play into the show (or did it explain the body buried?). And who lets their kid play so damn far away next to the fucking forest?

Paff

I thought it made sense, as they've spent the entire apocalypse holed up in their apartment (remember, they didn't even know how to kill zombies till The Governor explained they need to be shot in the head). I don't think they're up to speed on zombie safety procedures.

CrashNBurn69

Well, you can't have a real sword being thrust into the actor's chest lol

Fist of Doom

The Carol Brigade kickin' ass!

Very satisfying way to end the mid-season. I cheered when Michonne's sword popped out of the Governor.

Tom Creo

Awesome killshot on the clam licker!

Giles

I was howling when the little girl blew the brains out of that lady shooter.

Dragon Tattoo

Fucking wow.

chowderhead

GREAT mid season finale. Everyone should be carrying knives and be taught to go for the head of walkers. Seriously, children are not children anymore in this world and they should be taught to protect themselves. Carol is right.

Bill Needle

Yeah, I knew she must be someone significant the way the shot lingered on her, but couldn't place her at first. But it came to me when I rewatched the final battle a second time. That's the one Rick ran into in the woods that was keeping her zombified husband in a bag and wanted to be a walker with him so she killed herself once Rick caught on to her in the beginning of the season, correct?

mnementh

I was hoping for a CGI

JZ1276

I think he was talking about Meghan when the walker came up from in the ground and bit her... the mother was sitting on the dock pretty far away and I was also thinking how the mother was pretty far from her.

Weren't they using machine guns? I would expect bullets to go right through a soft zombie body and hit Daryl.

I highly doubt Lizzie and Mika would just dump her in that car seat in the middle of the war/zombie attack. I'm guessing they stashed her away somewhere (but why leave the seat)?
I'm guessing Tara's going to be the one who finds Judith and ends up being part of the group.

Oh shit I didnt even notice that was her.


So is this the end of the disease? How'd all of the infected all of a sudden become cured?

BTW, I cant decide who's hotter. Emily Kinney or Lauren Cohan.

starseed1981

Loved it. But it shoulda been the season three finale. I was also hoping the governor won, Rick just sucks. Otherwise, all around awesome.

Bill Needle

Even based on such a small sample size, one conclusion drawn from tonight's episode: Lily >>> Andrea

nodeerforamonth

Been reading the comics, so I was SHOCKED to see them turn Michone into such a pussy for the tv series! I wish the Gov got his like he did in the comics, but I thought the whole episode was AWESOME!

One of the absolute best episodes in the whole series, if not THE best!

musick

good episode, nice to see this show finally picking up steam after the slow start and what I felt was a boring season 3

best part of tonight ..... no more prison

mwbmis

That's easy. Emily's cuter. Lauren's hotter.

Sad to see Herschel go. Scott Wilson brought a humanity to that show that will be missing now.

Given how the show played out I felt for certain that Tara would be taking the "Lori kill shot". I just wasn't certain if they were going to kill Beth or Maggie. I'm glad they surprised me.