We then see Rick's group going organizing things in the prison yard and they can't figure out where Glenn and Maggie are. Daryl says they were up in the guard tower so he yells at them, and Glenn pops out without his shirt on looking pretty embarrassed. Then Maggie comes out buttoning her pants even more red faced, but...
Suddenly Axel (creepy white inmate) and Oscar (big black inmate) come wandering out, which pisses Rick off because it's breaking the agreement. Axel says they can't stay in the cell block they were given, because GHOSTS! Oscar is a little more reasonable, but their pleas fall on deaf ears and Rick says if they don't like it they can hit the road. T-Dog gets to actually say something, which by my count is about his 3rd line of the series, when he argues the merits of letting Oscar and Axel join the group. It's nice that T-Dog isn't mad that the new black guy has already had more good lines of dialogue in 3 minutes than he has had in 3 seasons. Axel says they would rather risk it on the open road than stay in the cell block. They lock the two inmates up in a cage around one of the guard towers where Oscar makes fun of Axel's constant whining.
Back in Woodbury, Michonne sneaks around and investigates the national guard vehicles the Governor brought back last episode, noting the bullet holes and fresh blood inside. You can tell she thinks they were not killed by zombies. The Governor shows up and tries to recruit her to stay in Woodbury, they have what could best be described as a tense moment.
Meanwhile Hershel gets to test out his ability to walk around on crutches with his single leg. Of course as soon as he comes out to the yard for the feel good moment of everyone seeing him up on his foot again, a bunch of walkers appear from behind. This causes problems since the majority of the group is on the outside section of the prison and there is a huge fence between them and everyone else. So it's Carl, Lori (prego), Herschel (One legged gimp), mute daughter, T-Dog, and Carol inside running and fighting off walkers. As Rick and the rest try and get back in they have to let Oscar and Axel out... who follow in to help. Daryl and Glenn start going HAM immediately!
The group predictably gets split up. Herschel and his mute daughter barricade themselves using his crutches in a small entryway, Lori, Maggie and Carl go running down dark hallways because they are smart (/sarcasm), in the mayhem T-Dog gets bit while trying to shut a gate, and sprints off with Carol down another dark hallway cause well, it makes no sense for them to be logical and go back to the main group.
Back to Woodbury again, where Andrea gives Merle a map to locate Hershel's farm, so he can try and track down Daryl. Merle takes this opportunity to try and hit on her, which was as painful to watch as it sounds. Andrea does ask him what he thinks of the Governor, and Merle explains how he was saved by him when he had no reason to, so yea he thinks he is a good guy.
Back at the prison the alarms start going off which starts attracting all the walkers outside the prison to come running and beating on the fence. Rick goes right to Oscar to figure it out. Oscar says there are some backup generators that are probably being used, they decide they have to find the generator room and shut them down because with the power on the gates could be opened and break their protective barriers. They leave Hershel and his daughter barricaded outside and go in to find the room, splitting up their search into 2 groups.
As for the rest of group... T-Dog and Carol are still running around dark hallways, where he gets a few more inconsequential lines of dialogue since he is bit and bleeding out, while Carol freaks out. Lori of course chooses this time to start going into labor, Maggie, Carl and her duck into a boiler room to avoid zombies in the halls.
Next we see the Governor sitting on top of one of the walls to Woodbury, with a practice tee from a driving range set up where he is hitting golf balls down the street into some walkers for fun. Merle comes up and says he wants to go track down his brother, the Governor says no because his info is 8 months old. In the end he says if he can get better intel, he will go with him to find his brother.
Back at the prison Rick is shooting everything in the halls and yelling for Lori and Carl, but isn't finding them. In the boiler room Lori starts going into labor, so Maggie strips her naked. At this point you have to feel bad for Carl...
Next we see T-Dog and Carol running down a hallway to an exit which is guarded by two walkers. T-Dog decides to be a hero and charge them, pinning them against the wall so Carol can run by. Let me state at this point it was very heroic, however this is what happens to hero's in the zombie apocalypse!
Carol runs past, while T-Dog becomes zombie lunch. It's so sad that as soon as he got an episode with more than one line of dialogue, he gets killed. But hey, he still got to fill in a bunch of stereotypes as the token black guy.
Let's also not forget, that he was no longer the token black guy anymore, he can be conveniently replaced with Oscar now!
To tone things down a little, we go back to Woodbury and see Andrea talking to the Governor in his home. They have a shot, and talk a little about life before and after zombies. He tells her about losing his wife in a car accident, and mentions his daughter (refer to last week's write up for the comic spoilers). As Andrea is leaving, he tells her his name is Phillip, which shocks Andrea. He is reaching to try and get her to stay, and it appears to be having some effect.
Next we see Rick, Daryl and Oscar make it to the boiler room. While Daryl and Oscar hold the door shut from the trailing zombies, Rick tries to find a way to shutdown the generator where he is sneak attacked by Andrew with an axe. Last we saw Andrew Rick had left him to die in a yard full of zombies, but apparently he was really fast and now we know who was baiting the zombies in the opening scene. Rick tries to pull his gun, but it gets knocked away. They grapple while Oscar heads over in their direction leaving Daryl to defend the door himself. Daryl opens the door, shoots one zombie in the head and then knifes another and wedges the door shut. Oscar meanwhile throws a trash can that knocks Andrew over while Rick scrambles for his gun, but Oscar picks it up and points it at Rick and Andrew. Andrew tells him to shoot Rick, while Rick is holding out his hand trying to ask for the gun back. Oscar shoots Andrew in the face, and Rick asks for the gun back in a scene that lets us get a glimpse of ninja Daryl!
As you can see, Oscar made the smart choice to become the new token black guy. However less smart decisions were being made in the boiler room where Lori is telling Maggie she will need to cut the baby out because she isn't dialitning properly. She tells Maggie Carl has a knife, and this is what's going ot have to happen. Everyone is getting weepy like they were cutting onions.
Next we see Andrea talking to Michonne about waiting a day to leave. There is some tension, but we quickly cut back to the boiler room.
Lori shows off her old c-section scar, and tells Maggie she will have to cut along that and if she dies that Maggie needs to be the one to finish her off so she can't come back. She gives Carl a speech about what a good person he is, and how he makes the right decisions and she knows he will survive in this world. More onions as they hug. Maggie then treats her belly like a piece of meat at a butcher's counter and slices it wide open. Blood everywhere! With Carl's help, Maggie pulls the baby out, and eventually gets it to cry. As they get up to leave, Carl says he will handle it cause it's his mom. A cute flashback takes place to a conversation Rick had with Carl near the end of season two, where he tells him that someday his parents will die, and he needs to know how to deal with death. As Maggie looks out the door, a gunshot goes off and Carl comes walking to her, as stone faced as a kid who just killed their mom could be. Also let this be a lesson to Glenn and Maggie...
Also more irony...
Next we see Rick and crew meet up with Glenn and Axel, and then stumble on T-Dog's corpse being treated like a buffet. Rick shoots the hungry walkers, and stands over T-Dog's corpse, while Daryl finds Carol's headband. They have a brief moment of sadness for T-Dog.
They run back outside where they go to where they left Hershel and ask if the others have shown back up. Suddenly you hear a baby crying and Rick turns to see Maggie, holding an infant covered in blood walking with Carl at her side. Rick walks up, breaks down screaming and crying, because he knows that Lori is dead. We end the episode with Rick's sourpuss face... while Carl is more manly than Rick.
Two main characters dead, one missing, a new baby and lots of dead zombies. Pretty eventful for the 4th episode of the season... Next week, the hunt for baby formula begins!!!
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