AMC Walking Dead Season 3

It just hit me that having women in your group makes you more likely to attract a herd - zombies smell the menstral cycle!

Finally got to see this weeks episode. I really like the negotiation scenes (inside and outside) - the "standing and talking" objection aside.

They did right by making the "professor" and the ballplayer sympathetic characters (I rather enjoyed the showboating with the softball bat)

Am I the only one who thinks that when the Governor's hash is eventually settled that the professor will end up with Rick's group? He's too potentially good a character to waste.

Also, I'm amazed at what they've managed to do in fleshing out Merle. We're actually getting to the point where Everyone seems like they have their particular trope that they are playing to and while some might find that cliched, I like it.

Herschel as the "elder" who advises the king
Rick as the "Hamlet" who can't quite reach the King Arthur status
Daryl as the Lancealot/Huntsman Lt.
Michone as the ninja/samari lone warrior.
Carl as the heir to the throne
Merle as the warrior you don't completely trust (and troubled brother of the lancelot character)
Add in the Professor dude who you can evolve into asort of "wizard"

and all you need is a princess...Andrea?

Glenn i guess is more or less the stand in for "the people" but he's the one major character I can't really place into a "classic" role

Maybe I'm the only one who enjoys stories like this better when I can frame them like this but it works for me...

I don't see it, personally. He seems too one-dimensional. Milquetoast bookish dude without any power who bristles at what he sees going on, but can't do a thing about it.

They need people to kill off in the season finale, and I'm guessing that he's one of them!

[?= comic book stuff that might spoil the shows next episode]He looks like he's a stand in for the doctor in the comic books that helps Michonne and a couple others escape but he himself is killed by a Zombie during the escape. So I'm betting the guy in the show is a deadman walking since it looks like he may be helping Andrea and Tyreese escape.[/?]

What struck me most about this last episode was how the Woodbury folks ain't all that bad and would be happy to live in peace if it wasn't for the Governor. It was fun watching them find common ground with Rick's group.

Speaking of The Governor, he is simply batshit insane. He is using his charisma to drive his citizens to fear and war, when if left alone it's clear they would be perfectly happy to live in peace. And if there's one thing to be learned by this episode, never trust anyone promises peace with conditions attached.

OK... this is hilarious:

Aye. Rick and the Governor would rather fight each other than keep their people safe. Most everybody else doesn't want to hurt anybody.

BTW, if I were Rick at this point I'd [?=Spoiler]hand over Michone to the Governor, then have a good chuckle when she goes all River Tam on him.[/?]

According to Rolling Stone today, 27 people will die in the finale including some cast members.

And then will Walter White roll up in his Aztek with his magic M60 to save the day?

Whelp, all you folks that thought The Governer wasn't so bad at first, he's gone full monster.

[?=Huge comic book spoilers] That's the rig he raped Michonne with. Some baaad shit's about to go down.[/?]

Is that Gorilla Tape or the regular duct tape?

[?=Comic book spoiler about Governor]In the comic book he is killed by one of his own people during the attack on the prison because he kills Lori and the baby and that angers them.[/?]

I don't think the Governor makes it to next season. It's time to start getting the group on the road again to the new place.

Letting him come back next season would drag it out and endanger the show which is almost what happened with the whole searching for Sophia thing.

We also saw them march unopposed into the prison. So, I'm guessing they left the prison boobytrapped.

^^^
Very well said and spot on analysis.

but as much as I loved the way they were writing Merle's process of dealing with his demons and his "place in the world" I wouldn't call this a waste, just a choice between two good options. You can either (a) maximize the Merle story; or (b) take Daryl to the next level by giving him deliverance from his own internal struggles in one bold moment.

either works for me.

ETA - for all the discussion of "I want lots of action and zombie wars" - n my view this season actually provided the payoff i've been waiting for from this series and it was NOT in killing walkers but rather in making me CARE about these people. I didn't like the "Crazy Rick" detour but otherwise, they've been killing it in the character development department, and it was long overdue.

[?=Comic book spoilers] This played out much differently in the comics. Rick never saw the ghost, but carried "the haunted phone", around with him, until Carl figured out what he was doing, and told him to fuckin' cut it out. Several issues were devoted to just this. The show has veered off so differently, it's not much of a spoiler, but...you never know... [/?]

[?=other] And as I remember Michonne caught him and they both called out each other. His talking on the phone and her talking to her dead family[/?]

A few recent favorite:

The Walking Dead = Toy Story.

Damn! I didn't see that one coming either.

I swear if Randy Newman performs any music.........