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THE WALKING DEAD

EPISODE 3.13 ARROW ON THE DOORPOST

WRITTEN BY: RYAN C. COLEMAN

DIRECTED BY: DAVID BOYD

ORIGINALLY AIRED: 3/10/2013
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Good Monday to you all. Welcome to another fun filled recap of The Walking Dead. This is your Monday Morning Zombie Hack # 5. Again I will recap EVERYTHING. SOOOOO...

SPOILER WARNING!!!

We start out with Rick and Daryl getting out of a car driven by one legged Herschel. Yeah that was kind of weird. Daryl and Rick get out of the car and start investigating a farm I'm assuming with Silos and barns. It's as if they are making sure no one or nothing is there. Herschel also has a gun attached to his leg. The scene is done entirely without dialogue. Soon they enter a darkened barn where a table has been placed. And in walks the Governor out of the shadows with his hands up. Rick does not appear to be to happy to see him. End scene.

Daryl heads outside as Herschel drives up. Rick and the Governor sit down to hammer out a treaty it appears. But how did they get to this point. We don't know. I know Andrea was suggesting it a few eps back, but they never really showed them agreeing to the meeting, but I guess you just have to seay. Sometime between the episodes they set up a meet. So Rick and the Governor start chatting trying to come to some common ground. Meanwhile a truck drives up with Andrea, Milton, and Martinez and Andrea goes into the barn surprised to hear that the Governor was all ready at the meeting.

Rick suggests an even split at the river. We stay on our side, you stay on yours everyone is happy. The Governor says no. Andrea tries to convince him to accept but he dismisses her as does Rick. When she leaves Rick asks what the Governor wants. He says the Jail's complete surrender. Andrea is pissed that she was dismissed, but then they hear some walkers coming and Martinez, Daryl, and Andrea kill them. Martinez and Daryl are trying to one up each other. Soon they reach some common ground and share cigarettes. Meanwhile Andrea learns from Herschel what happened to Maggie in Woodbury, and Milton wants to see Herschel's stump out of pure curiosity.

Rick and the Governor continue to chat, ancedotes are told, they drink some Whiskey and the two of them play a cat and mouse came at the treaty table trying to feel each other out. The Governor then drops what he really wants is that Rick gives him Michonne. If he does that the Jail will be spared. Rick comtemplates it, but sticks it a little to the Governor. They decide that Rick will think about the offer and they will meet again in the same place in 2 days. Then they will go from there.

At the jail, Merle is going stir crazy because he wanted to go with his brother so that he could just kill the Governor and end this whole thing, but everyone at the jail convinces him not to, except Michonne. Merle notices this and chats with Michonne to try and talk her into coming with him to kill the governor because he sees in her a true killer, not like the others who are killing to survive. Michonne is not immediately discounting this. Meanwhile while on guard duty Glenn and Maggie have a chat and Maggie decides it is time to jump Glenn's bones, so they have sex in a closet.

Rick and the gang come back and Rick tells them that they are going to war. Glenn has been prepping for this and is setting the jail up as a fort. Rick then chats with Herschel. He tells Herschel that the Governor will not bother them if they give over Michonne. But they both know that he will torture and kill her. But Rick is considering the deal since he wants to protect his family. Herschel tries to reason with him but the two are sort of stuck. Meanwhile the Governor tells Matinez and Milton that regardless of the answer Rick gives, they will attack them at the meet in two days. He doesnt tell Andrea who thinks that something is not quite right. Milton also starts to doubt the Governor as well.

The episode was another slow one. Again building the suspense for the inevitable war that will break out between the two. And it made sense. Before war, try to come to an agreement. The one thing that really got me about this episode was how well it was directed. From the camera angles, to the use of lighting throughout the whole episode. It was gorgeously shot and made a standard run of the mill talking episode more interesting to watch. Kudos to David Boyd. The previews look as if things are picking up. Seeing as how there are only 3 episodes left in the season. It better pick up soon.

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MONDAY MORNING ZOMBIE HACK # 4
EPISODE 3.12: CLEAR

WRITTEN BY: SCOTT M. GIMPLE
DIRECTED BY: TRICIA BROCK
ORIGINALLY AIRED 3/3/2013

Hello and welcome to another Monday Morning Zombie Hack, on a Monday! The following is a recap of the most recent episode of The Walking Dead. To me one of, if not the best episode of the season so far. Be forewarned I recap EVERYTHING soooooo

SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!

This episode was a change of pace episode for the season. Just focused on a road trip that included Rick, Carl, and Michonne. On the road they pass a hitchhiker desperately trying to get them to pull over, but they are in a hurry and they have trust issues and hey, you don't pick up hitchhikers. They get stuck in the mud trying to go around an abandoned car where they are set upon by a group of zombies. They clean house and get the car unstuck. As they are driving away you see the hitchhiker again yelling for them.

They soon arrive in a town that we learn is Rick and Carl's hometown. Rick wants to raid his police stations weapon closets so they can have plenty of guns and ammo to take on the Governor. When they get there we discover the weapons have all disappeared. Probably stolen. Heading into town they discover a number of booby traps to keep the zombies at bay and graffiti around and are soon shot at by someone in a police riot gear helmet. A shootout occurs and eventually Carl shoots the gunman who falls down. But he is not dead just unconcious. He had on body armor. So they unmask the gunman and learn it is Morgan the black gentleman who with his son helped Rick recover in the pilot of the tv series. We have sort of lost track of him, as has Rick who had not attempted to contact him in almost 10 months. They take him to his hideout where they discover chalkboards of writings, some ravings of Morgan, a map of the area with marks on it stating what has happened to the area. It appears Morgan has been doing recon on the neighborhood to see what is safe and what isnt.

Carl says he wants to get a crib for Judith AKA Little Asskicker and Michonne goes with him leaving Rick to look after Morgan who is still unconcious. They make their way through town when Carl walks past the baby store, Michonne figures he is going somewhere else and follows him to protect him and help if need be. Carl is being a right pain saying he doesnt need help. They come to a restaurant and look inside, there are walkers inside. Michonne devises a plan to keep them occupied as Carl goes in to grab what he really wants. But of course all does not go as planned and the walkers swarm Michonne and Carl.

Morgan awakes and starts shouting and raving at Rick, Rick is trying to calm him down to talk to him. Morgan does not appear to recognize him. Morgan stabs him in the shoulder and Rick knocks him down again and holds a gun to him. Morgan eventually regains his senses and recognizes Rick. He then starts to yell at Rick, saying that Rick never kept his promise of keeping in touch with him. Rick counters with he found his family and they had been further away from the area and reaching the max limit of the walkie talkie. We learn that Morgan's son Duane who was in the pilot, was killed by Morgan's wife and Duane's mom, who Morgan could not kill earlier, so he blames himself for his son's death. I think he finally killed both his wife and son, but now he was alone and slowly going mad. Rick, begins to see that this could easily be him, and tries to talk him into coming with them to the Prison, while at the same time working out his own issues with madness. Morgan refuses to go, not wanting to see anymore death.

Michonne and Carl escape from the restaurant, but Carl's prize is still inside. Michonne asks Carl to trust her, and that she will get his prize for him. Carl who does not trust her relunctantly does, and soon Michonne returns with the prize. A photo of Rick, Lori, adn young Carl eating dinner at the restaurant. He says he wants Judith to know who her mom was. Michonne also grabbed a piece of artwork, a rainbow cat statue which she likes and the two leave the restaurant.

Michonne and Carl see Rick helping Morgan clean his booby traps and also packing up the car with a number of guns and ammo. They ask if Morgan is coming and he says no. They load up the crib which they went back and got and Carl mentions that Michonne may be one of them, which is as good of a thing to say. Michonne talks to Rick saying she knows he is seeing things, and that she had seen her dead ex boyfriend a number of times early on and that it is fairly normal. Rick nods and the trio get back in the car and drive away. As they drive back they see the hitchhiker's body torn to shreds, but they stop and grab his backpack and drive off. END

This episode was brillantly acted by the 4 leads, adds some much needed character bits to Michonne, answers a lingering question from Season 1, has some dark humor in it, and also we see the distrust and paranoia of this crew. It also appears that Rick has gotten over any of his issues with Michonne and is beginning to make her feel more like family. Carl grows to and also brings you back down to the fact that he is still a little boy who misses his mother. It was a slow paced, brillantly written episode. What's cool is the writer of this episode will be the showrunner next season and is writing another episode this season. If this is what he does, the show is in Great hands.

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MONDAY MORNING ZOMBIEHACK #3
THE WALKING DEAD EPISODE 3.11 I AIN'T A JUDAS

WRITTEN BY ANGELA KANG
DIRECTED BY: GREG NICOTERO


HI and welcome to this week"s Monday Morning Zombiehack on Saturday.

Be forewarned I will be talking about everything.

SPOILER ALERT!!!!

We start out with Rick and his crew trying to get back some sembalance of normalcy after the brutal attack of the Governor. Everyone is shaken up and Rick feels he needs to step away and get his head together. Herschel however yells at him to get his head back in the game since they need him to lead them. There is talk of them leaving the jail since it is not safe. Rick goes off to take watch. Meanwhile the Governor is beginning to build an army to attack and take over the jail when Andrea comes in and demands to know if the governor attacked the jail. He said he was going to negotiate with them and they opened fire first. Andrea also demands that she be allowed to go to the jail unarmed to negotiate. The governor tells her she is to valuable in Woodbury and if she goes to dont even bother coming back. Meanwhile he also tells her he is building a militia to protect themselves not attack the prison again. Andrea is a little hesitant to believe him, but storms off.

Carl approaches Rick and tells him he should give up leading the group since he needs a rest. Let Herschel and Daryl lead. Meanwhile Herschel chats with Merle about the bible and he surprises Herschel and all the viewers that he actually knows a bible verse. We also learn Merle has some military in him as well.  Glenn is still stuck on assassinating the governor and Carol pays a visit to Daryl to welcome him back. Merle also apparently is trying to rebuild bridges with the various members of the group including Michonne.

Andrea confides in Milton that she needs his help to cover up her leaving to go to the jail. Milton does not want to get involved but Andrea practically bulies him into helping, and then asks him not to tell the Governor. So what does Milton do? Tell the governor. He tells Milton to help Andrea. So off to the woods they go to get a walker and turn him into a pet like Michonne had done. Andrea learned that having a pet zombie while a big responsibility also helps keep other walkers away. While de arming and de fanging a walker they run into Tyreese and his crew! Milton agrees to take them to Woodbury while Andrea walks to the jail with the pet walker.

On guard duty, Carl sees Andrea approaching. They let her in but treat her like a hostile. Frisking her, and holding her at gunpoint. She tells them what the governor says and thye tell her what is actually happening. She doesnt quite believe them since she is well Andrea. She then gets reacquanited with everyone learning what has happened in the past 6 months. Carol suggests a great plan for Andrea to kill the Governor, sleep with him then kill him. Michonne gets her digs in at her as well. Which let's face it are well deserved. Andrea then tells them she is going back, and as a sign of good faith and their old friendship, th group give her a car and a gun. She goes back to Woodbury.

In Woodbury Tyreese and his crew get acquainted with the Governor who learns they were in the jail, Milton asks them if they could remember the layout and they said they will try. They are welcomed into Woodbury with open arms. Afterwads the governor goes to his room to watch his zombie heads, oh wait he cant anymore that is why he seems depressed. Andrea arrives and tells him what she did. They have sex and the governor falls asleep. Andrea grabs a knife but decides not to kill her loverman.

Meanwhile in the jail. The group who are running out of supplies are just chilling. Beth sings a song. While she sings, a more lucid, leaderly Rick as a plan. He, Michonne, and Carl are going to do some surrveillance and see if they can get more supplies while Daryl, Merle, Maggie, and Glenn watch over the others.

The episode was pretty good. Light on action, but that's ok when the story is interesting. In the back of my mind, I am wondering if Michonne, Herschel, and Glenn may have convinced Tyreese and his crew to be spies or plants in Woodbury for them. The conversation they had with the Governor seemed a little put on as if to pique his interest. We shall see. All in all it is good seeing Rick coming out of his psychosis, and Andrea is still annoying.  Again, sorry for the lateness, should not happen again.

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​submitted by Dylan A. Lange @holidill