At the prison, Rick stares at Michonne, who stands amongst the zombies outside the fence, staring right back at him. Alas, her blood-and-guts perfume wars off, and the zombies attack. She hobbles back, draws her sword, slices and decapitates a few. Then, exhausted, shot, and bleeding, she passes out. The zombies close in—and Carl shoots them. He throws Rick the gate keys; Rick opens the gate; they run out firing. Rick gets Michonne; Carl gets the formula. Yay! Inside, Rick lays her down, gives her water, asks her name. She doesn’t say. Daryl says they need to come see something. Leaving Michonne locked safely outside the cells, Rick, Beth, Carl, and Hershel follow Daryl … to Carol. Awwwwwwwww. It’s a touching, tear-filled reunion. Dammit, I got a little choked up when Carol realized Lori didn’t make it, and Rick and Carl were crying. Beth hands Carol the baby. (Name her already!) Michonne watches the whole thing. She shows no emotion, of course, but you can totally tell she’s getting good-people vibes, not bad-people vibes like with Guv.
It’s a beautiful day in Woodbury. And I’m getting tired of typing that sentence. Milton knocks on Guv’s door to tell him Mr. Coleman is ready. Andrea is getting dressed. (Where’d she find that cute matching bra and panty set? Oh who am I kidding. If they can run the generators to serve cold drinks on Zombie Fight Day, they can provide Guv’s squeeze with sexy undies.) Guv asks Andrea to help Milton with something. Cut to: Glenn, whose face is baaaaadly beaten. :( I WANT YOU TO DIE, MERLE. Glenn will tell Merle only that the group has been on the road. And that Rick is coming for him and Maggie. You’re damn right, Glenn. And when he does, Woodbury is going to fall harder than Hershel’s farm.
At the prison, Rick tells Michonne they’ll tend to her wound, give her some food and water and send her on her way, but first she’s gotta tell them how she found them, why she showed up with formula. (He calls her “sweetie.” Surprised she didn’t punch him in the face.) She says “a young Asian guy” dropped the formula when he and the girl he was with were taken away by the guy who shot her. I am racking my brain trying to remember if at any point Michonne learned Merle’s name. If she’d just say “His name was Merle and he’s got one hand,” Rick et al. would know who they’re dealing with. Unfortch, she doesn’t want to give any more deets. Rick grabs her bullet wound to make her talk. Shit gets testy, but everyone calms down. Michonne tells them about Woodbury and Guv, whom she refers to as a “Jim Jones type.” HA! Exactly. Hershel sews up her leg. Rick et al. have a conference; it's decided that Rick, Oscar, Daryl, and Michonne are going after Glenn and Maggie. Beth and Axel help Oscar, Michonne, and Daryl load up the car. Michonne asks Beth, wasn’t the prison overrun? Beth says yep, but they cleared it. Michonne shows no emotion, of course, but you can totally tell she’s impressed. Rick and Carl have a heart-to-heart. Rick thanks Carl for what he did with Lori, says he (Rick) knows that wasn’t easy, apologizes for being temporarily out of it. He tells Carl to take care of his sister. Carl says Daryl’s been calling her Ass Kicker; he (Carl) wants to name her Judith, after his third grade teacher. Ugh. I hate that name, but at least the finally baby has one, and she wasn’t named after anybody who was killed. Judith it is.
Andrea and Milton sit with a Mr. Coleman, a very old man who’s about to die of advanced cancer. Milton's been showing Coleman family pictures, asking him a series of raise-your-hand-if-yes questions, playing a certain song over and over. The point of which is to see, once Coleman becomes a zombie, if he’ll retain any memories. I yell, “No!” Then I scream “Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!” when Merle releases a zombie into the interrgation room with tied-to-a-chair Glenn. Swear to God, I’m this close a heart attack as I watch Glenn desperately kick and push and knock over furniture and fight as best he can. Finally, he frees his arms by slamming back into a wall until the chair falls apart, then ramming a splintered chair arm through the zombie’s skull. Whew. *deep breaths* My. Heart. Is. Pounding. I WANT YOU TO DIE, MERLE. Cut to: Coleman kicks the bucket; Andrea and Milton strap him to the bed. Outside, Merle reports to Guv that Glenn won’t break. Guv asks if the girl is talking. Merle says he was just about to start questioning her; Guv says he’ll do it. Altogether now: “Uh oh.” He enters. Takes out a knife. Cuts Maggie's hands free. Asks her where her people are. She refuses to say. He tells her to stand up. To take off her shirt. She refuses. He says do it or he’ll bring her Glenn’s hand. She takes off her shirt. He makes her take off her bra; she crosses her arms over her breasts. He stands, approaches with his knife, bends her over the table. Asks her if she’s going to talk. She says, “Do whatever you’re gonna do, and go to hell.” He backs off. Whew!!! Still, though, I WANT YOU TO DIE, GUV.
Rick, Michonne, Oscar, and Daryl park the car, get out. Michonne tells them they're maybe a mile or two away; they should walk from here cuz Guv has armed patrols in the area. As they trek through the woods, Rick thanks Daryl for helping with Carl and Judith while he (Rick) was temporarily out of it. Daryl says simply, “It’s what we do.” They come across a horde of zombies in the woods, too many to fight, and take off running. They hide inside a run-down old shack, upsetting the crazy hermit inside, who tries to go running outside and let the zombies in. Michonne swords him before he can get them all killed. Rick and Daryl throw his body out front; everyone sneaks out the back as the hermit is eaten, and eaten grotesquely.
Cut to: dead Coleman becomes Zombie Coleman. Andrea starts the music. Milton begins asking the raise-your-hand-if-yes questions. Coleman just tries to bite him, struggling against the restraints. Milton thinks Coleman tried to respond, wants to remove the restraints. Andrea says no. Milton does it anyway. Coleman goes for Milton’s throat—and Andrea drives a knife through his skull, killing him. A shaken Milton says he wants to record his findings while they’re still fresh. What effing findings, you bloody numbskull? In the interrogation room, Guv, Merle, and Henchman bring in topless, arms-over-boobs Maggie. Guv pulls out a gun and starts to shoot Glenn; Maggie spills the beans. Says there are ten people in their group, and they cleared out the prison and are staying there. Back in his office with Milton, Merle, and Henchman, Guv is furious. Wants to know how such a small number of people could take the prison, deep in the red (i.e., zombie-filled) zone, when Merle had assured Guv it couldn’t be done. (Oh, just wait til you find out he lied about killing Michone!) Guv asks Merle where his loyalties lie. “Here,” Merle assures him (… but I don’t believe that. I don’t think Merle would choose Guv over Daryl. Or maybe I’m wrong, and he will, forcing Daryl to kill him. YAY!) Guv instructs Milton and Henchman to take a small group and scout the prison.
Outside, Daryl, Rick, Oscar, and Michonne scout the walls. I’m pretty sure that Woodbury has seen its last beautiful day.
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