This episode we are focused on a certain group, a little
like two weeks ago. But instead of looking at Rick we are homed in on Woodbury
and the Gov’s revenge. For me this is all getting a bit drawn out and tedious
now. The episodes are being merely
stretched out till the attack on the prison that will finally take place on the
last episode. I honestly can’t wait till it’s over and a new challenge emerges
next season. For me the writers knew this attack would be the season finally and
since episode 8 and the mid-season premier they have been filling the episodes
up with anything not really with much backing or meaning so they can just to
get to the finale. Yes Rick’s craziness has been explored and some potholes
have been filled that was left uncovered in the past, like what happened to
Morgan? It’s more of a countdown now and just a waiting game for two weeks’
time. But now let’s get into some depth about what happened this week.
Okay, so on the last episode we left the Governor plotting a
betrayal once he gets his goal, revenge on Michonne. He told Rick that if he
hands over Michonne then they will be left alone. Rick, getting back to the leadership
qualities he once presented, is to clever to fall for the Gov’s tricks and
almost mind reads exactly what is going on, his final say on the matter is that
“We’re going to war”.
We start this episode with a flash back to when Andrea was
all alone with her best friend Michonne, well and her two armless Walkers to
scare of any trouble. This then flashes to the Gov testing the strength of two
sets of chains, attaching shackles, to where he hopes Michonne will soon be
attached to.
Woodbury is preparing for war and despite guns being loaded
up everywhere the eye can see Andre is still fed lies once she questions the
reason for this. Milton replies in a very depressed tone and almost sarcastic
like that “I’m sure it’s just for precautions”.
We are seeing a new side to Milton. He resolve is being
tested and you can tell he is fed up with the situation he is in. He confronts
the Gov and is worried that his best interests aren’t Woodbury’s anymore as he
hunts for his revenge. Milton is a true leader, looking after his people with their
intentions coming first. The Gov has forgotten that they are in the middle of a
zombie apocalypse and instead is trying to eliminate another group of survivors.
With Milton’s voice not getting heard by
the Gov’s in the slightest his frustration leads him to tell Andrea about the
real talk the Gov had with Rick and Michonne being used as a bargaining chip.
She is taken to the Gov’s workshop, or a torture chamber for
his prey (Michonne). Andrea tells Milton that she must kill the Gov whilst
above the workshop looking into it from a window. As the Gov is alone in there
she points a gun at him and Milton pulls it away. He still is with the Gov and
wants to get him back to the person he used to know. When asked to come back to
the prison with Andrea, he replies that he “belongs to Woodbury”. Milton isn’t a
man of violence and loyal to the Gov, but I feel his title of being the Gov’s
servant is soon going to be broke though.
Andrea decides that she needs to head back to the Prison and
warn the rest, not knowing that Rick is already aware. She has her gun taken of
her by Martinez when walking in the street. That leaves her only with her small
pocket knife.
Whilst this takes place Tyreese and Sasha are put to work
guarding one of the back entrances to Woodbury. Tyreese is practicing his
shooting and needing it. A Walker is outside the gate and it takes Tyreese a
full four attempts before he is able to take down the Walker. It’s easy to see
he hasn’t come to close into contact with fire arms before.
Andrea approaches them and convinces them to let her leave,
well with a little help by pulling her knife on them. Before she leaves she
tells them the Gov isn’t what he seems and it isn’t safe in Woodbury. As she runs off into the distance it isn’t long
before the Gov and Martinez are quizzing Sasha and Tyreese over what happened.
Tyreese, being too good person he is, says he isn’t here to keep people in, “this
isn’t a prison camp is it” says Tyreese to the Gov. The Gov doesn’t act
bothered in the slightest and lets the two new citizens of Woodbury leave.
The Gov walks outside and after confronting Milton he learns
that Andrea knows about the Michonne deal and betrayal that will take place. He
still doesn’t think Rick isn’t clever enough to have already figured this out, but
can’t let a warning siren to get announced in the Prison and heads after
Andrea.
As the Gov sets out, Martinez, Tyreese, Sasha and some others
including the other two members of Tyreese’s group, head out to where they have
trapped a group of Walkers in a hole. Tyreese doesn’t agree with the fact that
they are going to be used during the meeting tomorrow and brings up the fact
there are women and children amongst the Prison settlers. With some previous tension
with his fellow survivor Alan (who entered Woodbury with him), they have a
little disagreement. Alan doesn’t care about right or wrong and just wants to
follow the crowd and survive. Tyreese and Alan end up fighting and Alan
finishes up overhanging the hole with the Walkers in, with then Tyreese (being
a person not for violence) pulls him back to safety.
Meanwhile Andrea is running down the road and hears a truck
coming behind her. She knows it’s the Gov and runs into the tree line. At this
point I knew exactly what was going to happen as soon as she lent her back up
against the tree, yes a Walker grabs her. Two more approach her from the front
as she is pinned to this tree by the Walker hand from behind. It’s a close call
but she stabs the two in the head in front of her and disposes of the Walker
grabbing her from behind her. A short time after as she is running through an
open field the same van drives past, spots her and then catches up with her
just as she runs into another tree line.
Andrea comes across some old factory buildings and with the
Gov hot on her tracks she enters moments before the Gov pulls up. Now is the
most tedious chase I’ve ever seen. It’s a big cat and mouse game that drags far
longer than it should. They both wander around hear a noise, hide in Andrea’s
case or go towards the noise in the Gov’s case. They kill a Walker; make more
noise, the Gov smashes a window. The only real important part is that the Gov
basically tells Andrea Woodbury is her home and with her not responding he says
suit yourself. Towards the end of the factory scene once they finally bump into
each other Andrea opens a door and then goes behind another to unleash a small
pack of Walkers on the Gov. She escapes and hopes she has left the Gov for
dead.
Later that night a car pulls up to the hole full of Walkers
and a figure that we don’t see pours gasoline on the Walkers before setting
them alight. You ameediently think this is Tyrees after his comments earlier on
in the day but once the Gov talks to him later on he is clueless about what he
is talking about. I believe the culprit was Milton who is starting to rebel
against the Gov and instead think of the interest of the people of Woodbury.
Andrea finally makes it to the prison and just as she is
about to signal to Rick on watch, that doesn’t see her. The Gov appears from nowhere
and pins her to the ground.
On return the Gov says he didn’t find Andrea, I was
wondering what he did with her as she couldn’t have been inside Woodburn as
someone would have seen her enter the town. He then learns about the Walkers
being burnt and quizzes Sasha and Tyreese. He tells Tyreese the Walkers was only
a scare tactic in order for him to act all innocent to Tyreese. As he leaves he
asks where he got the gasoline from and only gets a clueless response. At this
point he knows it’s Milton so it will be interesting to see their relationship evolve
before the end of this season.
The final scene then shows that Andrea is locked up in the
Gov’s workshop and strapped to a chair. I don’t understand how she got there without
being seen but I imagine she will escape next week, though next week’s preview
looks as though it’s focused on the Prisoners and not looking at Woodbury.
All in all another good episode but not anything with that
X-Factor or something special. This is mainly due to very little happening apart
from a few Walkers being dealt with here and there in the last few episodes.
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