The Walking Dead Season 3 Spoilers - Episode 14 Prey - Synopsis, Review

The Walking Dead Season 3 Spoilers - Episode 14 Prey - Synopsis, Review

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.