"The Walking Dead: Walk With Me" EP Recap

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The show opens up with members of the Nat’l Guard on ahelicopter hovering over the rural regions of Georgia when they mysteriouslyget shot down. The soldiers crash down into the trees of a forest. Who arethese soldiers?


Within the same rural area, Andrea and Michonne (and her walker pals) can see the smoke in the distance where the helicopter crashed.The women go to the sight of the crash, where Andrea gets sick. Michonne tiesup her zombie pals to a tree and hovers to Andrea to comfort her. Michonnetells Andrea to stay put and she’ll keep watch. Michonne goes to the helicopterto find a soldier torn in half. Before getting the chance to explore more,mysterious vehicles arrive on scene. Michonne and Andrea hide within the bushesas they see men jump out of the truck. One black male kills one nearby walkerwith a bow-and-arrow.  Another one beatsthem with a baseball bat (with a killer swing, no pun intended). A walkersneaks up behind Michonne and Andrea but because of Michonne’s zombies, thewalker passes them. The walker gets shot by one of the men. Andrea wonders ifthey should reveal themselves but Michonne disapproves. The men go towards thebody of the mutilated soldier, whose now waking up as a walker. One of the menstabs him in the head.. Michonne’s zombie pals are making noise and the men aretaking noticed so she immediately chops off both of their heads off. The menare startled as to why the noise stopped so they roam out. But a man frombehind asks the women to put down their weapons and to spin around. A walkersneaks up behind him but he immediately slaughters the walker with his unusualweapon. The man is none other than Merle. 
The two women are blindfolded and taken to what looks like amilitary facility While Andrea is given a cigarette, a nurse is checking herout. The nurse tells her they need to stay the night. The women demand wherethey are at but the nurse refuses to disclose the location. Merle comes in totalk to the women and explains what happened to him after he was handcuffed byRick in Atlanta; "When they found me, I was near bled out and starving andthinking to myself a bullet might make a good last meal,” he explained. “Took anice long nap waiting for Daryl on the other side. Have you seen my brother?” Andreareplies that Rick, Daryl and the rest tried going back for him but by the timethey got there, all that was left was Merle’s severed hand. Merle shows her thesevered wrist. Noticing he’s still resenting Rick and the crew for leaving him,Andrea tried convincing Merle that Rick and the group tried to look for him. Merlethen acknowledges the loss of her sister.Andrea then tells Merle about being onthe farm and Daryl becoming a valued member of the group. She explains that itwas about 7-8 months ago, Andrea was “left behind” after being chased off by aherd of walkers. She then asks Merle want he wants from them. Michonne doesn’thave a fond first impression of Merle either, as she remembers Merle pointing agun at them back in the woods. A frustrated Merle tells them that they should begrateful that they were rescued and are being cared for. Andrea finallyexpresses her thanks but Michonne demands her weapons…just in time for Governorto walk in. While the comforting shelter and necessities were luxurious forthem, Michonne isn’t buying any of it; “We know enough about you to know youstabbed two men in the head!”  The womensaid they were already dead humans but the Governor informs the women that nomatter how they die, they all turn into walkers. The Governor says they canretrieve their weapons and are free to leave and assures them; “You’re notprisoners here, you’re a guest.” 

Welcome to Woodsbury

The Governor than leads them to the community of Woodburyand welcomes them. Woodbury is a beautiful town with streets, building, homesand trees. It looked like a beautiful, peaceful community. As the women explorethe town, they notice it’s a fenced community guarded by male survivors. Andreaasks if they are military but they are not; “We’re self-trained”. The arsenalused to protect the community are weapons that were picked up along the way.Merle then warns the Governor that “we got us a creeper!”! A spotlight is shoneon walkers coming in. They are immediately shot down and the Governor commandsthem to retrieve the bodies in the morning. The Governor then takes the women throughtown and leads them to a room with food, water, fresh clothes, a comfortablebed. They were also provided a guard stationed at their door.  The governor acknowledges they have questionsbut that the men are outside and that he will see them in the morning.The nextmorning, a female tour guide takes Andrea and Michonne through the town, whichshe explains is populated by 74 survivors and that there had been no casualtiessince early winter, since the Governor enforced a strict curfew to thetownsfolk that no one is to be out after dark. Andrea and Michonne are stillsuspicious about the Governor and all of Woodsbury. 

Michonne giving the Governor, Milton and the rest a permanent side-eye

Back in a mysterious hospital room, the wounded pilot fromthe crash talks to the Governor about the survivors going “haywire”, about howpeople went into panic mode and how “the whole place went to hell in a fewhours”. He tells him that he and his unit of 10 men abandoned post, grabbedsupplies and escape and that he left them in a desolate location so the pilotcould scout ahead; “I took the bird up in the air while they were still ahead.”The Governor assures him that the rest of the unit will be rescued and hepromises that if they are still alive, he will bring them in to the town. Governorgoes outside and into a secret warehouse where he sees his advisor Milton andMerle in the lab arguing about something.  The Governor puts a stop to it and demandsMerle tell him about Andrea. Merle talks about Andrea and how she is fromAtlanta and how she was “the same one who left me on the roof and forced me tomutilate myself.”  The governor commandshim to talk to her more. Merle leaves when the Governor turns his attention toMilton. Milton shows him the zombie head of one of the zombies that Michonnekept with her and explained to the Governor that Michonne cut off the arms andjaws to lose their appetite for flesh and to be used as a repellent. Miltonsuggests cutting the jaws off the walkers to serve as “zombie camoflauge”.
The next morning at breakfast, Andrea and Michonne hadbreakfast with Milton and the Governor. The Governor asks the women about whatthey think about the walkers and their memory; Milton jumps in tomention the walkers Michonne kept with her and goes as far as to asking her if she knew them. Michonne remains quietbut only speaks to demand their weapons. After breakfast, Michonne confides inAndrea about not trusting the Governor. Andrea is more curious about thewalkers Michonne kept with her for 8 months. Andrea boldly asks her who werethey; “The way you controlled them and used them to your benefit, did you knowthem?” Michonne barks back at her “it was easier than you think” and stormsoff. Meanwhile, one of the Governor’s men is observing the two from a distance. 

Merle, Milton and the Governor plotting something that's probably not very nice

Out in a rural area full of military trucks, a carapproaches what is left of the pilot’s unit.  The Governor rolls down the window and tellsthem not to shoot, waving a white flag. The Governor then gets out and tellsthe squad leader of the unit that the pilot was shot down but they had him andthey were going to take the unit back. The Governor and his men then open fireon the soldiers. One soldier tries to make a run for it but is shot by Governor.He then tells a Woodsbury boy to take a knife and to put a “muscle into hisknees”. The men confiscate the trucks and roll into town, which greatly peeksthe townspeople’s interest. The Governor steps out and makes an announcement: “Webrought in 3 new people yesterday, one was a helicopter pilot in the NationalGaurd. He’s clinging to life, he told us about his convoy on the highway. Hismen….I promised I’d bring them back alive. They didn’t have our walls orfences….the trucks had weapons, food, medicine, things we need. We’ll honortheir sacrifice….” He then closes his announcement by advising the people ofWoodsbury to “watch out for each other”. The townsfolk go back to their housesas Andrea asks the Governor what she can do. She then asks for his real name,which he tells her that he’ll never tell. 
Back at the Governor’s residence, he takes a drink andcontemplates his next move. He walks by his bed where a naked woman is sleeping.He takes a key necklace off and places it on an old family portrait of his wifeand son that's on a mantle. He goes in a private room and sits in aroom that was lit up by severed zombie heads in lit up tanks. Two of the menare Michonne’s walkers and the other one is the head of the pilot (add that tolist of things I do not need to see before bedtime, along with horror movies about Dybbuk Boxes and social media sites after presidential debates). 
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Janes Notes: I honestly had to rewatch this one because this episode had A LOT packed into it in such a short time where we are introduced to another aspect of surviving a world full of walkers. I was a bit thrown off at the beginning of the opening scene with the military, which makes me wonder if there are other military units that survived the whole ordeal. Are there other towns set up like Woodsbury? What about Rick and the rest in the prison and how will the two crews clash? Time will tell so we have to stay tuned! I am also very curious as to Michonne's connection with the two walkers she kept with her. Perhaps they were her enemies she had? Who knows....

David Morrissey

This week, AMC featured an interview with David Morrissey, aka The Governor so check it out!. 
And because there was no Daryl Dixon in this episode, I enclose my notes with this picture, which should also help me forget the scene with the walker head aquarium; 

A serious case of puffy hearts and awwwwwwwwwwwwws!

Picture Credit: Syfy, Tumblr
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