"The Walking Dead: Made To Suffer" Mid-Season Finale Recap

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Over a foggy, gloomy sunrise in the woods, a woman’s scream echoesout. Within the woods, a  female walkeris walking towards the scream when a mysterious black male appears and runsthrough the woods towards the screams. A female steps out from behind a treewith a shovel waiting to attack. “Oh my God, Tori!” she said, realizing who itwas. The man named Tori said he thought there might be a building nearbybecause he saw a tower. But before they can talk more, a small group of peoplecome out and slash walkers. A group of walkers chases this new human group andbites one of the girls. One the men carries her and keeps on going. Tori sees whatlooks like an abandoned warehouse ahead. They walk towards the building thatlooks like it’s been bombed to hell.  Thelead woman is unsure of what’s in there and is even more concerned about thebitten girl. “She’s slowing us down and once were in there, and she turns,” shementioned but what appears to be the bitten girl’s boyfriend said he doesn’twant to leave her behind. The woman thinks they should leave her but Torimentions she’s not ready. “It’s a mistake” the woman said before they climbinside what is actually the prison.

Tori and his crew of fellow survivors make a surprising entrance

In the comfort of the Governor’s home, Andrea is gettingready when she notices a framed picture of his family. The Governor walks in.“I promised Milton I’d help cremate Mr. Coleman,” she mentioned. “He shouldn’thave to handle themselves…(the people of Woodbury) are all helping each otherthrough this mess,” she mentioned. “We’re starting to grow on you,” theGovernor said. 
Back in his hidden aquarium room, the Governor opens up acage door and plays music from a stereo, sitting in his seat. He calls out forPenny; “Honey, it’s daddy,” he said. The same little walker girl with her headcovered runs up to him but shackles around her hold her back. The Governortries calming her down and lets go of the cover. He grabs her from behind andbegins singing, holding her hands. Penny’s growls become less menacing as herfocus is on the candy dish with what looks like a brain. “Look at me baby,” TheGovernor said. “Look at me….LOOK AT ME!” he yelled out as he shook her. He putsthe cover back on her and puts her back in the cage.
Back in the interrogation room, Maggie and Glenn are bloodiedand bruised. Glenn is greatly concerned about what the Governor did to Maggie. “Maggiedid he….” “No, he barely touched me!” Maggie replied. Maggie promises theGovernor didn’t do anything to her and they embrace. Glenn then hobbles over tothe dead walker and tears off his arm and foot stomps his elbow. He digs outthe bones and hands on to Maggie. Right outside of Woodbury, the Rick and crew lie low atnight, waiting to see what happens next. Michonne sneaks away from the rest. Ricksuggests that they downsize their weapons when Daryl mentions the amount ofguards. They hear a snap behind them and it’s just Michonne whose leading them.

Michonne leading the way

Back in the Governor’s room, Governor and Merle discuss theprison and about what to do with it. The Governor suggests that they take outthe crew and leave the prison to biters. “The problem is my brother is withthem,” Merle said. The Governor looks at him; “have you talked to him, make himmore of an inside man?” The Governor suggested. “We’ll wave the white flag likewhat we did to the National Guard.” But Merle says to not touch Daryl.  The Governor suggests they take Maggie andGlenn to the “screaming pits”. Outside of Woodbury, Michonne sneaks the group in a smallopening of what looks like the back of a restaurant. “This is where you wereheld?” Rick asks. Michonne replies that it’s where she was questioned. Daryland Rick take a peak at the front door and notice people still are out andabout, assuming there was a curfew. Michonne said they probably were wanderers.Rick is losing his patience and yelled at Michonne, “You said you could helpup!” Michonne yells back “I’m doing the best I can!” Oscar steps in and asksher where the Governor and the rest are. Rick and Daryl have a quick, privatepep talk; “If this goes south, were gonna lose,” Rick said. Daryl then suggeststhey split up then.  The door of therestaurant opens and a man walks in; “I know you’re in here, I saw you movingfrom outside!” The man is yelling out at whose in there when Rick sneaks up onhim, gets out with a gun, commands him to shut up and to have him zip tied.Rick demands where his people are. “You are holding some of our people! Whereare they?” he demands. Rick sticks a rag in his mouth and Daryl kicks him. Theydrag him out.
It’s nighttime at the prison and Beth is tending to Judith. Axelmentions Beth is good at taking care of Judith and asks her if she’s had littlesisters. He asks how old she is. “I’m seventeen,” Beth replies. “Interesting,”Axel replies when Carol steps in and demands to speak to Axel. They walk to theother side of C-unit for a quick talk. Carol tells him to stay away from her andto not even think about trying to repopulate the earth.“I didn’t mean nooffense, but I’ve been locked up a long while,” Axel said before he suggestedthat due to her haircut, Carol was a lesbian and that all he did was innocentlytalk to Beth. Carol tell him she’s not a lesbian. “This could be interesting,”Axel replies but Carol isn’t having it. 
Back outside the interrogation room, Merle and another manare opening the door when Glenn and Maggie go on the attack. Maggie stabs themystery man in the neck with the bone while Glenn is in a struggle with Merle.Maggie grabs her gun and demands Merle to let him go, which he complies…withthe fact that the rest of Merle’s men are behind them. Meanwhile, Rick and crew sneak out of the restaurant. Rickis leading the way down a hallway with the rest behind him, armed and ready togo. They see a sentry and continue to sneak up. Right next door, Glenn andMaggie are on their knees, ready to be executed. Maggie tells Glenn she lovedhim when the men put covers on their heads and command them to go on theirfeet. Rick throws a frag grenade and rushes in as the room fills with smoke.Rick and Daryl rescue Maggie and Glenn while gunshots are heard throughout thebuilding. Outside of Woodbury, a woman yells for help when the Governorand Andrea rush to the woman and see that it’s the man who was tied up. TheGovernor asked what had happened; “Men with guns came in,” he said.  “How many?” The Governor asks. The manreplies; “I don’t know, 6 or 7 guys, I’ve never seen them before,” The Governorcommands the people of Woodbury to go home and to lock the doors and keep thelights off.  The Governor then commandshis guards to see what’s wrong and to “shoot to kill”. 
Rick and crew, along with Maggie and Glenn, run throughWoodbury and go in another abandoned restaurant. “Rick, how did you find us?”Glenn asks. Maggie mentions the woman behind them. They think she’s a spy. Glennmentioned how Merle was the one that threw a walker at him and almost executedthem. Daryl is stunned at this news. Glenn tells him that Merle isthe lieutenant of Woodbury and second in command. Glenn then confesses to Rickthat they told him where the prison was. Rick tells them not to apologize and to get acar ready to get out. But Daryl doesn’t want to leave; “if Merle is around, wegotta see him!” Rick tells him they can’t afford that. Daryl tells him thatmaybe he can talk things out with Merle and work something out but Rick tellshim that Daryl isn’t thinking straight and that he needs him. Daryl agrees andgoes on with Rick and the rest. 

The crew getting into an intense showdown

Back in the lab, the Governor, Andrea, Merle and the restgather to discuss what is going on and whose responsible for the attack. “Someassholes want what we have!” Merle answers. Milton wants to know if anyone hasseen the attacker. He was informed they killed a guard. The Governor commandsAndrea to do house calls. Andrea tries to butt in but the Governor won’t haveit and tells her to just do what he asks Michonne is flying solo and sneaks in the Governor’s roomand readies her katana as she sits down on his chair, glaring at the door. 
Meanwhile, Rick and are huddled in an entryway of abuilding, readying the frag grenades to throw and to run out. The grenades arethrown and the crew bust out, shooting guards. Nearby, Andrea goes out andpreps her gun. The crew is now in a heavy firefight against the patrol guardsof Woodbury. The Governor walks out and asks Andrea if she’s seen them. Andreasays she saw one, a “young black male in a prison jumpsuit.” The Governor tellsher to get off the street. While the crew take cover, Daryl tells them theyneed to move and that they will need a cover. The crew are yelling and walkingout as Rick aides Daryl in providing cover. Maggie, Glenn and Oscar are at thewall and climbing up. A mysterious man with a rifle walks up to Rick…..a manthat looks like his old partner, Shane. The man raises his rifle but shootsOscar. Rick walks up to the shooter but sees that it’s not Shane.  Maggie shoots Oscar in the head and they climbup on the bus over the wall. Daryl is running low on ammo but still covering. 

A blast from the past

Back at the prison, Hershel mentions they have enoughformula for another month. Carl wants to get more by the end of the week whenBeth mentions they’ll be back then. Carl is not sure but before anymore can besaid, they hear screams inside. Hershel tells them that Carol and Axel are inthe towers so it’s not them. Carl said he’s going but Hershel blocks his way. Carltells him his father would go so Hershel lets him go.Carl walks down with aflashlight and gun through hallways of decayed corpses, trying to follow thescreams of a woman crying. He passes by the boiler room, the same area where hemercy killed his own mother….but before he can stop to really recollect, a walkercreeps up from behind him. Carl shoots the walker and keeps running. Carl then seesa group of humans take out walkers as the boyfriend and bitten girl arehuddled. Carl steps in to help clear the walkers.The group notices Carl and hecommands them to hurry up and to follow him. The young man is carrying the girlbut stumbles. Walkers are slowly approaching behind them. Carl tells them toleave her because she’s dying but they refuse to leave her. 

Like father, like son

Back in the Governor’s room, Michonne hears someone from theother side of the door so she kicks it in. To her horror, she sees the aquariumtanks with the walker heads. She then sees the cage door and peeks in, ready tostrike. She opens the cage door and sees Oenny in a light pink cardigan, a pinkskirt and a cover over her head. Michonne thinks it’s a human girl so she tellsher that it’s okay, that she’s not going to hurt her and unhooks the shackles.She slowly lifts up the cover and sees it’s a walker so she grabs it by the backof the neck, turns her around and is ready to strike it. The Governor walks inand pointing the gun at Michonne, telling her not to do it. “Don’t hurt her!”the Governor pleads as he lifts his hands in the air and takes off his dutybelt; “lt’s me you want”. Michonne is utterly stunned and confused at theGovernor’s behavior.“Theres no need for her to suffer….don’t hurt my littlegirl!” The Governor tells her. “She doesn’t have needs!” Michonne tells him. “Don’thurt her!” The Governor pleads. Michonne sticks the katana through the back ofher head as the Governor screams and lodges towards Michonne as they ensue in afight. Michonne  gets her katana andpushes it back against the Governor’s neck but he escapes her grip and bashesher head not only against the wall but straight into the aquarium of walkerheads. Michonne faces the heads of her once walker friends and grabs theaquariums as they both get knocked down, the aquariums and biting heads withit. The Governor tries to lead michonne near a biting walker head but she grabsa piece of glass and sticks it in his eye. She grabs her katana waiting toattack, Andrea comes in, gun drawn and screaming at her to stop. Michonnepoints her katana straight at Andrea. The women walk around, weapons drawn.Michonne lowers her katana and walks away, knowing full well that Andrea doesn’thave the guts to shoot her. Andrea goes to her wounded lover but notices thewalker heads that are still live and biting (did this part make anyone elsewant to jump up on a couch or table to avoid the floor?). She also sees theother tanks that haven’t been destroyed full of both human and walker heads.She then sees the Governor cradle and cry over Penny’s body. Andrea kneels downwith a loss of words. 

Don't shoot the hand that feeds you....

Back into C-unit, the new group led by Carl comes in and theylay the wounded woman down. Carl locks up the unit. The wounded woman namedDonna is now dead. Her boyfriend is stricken with grief and Carl says he’lltake care of it. Carl points the gun at her head but Tori asks him what he’sdoing. Tori’s wife demands to know how he got in and what he’s doing. Carl saidhe can help them but “first thing is first….” The man said he took care of herown. Tori takes out an axe, the boyfriend covers her face with a bandana butbefore the man can do anything, Carl locks himself in the unit with Beth andHershel. Tori asks him what he’s doing but Carl tells them that  it’s safe and they have food and water. Thewoman goes up to him at the door and commands him to open the door . Hershelcomes out and the woman yells at Carl to open the door. Tori tells her to backaway from the door and let the man go. “Look around you,” he tells her. “Thisis the best we’ve had in weeks! We got other things to do….” Tori tells Carlthat they don’t want trouble and couple walks away back to Donna. Beth asks ifthey should help them. Carl said he did.
Back in the nurse’s office, the Governor is being tended to.“It doesn’t look good,” she tells him; “the glass has done a lot of damage.” Thegovernor asks the nurse if he and Andrea can have a private moment. “What thehell was that? Why was she here, why were you fighting her?” Andrea demands,referring to Michonne. “She came back to kill me,” he replies; “you tell mewhy, you knew her.” Andrea mentions what the deal was with the aquarium tanksand the severed heads. The Governor gives her a story about how it was toprepare and desensitize him to “the horrors out there”.  And asks about Penny but Governor is silent. Miltonwalks in and so does Merle and the woman with the very bad crossbow skills.  “What happened to you?”Merle asked. The Governor said he was attacked. Merle said the crew made itover the fence but he’ll go after them in the morning.
As the crew sneak outof Woodbury without Daryl, whose gone missing, Michonne is behind them. Rickpoints the gun at her and commands her to have her hands up and to turn around.Maggie also points her gun it at her. Rick takes the katana. Rick demands as towhere she has been. Michonne tells Rick that they need her whether they want toget back to the prison or to go back to save Daryl. 
Back in Woodbury, another event at the Walker Octagon is upand Andrea is sitting in the stands. The Governor comes out and the crowd issilenced. He gives a speech; “What can I say……I thought we were past it…pastthe days when we all sat huddled and scared in front of the TV during the earlydays of the outbreak. The fear we all felt then, we felt again tonight. Ifailed you. I promised to keep you safe. Hell, look at me. I should tell youwe’ll be okay and that were safe but tomorrow we bury our dead. I’m afraid. Itried. I’m afraid of terrorists who want what we have, one of the strong outsor worse, one of those terrorists is one of our own…MERLE!” He points at Merle.Merle is surrounded by his own men, one of them armed with a familiar crossbow.“The man I counted on, the man I trusted, he led them here. He led them in!” TheGovernor tells the crowd as the crowds bursts out with anger and disgust. TheGovernor turns to Merle; “it was you, you lie, betrayed us all!” He then saysthat he has one of the terrorists….the men bring in a man with a cover on hishead. The man is Daryl Dixon.  This is Merle’sown brother!” The Governor announces. The crowd’s angry roars are louder asAndrea sits quiet and stunned.  "Whatshould we do with them?” The Governor asks the crowd. “KILL THEM,KILL THEM!”the crowd chants. 

"I'll take Bachelor number one!"

The Governor turns over to Merle: “You wanted your brother,you got him…” he says as he walks away, both Merle and Daryl exchanging looks,wondering about their fate….
Jane's notes: What more needs to be said about the awesomeness that isthis show? We’re going to have to wait until February to figure out how therest goes down. I predict that Michonne and company will make a surpriseentrance at the Walker Octagon and another epic firefight will ensue. I alsohope that Andrea will come to her damn senses. I’m sorry but if I found out theman of my dreams kept decapitated heads in his little room as well as a littlezombie girl, I would end it LIKETHAT.I did NOT see this new group coming and it seems like thecreators decide to combine elements of the show’s surviving (and dying) group tothis new one. You have Tori who acts like Rick as the leader, his wife whoselike Lori and then the couple who can be a combo of Maggie and Glenn/Andrea andAmy. In between now and February, I’ll keep my eyes and ears openfor any news regarding “The Walking Dead” and post them on here….here’s acheers to the show and everyone involved in it! 
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