"The Walking Dead: Home" Ep Recap

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The scene starts off with Rick moving wood at the bridge ofthe prison, with Michonne keeping watch in prison yards. Something thencaptures Rick’s attention so he grabs his binoculars to observe. He sees Loriin a pure white dress standing in the prison’s “graveyard”, where three crossesstand (Lori and T-Dog’s burial spots). Rick walks over to the cemetery and Loridisappears. He looks around and sees her standing outside the prison gates. Shewalks away as Rick goes outside the gates to chase her. Michonne is ratheralarmed at Rick’s behavior and looks on as Rick goes after Lori. Rick finally catchesup to Lori, who is standing on a small bridge. Rick slowly walks up to her,speechless that he’s standing in front of his dead wife. Lori reaches out tocaress Rick’s face. The two share a tender “reunion” at the bridge. Michonne canonly see Rick standing on the bridge by himself.

Rick wandering in the green....

Back in Woodbury, the guards are on patrol once again at thewall. Andrea is in a room when she hears a door knock. It’s the Governor. “MayI?” he asks. Andrea lets him in. “That was…quite a speech you gave them...exactlywhat these people needed to hear,” he told her. “What about the prison?” Andreaasks. “As long as they leave us alone, we don’t have a problem,” the Governorlies assures her. “So no retaliation?” Andrea says. “I need to go see them.” TheGovernor explains to Andrea how he failed as the leader of Woodbury: “I’ve donesome terrible things…I’m not right for these people…but you are…” “So you’reabdicating?” Andrea asks. “I just need time…to get myself together.” TheGovernor says as he sits down. He reassures Andrea that she has Martinez(guard) and Milton. “We need you.”
Out in the woods in the middle of nowhere, Daryl and Merleare scavenging for food. “Ain’t nothing but mosquitoes and ants out here,”Daryl remarks. “Patience, little brother!” Merle replies. Daryl and Merledebate whether to go through houses and what their next plan of action is forfood. “I think you’re just trying to lead me back to the prison,” Merleremarked. “You got shelter, food, a pot to piss in…might not be a bad idea!”Daryl replies. “It won’t be no party for me,” Merle said. Merle and Darylcontinue on into the woods to search for food.

The angel and devil....

Back in the prison, Glenn draws out the prison map and asksCarl about the area where he found Tyrese and the gang. Carl points it out andGlenn tells him that the area was already secured. “He thought he came throughhere,” Carl points out. Glenn concludes there’s been another breach and thefront of the prison is vulnerable. “What makes you think he’ll attack us?” Bethchimes in. “Maybe we scared him off.” Michonne tells the group about the fishtanks full of human…and walker….heads that he kept as trophies. “He’s coming…”she predicts. “We should then take off now…he won’t expect it!” Glenn suggests.“we’ll sneak back in and put a bullet in his head!” Carol tells him they arenot assassins but Glenn disregards her and tells Michonne they can sneak intothe Governor’s apartment. “I’ll do it myself!” Glenn said. Michonne doesn’trespond. “He didn’t know you were coming last time and look what happened,”Hershel recalls. “You were almost killed, Daryl was captured and you and Maggiewere almost executed.” Glenn decides to pull an attitude at this point andtells him no one will stop him. Hershel reminds Glenn that Rick wouldn’tcooperate with this when Glenn reminds Hershel that Rick isn’t in the bestframe of mind. “Think this through; T-Dog and Lori lost their lives here, themen lost their lives…it’s not worth anymore killings,” Hershel said. Hershelsuggested too that if the Governor comes, that the group might be out of theprison and will survive on the road again like they did in the winter. “Thatwas different,” Glenn said. “You had two legs and we didn’t have a baby cryingevery 4 hours!” “We can’t stay here….” Hershel says. “We can’t run!” Glennsays. Maggie walks back up to her cell. “Stay put, were going to defend thisplace and make a stand….Carl, we will go down to the tombs…..(to Michonne) youstay here….” Glenn plans when he realizes something; “whose on watch??”

Glenn trying to play the leader

Back in the lab, the Governor sneaks up to a concentratedMilton, whose listening to alpha rays to meditate on. Milton goes to get theGovernor his radio. The Governor sits in his seat; “you’ve been invaluable…youintend to stay?” Milton replies: “leaving has never crossed my mind.” TheGovernor tells him he considers him a friend. “Thank you….I feel….me too,” anervous Milton replies. The Governor tells him he relied on Merle but that didn’twork. “Martinez is a good soldier,” the Governor tells Milton; “he would take abullet for me….would you?” Milton seems nervous at the question. “I would…” henods. “Andrea…I’m not sure where her loyalty lies.” The Governor says. Miltonacknowledges her past association with Merle and Rick and crew. “You keep tabs onher for me,” The Governor commands Milton. “Of course,” Milton replies. Back inWoodbury, Andrea walks up to the guards and asks a guard named Karen where the Martinezhas been. “I don’t know,” she replies. “Did you see him leave?” Andrea asks. “Karen,you can tell me…” Karen cuts her off: “I don’t know anything.” Andrea seesMilton and runs up to him. She asks Milton about the Governor. “He’s out on arun….” Milton nervously replies. “Where is he?” Andrea asks. “I’m not surewhere he….he ran for supplies…..” Andrea demands to know where he is. “On arun?” Milton replies. Andrea walks away. “I bet he’ll be back soon…”

Governor thinking he's Clint Eastwood

Glenn and Carl come in to tell the crew that the prison isonce again, infested with walkers. Hershel thinks they are wasting time. Caroltells the group that they are stuck between a rock and hard place under thecircumstances. “Once again, running isn’t an option!” Glenn reminds the team. “Glenn,if the tombs are filled up again,” Carol tells him, “it’s only a matter of timebefore they push their way in here.”  Axel suggests staying in the prison sincethere might be herds of walkers outside the prison. Carol says they can’t takethem all out with their numbers. Glenn says he’ll clear them out again and takethe car. Axel suggests going but Glenn says he’ll take Maggie. Glenn goes up towhere Maggie is lying down in a cell. Maggie is unresponsive to Glenn’spresence. “Where have you been?” Glenn asks. No response from Maggie. “We needto find out how the walkers are getting in the tombs….are we going to talkabout this? Maggie, you need to talk…” “I do, or you do?” Maggie replies. “Whatdo you want me to say? How he made me stand naked in front of him? How hepushed himself against me? Put his hands all over me? Slammed my head down andbent me over the table?” Glenn begins to ask her a question but Maggie knowsthe question already and answers. “Did he rape me? No…” she sits up and glaresat Glenn. “Do you feel better? I had a choice. Either take off my shirt or takeoff your hand. I just listened to Merle beat the shit out of you in the otherroom. What could I do?” Glenn tries to lean in to hug her but Maggie pushes himback. “Now go away! You got your answer!” Glenn walks away.
Carol and Axel are on the bridge where Rick us and aresetting up wood and metal tables as an extra shield. “Guns scare the bejesusout of me!” Axel confesses to Carol. “I robbed a bank and had a toy gun on me.Had it in my pocket.” Carol is perplexed. “You said Oscar was the thief andthat you were here for pharmecuticals.” “I didn’t want you to think I was aviolent man,” Axel replies. “So you’re in here for a toy gun?” Carol asks. Axelexplains how the day after the robbery, he was parked out at his brothers housewhen the police came and did a thorough search of the brother’s house and foundthe brother’s .38 and said it matched the police’s description. “To tell you totruth, I don’t even know how to use this damn thing,” Axel confesses whileholding a pistol. Carol takes out the fully loaded mag, loads it again andgives it back to Axel. “You’re quite the lady!” he tells her.
Back in the woods, Daryl and Merle are talking about whatdirection to go to next. They hear a strange squeal and cry. “What’s that?”Daryl asks. “It’s wild animals getting wild!” Merle responds. “It’s a baby….”Daryl said. “You might as well piss in my ear and say it’s raining!” Merle remarksback. Daryl is still convinced it’s a baby. They walk towards the sounds near abody of water and see that on a bridge, there’s a couple cars, a couple humansand a herd of walkers going after the humans. A woman and her baby arehysterically crying. “It ain’t worth it, little brother!” Merle complains whileDaryl immediately runs up to the bridge. Merle decides to be of absolutely nouse and yells at the guys to “jump”.  TwoHispanic men are on a barricade shooting walkers while another herd of walkersare surrounding a red car, where a Hispanic woman is praying and holding hercrying baby close. One of the men drops his gun and the other drags him back sohe doesn’t get bit. The walker is shot with an arrow. Daryl arrives on thescene! 

Hubba hubba! 

He is taking out walkers, getting arrows and stabbing walkers. Merle iswatching on. Daryl asks the men to cover him. Daryl sees the car and a walkeris frantically in the backseat, trying to get at the walker and the baby. Darylpushes the walker back and slams his head with the trunk. The brothers and themen are taking out walkers. The men are yelling in Spanish. The men follow thebrothers’ cue and stab the walkers in the head. Merle opens the backseat of thecar as the man yells at Merle. Merle points the gun at him. “Slow down, beaner!”Merle replies, not learning ANYTHING when it comes to the consequences of beinga racist douchenugget back in Atlanta. The man keeps talking to Merle. “Let himgo,” Daryl tells him. Merle feels entitled to get their stuff in the car. Daryldraws the crossbow at Merle and tells him to get out of the car. “I know you’renot talking to me brother!” Merle says. Daryl tells the men to get in the carand to get out. Daryl continues pointing the bow at Merle. The brothers walkaway. Merle isn’t too thrilled at Daryl pointing a bow at him back on thebridge. “They were scared.” Daryl said. “They were rude! They could’ve shown atoken of gratitude…” Merle said. “They owed us nothing,” Daryl replied. Merleis getting on Daryl for helping strangers out of the “goodness of his heart”and possibly being killed in the process. “There was a baby!” Daryl finallyyells back. “Oh! So otherwise, you would’ve just left them to the biters?”Merle asks. “Man, I went back for you! You weren’t there!” Daryl strikes back,referring to Atlanta. “I didn’t cut off your hand either, you did that…and youasked for it!” Merle laughs about Daryl and Sheriff Rick and drops a bomb: “youdidn’t tell Sheriff Rick we were planning on robbing the camp, did ya?”. “Itdidn’t happen…” Daryl replies. Merle smirks: “because I wasn’t there to help.”Daryl snaps: “Like you did when we were kids? Who had who then? You lost yourhand because you were a simple-minded piece of shit!” Merle grabs and tearsDaryl’s jacket, revealing a back full of scratches and scars. Merle is takenaback. “I didn’t know he…didn’t mean…” he starts saying. “Yeah you did, he’d dothe same to you, that’s why he left first.” Merle responds: “I had to man, Iwould have killed him otherwise….where are you going?” Daryl walks away fromMerle. “Back where I belong!” Merle yells at Daryl that he can’t go with him. “Itried to kill that back bitch, and that Chinese kid!” “He’s Korean!” Daryl replies.“I may be the one walking away but you’re the one that’s leaving…again!” Daryltakes off in the woods, leaving a stunned Merle.
Back at the prison, Glenn is walking to the truck when he’sstopped by Hershel calling him. “You’re not going back to Woodbury, are you?”he asks Glenn. “How can you possibly go out there by yourself?” “I can’t justsit on my hands!” Glenn says. Hershel reminds him of what happened last timeGlenn tried to take charge and it got him and Maggie nearly killed. “You’resaying it was my fault?” Glenn asks. “No…she’s one of the two people mostprecious to me in this world and I trust you with her life…I still do. Thisrage is going to get you killed,” Hershel warns. Glenn tells him that Daryl isgone and Rick is taking a trip to crazytown. Glenn still goes in the truck anddrives off. Hershel notices that as Glenn is driving off, Rick is stillwandering around outside the prison gates. Back inside the prison, Beth walksinto Maggie’s cell with Baby Judith. Beth asks Maggie to help her feed the babyso she can cook for her father. Beth teaches Maggie how to properly feed her(enter tender music).

Maggie ready to take action

Outside the prison gates, Rick is still wandering around whenHershel calls out to Rick from inside the prison yard. “You know I wouldn’thobble all the way down here if it wasn’t important…are you coming up soon?”Hershel asks. Rick doesn’t respond. “Glenn is on a warpath. He’s a smart kidbut he can’t fill your boots. I’m afraid he’s reckless. We need you now morethan ever.” Rick responds coldly; “if you’re so worried about him, then leave yourself.”Hershel asks “what are you doing out here?” “I’ve been….I’ve got…stuff out here….Rick replies. Hershel asks him how much longer does he need. “I don’t know,”Rick mumbles. “Anything I can help you with?” Hershel asks. Rick stares atHershel and walks up to him. “I saw something….I saw Lori…I’m seeing Lori…um…Iknow it’s not really her….but there’s got to be a reason….it’s got to meansomething.” Hershel asks if it was Lori on the phone. Rick said it was her,Shane and the town. “You see them now?” Hershel asks. He tells Rick he’slooking for something. But Rick said he’s waiting for “something, an answer”.Rick knows it doesn’t make sense but in time, something would reveal itself.Hershel tells Rick to come inside the prison to get rest and that Rick isn’t ina safe area. “I can’t…” Rick replies and walks away. Hershel looks sadly on atRick. Michonne is looking on too.

Michonne ready to strike!

Carol and Axel are watching Rick from the prison walls. Axelasks Carol about Rick. Carol tells Axel that she can’t blame him. Axel explainshow he saw many people in prison “just crack”. “I think I’ve gotten better onthe inside, things made more sense, you know?” Axel explained. “There wererules, life was more simple.” Carol asks if Axel misses his brother. Axeljokingly replies “hell no, he had a real money problem; he didn’t lend me any!”Carol and Axel laugh but their moment of joy is cut short when Axel takes around to the head. The Governor has arrived….The gun shot wakes Rick up out ofhis trance. Rick is taking fire from Martinez and takes cover. Hershel falls tothe ground. Carol hides behind Axel’s dead body and Carl and Beth run forcover. Michonne shoots towards the Governor. There’s a mystery guard takingshots from the tower too. The two crews ensue in gunfire. There is a moment ofsilence. Maggie runs out with extra firepower and the shooting begins again,with Maggie taking charge. Carol grabs a gun from Maggie. Rick and Michonnetake shots at the Governor and Martinez. A vehicle is heard from the distanceand coming closer to the prison. A big orange and white van breaks through theprison gates and parks in the middle of the field. Rick crawls up to the gates.Michonne takes cover behind a bus. Hershel is still lying in the field. Theback of the van opens up a gate as a herd of walkers pour out in the prisonyard…where both Hershel and Michonne are. A mysterious shooter pops out to takemore shots. The firefight begins again and Rick yells at Hershel to get out.Martinez tries to sneak in shots at Rick. The Governor stands on, watching thebattle and taking out a walker or two himself. Walkers keeps pouring out of thevan. Maggie finally takes out the guard at the tower. The walkers are closingin on Rick. Rick shoots a few rounds but is out of ammo. Walkers are growinglarger by the numbers as the gunfire attracted them to the prison. Hershel getsout his gun and takes shots at the ones coming towards him. 
The Governorgathers his guards and they drive out to leave the weakened crew to fight thewalkers. As the Governor drives off, Glenn drives past him just in the nick oftime. Carol, Beth, Maggie and Carl go out in the yard to take out the walkers.Michonne gets out her blade and goes on a slashing spree. Meanwhile, Rick isheld against the fence by two walkers when an arrow shoots one in the head.Merle and Daryl join the crew. Glenn gets out of the truck as he and Michonnehelp carry Hershel back in the truck. Glenn drives the truck back inside theprison and secures the gates. Daryl, Merle and Rick are still outside theprison killing walkers.They see walkers are still in the prison yard. Theprison yard full of walkers stands between Rick, Daryl and Merle and then Carl,Maggie, Hershel, Glenn, Carol and Michonne. Unfortunately, one of the prison gatesis open and walkers sneak inside the prison…but with Rick being the leader,this war isn’t over…

Jane's Notes: Oh goodness, where to begin? I had some "I was RIGHT!" moments but also had some not-so-right moments. I did NOT see Daryl and Merle saving the strangers coming. Nor did I see a retaliation so soon. I figured Rick would go back to the telephone booth. And I yelled out a NO when Axel got shot. At this point, I'm not really sure the road the show/story is going and I'm sure the creators purposely gave that feel to the viewers (that are like me and don't know what happens in the comics). Will the group disban and will one after one be killed off? Is there any hope for civilization in mankind? Will any sort of order be restored? 
Andrea ONCE AGAIN proves that she is not the brightest crayon in the box and, ONCE AGAIN letting the male anatomy of the Governor cloud whatever common sense and judgement that girl once had. Yes, the crew accidentally left Andrea behind at the farm. But she's also alive because of Rick. She's also alive because of Michonne. Is the Governor that great in bed that she has to STILL trail him around? I would've said "Eff this!" and gone on to the prison. Maybe bring Milton along. Or even better, SHOOT the Governor. Andrea reminds me of that chick whose only your friend when she's single but as soon as she gets a taste of a salami sandwich, you never hear from her again. Anyways, was that her or another girl that was the mystery shooter driving the van? I don't think it was her but I'm wondering if anyone else caught that....
I also don't get the Lori thing. I honestly don't. Yes, her and Rick were married and have a child but RIGHT before the zombie apocalypse, they didn't know if they even loved each other. THEN Lori has a bit of Shane's salami sandwich, Rick comes back, Shane goes maniacal and it causes A LOT of tension among the three. Lori was always trying to chime in with whatever decision Rick would make. So why the lovey dovey, tender apparition scenes all the sudden? I would get it if Rick and Lori were still in the honeymoon phase. But last time I checked, their relationship was very strained. But I think when you put the couple's history aside, the apparitions offer a tender, almost light moment in a very dark story. So it's 50/50 with me. 
Speaking of ghosts, I really like how this show is adding a bit of ghoulish "spice" to this! I WOULD comment on Daryl and how we are kindred spirits....and I'm starting to believe even more so after my giddy, ghoulish heart laid my eyes on this gem; 
No words necessary. 
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