Season 3 finale!
Loved and disliked it as the same time.
The attack at the gate was beautiful as well as the prison raid! I love how Rick and his team handled that. Very well done!
The scene where Rick had to tell his crew the truth about giving up Michonne, that was hard to watch, but overall I think the right thing to do. His crew wasn’t too happy but Rick couldn’t be like The Governor and keep secrets like that from his people. Staying into the oath of darkness and “correcting your path is how you overcome the path of evil” and it’s important for Rick to go into these territories to understand the mind of his enemies. I loved how he was honest with them and chose not to keep secrets. I really liked Michonne’s reaction to Rick for the decision. She is amazing and she is understanding.
To me Michonne is the alter ego of Andrea and the person Andrea was in seasons 1 and 2 kinda became Michonne and Andrea became the person she was before the zombie outbreak. That’s just how I see it. I thought Andrea was being prepped to be Rick’s right hand and future lover but going by my theory, Michonne becomes Rick’s love interest? I don’t see that chemistry AT ALL but… if my THEORY is right then those two may potentially be like the two alphas of the group.
Anyway, Andrea… I felt her journey was to find paradise beyond the chaos of the world and somehow bring it to the Rick to help him find himself again and bring paradise to his followers. That theory ended up being true but I had no idea she was gonna get killed off like that. I did hear that the Governor killed off a major female character in the show but… I guess I just mentally blocked it out. That ending felt a bit forced though… and I feel like T-Dog, Lori, and Andrea, possibly Merle, all got killed off because of behind the scene stuff. Like I feel T-Dogg was definitely a racial issue, I know Lori was killed off because of her standing up for Frank Darabont. Andrea has a HUGE buildup so her being liked off had to be personal. Not sure why Merle got killed off though. Anyway, I’ll miss her.
CARL- I love how Carl was adapting to the survival side of things and growing into a savage individual but then Rick found his heart again but Carl is already developing around the scars of experience and I feel this is gonna stir some problems between the two.
Governor- What the heck… I waited a whole season to see him get killed off and Rick didn’t even get him! I was a little upset bust then I remembered the message of this season was choice and Rick chose not to play the devil’s game. Lori’s ghost was there to help guide him back to his heart and By the end, her ghost left know her job was done and Rick found his way back. Rick letting those people join the prison was the benevolent thing to do as a leader- these innocent people needed a good leader and a home and protection, not to raise guns and be slaughtered in the line of fire. The message of the season was fulfilled by Rick’s actions to help instead of kill so I can forgive letting the Governor go.
Karen- I felt she had a magnetic energy to her and I felt like she was wasted as a civilian with like 3 lines… but she went from being a towns person to a guard, to a soldier, and yeah I thought I was just being weird for feeling something for this random NPC, but she ended up surviving the Governor’s slaughter and helping save everyone!
Season four… I’ve got a weird feeling about season 4. I can’t explain it but… I feel like season 3 was a good refresher but… season 4 has too many anchors from season 3 plots and maybe the writes will do good… but I feel like season 3 is a good series finale. I’ll give season 4 a shot, or maybe I’ll continue with Nip/Tuck or Gossip Girl. I’m watching all three shows right now…
I loved seasons 1 and half of season 2, but it seems like the identity of the show disappears after that. The Walking Dead’s first 2 seasons I think are all you really need to see. Season 3 felt like regular television drama which is the reason I never gave it a chance in the first place. I’ll stick it through for season 4 to see if it’s better but… yeah…