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After the gripping mid season finale last December,
in which rick and co assault the human town of Woodbury in order to rescue some
of their own, the second half of season 3 has a great deal to live up to. Season
3 is the boldest by far, and this fearless attitude continues in The Suicide
King, a fantastic reintroduction to a great piece of television.
Not content to dwell of episode 8’s cliff-hanger,
Merle and Daryl’s situation is resolved with a solid shootout with Woodbury citizens
and climaxed with a Mexican standoff involving most of Rick’s group. Unable to
leave Merle again, Daryl departs with his brother, a man who everyone believes
will be more trouble if he is taken back to the prison with the group. Woodbury
plays a rather prominent role in this episode; the town is thrown into disarray
with scores of people wanting to leave. The ever insufferable Andrea diffuses
the potential exodus. It’s clear the governor is losing his grip of the town he’s
done so well to manipulate, but his true thoughts lay with Rick and Michonne,
the 2 who have wronged him the most. Another human vs. human battle is inevitable
over the remainder of the season, that's for sure.
The newest residents at the prison, lead by
the level headed Tyrese do their best to gain entrance to our group of protagonists,
but it’s clear that some of the newcomers want the prison for themselves, a
task they see achievable with Rick and co still in Woodbury. The threat from
within is diffused by Tyrese and rightly so, such a plot strand has already
been utilised this season, a repeat wouldn’t certainly leave a sour taste.
While this is certainly a great return for
The Walking Dead, it does suffer a number of issues, some of which are most
likely to be repeated constantly over the coming weeks. Rick suffers bouts of
hallucination, seeing deceased wife Lori when she isn’t actually there. This was
done is previous episodes during his initial meltdown to a far greater effect,
now it just feels irrelevant. Andrea is once again the week link when it comes
to characters; her stupidity is so bad it has an adverse affect on the
awesomeness that is David Morrissey’s The Governor. On the flip side of this is
Michonne, a character who has still failed to develop in any significant
manner; her constant brooding is becoming painful to watch. These issues can
easily be alleviated over the coming weeks and this could quite possibly be the
strongest season yet, but only if the show is prepared to constantly evolve on
an episode by episode basis.
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