Fantastic episode. It's really cool to see them starting to really develop the human vs. human element of the show. I mean, much of that could have been a basic "shoot-em-up" rescue mission from a military movie.

The Michonne/Governor fight was fantastic as was Michonne "rescuing" Penny. Awesome.

Comics:

as much as i hate to admit it, i don't know what actually happens in issue 100. (the collected graphic novels don't actually show with issues that they are, or so i think).

but, i'm pretty sure (okay, duh) i know what you speak of.

and OZ, you ain't seen nuthin' yet (it gets sooooooooo good, and soooooooo bad) :)

If this is what you're thinking:

MAJOR COMIC AND POSSIBLY EVENTUAL SHOW SPOILER

Great, fun episode.....I just don't think realistically, Andrea would turn against Michone like that after all that she has seen now. But hey, I understand that was done to create drama and tension.

She fell for the "real" feel of Woodbury, and she's banging the Governor, so I thought her reaction was probably spot on. If she had really "turned" on Michonne, she would have shot her, imo.

And at the end of the ep when they had Merle and Daryl out in front of the crowd, she had a complete "what the **** is going on, and what the **** am I doing here" look on her face.

Fantastic episode. Maybe one of the best of the the entire series so far.

They have REALLY upped the ante with this season. So much action and tension. Great, great show.

Oh....and once again the nearly fatal flaw of this season was Michone again. Why did she go back to kill the Govenor? The show fails over and over again to define her characters actions. It was a cool fight, but why would she go back for him?

I thought it was pretty dumb that Maggie didn't kill Merle when she had the chance, especially right after she killed another dude. Seemed kinda dumb to me.

Whoever had their dick in Andrea last is where her loyalty lies.

just read this the other night, yeah I was pissed.

Oh, dear God, this. I was practically shouting at my TV.

"Shoot him. Shoot him dead. Right now, you've got him, just shoot him. SHOOOOOOT HIIIIIIIM."

Yeah that was dumb. It clearly only happened that way because "it isn't time for Merle to die yet".

I watched the episode tonight after not watching any of season 3.

I. Am. An. Idiot.

Wouldn't be surprised if they're keeping Merle around to turn him from villain to antihero eventually (or at least something in between that that pops up from time to time). Of course, maybe he gets offed right when we return in February, but I think they'll explore that Darryl-Merle relationship.

And yeah, that might have been the best episode so far in the series. Very tense throughout, particularly the fight between Michonne and the Governor. Darryl and Merle are in a bit of a situation (though a word of advice to the producers...that cliffhanger might have worked a bit better without the preview right after it).

Tyreese also looks like he'll be a good character. They even got Cutty from The Wire to play him.

I don't think anyone mentioned that Shane made his "return" tonight. It was kind of a bad time for Rick to be hallucinating him. Is that going to be a recurring thing now? Him dwelling on Shane?