Now that was a good episode. About 45 minutes in to the show I wrote this in my notes: "I still can't figure out where (most of) this episode is going." I mean, the Glenn and Maggie stuff was self-explanatory and just as it should have been, but the rest of it was kind of head-scratching. AND I LOVED THAT. I hate figuring out where shows are going.
We open back with the folks at the prison and Rick is filling Daryl in on the offer and the plan to give up Michonne to save the rest of them. Daryl thinks it's a bad idea and not that it matters, but I agree with him. Merle is busy shredding a mattress in search for some stashed weed and I realize how totally smart he is sometimes. Rick tells him the plan but doesn't get much back from Merle. Rick makes some comment on Merle not knowing who he is and Merle retorts with, "I'm a damn mystery to me." I love that line and plan on using it in the future. However Merle's got Rick's number and is the only one who could have made Rick re-think his plan to turn Michonne over to the incredibly vengeful Governor.
Merle chats with Carol a bit about how she's changed, etc. Carol gets to the heart of his allegiance, and surprising to no one, it's to his little brother. Speaking of the tasty Dixon brother, he's trying to get Glenn to forgive Merle for all that went down in Woodbury. It's probably not going to happen though, because Glenn wants someone to be responsible for what happened to Maggie. Daryl then finds Merle in a maintenance-type room. Merle proceeds to give Daryl a hard time about following Rick's orders.
Hershel is reading to Maggie and Beth from the Bible and as he does, we see Rick searching for some wire with which to tie up Michonne. He gets a glimpse of a pregnant Lori and is able to talk himself out of it. Dude is really struggling and my heart goes out to him. He just wants a peaceful existence and that's just not going to happen. Merle takes it upon himself to knock out and tie up Michonne because he correctly believes that Rick could never pull that trigger. Rick and Daryl figure out what he's done and Daryl, expert tracker, goes after Merle.
Glenn and Hershel have a very nice moment, which culminates with Glenn asking for Maggie's hand. AWWWW! (this means one of them is sure to die, right?) Hershel gives Glenn his blessing and then we get a rare but honest smile on Hershel's face. Glenn cuts a walker's finger off and then uses said walker's ring to propose to Maggie. Well he doesn't actually say anything out loud about getting married but just handing her the ring seems to be enough. Just ignore all the moaning walkers in the background and you've got a totally sweet and romantic moment.
Merle and Michonne find a car, he jump starts it and sets off an alarm. Meanwhile, a tied-up Michonne gets to fight off two walkers while bound to a post. Damn this girl is good. Merle cuts her loose and they drive off. During this mini-road trip, they talk and get to know each other a bit more. Merle discloses that he's killed 16 men since this whole thing started. Michonne picks up on the fact that he's actually kept count, meaning he's not a complete loss. Merle cuts her loose and sends her back to the prison alone because he's got something to do. Daryl finds Michonne and continues on after his brother. Merle has found a bar, some booze and some tunes. He's got a hoard surrounding his car and he slowly leads them Peter Piper style to the meeting place with the Woodbury folks. I swear we all underestimate Merle on a regular basis.
The walkers keep the attention of the Woodbury folk off of Merle who is now inside a building and is successfully taking out some of those Woodbury jerks, including young Ben of the Tyrese crew. Ooops. That won't win any favour from Allen. They finally realize what's going on and get the jump on Merle. He and the Governor struggle and the Gov actually bites off two of his remaining fingers. Wow. Then the Governor shoots him.
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