I’ll admit, I didn’t start watching The Walking Dead until the beginning of season two. Honestly, I hadn’t even really heard about it until a few days before I actually watched my first episode. But since that first episode, I have been hooked. I went back and had a season one marathon watching it all nonstop and getting myself familiar with the series. I did as much research as I could on the comics, and have gotten so hooked on it that I even shed a tear when Dale died in season two.
That being said, I hate this midseason break that always seems to leave you in wonder and want, making a person count the days until it comes back on. This midseason finale was especially memorable as it looks like all hell is about to break loose and Rick and the gang are going to be in the middle of it. So where do I want this series to go from here as the second half of the season is on the horizon? Read on to find out!
*Warning* This article does contain spoilers of sorts, with predictions for the rest of the series based off events in the comics. Viewer beware.
5. Andrea Needs A Reunion
This point seems a bit obvious because it seems like as soon as Andrea got separated from the group, we were waiting for her to be reunited with them. Nonetheless, loyalties will be tested between several relationships in this second half of the season and this is one of them. Will Andrea decide to stick with her new lover, the Governor, or will she see her old friends and return to them? It has been hinted throughout the season that she doesn’t really care as much for her old mates, as she thinks that they basically abandoned her (even though we know that really isn’t the truth).
What is interesting though is that it seems like she is starting to grow distant from the Governor and the way he runs his town. Add to that the amount of insanity the Governor has now presumably acquired and it may actually lead to her leaving him. Besides the fact that he is now crazier and more dictator-ish than before, and the fact that Rick’s group now has Michonne on their side, I have a feeling that Andrea might actually leave Woodbury and return to her old group, which will be a big boost, as they are lacking a woman as good looking as her and one that’s as good of a shooter as she is.
Although this reunion has yet to happen, another one already has, which leads me to my next point…
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According to the preview, we can see that Rick’s group is going to rescue the brothers, throwing smoke grenades to cover their feat. Merle is coming back to the prison with Rick, causing Glenn to jump at him, saying “What is he doing here?”. I didn’t see Daryl so he might have been killed. Hope I am wrong.
I’m pretty certain that both Dixon brothers will make it back to the Prison alive. Obviously I may well be wrong, but it seems likely due to the shifting dynamic that it would create. Daryl is effectively Rick’s right-hand man just like Merle was to the Governor, but obviously Merle has bad blood with the group and I don’t believe he would forgive that simply because they got him out of Woodbury alive. Daryl will become even more central to the plot as he is torn between the group he has integrated himself into, or his own flesh and blood.
Then again, maybe Merle really will forgive them for leaving him on the rooftop if they come back for him in Woodbury and I guess that is one big parallel to the beginning of The Walking Dead, they’re coming back for Merle rather than leaving him to die. This could turn him against the Governor although, of course, Glenn and Maggie will still have very bad blood towards Merle after what he did to them.
Also, although he is still alive in the comics, I don’t believe Carl to have immunity. The fact that he is becoming such a prominent leader when Rick is away leads me to worry more for his fate than anyone else. Whilst I can’t see him dying in the second half of season 3, it wouldn’t surprise me if he died soon after (assuming the show continues).
Finally, I agree Andrea is clearly going to have a very strong role in future events, due to the way her character has been built from the very first series, including the death of her sister, how she chose to die at the end of series 1 but was forced into living by Dale, how she tried to help Beth commit suicide and then getting left behind at the season 2 climax and eventually abandoning her saviour, Michonne. However, I have never been the biggest fan of her character and believe the way she sticks by the Governor, even when Michonne had him ready to die, was a bit convenient for the show’s plotting. She walks in, sees zombie head aquarium and his dead daughter / Walker, Penny yet doesn’t realise that something is seriously wrong with him? I know she may be falling in love with him, but she’s becoming more irritating and just plain stupid than anything. Plus i’ve never really found her all that good looking. Then again, I have a strange feeling that Andrea will in fact be the one to eventually kill the Governor. It just feels like the natural progression that the story is building towards.