1. Keeping The Governor Alive
The season three finale was certainly not what we were expecting. People have mixed opinions on it, some thinking it was a fitting end and others thinking it was a bust. No matter how you saw it, everyone went into the episode expecting the Governor to die in a blaze of carnage. The comics gives us this as the Governor gathers his forces, including a
tank and besieges the prison in an attack that wipes out many of the main characters along with almost all of the Woodbury army. We even see Lori and Judith gunned down mid-escape in one of the coldest moments of the comics. The television show instead makes the attack on the prison essentially a farce and, by the episodes conclusion, the citizens of Woodbury flee to the prison to set up a new community. This is why the Governors survival was a great move. Hes a threat through so much of the comics but it seemed the entire Woodbury-Prison sage was going to be crammed into one action-packed season. This would mean the end of David Morrisseys brilliant portrayal of the Governor but instead we get to see more. Rather than dying while taking down the prison, we now get to see what the Governor is like when hes lost everything, a dangerous prospect when you consider his actions whilst he was in control or at least had an army to back him up. It also means that the main threat stays on the human element rather than reverting back to humans v zombies. The finale sets many things at ease for the first time in the series with the prison protected, Ricks demons disappearing and a community moving in. The most dangerous thing now is not the zombies, seeing as the prison finally has the means to fully protect itself, but rather a single man who has lost everything and wants to destroy rather than rebuild. What do you think? What changes were great and which ones sucked? Which was your favourite? Comment in the section below!