Tonight’s episode of AMC’s The Walking Dead will spread its wings beyond the two main locations for Season 3, the town of Woodbury and the prison, into new territory. A surprise visitor from episodes’ past has been promised to appear, and Andrea’s loyalty to the Governor is laid out on thin ice after she came within one shift knife stroke of killing him and ending the conflict between Woodbury and the prison. Online stream information for tonight’s episode is available at the conclusion of this post.
As last week’s episode drew to a close, Rick (Andrew Lincoln) assigned Michonne (Danai Gurira) and Carl (Chandler Riggs) to join him on a vital mission beyond the prison walls in search of ammunition for the inevitable second attack by the Governor (David Morrissey) and his goons. The preview clips for tonight’s episode ‘Peace’ show the trio will end up in a small Georgian town that has been fortified against zombie attacks. A sniper is holed up there, and the probable identity of that sniper has been outed all over the Internet. Spoilers are ahead so proceed at your own risk.
The sniper that Rick and his team will encounter is said to be Morgan, the first “human” Rick encountered after awakening in the hospital way back in Season 1. Rick had been trying to contact Morgan via radio up until the beginning of Season 2, but gave up after he and his group settled down at Hershel’s farm. Morgan had a son, but there’s no word on whether he will reappear or if he became a zombie victim at some point along the way.
Let’s say it is Morgan who Rick finds. This could prove the turning point for Rick and begin his ascent back into a position of sanity and leadership. For all that has gone wrong in Rick’s life since Hershel’s farm, realizing Morgan is alive and well could help jolt Rick back into his senses. He’ll need to be on his toes in order to take the Governor head-on again.
Andrea almost going through with Carol’s idea to kill the Governor shows that she’s snapped out of his spell. Only her uneasiness killing a “human” versus a “zombie” saved the Governor’s life. Andrea’s role will likely prove pivotal into the upcoming episodes headed toward the season finale. Maybe she will even sway Milton to break his blind allegiance to Woodbury’s resident dictator.
The Walking Dead: Season 3 episode 312 ‘Peace’ premieres tonight on AMC in its usual time slot at 9/8c, followed immediately afterward by The Talking Dead. This week The Walking Dead won’t have the Academy Awards to go up against so I expect ratings to tick up a little. You can watch an online streaming version of ‘Peace’ for a small cost at Amazon.com here starting early Monday morning. Each previous episode from Season 3 and past seasons is available to stream online (sorry, not free) at Amazon right now. There is no official live free streaming version of The Walking Dead to watch on mobile devices, computers and iPads / tablets.
