The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 6: Hounded

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Merle goes out with three other guys to look for Michonne. They stumble upon a message from her "Go Back" spelled out in zombie pieces.  A guy named Neil figures it out.  Merle can't pronounce Neil's last name so he just calls him Neil.  Ah, those rednecks can't pronounce foreign sounding names.  They hear a rustling and Merle taunts Michonne by saying she can't take all four of them on. Then she jumps down from a tree chops off one of the guy's head and stabs evil Glenn then runs off when Merle shoots at her.

They start to go after her when she comes back for a second go. She slices at Neil and fights Merle and both fall to the ground. Then a few zombies join the party. Neil kills two, Merle stabs one with his bayonet arm, and Michonne slices open a zombie and gets zombie guts all over her. By the time Merle and Neil have regrouped she's gone. Neil wants to keep going after her but Merle says she is as good as dead since she is injured and going into the dangerous "red zone." Neil says he won't lie to the Governor so Merle shoots him in the head. You think Neil would have known by now how Merle would react.

Michonne grabs her stuff and heads out when she comes upon a group of zombies. She's about to pull out her sword when they just pass by her. She looks down at her top covered in zombie guts. The smell of dead guts has masked her own smell.

Andrea decides that she likes Woodbury and wants to be a part of it.  She even admits that she liked zombie gladiators.  She volunteers to keep watch on the wall.  The Governor okays it and wants her to learn to use a bow and arrow.  Andrea is teamed up with a teenage girl that had to kill her dad and brother.  They bond over having to kill relatives that have turned into zombies.  A walker approaches the wall and the girl shoots and misses twice.  Andrea jumps down and stabs the zombie in the head with her knife.  The girl yells at her that going over the wall is against the rules.  Andrea is no longer going to be working security on the wall.  And then she hops into bed with the Governor.


Bad connection

Rick answers the phone and we hear a woman's voice. She tells him that they have been calling that number since the zombiepocalypse started. She is somewhere safe but won't tell Rick where that is. He wants to go to there. He begs for her to let his group join them. He has a son and a new born. She doesn't trust him but says she will call back in two hours after she has spoken to her group. Rick just wants to plead his case. Rick cleans himself up and checks in on the group. He gives orders and leaves without looking at the baby. He goes back to the phone and waits the two hours there. The phone rings and a man is on the other end. He wants to know more about Rick. Has he killed anyone? Yes, four. But they were all in self defense. How did your wife die? I don't want to talk about it. Click.

Hershel hobbles down to Rick's new room and tells him he is a good listener and is there for Rick. Rick doesn't want to talk about Lori but he does tell Hershel about the woman on the phone. Hershel picks up the phone and listens for a dial tone. Nothing. He asks Rick some more questions and he seems to think Rick has lost it. But Rick wants to go to this safe haven where the lady on the phone lives. He won't listen to reason.

Daryl shares a moment with Carl. He tells Carl about how his own mother died. She smoked in bed and it caught on fire and she was burnt down to nothing. 

Carl tells Daryl that he had to shoot his own mother.  Daryl and Carl both tell each other how sorry they are that they lost their mothers.  Daryl loves to pull on viewers heartstrings.  While Daryl, Carl, and Oscar where clearing out the rest of the cell block they kill a zombie that had Carol's knife in its neck.

Is Rick really talking to someone or is his brain giving him what he wants the most at the moment. My suspicions seemed to be confirmed when another woman calls back and calls Rick by his name and tells him he needs to talk about his wife's death. It is Rick's brain telling him what he needs to do so he can heal. When the phone rings for a third time another woman's voice is on the line. This time Rick recognizes the voice. It is Lori. She tells him he spoke to Amy, Jim and Jackie earlier. Rick realizes it is all in his head. But he finally gets to have the conversation with Lori that he wanted. He tells her he loves her and that all he wanted was to find someplace safe for her and Carl.


Let's go shopping

Maggie and Glenn go on a run into a nearby town for some ammo and more baby formula. Michonne spots them and hides behind a car. As they are packing up to go Merle shows up.

I'm not crazy, really I'm not.

He wants them to take him to see Daryl. Glenn says he will go back and tell Daryl to come back for Merle. He doesn't trust Merle and I don't blame him. Merle shoots at them and grabs Maggie at gunpoint. He forces Glenn to drive them back to Woodbury. Merle knocks on the door and interrupts the Governor and Andrea in bed. Oh Andrea, why oh why do you have the worst taste in men?

Daryl is angrily playing with Carol's knife.  He is still processing her death.  He decides to kill the zombies that have been pushing against a door in the hallway. 

Reunited and it feels so good.

He swings the door open and is ready to attack when he finds Carol.  I was hoping it would be her.  We never did see a body so I thought there would be a good possibility of finding her alive.  Carol and Daryl reunited!

Rick goes back out into the light and joins Carl, Beth, Hershel and baby girl in their living quarters. He holds his baby girl for the first time. They walk out into the courtyard when Rick notices something by the gate. He walks to the gate and we see a line of zombies pushing against the fence and in the middle we see Michonne with a shopping basket filled with baby formula (the basket that Glenn and Maggie left behind). She and Rick just stare at each other.