The Walking Dead: Do Newly-Released Episode Titles Hint at the Season Finale?

One of the persistent questions since the start of the third season of AMC's The Walking Dead was at what point various major events from the comic book series would happen. It's been widely assumed, after all, that certain key events would take place, mostly since the producers keep emphasizing that while the television series happens in a different "timeline" than the comic books, it's still fundamentally the same story and there will be some stories that are easier to work around than others. Some, like the big siege of the prison by the Woodbury "army," will be harder to avoid without creating a seismic difference between the two worlds. Prior to the death of Lori early in the season, many fans were speculating that the rise and fall of The Governor would all happen during season three, with the season finale telling the story of the decisive battle between Rick's survivors and the Woodbury army at the prison. In the comics, of course, Lori and newborn baby Judith (as well as a number of other survivors, including Axel, Hershel and Tyreese) didn't make it through that battle and while Rick and his group emerged "victorious," they still needed to flee the compromised prison. There are any number of reasons that fans have suspected this battle might no longer be the culminating event of the third season. A short list:

• Tyreese, who survived for forty issues in the source material and became one of the best-loved and longest-running supporting players in The Walking Dead, only just appeared last episode. It would be odd to cast him off so quickly, especially since the actor playing him is someone who's more recognizable than much of the rest of the cast were before joining the zombie drama.
• The show's first two seasons had the basic structure of "find a camp, live there for a while, struggle, overcome, the camp is overwhelmed and you have to retreat." Ending the third season by fleeing the prison would seem a bit redundant.
• With a trilogy of prequel novels, The Governor has become a bit of a cottage industry within The Walking Dead for Robert Kirman; it seems as though the writer is a big regretful that he let the character go so soon in the comics, and there's really nothing to indicate that he won't remedy that on TV.

...And now, another. The second-to-last episode of the season will be called "This Sorrowful Life." The title is the same as the sixth volume of Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead graphic novels. Following shortly after Rick's mutilation at the hands of The Governor, the story told the tale of Rick's and Michonne's return to the prison and their preparation for the coming war with Woodbury. The Woodbury siege that finally brought The Governor's story to an end didn't happen for another ten issues of the comic, or two more graphic novels. Does that mean anything, necessarily? Of course not; the midseason finale, titled "Made to Suffer," was named after the eighth volume of the trade paperback series, where The Governor launches his ill-fated attack on the prison. The two had almost nothing in common. Still, it seems to be yet another sign pointing in the direction of a season four premiere that takes place at the prison.