The Walking Dead: “Home” Episode Recap

One of the great things about a TV series like The Walking Dead, where every moment is fraught with implications for the future and almost everything can be a spoiler, is reading the preview copy–that’s what they give to news websites and TV Guide and the like ahead of time to put on the listings.Here’s the summary for The Walking Dead‘s tenth episode of the third season, titled “Home.” Let’s see how closely it syncs up with what actually happens: “As the group debates their next course of action, Rick wanders after a lost friend. Daryl and Merle question their choices. The Governor restores order in Woodbury and makes plans to punish those responsible.”Okay…well, what really happened?The episode opens on the prison, where Rick is clearing palettes out onto a fenced-in catwalk from which he’s scouting the grounds with binoculars. He sees Michonne crawl out the back of an overturned bus on the prison yard, and continues urveying the area until he alights on Lori, standing in her wedding dress near the burial sites of the people Rick’s group has lost.Walking down the stairs and across the yard, he walks to her, only to have her vanish just as he arrives. He can then see her on the other side of the fence, walking around the perimeter. As he runs to the gate to let himself out, Michonne notices and seems alarmed. Rick, in a rush, isn’t thorough about closing the gates back up behind him, but Michonne takes care of that.He sees Lori at the end of a short bridge over a pond now, and walks to her again. This time she waits for him, reaching out to touch his face, smiling at him. The pair of them are enjoying a private moment, as Michonne looks on, watching him obviously standing alone at the end of the bridge, and looks scared.

• As the group debates their next course of action… – lots of that.
• Rick wanders after a lost friend. – This one makes me giggle a little because it’s such an understatement.
• Daryl and Merle question their choices. – Yeah, I suppose that qualifies.
• The Governor restores order in Woodbury… –Not really. That was more Andrea. The Governor kinda just…left.
• …and makes plans to punish those responsible. –Yeah, I suppose. It’s hard to call that a “plan” exactly, just showing up and shooting, but it worked.