The Walking Dead: Should Have Killed That Guy When We Had the Chance

Tonight’s episode, titled “Arrow in the Doorpost,” was one of those times that you could just stare, slack-jawed, at the screen and say, “Really? Nobody tried to take that guy out?”. And I did–more than once.After all, it’s practically built into the episode; it’s not as though this is the first time it’s occurred to the survivors that their best bet for dismantling the Woodbury situation is to take out the Governor when he’s least prepared (just ask Carol about that). Sitting across the table from him, having a nonsensical negotiation that was not only doomed from the start, but which the Governor himself admitted he had no interest in, seems like a waste of time.Still–the participants agreed to a set of ground rules, and you can’t fault Rick for wanting to keep his end of the bargain, if only because a gunshot would have turned the whole area into a bloodbath. Had he shot the Governor during the handful of opportunities presented, it may have avoided an eventual siege on the prison, but in the moments following, unless they had planned and discussed it ahead of time, there would have been chaos and the potential for at least one fatality among the group.And who knows what was waiting in the woods for the sound of a gunshot to summon it?So, no–we’re not talking about the Governor, and we’re not even talking about Rick.