After all, if he's got someone in his ear telling him that these people are dangerous and deceitful, acting out against them is more in the interest of his people than any motivation he ever had in the source material.Īnd that jives with earlier comments that there would be a major break from the source material early in the season. It might go some ways toward humanizing The Governor somewhat, making him a more believable antagonist rather than just a moustache-twirling villain, which is something that the showrunners have expressed an interest in doing. That might explain why Laurie Holden, who plays Andrea in the show, is looking just this side of hysterical in both of the screen shots we've taken here-and why Danai Gurira's Michonne doesn't really seem to understand in the photo at left exactly what's got her so worked up.įor Merle to come across someone from the group, but not his brother, right away could put things between the survivors and The Governor's encampment at Woodbury off on the wrong foot in a big, immediate way that didn't (couldn't) happen in the comic books. Vedic technology signatures radiated all. With the buzz cut, the khaki and the fact that he's holding the gun with his left hand, we're pretty sure that's Merle Dixon. Curiously, the live sensors reported an undefined emergency condition. What's a little more interesting, at least as far as we're concerned, is the shot above, featuring Andrea and the gunman who takes her into custody.

Dead not big surprise