Prison Rick is traumatized after the death of his wife
Lori during childbirth, and abandons his responsibility as both a parent to his new daughter and the other members of the group, instead releasing his anger on
walkers.
Daryl steps up as an interim leader, and offers to go with
Maggie to locate
infant formula and other supplies for the newborn.
Glenn,
Axel, and
Oscar dig graves for their fallen, Lori, and
T-Dog; Glenn remains resentful towards the prisoners Axel and Oscar due to losing his friends as a result of their fellow prisoner
Andrew's sabotage. Glenn then goes to look for Rick in the prison tunnels, who is still mindlessly killing walkers. Glenn tries to convince Rick to return with him, but Rick throws him against the wall and Glenn, recognizing that Rick is in a dangerous head space, decides to leave Rick alone. Daryl and Maggie successfully recover supplies from an abandoned daycare center, and they see to tending to the newborn. Daryl asks
Carl what to name his sister, and Carl considers the names of those that they have already lost. Daryl later visits Carol's makeshift grave, placing a
Cherokee Rose to honor her memory. Rick has found the boiler room where Lori died, finding a bloated walker inside with no trace of Lori's body. Believing the walker had eaten her corpse, Rick proceeds to execute it, and considers opening it up to look for Lori's corpse but forgoes that. As he sits in the boiler room, thinking to himself, the phone in the room suddenly rings. He goes to answer it.
Woodbury The town prepares for a celebration as directed by
The Governor.
Michonne, still suspicious of The Governor, attempts to retrieve her
katana from his quarters. After getting her katana, she is forced to hide as The Governor returns and overhears
Milton warn The Governor that his celebration will delay his experiments. She opts to exit out a back window to avoid being caught and discovers a courtyard with several cages filled with walkers. She proceeds to open the cages and methodically kill them. However, she is caught and taken to The Governor, who orders her to become part of the "research team". This team, including Milton and
Merle, is tasked to bring still-animated walkers that are trapped in pits back to Woodbury. The Governor speaks to
Andrea regarding Michonne, warning her that she is creating tension in Woodbury. Michonne again tries to convince Andrea to leave with her; Andrea believes that The Governor will not let them go willingly, but is surprised that Merle allows them to freely leave the town. Andrea wavers, and opts not to leave, unwilling to spend another eight months surviving for her life. Michonne decides to leave on her own. That evening, The Governor has Andrea join them to watch Merle spar against
Martinez while surrounded by chained walkers. Andrea considers the event barbaric, but The Governor insists it teaches the townspeople to not be afraid. ==Reception==