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The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 14

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AIRED: 3/17/13

A traitor tries to sabotage the Governor's upcoming plans, while Andrea attempts to work her way back to the prison.

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The Walking Dead "Prey" Review: Chasing Andrea

Andrea finally came to her senses—sorta—but she couldn't save an episode that went nowhere.

By Tim Surette, Mar 18, 2013

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Very, Very disappointing episode!!!

4.0

By KingSonic1127, Mar 24, 2013

DID YOU KNOW: That Rick was shown only one time during the WHOLE episode!!! Basically this episode is all about Andrea trying to escape Woodberry, and she failed!!! BORING!!!! I sure hope the next two episodes are WAY BETTER than this one!!
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Prey - Walking Dead

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By thefanof, Mar 24, 2013

Way too much Andrea in this episode, and for over a year now. The character is unlikable and unrelatable, and her betrayal and attempt to have the Governor killed, let's just I am glad it was thwarted.

I think AMC needs to stop having these episodes with just a few characters (potentially to keep actors' salaries down, convincing them they are expendable) and just focus on telling good stories.
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Solid episode

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By Dicko101, Mar 23, 2013

I thought this episode was a solid hour of entertainment which for someone who only dips into horror occasionally had a decent slasher movie quality to it.

Sure, it didn't progress the plot much but lots of shows take time out from the overarching plot to deliver side episodes. There are still two episodes left and I think we can all be assured that these will be more or less 100% main plot related and will tie up most of the loose ends.

I've read reviews on here for quite a while now and I think a lot of posters watch for a wide variety of reasons. For some it is purely the gore and I think those are the people who are getting most frustrated with the show. For me there needs to be characters that I feel something for either positive or negative and I think you only get that with "slow" episodes. They need to be there in my opinion despite what some people on this site seem to think.

Regarding the hatred for Andrea on this site I can't really understand it. What you need to remember is that:

a) she was out on the road for a long time and that finding Woodbury and the Governor saved her, remember she was very sick and wouldn't have survived much longer. She wanted to believe him because she wanted to find a home and someone to care for and who would care for her.

b) we surely have to remember that the character Andrea isn't watching the show! She doesn't know what we know, and it is only as she has discovered more and more disturbing things about Phillip that she has finally turned against him.

As for some of the negative comments about the Governor being a hated character, well yes he is but isn't that the point? Every drama needs an antagonist and Phillip is definitely a spiteful, evil SOB who deserves to meet a grisly end.

So keep the faith guys. You might not agree with what I have written - heck I even liked the first half of season 2 so what do I know! But I think we can all agree that we will miss TWD in a couple of weeks time and be wishing the next 6 months away till it is back on our screens.moreless
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The Governor secures a bait (and, boy, does he fool the audience on that one!)

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By ionee24, Mar 21, 2013

In any scam there's a long con, the one card you hide from friends and foes alike until you secure the plan. We assume the long con was the slaughter of Michonne's escort. As in, any man who guards her on the way to Woodsbury, Merle included. Milton believed it was for Andrea to kill the Governor before that would happen, a con he ensures as he grows a pair and tells her about the Governor plans. However, neither one of them - nor the audience - saw what the long con really was: to secure a woman the Governor hunted down while she mistook him for the prey. The only bait neither Rick nor Michonne would refuse to go back for: Andrea herself.

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Andrea Runs Away

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By Neksmater, Mar 21, 2013

Andrea finally decides to turn against Woodbury this episode in just filler it would seem until the final showdown where Rick may or may not hand over Michonne. Her going over the fence and threatening Tyrese and daughter showed how desperate she was to leave. Once again, Tyrese proves to be the only person with any humanity, brains, or decency among anyone to not rush to conclusions, not put walkers into trucks, and letting people with free will leave the town without permission. It's almost like he's sensible or something, which is more than we can say about the other people at Woodbury. Milton also begins his own little rebellion with it being suggested that he may have set fire to the walkers the Gov planned on sending Rick's way during the meeting. Seeing Andrea go on foot with Gov in only a truck on his own was a great person versus person conflict. Their bit in the warehouse where Andrea is hiding was one of the scariest parts of the episode. I thought for sure the Gov was mincemeat when Andrea ducked out that doorway and all of those walkers sprang towards him. Guess Gov's just got that good ol' fightin' spirit because he does not look happy when he catches up with her later. His pulling her out of Rick's rifle view just as he might've seen her was the best timing for him to catch up with her. Milton's insistence that he knew the Gov before the Outbreak and his loyalty to Woodbury and him suggest that really loves Woodbury and possibly has romantic feelings even for the Governor. But Milton certainly has a good head on his shoulders, pointing out that merely killing the Governor won't solve the conflict and then Martinez would just be in charge. But Andrea's failure is not what I expected from this episode. I fully expected her to get there and to have the Governor give up chasing her, knew they were screwed and mount a full-out assault on the prison. The lack of seeing the base groups of survivors was a nice change much like the run episode where we bumped into Morgan a few episodes ago gave us time away from a few locales. This episode certainly was much more entertaining than last week's "measuring contest" between the Gov and Rick and their diplomacy which we all knew would of course go nowhere. But now with only two episodes left, and that nifty little torture chamber and the unrelenting vengeful Governor unleashed things don't look so hot for Rick and pals. Andrea being tied up in that dungeon makes me wonder indeed what will happen to her in the weeks to come, as much as I don't like her it would still be a shame to kill her after she finally showed some cajones after leaving Woodbury so suddenly. Not sure who could've set fire to those walkers but I'm sure it's either Milton or the other guy who Tyrese is running with whose wife Donna died as a way to get Tyrese kicked out of Woodbury for his ambivalence and he had been seen unwilling to help move the walkers into the transport. But Tyrese proved himself in the end of the episode and his surprise at the Governor's thing about the gas seemed genuine enough to me to convince me that he wasn't the perpetrator and there are only so many people in Woodbury with names and speaking roles that it could possibly be so our suspect list isn't exactly large. Can't wait to move into this season's as the prison vs. Woodbury will move into full throttle.

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- Michonne: (in reference to her Walker "pets") They deserve what they got. They weren't human to begin with.
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- Locations: The mill that Andrea hides from the Governor in is located in Grantville, GA. It is slated for future demolition.
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- Original International Airdates:
  Finland: March 24, 2013 on FOX
  Slovakia: March 28, 2013 on JOJ Plus
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- Viewership: 10.8 million
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