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This is the season three finale of the Walking Dead and it's a great episode, but as a finale it's just awful. Now I'm grading this episode as a normal episode and not a finale hence my high grade. This episode results in the ultimate showdown between the Governor and Rick's group, but this showdown is disappointing. But I think that means we will be in for it in a good way in Season Four. As always, the acting is excellent and although I've never been a big fan of Andrea, I felt bad about her outcome in this episode.

In this episode, "Welcome to the Tombs," The Governor rallies his people to attack the prison, but both Sasha and Tyreese refuse to join. However, he beats the light out of Milton and stabs him multiple times leaving him to die and reanimate.....in the same room that Andrea is tied to a chair. When the group attacks the prison, they meet little resistance and they retreat. When the surviving members refuse to attack, the Governor takes out his anger on them.

Overall, this is a great episode especially concerning the characterization of the Governor. The Governor turned into an evil man, especially after the way he slaughters his army when they refuse to attack again. This also features great characterization of Carl as well as an emotional moment between Rick, Daryl, Michonne, and Andrea. I am definitely awaiting the next season. I rate this episode 9/10.

Milton is deadly wounded by the Governor and locked together with Andrea that is handcuffed to a chair. She tries to get free using a pliers that Milton left on the floor for her and before Milton turns into a walker. Meanwhile Rick and his group prepare to leave the prison.

The Governor leads Woodbury's people to attack the prison, but Tyreese and Sasha refuse to go with them and ask to stay protecting Woodbury. When the Governor arrives in the prison, he does not find Rick's group or any resistance, but out of the blue they are attacked by Rick's group and defeated. They flee to Woodbury, but the Governor decides to regroup his team on the road for another attack. When his group refuses to battle again against Rick, the Governor executes all of them.

However Karen survives and is found by Rick, Daryl and Michonne that are heading to Woodbury. When they arrive, Tyreese and Sasha are protecting the village but Karen tells to them what the Governor did. Now they team-up to find where Andrea is hidden in Woodbury.

The conclusion of the Third Season is a great episode, with characters disclosing their personalities. The Governor shows that he is a psychopath, killing his own friends. I was disappointed with Caesar Martinez and his partner that watch the Governor gunning down their people and they take no attitude.

Carl's come of age is tough in a violent environment and it would be good that Rick gives more attention to his son. Rick might be reaching his balance again since he does not see Lori in the end of the show. Herschel is the real leader of this group. But I really regret the loss of Andrea, and I expected that she could attack the Governor. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "Welcome to the Tombs"

Note: On 13 April 2016, I saw this show again.

So before the episode began, I saw an advertisement for the episode saying that 27 people would die in the episode. At first I assumed that included walkers, but I was excited for some type of action. Getting to the scene where Woodbury entered the prison, I realized that 27 including walkers was a virtual impossibility, so I waited.

Well, 27 sounds about right, and two of them being main characters who, for the second week in a row, you originally hated right up until they died and you saw where their heart was.

Now, the disappointing thing about this episode is what always ends up being the disappointing part of basically every season finale in history... the lack of closure that it gives. Sure, in a perfect world the season would have ended with the governor being shot (I really like the idea of Beth being the one who does it, that'd throw everyone off) and moving from Woodbury to whatever lies ahead for the group (without having read the comics yet). However, instead of that, they don't even show the Governor at the end, they just show the group getting ready for Andrea's funeral (possibly Milton's as well?) with the Woodbury survivors. I get the suspense concept, but we have to wait 6+ months to even see where the governor went?

The episode was good overall, definitely an episode that shows an even MORE insane side of the governor, but it didn't end the way I was hoping and I think it's incredibly disappointing that so little closure was given in the season finale. At least it makes me want to tune in in October, though.

I think it is safe to say that this was the biggest let down I have had all year. I even had a party at my house to celebrate the end of the season. The only thing that was remotely interesting was Woodbury's army riding up into the prison and Bowman letting that Gatling gun go off, which was just pure cinematography.

However, Carl being such a hard ass came out of nowhere, and he suddenly feels like he wants to start murdering people. That's completely out of character for Carl. Yes, I understand he has had to do a lot of really messed up things like kill his mother for instance, but this going a little too far and unreasonable.

The ending was predictable with Andrea, thats all Im going to say about that.

The Governor killing all but Martinez and Bowman was interesting, but when that happened at the 35 minute mark, I was so disheartened.

Now the one thing that really bugs me and makes me actually really mad is the fact that in "Clear" Rick decides not to pick up one hitchhiker, but in the end of "Welcome to the Tombs" Rick decides to bring the whole population of Woodbury into the prison. It's no wonder that Glenn Mazzara got fired, AMC probably saw that and said "What the hell is that?"

The previous episode was one of the best in the series, and I expected it to overcome it, but in the end it was a disappointment.

Positive points: I liked Rick's plan and he was quite intelligent. "leaving" the prison was a good move and saved it from a massacre.

The character of Milton had a good ending and I liked how they finished developing the character. the strength that I gain and stop being the lamebotas of the governor but still, nobody escapes from the governor.

The Woodbury massacre at the hands of the governor was epic and sadistic, and David Morrisey's interpretation was excellent. those facial expressions show madness and I love it.

Something I loved was when Carl killed the boy who was giving up. This was something that was built throughout the season and was a great change for the character. the darkness of the world reached him and leaving behind a little of his humanity

Rick's decision to join the Woodbury people was human and it seemed like a great change of the character and his way of dealing with strangers.

Negative points: Although I like Rick's plan, it ruins any kind of war, giving an anticlimate and very disappointing result. but even if the final battle took place in this episode, it would not have had the same effect as in far far gone.

to have the same effect, the governor had to be defeated in woodbury and disappear. Then come back and have carried out your fourth season plan.

Rick and the others had to live happily in prison, so that when the prison falls and everyone has to flee and the characters are harmed.

the end was rushed and needed to be built differently. The worst was Andrea's death. It was a stupid decision, a very good character, that this season was used incorrectly. His death is mishandled and, although the performances are excellent, a death was needed that does justice to the character.

The third season is excellent and one of the best. presents the first great villain, new facets of the characters, a new settlement and great balance between walkers and humans.

The Walking Dead's third season was one that left you wanting nothing but more every time an episode was done, no doubt this season was a roller coaster ride but the Season Finale didn't really cap off this season as many of us believed it would.

The Season Finale was good don't get me wrong but at the same time it wasn't what I pictured it was going to be. I set my expectations way too high.

Since the Mid-Season Finale the war between Woodbury & The Prison has been leading up to their clash come the season finale, & this is one that disappointed. The Gov. enters the prison, & they fall into Rick's trap immediately, making them fall back to retaliate. & I honestly thought the battle was going to be what was going to carry half of the finale, but something interesting comes out of Woodbury's attack & that's seeing the Gov. snap as we never seen him before, killing his entire army because of the fact of them not wanting to fight back. Now w/ the Gov. only left w/ two of his henchmen, it'll be interesting to see how he'll retaliate come Season 4.

What I found completely interesting about this episode is seeing the evolution of Carl. This episode proved that Carl is willing to do anything it takes to protect everything he loves & cares about, almost following the quote the Gov. said himself "You kill or you die" so Carl going into season 4 could or could not be a major case.

The shock value of this episode in which consists of both Andrea & Milton. I called Milton not making it to season 4 but his death in the way it came surprised me (mainly because I pictured something else in store for him) but I liked how Milton evolved in the past two episodes from a man who wouldn't even think of picking up a gun, to the man who tried to kill the Gov. himself. Now the Gov. stabbing Milton & leaving him to turn & tear Andrea limb from limb was sick, sure it took her forever to get herself lose but as soon as she did Walker Milton was coming towards her, you hear some screaming but the screen goes black, last thing that would come to mind is Andrea got bitten but that was indeed the case. This completely came as a shock to me because Andrea was the last character I could of called getting killed off this episode, but at the same time I felt like her time had come.

& to wrap it up, Rick has brought the remaining Woodbury citizens to the Prison, in which Tyreese joined Rick's group so i'm excited to go more into Tyreese's character come S4. Rick feels this would be a way to start forming a sort of civilization that Woodbury had, which will be interesting to see how that'll wrap up come S4.

The Walking Dead's third season was great! but it just didn't have the Season Finale everyone mostly pictured it'd be. Really looking forward to Season 4 & seeing how the Woodbury/Prison rivalry will continue, i'm glad they didn't kill off the Gov. in the season finale because if they would of, it would of felt as if they rushed the ending to this storyline. w/ the Gov. still out there, no one's safe.

I'm a Walking Dead-Lover! I really enjoyed this whole episode and have been waiting for this episode for so long! And I must say...I'm disappointed. The episode started that good, with suspense building up slowly and there are really some surprise moments, but the ending was shocking and had a perfect cliffhanger. So far, so good. But the thing that made this episode that bad, was Andrea. She was annoying the whole season long and everybody knew she'd die soon or later. If you want a advise, don't look at this episode more than once, because it really freaks you out! She's sitting there, with an half-zombie in front of her, but she needs to talk about everything, instead of freeing herself!And then she gets bit, although her hands are now loose. Glenn fought a zombie tied to a chair and she can't even fight a zombie with free hands! That makes 10 - 1 (for Andrea) = 9 Nonetheless: The Walking Dead is the best series!

One of the dumbest characters to ever grace this show. If she hadn't died in this episode I may have given up on it. I mean really, who stops when you're about to be eaten by a soon to be walker. Would have given it a better rating for her death alone but they made Carl become even dumber than usual, and Andreas toes were gross too.

Great episode but as a finale it could be better. The opening scene of The Governor killing Milton is so good. Seeing the governor and the Woodbury army charge the prison with The Governor's theme playing was so cool. The governor killing all those people shows how evil he truly is. Unfortunately, we don't see him again after this until the next season. Coral talking to Rick about why he killed he boy was cool. Me personally, I would've made Coral look at the flowers. Andrea's death wasn't at all sad, she wasn't an annoying character in this season like everybody says though. There is a peaceful ending to the greatest season of twd with all the Woodbury people joining the prison.

This will be a review of the finale and the season as a whole. If you like this review, stay tuned for more reviews of each season until I stop watching.

I can confidently say this was the best walking dead season yet. It is the best-paced other than a few issues not being too quick like season 1 or slow like season 2. This season had some new additions, including a new location, the sword-swinging Michonne, and psychotic eyepatch-wearing Governor, Tyreese, and friends; also Merles back! We also got to see Morgan again in the fantastic episode Clear. The prison was fun, providing some threats and shelter. The most considerable praise I can give this season is I am starting to be invested in these characters. Maggie and Glenn's relationship strengthened, and we got to see Darryl with Merle again, which was fun.

The biggest surprise to me this season was Lori; if you read my last review, you know how much I disliked her, and while she didn't become a good character, she wasn't around for too long. Her death was surprisingly emotional and significant. Not only was I surprised by how effective it was, but it also resulted in a baby, caused Carl to become a stronger character, and resulted in Rick becoming more interesting with him starting to lose sanity. When it comes to other deaths, T dog's death was well executed and upsetting, but Merle stole some of the spotlight going out as a badass on his terms with Darryl finding and killing him in a tragic scene. When it comes to new characters, Michonne, while very badass, was bland and one note at first. However, she developed in the latter half of the season, becoming a welcomed addition to the crew. The Governor is the first human villain, and he didn't disappoint while being very intimidating and twisted. Tyreese and his sister, while not given that much screen time, I can see eventually becoming welcomed additions to the group. When it comes to characters I don't like, I think Andrea was poorly written, and her obliviousness throughout got on my nerves; her death also wasn't that great. While not a huge problem, the prisoners introduced this season were killed off before the season ended, not providing anything new. The finale was strange; I expected a massive confrontation at the prison and was left disappointed. However, Governor Snapping was great. Andreas's death, while very messed up on the Governor's part, wasn't handled that we'll. While Rick taking Woodbury's citizens back with him was nice to see, the ending left Me feeling unsatisfied.

Overall, season 3 was really good, raising the stakes, improving pacing and character. The only thing keeping this season from greatness was The anticlimactic finale. However, leaving things up in the air makes me curious to see how they unfold next season.

Favorite Episode: Made to Suffer/Clear Least Favorite Episode: I Ain't a Judas Season Rating: 7.9.

Terrible finale. NOTHING got concluded! If you think the finale's of the previous series and compare it to this one, you will get where i'm coming from.

The "big" event that this episode came down to was Andrea's death. As satisfying as that is to 99% of us, that should not of been the major plot point of the finale. And how frustrating was it when she kept on looking at Milton instead of cutting herself free! I guess she died as she will be remembered, a pain in the ****.

The big "showdown" with the Governor and Rick's group never really happened.. it got off to a good start but then fizzled out and the Governors' group just ran away.... great. Then when he started slaughtering his own people..... why didn't they shoot back? They all had guns?

The only good event in this episode was Carl shooting the boy with the gun. This was thought provoking and i suspect people will be split as to whether he made the right choice.

But overall a really poor episode, especially for a finale.

I think a friend on Facebook may have said it best today: "I think the only reason I continue to watch (The Walking Dead) is so I can refute claims that it's worthwhile." I couldn't have said it better myself. I have never watched a show where a lead character dying or a series of people being gunned down meant absolutely nothing to me. And I can't even put my finger on it anymore. Is it bad pacing? Yes. Is it poorly adapted? Yes. But there is something else that makes me feel so apathetic when watching The Walking Dead. What was once a show I looked forward to, a season has once again ended with me feeling like this.

So, yes, Andrea dies. She is bit by the Woodbury dweeb after he was gutted by The Governor, who has lost any kind of sanity that he may have once had. But as she sits bleeding out and turning into a zombie, I really felt nothing. And I was trying to figure out why. One factor was that I really started to not care for her character as the series went on. Dating back as far as season two when she almost snipers Darryl down, Andrea always came off as the girl that acted like she had it all together when she really couldn't handle anything. She acts like she is the badass independent woman, but then she stays behind in Woodbury with The Governor for sexy times instead of leaving with her loyal friend Michonne, who had saved her from sickness and walkers int he winter between seasons two and three. Then she had multiple chances to kill The Governor and passed on all those moments. She even went to the prison for a visit and decided to turn back and stay in Woodbury.

And I know what you Walking Dead lovers are thinking."Tim, she wanted to save everyone. She didn't want anyone to get hurt." I hear your argument. I understand what you are trying to say. Andrea said it as she was dying. But why? Why did she need to save everyone? Why did she stick around in Woodbury for so long when all signs pointed to trouble? Why did she feel like she had to care for these people that mean nothing to her? People that she literally has no relationship with other than the fact that they are neighbors. It really didn't make sense to me that she had such an allegiance to these people that have done nothing for her. Isn't this the same woman who didn't want to bring an injured boy into the group on the farm? Her sudden change to want to save everyone seems stupid and I could have cared less if she died at the point she did. I mean, she deserved it. Kill or be killed. Top that off with the fact she couldn't hold off the dweeb in zombie form when she had taken out three zombies that caught her by surprise in the middle of the woods and it equals the ultimate you deserved to die.

On other fronts, The Governor and his Woodbury army drove right into the prison camp with the best battle tactic in mind: just run in and try to kill everyone. It was crazy when that didn't pan out. "Hey Gov. Do you think maybe we should form a plan here? It looks like the group is hiding on us. Maybe just running in guns ablaze isn't the best plan" said no one in the group. "They killed eight of our people! Let's run in like f****** idiots and hope that they are all just sitting around not prepared to fight us when a war has been imminent for weeks!" screams The Governor. And wouldn't you know it, The Governor's plan didn't work. So when his army of normal citizens bails and starts trekking it back to Woodbury, The Governor has the obvious response: cut off the truck and gun down everyone on his side. Duh. And the obvious reaction by all of these people that are, remember, armed themselves is to run and not draw on the pirate leader that has turned on them. OK, maybe they were just super scared and instinct said run, but how does Martinez or Fat Lenny Kravitz not stop the massacre? Martinez has shown that he does have a decent side to him when he talked with Darryl earlier this season, and the look on Fat Lenny Kravitz's face was all "I want to get away…I want to fly away." I can't believe they just get int he car and drive away with The Gov.

To read the rest of the recap/review (IMDb form too short) visit: custodianfilmcritic.com/the-walking-dead-3-16-welcome-to-the-tombs/

The season finale definitely had a few surprises. The drama keeps building and the finale was worth the wait. Where it concerned Andrea was a big surprise. So much of this season centered on her and it had you rooting for her in one episode and despising her in the next. There was a unique depth to the love/hate relationship between her character and the fans.

The Govenor's actions were surprising as well as his spiral into insanity is almost palpable. The ending left a number of story line options open for next season which is a nice change since we could almost predict the opening episodes of each of the last 2 seasons.

Now to have a TWD DVD marathon of all 3 seasons.

It is time for the Governor's second raid on the prison. Enter the Governor beating a random person, who is revealed to be Milton. Milton revealed he burned the walkers and the Governor decides that he should kill Andrea, who is locked up. Milton refuses and the Governor stabs him repeatedly in order to torture Milton and ensure he returns to eat Andrea as a walker. As the Governor leads his soldiers into Woodsbury, Tyreese and Sasha pull out and state they will defend the old and young left in Woodsbury while the Governor attacks the prison. The Governor then heads to the prison and Martinez and other henchmen open fire. They search the prison ground and killing multiple walkers and are blasted by flash bangs. Glenn and Maggie in riot gear fire at the Woodsbury members and run them off. Meanwhile, Carl decides to kill the remaining Woodsbury member who was disarming himself. Rick is informed on this by Hershel who decides that it was not self-defense. When Rick confronts this, Carl reveals he blamed Rick for not killing Andrew, who got Lori and T-Dog killed and the Governor, who killed Merle. Rick heads out and learns the Governor executed his own men, including Allen, but excluding Martinez and another henchman, from Woodsbury survivor Karen. When Rick's group arrives at Woodsbury, they inform Tyreese and Sasha, with the help of Karen, of what the Governor did. Tyreese also learns that people are held captive in a layer of Woodsbury, where they find Andrea, who was bitten by Milton and then murdered him as a walker. Andrea explains she returned to Woodsbury to execute the Governor, but could not because she did not want to see others die. Michonne cries as Rick gives Andrea his pistol, to ensure she will not return as a walker. Rick's group then takes the remaining Woodsbury members, assisted by Tyreese back to the prison. A decision only objected by Carl. Rick realizes that he no longer sees Lori, and off in the background we see a grave, either of Merle, Lori, T-Dog, or Andrea. Merle would be connected to Daryl, Lori to Rick, Carl and Judith, T-Dog to Carol and Daryl, and Andrea to Michonne, and the rest of Rick's group. The grave also is symbolism of the title, Welcome to the Tombs. Till next season.

Has anyone else noticed that every time Lori appeared to Rick, it had an eventual positive result? When she first appeared it resulted in Rick rejecting the new group offhand, a group whose season 3 survivors ended up being allies at Woodburry. When Lori dressed in white drew Rick outside the prison fence, this allowed him to be saved by the return of Daryl and Merle which led to at least some acceptance of Merle and resulted in his later important sacrifice for his brother and, by default, Rick's group. In Lori's final appearance, she led Rick to decide against turning in Michonne to the Governor and to properly allow the group to vote on its choices, allowing Rick to ease the pressure upon himself that was driving him insane.

Also, if you didn't notice it, Rick's group was not aiming to kill when the Governor's people attacked, just to scare. They drew these civilians who were mostly unaccustomed to battle into the creepy, claustrophobic "Tombs" section of the prison and then scared them with flash-bang grenades, smoke grenades, and the prison's alarm system. Upon the hasty retreat of the Woodbury attackers, Rick's crew were only aiming to hit the ground at their feet where one could easily see the bullets hitting from the dust they raised. Since Rick had given up dictatorial control, this clever and humane strategy must have been formulated by the group. Even subjected to lethal attacks they had preserved their humanity while still managing to win.

It was a nice episode overall and I can't understand those who wanted to see the Governor dying... I mean, it was a season finale, but obviously they have to keep you waiting for the next one... If the Governor died, I think that numerous fans would lose their anticipation for next season...

It was nice to see the Governor finally throwing his "good leader" mask and even better to see Rick getting over his ilussions and remembering his bright side again... I found the way Andrea died a little unrealistic, as I feel that she could kill Milton since she got free... I also didn't like that Shumpert and Martinez joined the Governor... Two episodes ago, when Martinez was talking with Daryl, I thought that he had some good in him...

Before I watched this episode, I thought the previous episode was the saddest, but now, I'm thinking that this is the saddest one. As the one who loves to watch happy ending or happy scenes, this is kind of too much for me. I'm not saying that just because of this one has sad things, it's not a good episode. Although I don't like sad scenes, I'd say it's still a fine episode.

To be honest, I don't like Andrea in previous episodes because she's so weak and she gives me the feeling of she's absolutely unfit Rick's group. Based on the past things she's done to Maggie's sister at Hershel's house, she's like she's the worst girl in the group. But seeing her got bit and died, it's kind of sad, no matter how much I don't like her.

That being said, at least that black guy and girl knew the truth about so-called governor. Otherwise, they will still think that Rick is a bad guy.

After season 3, I became to hate that governor guy more and more. I really want him to end soon which makes me eager to see the end of him. But I know that it's not going to be soon.

It's too bad that Daryl couldn't kill that governor guy to revenge for his brother. I still can't believe that Phillip would kill all those people. That's so cruel.

All in all, this episode is very sad to see. Andrea's death is the saddest thing of this episode. I wish she didn't die. Thus, her death makes me keep watching the next season, especially the death of the governor.

The final scene of Rick conscience finally made up. And the final picture of a cross, symbol of hope and renaissance (Christian Easter night).. WELL DONE WELL MESSAGE. GREAT FINAL TOUCH! Other question is, has Carl to be so tough at his age? Not liked the fact that no one knows where or the governor is up to. Michone great character, she finally opens herself to the group. Other issue, is the prison the final stay? Don't they pursue the zombie cure? I'd like to read the comic but it'd be less enjoying watching this series, that has only one flaw: it's starting in October: in 6 months! Get ready for marathons:-) Good work AMC.

For those of us who know the story, the Governor would have been killed a long long time ago. The screenwriters sold out and did not kill the governor -- which is their way of saying that the TV show is no longer in league with the comic book. I understand that the producers do not want to follow the show to the tee so that the show has it's own identity. So far they have killed Sophia (who is still living in the comic), they have kept Carol alive (who is dead in the comic), they prolonged Shane for a long long long time, they have kept Julia alive, they killed Lori early, they had Tyreese with the governor rather than with the group, they changed the storyline with Morgan and Hershal is still alive. All of that would have been fine since they are telling the story in their point of view--but allowing the governor to live was the ultimate sellout and it provided an anti-climatic end to the season that was highly disappointing.

Although this is not the first time I got disappointed by TV series, the finale for TWD season 3 sucks!

Bimbo Andrea is dragging the time, and she deserve to die! Where is the sense of danger gone? When you knew you gonna get bitten, the first thing, and the only thing in your mind is to free yourself first! for a girl who have long experience as zombie killer, she got emotion at such moment? stupid.

And please, how many times have the Governor escaped from death? more than enough, they should have conclude his story right away.

For the first time i have to admit, Telltale done a better job than Season 3 does.

I expect the rating is going to drop significantly for Season 4.

So what's next? Carl team up with the Governor against Rick? I'm loosing my interest to this series....