Remember the folks at the prison? The ones we have so many burning questions about? Well, put those thoughts on hold once again as we continue on The Governor's journey. This episode picks up with The Governor, Lilly, Tara and Meghan bumping into Martinez during their escape from a hoard of Walkers, and the nonsense just continues after that. Here's where we are after the "Dead Weight" hour:
Martinez has his own group of followers these days. He and the Governor exchange very few words before Lilly asks "Are you okay, Brian?" Martinez goes with it. He tells The Governor that he and his new family can join the Martinez camp but there are two rules. 1) Martinez is in charge and 2) No dead weight. My how the tables have turned. Martinez reveals later on that he wouldn't have allowed The Governor to come back with him at all if he hadn't been traveling with the two women and child. Oh, and Shumpert's dead....not that anyone cares about that.
The Governor takes the opportunity to stick with Martinez. Once his group settles in we see him hanging clothes on a line and playing chess with Meghan. "You can't think forever. Sooner or later you gotta make a move" he tells her. Meghan has daddy issues though. She tells The Governor that her dad was always mean to her. She wonders if she's "bad." Considering her dad went to the store one day and never came back, I'm pretty sure that's not Meghan's fault. Maybe he's just a jerk. Or maybe Tara's confident uselessness drove him away. Regardless, Meghan wants assurance that "Brian" and her family are going to be okay. She also wants "Brian" to tell her that all of them are "good," as in good people. He can't quite come up with a response...and when the camera pans out we see that the clothes line is strung between a camper (ala Season 1) and a tank. So really, Camp Martinez represents both sides of The Governor. On the one hand, he's a villain who will take out anything in his way. On the other, he's trying to be a family man and live more simplistically.
The Governor goes on a run with Martinez, Mitch and Pete. As they walk through the woods (there is a lot of walking through the woods in this episode), they come across a headless guy tied to a tree. He has a sign with the word "liar" attached to him. Heh. The Governor looks like he's sweating a little. As the men move on, the encounter another headless man tied to a recliner. He has a "rapist" sign on his chest. Oh wow. I immediately think of Maggie. Sure, she wasn't raped in that scene, but The Governor should really be feeling uneasy right now. The final man they come across has a head and a self inflicted gun shot would to go with it. His sign says "murderer" and he's holding on to a family picture. That pretty much sums up the one-eyed bastard, doesn't it?
The awkward foursome scavenge what they can find in the murderer's house, where they also find the Walker version of the murderer's wife and daughter as well as the heads of the rapist and liar. We also learn that Mitch is a total pussy and maybe shouldn't go on runs anymore. At any rate, the guys find beer and have a bro night, talking about what each of them did before the zombie apocalypse. Mitch was an ice cream truck driver (explains a lot) before becoming a tank operator in the army....because, you know, one leads to the other. Pete was also in the army. He asks The Governor what he did when everything went bad, The Governor replies "I survived."
Back at camp, Martinez's other companion Alisha is on the mend with a nasty cut on her hand. Lilly dresses her wounds while Alisha and Tara get their flirt on. When the guys return they all share a happy family meal together where we learn that Martinez had been a priest. WHAT? I wouldn't have guessed that one. Everyone loves the story and being together and it's almost too good to be true. "Brian," however, is in sulking mode. Clearly he wants to be the leader, the provider, the doer. He doesn't want Lilly to show gratitude to Martinez or any of the other dudes.
The precious moment ends when Tara and Alisha head off to make out or something, but Martinez wants The Governor to turn that frown upside down. The two climb to the top of the camper to hit some golf balls like they did in the olden days of Woodbury. The Governor's not having a good time though. Martinez offers to "share the crown" but we all know The Governor is not one for sharing. He takes a golf club to Martinez's head, kicks him off the camper, then feeds him to bunch of Walkers. It's pretty gross.
Mitch tells the group (there are way more people than I thought there were) at Camp Martinez that he found Martinez's remains in the pit. He says Martinez must have been hitting some golf balls, got drunk, then fell in. Surrrre he did. Pete wants to step up as the new leader but some random bearded guy calls for a vote. Tara starts talking and I'm annoyed. Pete states that he is the leader and a vote will take place in the next couple of days. So for now we're just going to rename the area Camp Pete.
The next item of business is more walking through the woods, so off Pete, Mitch and The Governor go to hunt. They come across another camp of people with many clothes lines and tons of supplies. Mitch wants to rob them but Pete wants to find supplies without hurting anyone. Maybe Mitch decided he doesn't want to be a pussy anymore. The two bicker, but by the time Pete begins to reconsider, it's too late. Someone else has already raided the camp and killed its inhabitants. Mitch is pissssssed. He stabs the one camp resident who was still alive and Pete scolds him. The Governor observes....and I don't see this ending well for Pete. It's a shame too because he has great hair.
"Brian" goes back to his camper and flips out. He tells Lilly and Meghan to pack their shit because they are getting the hell out of there. He takes Meghan, Lilly, Tara and Alisha (awww) and they peace out that night. Well, they start to anyway. There's a big ole mud hole in the middle of the road and the hole is filled with a bunch of stuck Walkers. That car is going nowhere.
Onto plan B. The Governor pays Pete a visit and kills him. He then knocks on Mitch's door, gun in hand. I have to pause my TV for a second an take a walk around my living room. I just hate this man. I hate that so far two hours of this season have been spent on a character that should have died at the end of Season 3. I'm tired of The Governor. He tells Mitch that he killed Pete. He talks about cigarettes and bonding and Pete being a weak leader....and blah blah blah. "I'm running things now. And I will do whatever it takes to protect this camp." The Governor basically offers Mitch a spot as his right hand and Mitch accepts (careful dude - that didn't work so well for Martinez).
The community apparently buys the "Pete died on a run" story the same way they bought the "Martinez must have fallen off the camper and then stumbled into a pit of Walkers" story. Seems none of this is suspicious at all. The Governor is running the show just like he had been doing at Woodbury and he decides that Camp Martinez Pete Brian needs to relocate to a better place. Hmmm. Wherever could he be thinking of relocating to? Just then a Walker attacks Meghan outside (perfect timing), setting up the "we are no longer safe" mentality, which we will probably see more of in the next episode. The attack also proves that once again Tara is useless. She tugs at the Walker's decaying flesh to try to save Meghan..."Brian" ends up shooting the Walker and really saving them both. Groan. The hour ends with The Governor taking a solo trip to the prison, looking around at the people outside, and pointing a gun in Michonne and Hershel's direction.
Good lord. I'm beyond frustrated. My only saving grace is knowing based on the previews that next week will not be "The Governor Show, Starring The Governor." It's also the mid season finale, and if The Governor doesn't meet his end before the break, The Walking Dead will have one very unhappy viewer.
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