MANY YEARS EARLIER:

A man Gene Gavin use to be the leaders of Woodbury. Till one day Phillip Blake arrived.

One day, Gene shoots a man that attempted to flee. But the bullet also kills Penny.. Phillip does what you'd expect him to do. And after Gene "disappeared" Phillip became the new leader, as suggested by Bruce and Gabe, who eventually become Phil's closest friend.

Phillip responds saying he never saw himself as the chief executive type, and finished saying "I'd be Governor at best." Shortly after this conversation, Phillip started going by the nickname "The Governor."

A week later, Merle came to town, and Phillip welcomed him, as this was before Phillip

Cause unfortantely, power began to get Phillip's head.. Stevens said it in a earlier chapter.

STEVENS: He was a good man.. Emphasis on "was".. He was tough, but he was fair.. Phillip emerged as the leader very quickly.. But after a while it became less about protecting us. And more about 'enjoyment."


CURRENT DAY:

Alice is still upset about Stevens' death, but, she thinks she can carry on. Glenn asks what Merle said he was a drug dealer, and reveals to be Harpers dad. Much to Rick's anger, saying Merle abandoned her. Merle is about to responde but they get attacked zombies that have caught up to them. They all start running, but, one of them gets Merle's hand. He screams "Not today!" and rips it's jaw off. He kicks it off and Harper shoots it with her pistol.

Glenn is surrounded, but, Alice and Michonne save him. They all run to the car, Glenn goes to driving-seat, and the others push it out of the mud. They get in and they drive away. In the car, Alice asks Johnny if The Prison is safe. Johnny says that it has three gates and zombies haven't even been able to push the first one down. Alice says she was only in Woodbury because she knew she was safe from the zombies. All of the Woodbury people call the zombies "biters.". Rick and them stick to zombies. Carly says the dead sometimes.


Finally arriving at the prison, they see that every gate is open letting the zombies in. The yard is overrun by hordes of zombies, with Dale's RV seemingly abandoned.

Glenn panics; he wants to save Maggie by taking the car but drives it into a wall. Others are covering Alice, as she rescues Glenn from the car.

A zombie almost gets Rick, and he shoots it. He then sees a reanimated Otis lying half eaten on the ground.

Rick panics and shoots it dead. And tearfully tells Johnny "that thing was Otis". Johnny doesn't have much reaction. He than pulls out his Carbine and began shooting a bunch of zombie in a row.

Eventually it's revealed Dale and Andrea were hiding in the RV, and come to help the others after hearing the gunfire and coming to investigate.

Dale says that he saw Otis get attacked and Hershel get bitten. Everyone else is in the C-block. Martinez, who has an AK47, saves Andrea and introduces himself, while in the meantime, Glenn wakes up. After which they all make a run to the C-block except Dale and Andrea who go to a guard tower to pick off the roamers.


Rick bangs on the door which Hershel opens. Merle watching their back with the AK47.

After they all make it in, Rick asks Hershel if he was bitten, but he responds that he just caught some friendly fire, and Dale must of misuderstood.

Carl and Lori are also in the C-block and as Rick tries to hug Carl, he gets frightened when he notices Rick's missing hand. Lori and Carl are upset and ask what happened, and Rick just reassures them that he wasn't bitten. Rick says to Tyreese that he should gather everyone up to kill the roamers. Tyreese tells Rick, that he should sit this one out, because of his missing hand.

"Is Carly okay!?" Johnny cried.

"Yeah, she at that red haired girl hid in the back room" Lori said.

"I knew those would be together" Johnny chuckled.


A FEW DAYS LATER:

Rick and Carl take a walk around the premises. Carl is afraid of the bodies, and says he wonders if some of them are still dangerous. Rick, however, says it's safe. Suddenly, Rick remembers Merle and asks Harper were her legal father is. Harper says that she hasn't seen him in hours. Rick then comes to a conclusion and steals the RV. Not saying a word. Harper is left confused.


Merle is running back to Woodbury, across the forest. Rick catches him, chasing him with RV with a death glare. Panicked, Merle shoots the AK in vein and Rick violently rams the RV into Merle. He's still alive, barely, and he drops his AK47.

Rick bursts out and storms towards him, enraged, and starts ranting out.

"I knew something was off about you!.. You were gonna lead the Phillip Blake straight to us! You were gonna betray us! Put us in danger! Put HARPER in danger! YOU WERE GONNA KILL US!"

"Bruce Cooper told me to be a informant.. But you think I'd endanger Harper?.. I wasn't gonna tell Bruce or Phillip.. I was gonna bring my people.. The 'good' people.. They deserve to be safe! Away from that monster Phillip, and his two asshole buddies!"

"GOOD PEOPLE!? AFTER WHAT THEY DID TO MICHONNE!? YOU ARE A PLAGUE WORSE THAN THE UNDEAD! PEOPLE DIE FOR YOUR AMUSEMENT!"

"N -Not them.. Just Phillip, Gabe, and Bruce.. THEY'RE the monsters!" Merle cried weakly.

"Like your any better! Harper says you were never there for her!.. That your violent!.. JUST LIKE THOSE THREE!"

Merle tries to responde, but can't find the energy.

Still enraged, Rick asks Merle if he knows what people are capable of. Merle responds with "I think I'm getting...the idea..." implying that Rick is no different from The Governor. Rick strangles Merle to death with his one remaining hand, and coldly leaves him to reanimate.