After

"After" is the ninth episode and the mid-season premiere of Season 4 of AMC's The Walking Dead. It aired on AMC at 9/8c on February 9, 2014, and will air on Fox at 9pm on February 10, 2014.

Plot Synopsis
The episode starts at the destroyed prison, with walkers surrouding the tank. Then, we see the Governor's corpse, Flame's devoured corpse and Michonne outside the fences. She uses her katana to kill approaching walkers and takes cover behind the gate's spikes. Then, she uses her old technique of camouflage and uses two trapped walkers as protection by tying them with ropes and cutting their jaws and arms. As she walks, she encounters Hershel's zombified head and puts it down with her katana, making her sad and shaken as she leaves the prison.

Deaths

 * Hershel Greene (Zombified)
 * Flame (Confirmed Fate)
 * Joe Jr. (Zombified)

Trivia

 * Last appearance of Hershel Greene. (Zombified)
 * Last appearance of The Governor. (Corpse)
 * Last appearance of Flame. (Corpse)
 * Last appearance of Clara. (Zombified)
 * Last appearance of Mike. (Dream)
 * Last appearance of Terry. (Dream)
 * First (and last) appearance of Joe Jr..
 * In this episode it is revealed that Michonne had a child and was married.
 * This is the first episode of Season 4 where no living characters die.
 * This is the eighth episode where the majority of the cast does not appear, along with "18 Miles Out", "Walk With Me", "Clear", "Prey", "Indifference", "Live Bait" and "Dead Weight".
 * After the mid-season finale on Talking Dead, Robert Kirkman stated that he wrote this episode, and took a scene right from the Comic Series, where Carl is guiding two walkers away from the house. This adapted scene is taken from Issue 50.
 * This episode was leaked a day early on Xbox Video, coincidentally when Carl enters one of the rooms in the house, under the TV is an Xbox 360 Elite.
 * In the original script, When Carl is tying the door shut with the T.V wire, He was supposed to say "Dale taught me" However it was later decided to have Carl say "Shane taught me" to create an even bigger tension between Rick and Carl.
 * One of the actors/zombies that piled on Carl was the same actor/zombie whose fingers were seen reaching for Rick through the "Don't open, Dead Inside" Door in Days Gone Bye. Another Actor/Zombie that piled on Carl was the one that attacked Dale in Judge, Jury, Executioner.
 * The inital shot of the walkers surrounding the tank is similar to the way walkers corner Rick at a tank in Atlanta in "Days Gone Bye "