Shocking Moments of The Walking Dead

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Season three of AMC's The Walking Dead has been leaving its fans on the edge of their seats in almost every episode. As the shows goes into their mid season break, let's look back at some of the most shocking moments this season had to offer:


#7. One Legged Hershel

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Since the beginning of the season, producers have been throwing all sorts of twists and cruel surprises to the viewers. One example is back in episode one when one of the characters, Hershel, ends up getting bit in his ankle by a zombie. Thinking on his feet however, Rick decides to cut off Hershel's leg to prevent the zombie infection from spreading. Throughout the whole first episode, viewers were wondering whether or not Hershel might survive but fortunately at the end, Hershel finally wakes up from his coma, fully human.

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#6. The Many Sides of The Governor
Being one of the new characters of the show, Walking Dead fans were introduced to the Governor around the third episode. In the beginning it seems like the governor was simply a heartbroken man that lost his family to the zombie apocalypse and is suffering alone. Of course during the scene when he's sitting down staring nonchalantly ahead at the heads of the victims he cut out of, viewers realize that the governor isn't really in sync with his mental health. After almost sexually assaulting Maggie and killing innocent people for their supplies, fans quickly made the governor their new character to hate. 

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#5. Walking Dead's One True Pairing: Andrea and The Governor 
It's bad enough that Andrea decides to stay in Woodbury and let Michonne fend off zombies by herself. It's even worse when Andrea ends up falling in love with a person that she really doesn't know fully. How long will it take until she realizes that the person she's sleeping with is a psychopathic, manipulative tyrant?

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#4. Where is Carol?
Those three words were on every one's mind since Carol ends up missing in a couple of episodes. Some viewers speculate that Carol was dead since Daryl and Rick found her scarf. Carol fans were in denial about the whole thing since her body was not found. Of course in the end, Daryl ends up finding the still alive Carol behind a prison door deep within the corridors of the south wing of the prison. 

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#3. Glenn and Maggie Getting Captured and Tortured
During their search for finding food, Glenn and Maggie end up running into Merle at the wrong place at the wrong time. Merle, who's still searching for his baby brother Daryl, tries to get Glenn to tell him about Daryl's whereabouts. Since Glenn refused to give any information, Merle attacks and kidnaps them and brings them over to Woodbury as hostages. As Merle tries beating Glenn into telling, the governor had other ideas to try and get Maggie to talk as well.

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#2. The Death of T-Dog
T-Dog, one of the long lasting characters of the whole series, ends up meeting his fate in season three. During a zombie attack, T-Dog gets bit in his shoulder while trying to fend off the zombies. On top of that, he ends up throwing himself into a group of zombies in order to save Carol. As one of the characters who didn't receive as many lines as the others, some viewers felt cheated when T-Dog was the next one to die.

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#1. The Death of Lori Grimes
Many fans were eager for Lori's death to come. But not all were anticipating on how she would die in the current season. Being one of the most hated characters on the show, some fans felt sorry for Lori since she end sup dying from giving birth to her baby girl. Others were left speechless as Carl, Lori's son, ends up being the one to shoot his own mother so she won't turn into a zombie. 


*following article was published on The Scribe newspaper on December of 2012