These two episodes are my favorites in season 4 because of two reasons - The Governor is my favorite character in both versions of Walking Dead and we get to see the world from his perspective. I loved how it started with him returning to Woodbury burning it to the ground after realizing Martinez and Shumpert ditched him. In my opinion, The Governor destroyed Woodbury because it was deemed a failure for him because he put all his hope and dreams into restarting civilization into that town. That and also feeling very ashamed for killing his soldiers, not wanting to be The Governor so to speak anymore
Then we moved to several months later where The Governor is literally a shell of his former self with tattered and torn clothes, long hair, and beard. He was a broken man ashamed of himself and actions, and who I believe planned on walking until he couldn't anymore and allow ' The Biters' to devour him. But The Governor comes across Lilly, Tara, and Megan. Megan especially reminds him of Penny and what he lost, so he keeps himself guarded not wanting to open up. But over time he does and he starts to change for the better. The Governor becomes close with not only Megan but Lilly and Tara to a degree. He feels like this is a second chance at redemption and to start over. So he completely abandons his life as Philip Blake and The Governor by taking on the identity of Brian Heriot. As far as The Governor is concerned his old life died with Woodbury
Fast forward to when The Governor and Lilly's family not only encounter Martinez's group but joins them as well. The Governor had no issues following orders under Martinez as long as Martinez was a strong leader who will do what it takes to keep their people safe. However, he is sort of ashamed of the conditions he's living in and problems like lack of supplies and protection. The Governor was tempted to return to his old ways, regain power and make the camp better than it already was, but he didn't want to be that man anymore. The Governor keeps his head down and does his best to fight his internal conflict from within. However, as soon as Martinez showed weakness and offering a co-leadership, this enranged The Governor and decided Martinez had to go. As he dragged Martinez to the pits, The Governor kept on repeating " I DON'T WANT IT DAMN IT. I DON'T WANT IT" which meant that he didn't want to become the leader again even though he more than qualified for the role remembering the events of Woodbury though made him not want to go there again
So what happens after Martinez is murdered? The Governor refuses to step up hoping someone like Pete or Mitch will step up and do what needs to be done. But as soon as he sees how weak Pete is as a leader and a person despite having good intentions, The Governor tries to leave the camp with his family and Alisha but were blocked from ' The Biters' on the road. It was at that moment in his mind, The Governor can't change who he is. He has to become that ruthless power-hungry leader who will do whatever it takes to secure his camp and the people he cares about. He does this by murdering Pete and forcing Mitch to bend to his will. From that point on the camp becomes a little more stable and secure
I honestly believe it was a mistake to go through with the prison battle and killing off The Governor entirely, he's more interesting, complex, and badass with more potential than Negan. It would have been awesome if The Governor disappeared after ' Dead Weight' with his new group from the series. Instead, we get a spinoff on them with The Governor as the main lead surviving together for like 3 seasons than have them return during season 7 or 8 in Walking Dead with the war against Negan. The Governor would have been a wild card for sure not knowing if he'll make amends with Rick or his thoughts on Negan then eventually have him meet Alpha and Beta
Submitted March 23, 2021 at 05:31PM by Global-Ant https://ift.tt/3lLChDq
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