Something crazy happened in last weeks episode [season 3 episode 15]of The Walking Dead. We've hated Merle for 3 entire seasons, and with one act of compassion, he redeemed himself in the audiences eyes. He then sacrifices himself to try to save a group that never accepted him, even a little, aside from his loving yet highly confused brother Daryl. Or was it more the heartbreaking moment that Daryl finds his misguided brother eating the guts of a victim. Michael Rooker and Norman Reedus aka "The Dixon Brothers"; talk about Merle's death all over the inter-webs. The Walking Dead is No. 1 in The Hollywood Reporter's Power Rankings. Plus, Gale Anne Hurd offers a sneak peek at Season 4 and the Season 3 finale. Read on for more:
• Entertainment Weekly talks about Merle's death and then his second death, with Michael Rooker. It turns out that Rooker didn't like playing undead Merle, saying: "Dude, all I can say is, I'm glad a dead zombie now, because I wouldn't want to do that everyday. Trust me. No, not a fun time."
• In a Q&A with TV Guide, Michael Rooker tells his theory why he thinks Merle went after the Governor and his men all alone, and let Mishonne go.
• Norman Reedus has an interview with Entertainment Weekly about Merle's deaths, as well as Daryl's reaction to it at the end of the episode: "I just wanted to be crushed in a way you see my heart break." And that was plain to see as he stabbed his brother repeatedly in the face. It was almost as if he was mad at Merle for dying, or at Merle for making him be the one to have to do it.
• In The Hollywood Reporter, Norman Reedus says that Daryl "wants a ferocious revenge, he doesn't just want to see justice -- he wants to rip his [the Governor] head off." And who wouldn't? Clearly the Governor did one of The Walking Dead's only taboos. He purposefully shot Merle in the heart instead of the head, because he knew that the group would find him turned to a walker. It's looking bad for him, should Daryl ever get a hold of him.
• The Walking Dead is #1 on the The Hollywood Reporter's power rankings: "This series just gets better every season -- sometimes every episode." Something no Sci-Fi show has done since Lost. Honestly though, who cares about an island with smog monsters, when you can have a world full of walkers and awesome characters that you can only find in a show like The Walking Dead? Lost who?
• Gale Anne Hurd gives a sneak peek to Season 4 and the last episode of Season 3 to Zap2it, saying the final 3 episodes of the season were going to be "intense and shocking.", and from the way the last 2 episodes ended, I don't think she was far off the mark, leading me to believe this season finale is going to be something to remember.
• On CNBC, the creator of The Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman talks about the worlds economy, and why he thinks it actually connect to why people are loving the show.
• Andrew Lincoln tells E! Online that, in the Season 3 finale, "Something happens that I find incredibly shocking that relates directly to my character and the prison family." This seems to have stirred up the proverbial hornets nest amongst fans, as rumors run rampent about what he could have meant by this. One of the most popular theories as of this date, is yet another character will die. The front runners in this is Carl, and Maggie. We won't know for sure until it happens this Sunday, March 31st 2013, in order to know for sure.
• TV Guide spotlights Laurie Holden, who warns, "It's a heartbreaking end for everyone." Holden also tells Us Weekly, "There are no happy endings. We all have a shelf life. We're all expendable."
• Melissa McBride talks to Access Hollywood about Carol's state of mind: "She loves her Team Prison. She loves them and she's gonna fight. It's the only thing she has left, you know?" I've personally wanted to see Carol be the bad-ass we all know she could be, yet this season has just let us see her hide in a prison cell, waiting for Daryl to save her. I also hope they stop screwing around and get her and Daryl together all ready. We all know it's going to happen.
• Larry King interviews Laurie Holden and David Morrissey about how there's no job security on a show like The Walking Dead.
• David Morrissey tells the New York Daily News how "the real joy is for me that we film it [The Walking Dead] in Atlanta in the South. So I am surrounded by the accent, as all the crew are from there." Morrissey also chats with Access Hollywood and Los Angeles' KTLA.
• Zimbabwe's The Standard interviews Danai Gurira, who discusses the challenge of acting in The Walking Dead. I'd imagine it would be quite the challenge, as you never know when your character is going to get eaten.
• The Tampa Bay Times speaks with Lauren Cohan about Merle's death: "It's a shame because we'd all just begun to love the character and understand where he is coming from."
• toofab talks about the "not covered in grime" women of The Walking Dead -- Laurie Holden, Lauren Cohan and Danai Gurira. It's kind of strange seeing them not covered in blood and dirt. They clean up pretty nice.
• Business Insider looks at how they ended making Merle's "totally awesome shootout." It took a small army to pull off one of the best shootouts of the season.
• Allure talks to Greg Nicotero about how they pull off the zombie make-up every week, including the "four bottles of conditioner, ten gallons of 'blood,' and an assembly line of makeup artists." This just proves that everyone is on The Walking Dead bandwagon.
• Business Insider finds out the 13 things Producer David Alpert can tell us about what we can all expect at the end of this season. He actually gives away some pretty juicy tidbits. Head on over and read them for yourself.
• The Orange County Register newspaper examines why The Walking Dead is such a big success. The number one reasons being that the show is exceptionally well written, and very well acted.
• The Orlando Sentinel reports that The Walking Dead was the top rated television show on cable. A fact that hasn't changed for over three years now, but any fan of The Walking Dead can easily tell you that.
• The Los Angeles Times takes a retrospective look back at all the people who've kicked the bucket on The Walking Dead and speculates about five others "who might be in grave danger." Meanwhile, the Orlando Sentinel and the Boston Herald try to figure out who's next on the grim reapers list.
• Dread Central highlights the trailer for The Walking Dead's season finale. If you're looking for an in depth analysis of the trailer this is exactly where you need to go.
• Yet another article from The Orange County Register says The Walking Dead is: "The hottest show on cable closes out the season in what promises to be spectacular fashion." If anyone doubts this, they clearly haven't been watching the rest of the season.
• ComicBook.com puts up the best Merle quotes from last week's episodes, and lets face it, he had quite a few good ones. My favorite is still when he calls Rick Grimes "Officer Friendly" as they discuss turning over Michonne to the Governor.
• Uproxx has one of the most interesting articles, about how The Walking Dead has TONS of similarities with Toy Story of all things. You have got to read this. You'll be surprised.
• St. Paul Pioneer Press talks about 8 actors who are doing a fine job pretending to be American, including Andrew Lincoln and David Morrissey.
• While looking into ad sales for the cable vs. broadcast networks, Variety writes The Walking Dead is "as big as anything on broadcast among young adults."
• In yet another article from The Hollywood Reporter, Robert Kirkman and Michael Rooker will be Chris Hardwick's on the BBC America's show The Nerdist on April 6.
• Again, here's another Entertainment Weekly TV Jukebox includes Voxhaul Broadcast's "You Are the Wilderness" from "Prey," saying, "Voxhaul's David Dennis's yowl conveyed the terror in Andrea's heart that her covered mouth couldn't speak but her eyes betrayed."
• Multichannel News cites research that shows "an incredible level of engagement" from The Walking Dead fans, saying that they only talk to one another during commercials, and after the show. I for one can confirm this. I won't let anyone speak while the show is on, but the second a commercial comes on, we all bust out in our theories on what's about to happen, or our ranting about what horrible thing just happened.
There you have it friends. There seems to be no end to the amount of news coverage that this show will get. We love it, and apparently so does everyone in the media. But what's not to love right? So go forth and read all about our favorite walker killing group before this Sunday when all Hell breaks loose upon the prison and its inhabitants. Good luck to the gang, I hope none of you get killed.
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