So by now everyone has probably watched the season finale of "The Walking Dead," with the long-awaited prison assault.  While it didn't go down exactly as I'd expected, in important ways I feel like my analysis of the probable result was pretty spot-on.  If you've been following the things that I jot down on this blog, you'll know that I've written two different pieces about the concept of Woodbury attacking the Prison Kingdom of Rick.  You'll also know that I thought that Woodbury had about the same chance of success as successfully navigating an asteroid field in The Empire Strikes Back...except the Governor is no Han Solo, and his "ship" is certainly no Millennium Falcon.  In other words, a snowball's chance in Hell, as they say.

Most of this gut feeling came from the state of the Governor's army...I mean, the Governor's a psychopath, so he's not going to get scared of much, but his followers on the other hand...well, they leave a lot to be wished for.  They aren't (err, weren't) soldiers...just giving someone a weapon and telling them to follow you isn't the same thing as actually training and preparing them to fight.

In the end, the Governor's assault on the prison was broken with ridiculous ease.  All the defenders had to do was employ a few flash grenades, and along with some help from the dark nastiness of the tombs and a handful of hungry zombies panic spread like wildfire among the Governor's grand army.  A couple of bursts of automatic fire and the victorious horde was reduced to a terrified mass of speeding motorists, running for their lives back to Woodbury, even though they weren't even being pursued.  This is the response we should have expected from them (although I thought that a lot of more of them would be cut down in the process of extricating themselves from the prison...actually, did anyone actually get killed in the prison?  I remain unsure, despite the statement that the recent attack was a bloodbath, whilst the Governor was attempting to drive his minions back into the fray).

Now we can all wait hungrily for the next season of The Walking Dead.  The lesson we've learned from this season is that it's harder than it looks to attack a group of determined people who have a fortress to defend.  And also that Carl may be a serial killer.  And that Andrea should've shut her yap and used the pliers with the quickness, as it were...and many other things.