History Recap / TheWalkingDeadS04E08TooFarGone

* AdultFear:
** Rick worrying over Carl and Judith's safety.
** PlayedWith. Lilly worries about her and Meghan's safety when she sees a walker on the other side of the lake, then is relieved when the current carries it away. A few moments later, Meghan is attacked and bit by a walker that was buried in the mud before Lilly can get to her.

* OffWithHisHead: Hershel's fate.

* WhamLine: "...'''''Liar.'''''"

* NotSoDifferent: Both Hershel and Rick try to convince The Governor that they can live under the same roof, although this inevitably doesn't work.

* InfantImmortality: Averted spectacularly. Meghan is bit and eventually put down by The Governor, while Judith is presumed dead [[spoiler:until "Inmates".]]

* ConspicuousCGI: Hershel's neck wound, after The Governor slashes him.

* {{Badass}}: Daryl kills several walkers and troops, and destroys a tank, by himself.

** The Governor calls Rick a liar before killing Hershel. "Liar" was one of the labels given to the bodies of the soldiers The Governor found in the previous episode.

* CruelMercy: Michonne stares down at a mortally wounded 'Brian'...and then turns away, leaving him lying unable to rise in a field full of walkers.

* InfantImmortality: Averted spectacularly. Meghan is bit and eventually put down by The Governor, while Judith is presumed dead.

* KarmicDeath: The Governor finally pays for everything he's done courtesy of getting impaled by Michonne and shot in the head by Lilly.

** The Governor himself, when the prison group opens fire on him after he swings Michonne's sword. Not. A. Scratch. Being run through with the same sword (by Michonne), and a gunshot to the head (courtesy of Lily), on the other hand...

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Tyreese, who doesn't get beheaded like his comic counterpart, and [[spoiler:Judith]], who was subject to LudicrousGibs, along with her mother, by Lily.

** In the comics, the fall of the prison happened in issue # 48. This is Season 4, Episode 8.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Judith.

** The Governor himself, when the prison group opens fire on him after he swings Michonne's sword. Not. A. Scratch. Being run through with the same sword (by Michonne), and a gunshot to the head (courtesy of Lilly), on the other hand...

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Tyreese, who doesn't get beheaded like his comic counterpart.

** Lizzie, who tells the other children to get guns just before they kill the two soldiers trying to kill Tyreese. [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]], however, as the choice to go and do so leads to Judith being presumed dead.

** Judith's fate is left unknown, with Rick and Carl crying over an empty baby carriage smeared with blood. However, judging from Robert Kirkman's remarks and the lack of mention in the "In Memoriam" segment of ''The Talking Dead'', she may still be alive. [[spoiler: "Inmates" also confirmed Tyreese took her.]]

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[[caption-width-right:340:Are we too far gone?]]

** The Governor himself, when the prison group opens fire on him after he swings Michonne's sword. Not. A. Scratch. [[spoiler:Being run through with the same sword (by Michonne), and a gunshot to the head (courtesy of Lilly), on the other hand...]]

* WhamEpisode: Meghan, Hershel and The Governor die, the prison falls, and the survivors are forced to leave in different groups.

** Lilly and Tara's fates are left unresolved, with the former last seen killing The Governor in the midst of the prison field - which is already getting infested by walkers - and the latter last seen stumbling away in shock in the inner courtyard after Daryl uses a grenade.
*** Fates confirmed. Tara remained at the prison out of shock and Lilly allowed herself to be swarmed by walkers.
** Judith's fate is left unknown, with Rick and Carl crying over an empty baby carriage smeared with blood. However, judging from Robert Kirkman's remarks and the lack of mention in the "In Memoriam" segment of ''The Talking Dead'', she may still be alive.
*** Fate also confirmed; Tyreese took her.

** Tyreese, Lizzie, Mika, Luke, Molly and, if she survived, Judith.

** Michonne presumably on her own.

* KilledOffForReal: Meghan, Hershel, Alisha, Mitch and The Governor.

** It is later revealed that Tyreese rescued Judith. They were both supposed to be killed in this very episode in the comic continuity.

** The Governor himself, when the prison group opens fire on him after he swings Michonne's sword. Not. A. Scratch.

** Judith's carrier is found with lots of blood but without her perceived dead body, nodding to her [[SparedByTheAdaptation supposed death at this very arc]] and how [[LudicrousGibs extremely gruesome]] it was.
** In both versions, Lily kills The Governor because of his involvement in a child's death. In the comic, it's because he pushed her into killing Lori and Judith. In this version, it's implied that it's because he casually shot her daughter Meghan.

* MythologyGag: "Kill them all".