Dead Weight

"Dead Weight" is the seventh episode of the fourth season of AMC's The Walking Dead. It is the forty-second episode of the series overall. It premiered on November 24, 2013. It was written by Curtis Gwinn and directed by Jeremy Podeswa.

Plot
A new and scary chapter is unfolding at a camp outside the prison. Will peace be attainable with the addition of new members?

Co-Stars

 * Juliana Harkavy as Alisha
 * Amy Dionne as Woman #1
 * Tom Turbiville as Guy #1

Uncredited

 * Don Elmore, Randy Gonzales, Rozalyn Yother Mattocks, Scott Smith, Emily Kelly, Steve Bowlin, Mike Wilson, Tony Cypher Greer, Vernon Swygert, Jimmy Cooper & Larry A. Williams as Camp Survivors
 * James Harvley & Joel Rogers as Woods Survivors
 * Emily Chandler Westergreen, Michelle Brannon as Walkers

Deaths

 * Shumpert (Confirmed Fate)
 * Caesar Martinez
 * Pete Dolgen (Alive)
 * Approximately 10 unnamed survivors at a forest camp

Trivia

 * First appearance of Mitch Dolgen.
 * First appearance of Alisha.
 * First (and last) appearance of Pete Dolgen.
 * Last appearance of Caesar Martinez.
 * This episode happened during the same time that the events in "Internment" were taking place.
 * Pete mentions Fort Benning, where Rick's group were headed in "What Lies Ahead".
 * The title of the episode, "Dead Weight", refers to Pete's corpse down at the bottom of the lake with a cinder block tied around his ankle.
 * The title also refers to Martinez mentioning that he was in charge and there would be no dead weight, meaning that if Philip's group were to join, they would have to pitch in and pull their weight.
 * The tank is a M60A1 Patton, which has not been in service in the US military since 1997. The standard service tank of all US military branches is the M1 Abrams. The M60 Patton is not even in reserve service. Acquiring an M1 Abrams for filming purposes is incredibly difficult, hence the M60s appearance.
 * "Dead Weight" is the least viewed episode of Season 4.
 * One of the camp extras, an elderly woman, also portrayed a nursing home resident in the Season 1episode, "Vatos".
 * The Governor comes across a sign that says "Liar" on it near a corpse. This may be a foreshadowing of Joe and his group. Who encounter Rick and his group towards the end of the season and have a tendency to use lying as a reason to kill other survivors. It may also be an allusion to what The Governor says before decapitating Hershel Greene in the next episode.