Home

"Home" is the tenth episode of the third season of AMC's The Walking Dead. It is the twenty-ninth episode of the series overall. It premiered on February 17, 2013. It was written by Nichole Beattie and directed by Seith Mann.

Plot
As the group debates their next course of action, Rick wanders after a lost friend. Daryl and Merle question their choices. The Governor restores order in Woodbury and makes plans to punish those responsible.

Co-Stars
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 * Andy Glen as Mexican Boy
 * Travis Love as Shumpert
 * Karenlie Riddering as Mexican Woman
 * Al Vicente as Mexican Man

Uncredited

 * Indigo as Regina (Deleted Scene)
 * Victor Waddell as Julian (Deleted Scene)
 * Adelaide and Eliza Cornwell as Judith Grimes
 * Dango Nguyen as "Mean Guard"
 * Russell Towery as "Woodbury Guard 1"
 * Brendon Cornwell, David Tillery, Joseph Setticase, Sherrie Leigh Floyd Billings, and Royce Munnas "Woodbury Citizens"
 * Demetrice Jackson, Don Teems, Jessica Mallory, Michael Maughon, Kasey Williamson, and Pj McDonnell as Walkers
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Deaths

 * Axel
 * 1 unnamed Woodbury soldier

Trivia

 * Last appearance of Axel.
 * With Axel's death, all of the prisoners have been killed.
 * The title of the episode, "Home", can refer to a number of things:
 * Daryl having to choose between being with his brother or going back to the prison group which had become his home.
 * Andrea dealing with her feelings about knowing her old group at the prison is still alive and that they are at war with her new group Woodbury which has somewhat become a home to her.
 * Axel describing how he has always felt safer inside the prison and how it was his home.
 * The driver of the bread truck is stunt coordinator Russell Towery, who portrayed a Woodbury guard.
 * Until now, it is the only episode in the television series to show foreigner characters.
 * This is the third out of three episodes of the third season where all main characters physically appear, the other two being "Killer Within" and the preceding episode, "The Suicide King". All main characters also appear in "Hounded", however Lori's (Sarah Wayne Callies) appearance is a voice-only role.
 * The truckload of zombies delivered to The Prison was called a "walker bomb" by Chris Hardwick on Talking Dead, as well as on The Walking Dead's official Facebook page.
 * During Merle and Daryl's argument, one of Merle's reasons not to return to the prison is because he nearly killed Glenn, who he mistakens as Chinese; he is corrected by Daryl by informing him that Glenn is Korean. Merle then replies, "Whatever." This echoes the first season episode "Vatos", where Daryl mistakens Glenn's ethnicity as Chinese. After Glenn corrects him, he also says, "Whatever."
 * The filming of the prison assault and the Yellow Jacket river bridge scenes were complicated by Hurricane Isaac, in August 2012.
 * Sarah flew out to set (via helicopter) just to reprise her role as Lori Grimes in this episode.
 * This episode marks Sarah Wayne Callies's and Norman Reedus's 25th episode on the TV Series.
 * Glen Mazarra has stated that he considered on killing Beth and Carl instead of killing Axel in this episode. He said, "Now the question is, whose death? To be very honest, I didn't want to kill off any of the major characters. We obviously didn't want to kill Rick. Carol was on the chopping block, but I didn't want to kill Carol, because we have a story coming up with her. We looked at the possibility of killing Beth. I don’t think that actor knows that. You know, I love Emily Kinney. But I felt that would have had too big an impact on the group. It would have just devastated poor Hershel. It would have taken him down a path I didn't want for the rest of the season. And we were already dealing with Maggie's feelings about her sexual assault by The Governor, so we didn't want to complicate that with mourning for her sister. We talked about killing Carl in that episode! We really did… unfortunately, you know, by the process of elimination, we got to Axel. Now I like Lew Temple's performance of Axel very, very much, and we were just starting to find that character and develop him in a way that we loved. And we probably could have had more stories with him. But The Governor was the main character in that piece. We needed to make sure he was not ineffectual. Because otherwise he's not a bad guy that could possibly take out our guys. So that was really important."

Comic Parallels

 * Rick hallucinating with Lori and kissing her is adapted from a similar scene in Issue 55, where he sees her as a walker instead.
 * In a deleted scene, Rick hallucinates Lori as a walker.
 * Hershel claiming that the group should leave the prison is adapted from a similar scene in Issue 45, where Dale is the one who claims they should leave instead.
 * Axel getting shot abruptaly in the head is adapted from Issue 47.
 * The Governor's first attack on the prison is adapted from Issue 44.