After

"After" is the ninth episode and mid-season premiere of the fourth season of AMC's The Walking Dead. It is the forty-fourth episode of the series overall. It premiered on February 9, 2014. It was written by Robert Kirkman and directed by Greg Nicotero.

Plot
As Rick deals with old wounds, scattered members of the prison have to come to terms with their new environments and ask themselves if survival alone is enough.

Uncredited

 * Chase as Flame
 * Jake Garber as Joe Sr.
 * Hector Picard as Zombified Martinez's Camp Resident
 * Gino Crognale and Dillan Moore as Walkers
 * Unknown as Andre Anthony

Deaths

 * Flame (Confirmed Fate)
 * Hershel Greene (Zombified)
 * Joe Sr. (Zombified)

Trivia

 * Last appearance of The Governor. (Corpse, In Reality)
 * Last appearance of Flame. (Corpse)
 * Last appearance of Hershel Greene. (Zombified)
 * First (and last) appearance of Andre Anthony. (Dream)
 * First (and last) appearance of Joe Sr. (Zombified)
 * The title of the episode, "After", refers to the aftermath of the prison assault.
 * One of the walkers that Michonne uses as a deterrent to the other walkers is the reanimated corpse of The Governor's soldier that Lizzie killed in "Too Far Gone".
 * Michonne previously mentioned to Rick in "Clear" that she used to talk to her dead boyfriend, Mike.
 * The opening scene of the episode mirrors the ending scene of "Days Gone Bye" and also the opening of "Guts".
 * This is the last episode where Scott Wilson (Hershel Greene) and David Morrissey (The Governor) are shown in the opening credits (although Wilson's name is briefly re-inserted for the episode "A").
 * This episode was leaked a day early on Xbox Video.
 * The scene with Carl under three walkers mirrors a similar scene in "18 Miles Out", where Rick is the victim.
 * In the original script, when Carl is tying the door shut with the TV wire, he was supposed to say "Dale taught me." However it was later decided to have Carl say "Shane taught me" to create an even bigger tension between Rick and Carl.
 * One of the actors/zombies that piled on Carl was the same actor/zombie whose fingers were seen reaching for Rick through the "Don't open, Dead Inside" door in "Days Gone Bye". Another Actor/Zombie that piled on Carl was the one that attacked Dale in "Judge, Jury, Executioner". This was mentioned by executive producer Greg Nicotero on Talking Dead.
 * A reference to Jack Goodman, a character from American Wolf, was added in the episode. He was seen as one of the zombies following Michonne in the woods.[1]

Comic Parallels

 * Michonne looking at the destroyed prison and putting down Hershel's reanimated head is adapted from a similar scene in Issue 49, where Michonne arrives at the prison and puts down Tyreese's reanimated head instead.
 * Rick offering Carl something to eat, to which he does not accept is adapted from Issue 49.
 * Rick trying to kill a walker in a store, before Carl eventually does it is adapted from Issue 49.
 * Rick and Carl staying at an abandoned house is adapted from Issue 49.
 * Rick falling unconscious is adapted from Issue 50.
 * Carl luring two walkers away from the house and shooting them all, including the one coming from behind him, causing him to vomit afterwards is adapted from Issue 50.
 * Carl scolding an unconscious Rick about his past mistakes and blaming him for the deaths of their beloved group members is adapted from Issue 50.
 * Rick moaning as he wakes up, making Carl believe that he has turned and him being unable to put him down is adapted from Issue 50.
 * Michonne reuniting with Rick and Carl is adapted from Issue 50.