Too Far Gone

"Too Far Gone" is the eighth episode and mid-season finale of the fourth season of AMC's The Walking Dead. It is the forty-third episode of the series overall. It premiered on December 1, 2013. It was written by Seth Hoffman and directed by Ernest Dickerson.

Plot
Just when everything started to calm down at the prison, Rick and his group now face imminent danger and destruction. This time, they might not win.

Co-Stars
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 * Juliana Harkavy as Alisha
 * Sherry Richards as Jeanette
 * Luke Donaldson as Luke
 * Kennedy Brice as Molly

Uncredited

 * Tinsley and Anniston Price as Judith Grimes
 * Santiago Cirilo as Julio
 * Becky Shaw as "Achey Woman"
 * Will Martin as "Sick Teenager"
 * Denny Ainsworth as "Woodbury Resident"
 * Deanna Dixon as "Woodbury Resident"
 * Adam Daniels as "Prison Newcomer"
 * Don Elmore as "Ross"
 * Becky Nunnally as "Woodbury Refugee"
 * Gustavo Blade, Ben Loggins, Marcelle Coletti, John Casino, Hannah Moore & CC Ice as "Prison Residents"
 * Steve Bowlin, Randy Gonzales, Scott Smith, Emily Kelly, Rozalyn Yother Mattocks, Tony Cypher Greer, Clyde Harrold III, Vernon Swygert, Jimmy Cooper, Mike Wilson, Larry A. Williams & Glen Padgett as members of The Governor's Militia
 * Emily Chandler Westergreen, Michelle Brannon, Coleman Youmans and Amanda Adams as Walkers
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Deaths

 * Meghan Chambler
 * Hershel Greene (Alive)
 * Julio
 * Alisha
 * Mitch Dolgen
 * Philip Blake
 * Mrs. Richards (Off-Screen)
 * Lilly Chambler (Off-Screen)
 * Many unnamed prison residents (Off-Screen)[1]
 * Many unnamed members from The Governor's Militia (Off- and On-Screen)

Trivia

 * Last appearance of Hershel Greene. (Alive)
 * Last appearance of The Governor. (Alive)
 * Last appearance of Lilly Chambler.
 * Last appearance of Meghan Chambler.
 * Last appearance of Alisha. (Alive)
 * Last appearance of Luke. (Alive)
 * Last appearance of Molly. (Alive)
 * Last appearance of Mitch Dolgen.
 * Last appearance of Julio.
 * Last appearance of Jeanette.
 * Last appearance of Howard. (Unknown)
 * The title of the episode, "Too Far Gone", is mentioned by Rick during his talk with The Governor. Rick believes that they are not "too far gone" to come back from the things they have done. This sentence was said to Rick before by Hershel.
 * This is the fourth episode to share the same title of a comic series volume, the first being "Days Gone Bye" and the following being "Made to Suffer", "This Sorrowful Life", "No Way Out", "A New Beginning" and "What Comes After".
 * This is the first time that at least two main characters die in the same episode. The other times were in "Four Walls and a Roof", where Gareth and Bob died, "Last Day on Earth", where Abraham and Glenn died "The First Day of The Rest of Your Life", where Sasha and Simon died and "The Calm Before" where Enid, Tara, and Niall died.
 * This episode ties with "JSS" with having the deaths of the most living characters in the TV Series, with a total of 31 living characters dying, the second most being "Welcome to the Tombs".
 * This is the only episode of Season 4 to feature main character deaths.
 * This is the first episode to feature two main cast character deaths in one episode with Hershel becoming the sixth and The Governor the seventh.
 * This is the first mid-season finale to feature main character deaths.
 * At the end of the episode a walker is seen walking over a 'King' chess piece that Meghan had drawn the eyepatch on. This signifies The Governor's death as he had lost the battle and typically in chess when you lose or forfeit you knock over your king piece.
 * This is the second mid-season finale in a row wherein a young girl dies.
 * In Season 3, a zombified Penny died in the mid-season finale, "Made to Suffer".
 * In Season 4, Meghan died in this mid-season finale.
 * This is the second mid-season finale to feature the death of a Greene Family member or relative. The first being "Pretty Much Dead Already" where Shawn and Arnold were put down alongside other walkers in the barn.
 * This episode marks Dylan O'Brien's 25th appearance on the show.
 * On the day of shooting, the cast members came in suspenders (braces) to honor Hershel.
 * In "Isolation", Hershel announces that 'he'd risk his own life to save the prison inhabitants from the flu', Ironically in this episode the flu has gone down and Hershel subsequently dies after helping to cure everyone from the sickness.
 * He also says if 'you step outside, you risk your life', the following morning, he steps outside, along with Michonne, and ends up taken hostage and killed by The Governor, foreshadowing his own death.
 * Although Beth Greene dies in the following season's eighth episode, this was the last time she and her sister Maggie Greene saw each other alive.
 * As the tank destroys the prison's outdoor catwalk following the Governor's stabbing, Tyreese is briefly shown running under the bridge. It appears as if he is cradling something in his arms. In "Inmates" it is revealed that Tyreese was carrying Judith.
 * Oddly enough, this episode (4.8) events are adapted from Issue 48.

Comic Parallels

 * Hershel and Michonne being taken hostages by the Governor in the woods is adapted from a similar scene in Issue 45, where Tyreese is taken hostage instead.
 * The Governor's false story to rally his army to attack the prison is adapted from Issue 43.
 * Tyreese finding a disemboweled cat is adapted from a similar scene in Issue 60, where Billy finds Ben disemboweling a cat instead.
 * The Governor decapitating Hershel with Michonne's katana is adapted from a similar scene in Issue 48, where the Governor cuts off Tyreese head instead.
 * Rick receiving a gunshot wound as the assault starts is adapted from Issue 44.
 * The Governor saying his command "Kill them all!" is adapted from Issue 42.
 * The Governor using a tank to destroy the prison's fences is adapted from Issue 48.
 * The Governor being shot in the head by Lilly is adapted from Issue 48.
 * Rick and Carl escaping the destroyed prison with Rick telling Carl not to look back is adapted from Issue 48.