Clear

"Clear" is the twelfth episode of the third season of AMC's The Walking Dead. It is the thirty-first episode of the series overall. It premiered on March 3, 2013. It was written by Scott Gimple and directed by Tricia Brock.

Plot
Realizing they are heavily outgunned against the Governor's forces, Rick leads an expedition to get more weapons.

Special Guest Star

 * Lennie James as Morgan Jones

Co-Stars

 * Russ Comegys as Hitchhiker

Uncredited

 * Erin Leigh Bushko as Erin
 * Matthew Lyda, Triston Johnson, Wallace Krebs, Joel Studer and Ashleigh Jo Sizemore as Walkers

Deaths

 * Erin (Zombified)
 * Jenny Jones (Zombified, Confirmed Fate)
 * Duane Jones (Alive, Confirmed Fate)
 * Hitchhiker (Off-Screen)

Trivia

 * First (and last) appearance of the Hitchhiker.
 * Morgan Jones reappears in this episode after being absent since the TV Series pilot, "Days Gone Bye".
 * This episode contained a scene that later made fans believe was a prelude to the Whisperers. Morgan in a deluded rant, screams to Rick about "People wearing dead people's faces!" Although at the time, the group had not been conceived and it has since been confirmed by showrunner Scott Gimple that this line was totally accidental and a coincidence. " That definitely predated my knowledge of the Whisperers, because they were not at all in the book yet,"  Gimple said. " Maybe that could wind up being a reference."
 * This is the first episode Woodbury has not appeared in since it was introduced.
 * The title of the episode, "Clear", refers to Morgan clearing his neighborhood from signs of the apocalypse because of his mindstate, caused by his son's death.
 * It also refers to Rick beginning to clear his head after Lori's death and he begins to come back to his senses. Rick sees Morgan and realizes that what Morgan has become isn't far from what Rick would have become if he continues on his path.
 * The picture Carl wanted to get from the restaurant was seen in The Walking Dead Webisodes: Cold Storage.
 * The song that played in the closing scenes of the episode is called "Lead Me Home" by Jamie N. Commons.
 * The episode features key locations of Grantville, Georgia in the Coweta County:
 * The Grantville's Historic Railroad Depot was transformed into a Café.
 * Morgan's "Stronghold" is actually Grantville Mayor Jim Sells' Downtown Apartment.
 * The Walker Stockpile Area was the City's Former Cotton Mill.
 * During his Q&A at Walker Stalker Con Chicago 2014, Greg Nicotero said that he tried to pitch in an alternate version of the episode, where Woodbury appears in this episode, shows The Governor after getting slit by Andrea, his neck is all wrapped with bandages. The Governor then takes Andrea away, as a result of her failed assassination. Upon asked why he tried to pitch this version of the episode, Nicotero explains that he wanted to show the viewers what Andrea's intention is, which is keeping the Prison safe as possible from the Governor, and listens to what her friends said about what she has to do to the Governor.

Comic Parallels

 * Rick's return to his hometown in search for guns and finding a crazy Morgan is adapted from Issue 58.
 * Michonne stabbing a walker in the head to save Carl is adapted from Issue 52.
 * Rick and Michonne talking about their personal demons and that they both see hallucinations is adapted from Issue 53.