Welcome to the Tombs

"Welcome to the Tombs" is the sixteenth and final episode of the third season of AMC's The Walking Dead. It is the thirty-fifth episode of the series overall. It premiered on March 31, 2013. It was written by Glen Mazzara and directed by Ernest Dickerson.

Plot
Rick and the group have to seriously consider if the prison is worth defending as the Governor's impending attack looms over their heads.

Co Stars
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 * Tanner Holland as Jody
 * Travis Love as Shumpert
 * Daniel Thomas May as Allen
 * E. Roger Mitchell as Paul

Uncredited

 * Dallas Roberts as Milton Mamet
 * Adelaide and Eliza Cornwell as Judith Grimes
 * Randy Woods as Mr. Jacobson
 * Lucie O'Ferrall as Ms. McLeod
 * Leola Williams as Mrs. Richards
 * Keith Andrew Gostel as "Woodbury Resident"
 * Owen Ridings as Owen
 * Eryn Ridings as Eryn
 * Denny Ainsworth as "Woodbury Resident"
 * Bill Vella as "Woodbury Resident"
 * Leola Williams as "Woodbury Resident"
 * Debra Harper Bentley as "Woodbury Refugee"
 * Indigo Nichols as "Woodbury Refugee"
 * Victor Waddell as "Woodbury Refugee"
 * Nikki Barnett, Keith Barnett, Nicholas Wayne Whatley, Brendon Cornwell, Gina Marie, Sherrie Leigh Floyd Billings, Gregory Wilborn, Royce Munn, Mitchell Gunter, Elberta McKnight, Kelli Graham Bero, Cheryl Jones Harvey, William Tokarsky, Luther Thompson Jr., Joseph Setticase,  Stephen Edward Austin and Can Trember as Woodbury Soldiers
 * Gregory French, John Jaret, Don Teems, Jeremiah Scott, Kasey Williamson, and James Barkeras Walkers
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Deaths

 * Jody
 * Woodbury Resident 12 (Off-Screen)
 * Paul
 * Pete (Off-Screen)
 * Robbie (Off-Screen)
 * Noah (Off-Screen)
 * Dr. Stevens (Off-Screen)
 * Rowan (Off-Screen)
 * Eileen (Off-Screen)
 * Mrs. Foster (Off-Screen)
 * Betty Coleman (Off-Screen)
 * Allen
 * Milton Mamet (Alive and Zombified)
 * Sophia Peletier
 * At least twenty-three unnamed Woodbury Soldiers
 * Eileen's unborn child

Trivia

 * Last appearance of Sophia Peletier.
 * Last appearance of Milton Mamet.
 * Last appearance of Allen. (Alive)
 * Last appearance of Paul. (Alive)
 * First (and last) appearance of Jody.
 * Last appearance of Lori Grimes. (Hallucination)
 * This is the last episode written by Glen Mazzara.
 * The title of the episode, "Welcome to the Tombs", refers to The Woodbury Army being ambushed in "The Tombs".
 * "The Tombs" (as called by T-Dog in "Killer Within") are a portion of the prison that is infested by walkers, as mentioned by Glenn and Carl in "Home".
 * This season finale marks the first season finale in which Rick's Group is able to hold their own in their home and were not driven out by walkers or other survivors.
 * In "TS-19", the group was forced to leave the CDC before it exploded and in "Beside the Dying Fire", walkers overran Hershel's farm.
 * The Bible passage that was highlighted and found by The Governor is John 5:29; "And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation." In this chapter, Jesus heals a sick man and preaches about everlasting life and that "...The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live." (John 5:25).
 * The Walking Dead Facebook page stated there would be 27 deaths in this episode. They ended up being Sophia Peletier, Milton Mamet, Jody, Paul, Allen, Noah, and 20 Woodbury soldiers.
 * This episode begins with a close up of The Governor's eye that then zooms out which is homage to "Seed", where the episode begins with a closeup of a walker's eye before zooming out.
 * Dallas Roberts, who portrays Milton, is not credited in this episode.
 * According to Woodbury extra William Tokarsky, the finale was supposed to be two hours long, and included scenes of him and other Woodbury soldiers being attacked and killed by Rick and Michonne in the tombs.
 * According to Woodbury extra Keith Barnett, there was a scene of him and three other Woodbury soldiers tripping and falling into a barbed wire trap set up in the tombs of the prison, however the scene was deleted.
 * This is the first season finale to feature main character deaths.
 * This episode marks Lauren Cohan's 25th episode on the TV Series. She is the eleventh actor to reach the 25th episode appearances, after Andrew Lincoln, Chandler Riggs, Laurie Holden, Steven Yeun, Zachary Gordon, Sarah Wayne Callies, Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Madison Lintz, and Asa Butterfield.
 * The episode shattered the zombie drama's own ratings record yet again, scoring 12.4 million total viewers in its initial 9 p.m. broadcast and 8.1 million in the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demographic. The numbers represent series bests in total viewers and in the demographic.
 * This episode marks the first time Carl is shown killing living people.