When The Dead Come Knocking

"When the Dead Come Knocking" is the seventh episode of the third season of AMC's The Walking Dead. It is the twenty-sixth episode of the series overall. It premiered on November 25, 2012. It was written by Frank Renzulli and directed by Dan Sackheim.

Plot
The Governor presses for information. A new guest arrives at the prison, forcing Rick's hand.

Co-Stars
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 * Peter Kulas as Michael Coleman
 * Alex Van as Hermit
 * Vincent Ward as Oscar

Uncredited

 * Travis Love as Shumpert
 * Adelaide and Eliza Cornwell as Judith Grimes
 * Greg Tresan as Richard Foster
 * Devon Tresan as Foster's Daughter
 * Debi Hett-Kimsey as Betty Coleman (Photograph)
 * Gina Marie as "Woodbury Resident"
 * Cheryl Jones Harvey as "Woodbury Survivor"
 * Chris Brown as "Woodbury Survivor"
 * William Tokarsky as "Woodbury Survivor"
 * Unknown as Emily Coleman (Photograph)
 * Michelle Flanagan-Helmeczy, Alyssa V. Mullan, Michael Jaegers, Jacqueline Marie Zwick and Don Teems as Walkers
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Deaths

 * Michael Coleman (Alive and Zombified)
 * 1 unnamed Hermit

Trivia

 * First appearance of Betty Coleman. (Photograph)
 * First (and last) appearance of Michael Coleman.
 * First (and last) appearance of Emily Coleman. (Photograph)
 * First (and last) appearance of the Hermit.
 * The title of the episode, "When the Dead Come Knocking", refers to the small group of walkers "knocking" at the door of the hermit's cabin, or to Michonne's arrival at The Prison.
 * It may also refer to the multiple characters getting close to meeting who thought that each other were dead. This applies to Carol and the group, Merle and Daryl, The Governor and Michonne, and Andrea and Rick's group.
 * This episode marks Andrew Lincoln's 25th episode on the TV Series.
 * A promo photo shows Rick and Oscar at the National Guard camp.
 * According to Talking Dead, when walkers are devouring a human's intestines, such as the hermit, the intestines are made from silicone casing and stuffed with barbecue. Non-meat-eating zombie actors are accommodated with vegetarian stuffing.

Comic Parallels

 * Maggie crying as she listens to Glenn being beating while they are held prisoners at Woodbury is adapted from a similar scene in Issue 29, where Glenn cries as he listens to Michonne being raped instead.
 * Michonne killing walkers at the entrace of the prison before being let in is adapted from Issue 19.
 * The Governor threatening to cut off Glenn's hand is a slight nod to him cutting off Rick's hand in Issue 28.
 * The Governor attemps to scare Maggie into making her believe he will rape her is adapted from a similar scene in Issue 28, where he rapes Michonne instead.