Season 4 - Plot Predictions

Now that Rick and the prison group have added on all these extra survivors from the Woodbury community, their group has become really big. 

A sense of community is going to be key, but a big problem they are going to run into is the amount of resources to feed, house and dress all of those people.  During a zombie apocalypse, a lot of those elderly people can't really carry their own weight.  Sure, they may be helpful in doing jobs inside the prison.  But do you really expect them to go on supply runs or go out and kill zombies outside the prison?  It's going to be interesting to see where a lot of those people have a place in the group.

It's safe to say Rick is still the leader of the group, but it's supposed to be a democracy.  I think we'll see that storyline come back in season four with Rick and Tyreese possibly budding heads because Rick is the leader of his own group and Tyreese feels responsible for the people of Woodbury due to the Governor leaving and what he did.  I would love to see a fist fight between Rick and Tyreese like in the comic books.

This whole prison situation is basically a new Alexandria Safe-Zone from the comic books.  Instead of Rick leading his own group and joining and eventually taking over the whole place, Rick in the television series has a similar size group.  I think we could possibly see some storylines from the most recent comic books being used in season four because Rick has a whole community to look after.

There are more surviving groups out there and I think we'll start to see a lot more survivors from outside the prison.  The zombies will definitely be a threat, but at the same time, we'll probably start seeing a lot more groups that we don't know anything about.  I think the Governor will join up with a group and have another group, possibly Abraham and his group from the comic books, debut in the television series and join the fray.

Since a lot more characters are in the show now, there is going to be so much more happening at once in the same season.  I think you could do the "Thomas" storyline from the comic book series and have someone from Woodbury start killing people within the prison and have Rick and Tyreese try and find out who it is.

We know for sure that the Governor is not finished with Rick's group, so he'll be back with Martinez and Shumpert.  The Governor is going to be adding people to his group to become a threat once again to Rick's group and he'll probably attack the prison multiple times in season four.  I do not have the Governor making it out of season four because there are 16 episodes, so most of the later episodes could be used to build up the Governor's death.  I think he'll pick off a few people from Rick's group like Hershel, Beth or maybe Carol. 

Also, I don't think the Governor is going to be the only villain in season four because we've already had a full season with the Governor as the main antagonist.  Obviously, it will be fun to see him come back, but again, 16 episodes is a lot and I don't think the Governor storyline we'll be able to stretch out for the entire season by himself.  It would be smart to add another main villain or another group that Rick's group doesn't get along with.

The beginning of season four will basically be Rick's group going out on supply runs because due to the time skip, they're going to be out of food by the start of spring, so they're going to have to find stuff quickly because you have all of those people to feed and finding supplies quickly is going to become more important over time.

As you saw in the season finale, Carl is starting to disagree more and more with Rick, blaming him for him mom's death and for other characters as well.  I think Carl is going to become much colder and he'll get stuff done if it needs to be done.  His character is going to be interesting to watch.  I think you also need to have characters like Michonne and Daryl to go out and get food and supplies and things of that nature.  Plus, they have the best weapons ever with the sword and the crossbow.

So just to recap possible storylines for season four: Rick and Tyreese budding heads, possible Alexandria storylines, the Governor joining up with another group, Thomas storyline from comic books, the addition of another villain or villainous group, Carl and Rick beginning to grow apart

So it's going to be fun to see how season four plays out and I think it will be way better then season three, and just the thought of that makes me excited for this fall.  Plus, it is a little more then a week away before season four filming begins in Atlanta.  I can't wait, I know you guys can't either!