At seasons end, we witness Rick driving the Winnebago, leading a caravan of zombie apocalypse survivors into the wild unknown country with Bob Dylan’s “Tomorrow is a Long Time” playing and the audience left with a number of unanswered questions. Namely:
who was flying that black helicopter;
will our intrepid troupe find that Ft. Benning can provide the sanctuary our heroes so desperately seek (after all, it is The Home of the Infantry);
does Morgan finally find the stones to shoot his un-dead, flesh-eating wife;
indeed, will Morgan and his son Duane, manage to unite with Rick’s group;
did Merle, in a fit of insane vengence load zombies onto the back of a panel van and drop them off at the camp for a late night survivor snack;
does Lori confess her infidelity with Shane to Rick;
will Lori tell Rick about Shane’s drunken attempted rape;
will Jim reappear as a walker;
what was it that Dr. Jenner whispered into Rick’s ear;
will grandpa "On Golden Pond" Dale put the moves on the much younger Andrea (I think it's more likely that a dejected Shane, thinking he's got something that'll cure Carol's depression, finally calls dibs);
will Daryl realizing that a pickax-wielding Carol going to town on the skull of her abusive now dead husband is actually kinda sexy, come to the realization that he never really stood a chance with anyone better (even before the dead started nom-nom-nom 'ing on the living) and especially realize that beggars in a post-apocalyptic world can never be choosers, make his moves on the newly minted widow;
and most importantly, will Merle’s cauterized stump ever be reunited with its hand?
Note how I’ve skillfully managed to avoid any reference to how a young zombie may sound somewhat better than an elderly Bob Dylan?
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