Rick and the group stumble upon an abandoned house, kill all of the walkers inside, and decide to stay there for a while to eat and rest. Since the events of the second season finale, Rick has seemingly been forgiven by the group, and has earned their trust. After discovering a potential safe haven, the group takes refuge and inhabits a large fortified prison, but this security is threatened by a nearby community - Woodbury - led by a nefarious man known as the Governor, who takes an interest in Andrea ( Laurie Holden) as she remains, after the burning of the farm, separated and unaware of the main group's status. Set eight months after the killing of Shane Walsh and onslaught of the Greene Family Farm, with the world growing increasingly more dangerous and Lori's ( Sarah Wayne Callies) pregnancy advancing, the season continues the story of Rick Grimes, who has assumed a dictatorial-like leadership over his group of survivors as they survive in a post-apocalyptic world infested with flesh-eating zombies, dubbed 'walkers'. As in the comics, this season is mainly set in both an abandoned prison and an active rural town of survivors. It also marks the return of Merle Dixon ( Michael Rooker), the volatile older brother of Daryl ( Norman Reedus), who went missing in the first season, and also features the return of Morgan Jones ( Lennie James), the first survivor Rick Grimes ( Andrew Lincoln) encountered and befriended, who he lost contact with. It introduces notable comic characters, including Michonne ( Danai Gurira), Axel ( Lew Temple), the Governor ( David Morrissey) and Tyreese Williams ( Chad Coleman).

This season adapts material from issues # 13- 39 of the Comic Series. It was executive produced by Kirkman, Glen Mazzara, David Alpert, and Gale Anne Hurd, with Mazzara as showrunner for his second and final season. Developed for television by Frank Darabont, the series is based on the eponymous series of comic books by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. Season 3 of AMC's The Walking Dead premiered on October 14, 2012, and concluded on March 31, 2013, consisting of 16 episodes.

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