'The Walking Dead' returns: A who's who of who's left to fight the zombies (and each other)

Rick and friends had just begun their battles with the Governor and his Woodbury minions when last we left them. Here's where all the characters we love (and love to call a crazy, heads-in-fish-tanks-collecting maniac) go for the rest of Season 3. — Kimberly Potts, Yahoo! TV

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Merle Dixon (Michael Rooker)

Except for Daryl, Merle is never going to put anyone's best interest above his own, and he's already had a hand -- plus a knife-ended other arm -- in torturing several members of Rick's crew. That makes Merle a dangerous guy to have around, which means that even if Rick and company do save Merle and Daryl from the Governor's death match, what the H-E-double hockey sticks are they going to do with Merle then?

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Merle Dixon (Michael Rooker)

Except for Daryl, Merle is never going to put anyone's best interest above his own, and he's already had a hand -- plus a knife-ended other arm -- in torturing several members of Rick's crew. That makes Merle a dangerous guy to have around, which means that even if Rick and company do save Merle and Daryl from the Governor's death match, what the H-E-double hockey sticks are they going to do with Merle then?

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