The Walking Dead Season 4 Episode 7 Spoilers: What Happens in "Dead Weight"?

You know, no one has ever officially said The Governor (David Morrissey) would have two solo episodes in The Walking Dead Season 4.

We know Episode 6, “Live Bait,” is a Governor ep, but will the Sunday, November 24 Episode 7, “Dead Weight” include any prison time at all?

A long time ago, TVLine said The Gov. would have "a major presence" in at least two Season 4 episodes, unofficially billed as “standalone Governor” eps. TV Guide also added, “The Governor's whereabouts will be revealed in two flashback episodes later this season.”

That never spelled out no prison, but Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes)recently told Atlanta Magazine, “My job is to serve my character in the scripts that I’m given. I just read two scripts, both of which I’m not in. And I think they’re the greatest episodes we’ve ever had.”

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Two scripts without Rick does suggest Gov. standalones, and it still makes sense for Episode 7 to follow Episode 6 to build up the action before an inevitable standoff with the prison on December 1’s Episode 8, which is the mid-season finale and our last look at new episodes until February 2014.

What’s Episode 7 about?

• Here’s Zap2it’s TV listing: “Something new unfolds at a camp outside the prison; the addition of new members may threaten peace.”

• Here’s TV Guide’s TV listing: "A new and scary chapter begins to form at a camp outside the prison."

• Over at Spoil the Dead, a fan shared an expanded description from their TV listing: "The beginnings of a potentially horrifying chapter unfold with the establishment of a camp outside the prison; the possibility of the group finding peace amongst their savage new existence drives them to consider the idea of welcoming new members."

Before speculating too much about that, let’s talk about new characters.

Here’s a casting notice SpoilerTV shared back in July: “The title of The Walking Dead episode 4.07 is ‘Dead Weight’ and 2 brothers who are about 30 are being cast: Mack is an aggressive wiseass and Patrick is fair-minded. Mack is recurring and Patrick is a guest role.” Those may be character code names, or just changed by the time we meet them.  

There’s also this to consider: Actress Juliana Harkavy is also meant to be featured this week. A September 18 post on her website shows her in a photo with Norman Reedus (Daryl Dixon) and Andrew Lincoln, dressed as their characters. The blurb under the pic reads, "Juliana will be appearing as a new recurring character in season 4 of The Walking Dead, look for her starting in episode 7!" On November 11, she posted on Facebook: "I am currently laying down and alive, but two weeks from now I will join #TheWalkingDead Set them TiVos!"

That does suggest we will see her on November 24, and hanging out with Andy and Norman in character suggests some prison action. Should we read into that?

If she sees prison time, maybe she connects with The Gov. and is part of a camp that tries to take over the prison, either starting in Episode 7 or more in the Episode 8 mid-season finale. Is the “savage” existence in the synopsis a hint to The Hunters, a cannibal group featured in the comics? Or are they just starving and tired of running and ready to do anything for the peace of living in a place the prison? Will they connect with Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride)? How about Hershel Greene (Scott Wilson) and Michonne (Danai Gurira), who were just seen leaving the prison at the end of Episode 5?

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