Aren't most diamonds "blood diamonds"? 'Cept getting them from a jeweler makes that easy to forget.

Merle missed an opportunity to tell The  Governor: "Unhand me, sir!"
(But The Govenor did so, anyway…in a manner of speaking)

Groupthink is powerful. Famous example: the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion ("La Batalla de Girón") in 1961.

Pay attention, puhleeze. :)
Table flip.

Whoa…let's not be too hasty.

Hershel Greene's daughter, Beth Greene, is played by an actress named Emily Kinney.

Can't be sure you really want a straight answer.  But just in case…you're referring to Hershel's younger daughter, Beth.

Yep. Allen's son, Ben.

She's a horrid shot; maybe worse than Tyreese. Remember that episode when The Governor first attacked the prison, and she couldn't hit the side of  barn door?

And farmer. Making Maggie, at once, a preacher's daughter and a farmer's daughter.

Rick's good for laying decisions on others.  Remember when he made Lori decide whether Hershel should operate on Carl or not?

In "Nebraska," Glenn froze and got distracted when Maggie told him she loved him. And a few episodes back, we saw Glenn and Maggie abandon their sentry post to have sex. I'm waiting to see what tragedy results from Maggie's accepting his marriage proposal.

Merle's tipping the booze bottle to the walkers, then drinking from the bottle, signified his parting glass. [It was a callback to Beth's 'round the campfire song in "Seed" as well as to The Governor's having everyone raise a glass "to us" in "Say the Word".]

"Go to hell, Merle."
And indeed, he did.

Does Michonne's newfound chattiness, stabbing the decapitated walker's head (a step she didn't take in "Seed"), and returning to Rick's group indicate her regaining parts of her healthier, warmer, better-socialized pre-ZA self?

@Merle wants to give  Daryl what he wants - yes.

Not to mention all that requisitioned weaponry.

No, Rick.  A dingo took your baby.

I was praying walker-Merle wouldn't stab Daryl.

Some wouldn't be caught dead in that shirt…but he was! :)