Note: We're going into somehere - specifically for the events that occurred in issue #48 (or the end of Compendium One, for those reading it that way). While it's speculation on what could happen in the TV show, be warned, this could also end up being a huge spoiler for this Sunday's Walking Dead midseason finale, if any of this does occur. Read on at your own peril! Also, for this story, comic book spoilers will be allowed in the comments as well. (But just this story!)

This won't end well... unless it does!

So, The Governor is attacking the prison in The Walking Dead midseason finale. With a tank.Yes, the TV show took a long, strange road to get here, with the Governor's first, aborted attack on the prison and his recent storyline where he seemed to be on the path to redemption, only to reveal he was not. But now we seem to have gotten to the show doing the true "Governor attacks the prison" scenario that ended the long prison arc in the comic books.In the comics, this was a huge event that resulted in a ton of casualties - including Hershel, Axel and Tyreese. The Governor himself also was killed and, in an incredibly shocking, horrific moment, Lori and baby Judith as well.The Walking Dead has obviously strayed very far from the comics when it comes to specifics. We still go to all the notable places and meet the major characters, but often in very skewed ways. And when it comes to character deaths, things have diverged greatly since the fairly comics-accurate deaths of Amy and Jim in Season 1. While characters like Shane, Otis and Dale did die, it was under different circumstances from what readers were familiar with - some more dramatically different than others. Some characters have died earlier than their comics counterparts, while some have lived long past the point they were killed off in the source material.With The Governor's prison attack, Axel is already gone for instance (killed in that first attempt last season). Meanwhile, Tyreese was introduced into the show way later than in the comics. Which is not to say that he couldn't still die Sunday, but it seems less likely for it to happen right now.Lori obviously already died on the series, but we do have baby Judith still... And a big question mark for the series. Because the simultaneous death of Lori and Judith in the comics was arguably the darkest, saddest, most despair-filled moment in a story filled with tragedy. And as dark as the TV show has been, this is still a pretty huge line to cross, killing an innocent baby in such a traumatic manner. Will the TV show be willing to go there and take even more from Rick Grimes?Meanwhile, The Governor has come back into the TV show in such a big way the past couple of episodes. Is it an extended swan song and his time on the show is coming to a close? Or will he survive this attack and menace Rick and his people again?What do you think... How similar will The Walking Dead prison battle be on the TV show to the comic book series, in terms of those two particularly big deaths?

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