This Sorrowful Life opens with Rick, Daryl and Hershel plotting the betrayal of Michonne.

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Hershel is not merely crippled, he serves no real function outside of sitting around at the prison.

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While the two alpha males talk shop inside, Hershel and Daryl shoot the breeze with Milton and Caesar outside.

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Hershel, as the Wise Old Adviser, remains largely impotent, his advice consistently falling on deaf ears and thick skulls.

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Milton is obviously upset by this, perhaps remembering his conversation with Hershel.

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We were all so focused on Hershel, on the possibility that the baby would come and nobody would be able to deliver it.

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Hershel, who knew about the phone calls, is worried but helpless.

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Time for reinforcements, suggests Hershel.

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