I've disliked her throughout season 3, and she has certainly made stupid decisions, and even the decisions that weren't stupid (from her perspective, given her knowledge and situation) were always grating. But this episode marked the turning point, of Andrea finally getting a little smarter and starting to do something, and overall actually doing a pretty awesome job of it. After all, how far is the prison from Woodbury? A dozen miles, at least. I'd be exhausted just from walking that distance, but she had to fight off Walkers, elude the Governor, and so on, so that in and of itself is an impressive accomplishment. And yeah I thought she should have slashed the tires of his car or sabotaged it in some other way, but I think she came out the building on another side and didn't have time to run all the way around to get to it. Perhaps it was a very large building, or walkers were closing in, or she correctly assumed that the governor wasn't about to be killed, even if it was by a whole pack of walkers. So while things like her extremely loud sneaking were annoying, the rest of the episode was such an improvement over her other actions over the course of this season, that I'm more than willing to overlook them.
Yes, this. Although, I don't agree so much about her point of view. Andrea has an all-too-high opinion of herself and her place in the world and has always been entirely too susceptible to people who inadvertantly throw a bone to that self-image. Michonne looked hard at Woodbury, instead of letting the trappings of safety and security dazzle her and got out as soon as she could, while Andrea had the big cheese hitting on her, and got flattered into going along with it. There really is no excuse for her once she saw the gladiator games and Merle being forced to fight Daryl.
The episode a couple weeks ago, where she tried to act like Ms. Big Shot Peacemaker, only to be dismissed out of hand by the two characters who knew the reality of the situation, was satisfying to watch, but I think it also had a lot to do with her apparent conversion. The realization that she is not as important as she thinks she is, is what put her in the proper frame of mind to accept what Milton had to show her. But of course, in typical Andrea fashion, she reacts in a dithering, and then impulsively emotional way, that does very little practical good.
IDK if her warning to Tyrese is going to be all that important either. He knew enough to realize there was something wrong about using the walkers like the Governor intended, but Andrea's warning does not seem to have been enough to sway him.
Also, I just want to add that as soon as I saw the Governor preparing his torture room, I thought how it really wouldn't be fair for Michonne to end up there and suffer at his hands, and that I really don't want that to happen to her. Andrea, on the other hand... A lot of viewers either hate her or just dislike her now, so a bit of torture at the hands of the villain followed by some vengeance is just what her character needed for redemption.
