" Live Bait ," the sixth episode of The Walking Dead's fourth season, is a haunting character study that strips the "Governor" of his title, his army, and his sanity, leaving behind a man known simply as Brian Heriot.
To this family, he isn't the butcher of Woodbury. He is a weary traveler they call "Brian." [S4E6] Live Bait
In the book, the Governor's real name is revealed to be Brian Blake, making the "Brian Heriot" alias a clever nod to his literary origins. " Live Bait ," the sixth episode of
Brian’s path to a strange kind of redemption begins when he encounters the Chambler family—sisters Lily and Tara, their dying father David, and Lily’s young daughter Meghan—holed up in an apartment complex. " Live Bait