AMC has released the first clip from the third season of its hugely popular adaptation of The Walking Dead, and it is a very appropriate choice.  In this one-minute excerpt from the season-opening show Rick Grimes and his band of survivors plot a new strategy for survival, one that will dictate the direction of much of what happens in Season 3.

With their situation growing ever more precarious (and Lori's pregnancy advancing) the discovery of a potential safe haven seems like a godsend, but first they must secure the premises, an apparently abandoned prison.

Even before the premiere of Season 3 of the The Walking Dead, which is now less than a week away on Sunday October 14th, AMC quietly let it be known that the zombie series would return for a fourth season (see "AMC Confirms 4th Season of 'The Walking Dead'").