This is the only thing that pisses me off about the show. I feel like in a similar "real-life" situation, Rick would have walked in there, been like, "suuupppp," then blown the Governor's face off with his revolver, Andrea would have fallen on the ground and cried like the bitch she is, and Daryl and Herschel most likely would have been able to take out the Governor's thug before any of the good guys got killed. I also agree that Maggie should have killed Merle. However, while those scenarios would make for a few interesting episodes, I feel like the seasons would be like 3 episodes long haha.