The Suicide King

"The Suicide King" is the ninth episode and mid-season premiere of the third season of AMC's The Walking Dead. It is the twenty-eighth episode of the series overall. It premiered on February 10, 2013. It was written by Evan T. Reilly and directed by Lesli Linka Glatter.

Plot
Rick tries to rescue a member of his group. Woodburyis in disarray after a recent attack. New guests raise concerns at the prison.

Co-Stars
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 * Tyler Chase as Ben
 * Travis Love as Shumpert
 * Daniel Thomas May as Allen
 * E. Roger Mitchell as Paul

Uncredited

 * Loudyn and Leighton Case as Judith Grimes
 * Randy Woods as Mr. Jacobson
 * Meaghan Caddy as Eileen
 * Greg Tresan as Richard Foster
 * Debi Hett-Kimsey as Betty Coleman
 * Rob Fitts as Mr. Richards
 * Keith Andrew Gostel as "Woodbury Resident"
 * Deanna Dixon as "Woodbury Resident"
 * Dango Nguyen as "Mean Guard"
 * Kristy Hoefler as "Claire"
 * Alexandra Scuffle as "Gloria"
 * Denny Ainsworth as "Woodbury Resident"
 * Bill Vella as "Woodbury Resident"
 * Leola Williams as "Woodbury Resident"
 * Mitchell Gunter, David Tillery, Sherrie Leigh Floyd Billings, Marlin Lynch III, William Harris, Henry Adams, Nikki Cocroft, Brendon Cornwell, Trish Vetterick, Elberta McKnight, Nicholas Wayne Whatley, Cheryl Jones Harvey, Gregory Wilborn, Royce Munn, Gina Marie, Brittney King, Luther Thompson Jr., Jordan Rios, Amy Fuster, Sheila Agnew, Maurice Grover, Summer Kidder, Robert Bae Harvey, Alexander Miera, Chris Brown, Bridget Jourdain-Middleton, William Curry Harris, Aaron Parr, Kathy Miller-Boyer, Gerald Duckworth, Christine Collins Ridley, Becky Nunnally, and Stephanie Walsh Grover as "Woodbury Residents"
 * Andrew Jenkins, Hines Ward, Gregory Nicotero and David Alexander as Walkers.
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Deaths

 * Lindsey Edwards
 * Eisenberg (Confirmed Fate)
 * Bob Adams (Confirmed Fate)
 * Richard Foster

Trivia

 * First appearance of Karen.
 * First appearance of Paul.
 * Last appearance of Lindsey Edwards.
 * Last appearance of Eileen.
 * Last appearance of Richard Foster.
 * Last appearance of Donna. (Corpse)
 * The title of the episode, "The Suicide King", refers to Rick and Maggie going on a suicide mision to rescue Daryl.


 * This episode marks Steven Yeun and Zachary Gordon's 25th episode on The Walking Dead. They are the fourth and fifth actor to reach the 25th episode appearances, after Andrew Lincoln, Chandler Riggs and Laurie Holden.


 * This is the first out of two episodes of the third season where all main characters physically appear, the other being the succeeding episode, "Home". All main characters also appear in "Hounded", however Lori's (Sarah Wayne Callies) appearance is a voice-only role.
 * This is the first episode of the TV Series that wasn't given a TV-14 rating, as it's been boosted to TV-MA.
 * Previous episodes were also changed to a TV-MA rating in the reruns as well.
 * While Daryl tries to convince Rick, Glenn and Maggie to let him leave the group with Merle, Glenn mentions Carol (as if she were alive) twice to Daryl (first as a reason to keep him from bringing Merle with them, then as a reason to get him to stay with the group), despite the fact that Glenn had presumed Carol to be dead and had not yet returned to the Prison to learn of her survival.
 * It's possible that someone told him she survived or that he hoped to find Carol soon.
 * Former Pittsburgh Steelers Wide Receiver Hines Ward appeared as a walker.

Comic Parallels

 * Rick's group escaping from Woodbury is adapted from Issue 32.