Sick

After last week's shocking ending, the second episode of season 3, 'Sick,' starts right off where the other episode ended. Rick manages to sort out the ignorant and potentially dangerous prisoners that were holed up in the cafeteria, and they take Hershal back to the rest of the group in a hope of saving him. But things aren't as smooth as they would have hoped, as the prisoners, especially the lead one, seems to not agree with Rick's decisions, and prove to be a threat to keep around.

This was a great episode of The Walking Dead for a number of reasons, first and foremost the character development of Rick, who is becoming more and more of a morally grey character then before. He makes decisions that we may or may not agree with, but in the end he's always looking out for the well-being of the group. Secondly, the pacing of this episode was as good as the season 3 premier, with intense action and moments to breathe being balanced well. Andrea and Michonne weren't in this episode at all, but the promo for next week's episode seems to feature only them, which is a good sign.

A well paced and exciting episode of The Walking Dead. 8 out of 10.

This is the second episode of the third season of the Walking Dead and it continues the brilliance that episode one set the stage for. It relies just a tad less on the action, but more on the excellent characterization. There are some genuinely surprising and emotional moments as well. Things began to slow down, but now we get to see the beginnings of Rick and his new civilization within the walls of the prison.

In this episode, "Sick," Rick proposes an idea what to do with the prisoners they met at the end of last episode. Rick, Darryl, and T-Dog decide to help the prisoners get their own cell block while they split the food 50/50. But Rick makes clear he will have to do what is necessary to ensure the survival of his group. Meanwhile, Herschel remains in critical condition after the amputation of his leg. Carol comes to the conclusion that she will have to deal with Lori's pregnancy, now that Herschel is unable to do so.

Overall, this is another fantastic episode that continues the success of the first episode. This makes for a promising season and I'm eager to see what lays in store for us. I'm also eager to see what will happen between Lori and Rick as their relationship is crumbling beneath our eyes. A fantastic character-building episode with a little gore mixed in. I rate this episode 10/10.

It's sick what rick is willing to do at this point.

Plot In A Paragraph: As Hershel's health deteriorates, Rick is convinced the prison is their new salvation, but they have already encountered surviving prisoners and walkers.

Rick (Andrew Lincoln) is confronted with decisions he doesn't really want to make. Mainly what to do with some surviving (and quite clearly dangerous) prisoners still in the prison. That is one of the great things I love about The Walking Dead. It doesn't present a clear answer to these questions.

The diplomatic Rick tries striking a bargain with surviving prisoners. It's obvious from the start this is a mistake. We know as viewers it's not going to work out.

This episode has loads of action but it offered some real emotional moments too as Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Beth (Emily Kinney) deal with the possible death of their father. It goes back and forth between the near-death Hershel (Scott Wilson) and Rick, Daryl (Norman Reedus), and T-Dog (IronE Singleton) dealing with walkers and prisoners.

We didn't see any of Andrea (Laurie Holden) or Michonne (Danai Gurira) in this episode. It never leaves the prison, which is a shame as I was looking forward to seeing more of Michonne.

This was yet another great episode and solid way to continue off from the opener!

We are are right back where we left off, as disaster has descended upon the prisen and a group of characters! No punches ate pulled and every scene is great in its own way, whether it being shocking or emotional!

At this point we really start to see hiw far Rick has come and what he is willing to do! Hiw much all the previous events shaped him! He is no longer the guy he was back in season one!

Adding surviving humans into the mix was great as it shows how much our characters has changed since the beginning! ..