Made to Suffer

This was a great episode with a lot happening and hardly any uneventfull moments!

The action was great as this was the first major conflict in terms of humans vs humans! I think it was well shot and directed and thrilling throughout! In true Walking Dead fashion you never quite know what outcome to expect!

The fight with Michonne and the Guvernnor was however the BEST part of the episode! It was viscious and gory with bloody consequences! It is clear that the Guvernnor is a changed man after this!

A man with nothing to loose.. is a dangerous man!

The end also promises some interesting development with Merle!

Great stuff with Carl too as he gets to take responsibility! Even some elements of horror!

This world gets more brutal and brutal and people suffer more and more.

Rick and his crew make their rescue attempt for Glenn and Maggie.

This is an explosive and action packed episode with some memorable moments.

The plot is an escape thriller with shades of a mini 'Escape From New York' with the nature of Woodbury and the role of the Governor.

My favourite scene unfortunately is the most disturbing part in the Governor's private quarters. It is both gruesome, and from the perspective of a father with a young daughter, quite pitiful. There are some obvious contrivances for the sake of drama, but it's done very well from a technical perspective.

This is closely followed by the cliffhanger scene at the end which is a great satire of leaders catering to the groupthink, mob mentality that exists in most communities.

There are also a number of good moments back at the prison with new characters introduced and one comical moment regarding the subject of Carol's sexuality.

Generally I found the action scenes involving guns a bit clichéd and full of the kind of silliness you associate with pure action movies such as heroes with endless rounds of ammunition facing baddies who cannot shoot straight.

All performances are as strong as ever, particularly David Morrissey and Danai Gurira.

Had heard nothing but great things about 'The Walking Dead' from friends and IMDb reviewers. It took a while to get round to watching, both from being busy and also not being sure whether it would be my cup of tea. Finally getting round to it a few years ago and slowly working my way through it, having had a very long to watch and review list, 'The Walking Dead' turned out to be very much my cup of tea and as good as the hype made it out to be, have found it extremely addictive.

Actually really liked Season 2, where the weakest episode ("Cherokee Rose") was very good still, but do share others' feelings about many episodes being on the talky side and moments of slowness. Season 3 started excellently and keeps going strong with one of the season's best "Made to Suffer", which was brilliant. And a strong reminder of how Seasons 1-5 of 'The Walking Dead' to me were absolutely brilliant and seeing the show in its full glory days (Season 6 was uneven, Season 7 was a huge disappointment and am still debating whether to watch Season 8). It is as emotional, complex and as tense as one would expect , at the same time it has adrenaline and guts.

It still shocks me at how an intelligent, well-made (so much so that it is easy to mistake it for a film) show about zombies could be made when so many films have tried and failed abysmally to do so.

"Made to Suffer" is one of the tightest, most exciting, most harrowing, most suspenseful and most emotionally investable episodes of the show in general. One of the season's best.

Like all the episodes of the show, "Made to Suffer" is incredibly well made in the production values, with gritty and audacious production design, photography of almost cinematic quality, effects that look good, have soul and are not overused or abused and pretty frightening make-up. The music is haunting and affecting, having presence but never being too intrusive.

The writing generally is intelligent and thought-provoking, with lots of tension and emotional resonance and still shows signs of character complexity and multiple layer storytelling. The more eventful scenes are thrilling and terrifying as well as uncompromising.

Appreciated the ever strong and still progressing story and character building. The human drama is balanced well with the action, which the episode wastes no time in getting to. Also that the pace is never dull or rushed. There is a lot of tension and the ending is memorable.

Everything is tautly paced without rushing through the more important parts and emotionally complex. The world building is stunningly immersive and effective. Direction is smart and atmospheric while the show throughout has been strongly acted. Andrew Lincoln is superb, as is Norman Reedus (even more so in fact). Laurie Holden does a good job and Andrea's interesting development is appreciated, though at times she is written rather too naively (my only small complaint of the episode but over-lookable with everything else being so exceptional). David Morrisey is suitably sinister and mysterious.

Overall, brilliant. 10/10 Bethany Cox

It's the mid season finale of AMC's "The Walking Dead" and the episode stars with a new bunch of survivors turning up at the prison.

Plot In A Paragraph: Michonne leads Rick, Daryl and co to Woodbury to rescue Glenn and Maggie. A new bunch of survivors arrive at the prison.

This episode is owned by Norman Reedus, he has impressed for a long time and here he is awesome.

Andrew Lincoln is as excellent as Rick as he always is, this season has seen a tour de force performance from him showing a range of emotions and now a full on action shoot out.

I still have a problem with David Morrisey as The Governor, but I suspect Michonne's actions may tip him over the psycho scale and he might get better. I seriously suspect Andrea will live to regret her actions here. Her character is another weak link. NOBODY can be that naive.

A great fort half of the third season all of the cat did well especially Melissa McBride, Steven Yeun, Danai Gurira, Michael Rooker, Lauren Cohen and Emily Kinney

Due to his storyline Scott Wilson hasn't been given as much to do as one would hope.