The Suicide King (The Walking Dead)

"**The Suicide King**"
"The Suicide King"
The Walking Dead episode
	The group leave Woodbury with the rescued Daryl and Merle.
Episode no.	Season 3; Episode 9
Directed by	Lesli Linka Glatter
Written by	Evan Reilly
Original air date	February 10, 2013
Guest appearances
	Emily Kinney as Beth Greene; Lew Temple as Axel; Dallas Roberts as Milton Mamet; Chad L. Coleman as Tyreese Williams; Sonequa Martin-Green as Sasha Williams; Jose Pablo Cantillo as Caesar Martinez; Alexa Nikolas as Haley; Melissa Ponzio as Karen; Tyler Chase as Ben; Travis Love as Shumpert; Daniel Thomas May as Allen; E. Roger Mitchell as Paul;
Episode chronology
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	The Walking Dead season 3
	List of episodes

"The Suicide King" is the ninth episode and mid-season premiere of the third season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead. It was directed by Lesli Linka Glatter and written by Evan Reilly, and aired on AMC in the United States on February 10, 2013. The episode's first airing was the most-watched episode of the series and beat several ratings records for a basic cable series.^[1]

^ Kondolojy, Amanda (February 11, 2013). "'The Walking Dead' Premiere Delivers Largest Audience in Series History With 12.3 Million Viewers". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on February 13, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2013.

[ratings-1] Kondolojy, Amanda (February 11, 2013). "'The Walking Dead' Premiere Delivers Largest Audience in Series History With 12.3 Million Viewers". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on February 13, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2013.

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