Made to Suffer

Rick, Michonne, Daryl, and Oscar head toward Woodbury to rescue Glenn and Maggie from The Governor. While they are gone, a group of five survivors—siblings Tyreese Williams (Chad L. Coleman) and Sasha Williams (Sonequa Martin-Green), and Allen (Daniel Thomas May) and Donna (Cherie Dvorak) with their son Ben (Tyler Chase)—come across the prison while fleeing a horde of walkers, and discover a breach in its fence. They make their way inside, Donna having been bitten by a walker in her right arm. Their cries for help are heard by Carl, who helps lead them to a safe area of the prison. Donna succumbs to the bite, and after a brief moment of silence, Tyreese smashes her head with a hammer to prevent her re-animating. Carl keeps the newcomers locked in a commons area for safekeeping; Tyreese understands and accepts.

In Woodbury, Rick's group sneaks into a building while at the same time, Glenn and Maggie attempt to escape. The Governor orders Merle and his men to execute them, but as they approach, Maggie stabs one of the men with a sharpened bone, enabling them to slip by. Rick and the others launch their ambush, enabling them to bring Glenn and Maggie to safety; however, Michonne slips away on her own. As they see to Glenn and Maggie while avoiding detection, Glenn reveals to Daryl that his brother Merle is here, and Daryl insists that they go find him. Meanwhile, aware that their attackers include friends of Andrea, The Governor gives his men shoot-to-kill orders, and keeps Andrea away from the action by enforcing the town's curfew.

Michonne makes her way into The Governor's house and discovers a hidden room where he has kept the heads of many former allies, re-animated as walkers, in aquarium tanks, as well as the turned body of his daughter Penny (Kylie Szymanski) chained up. As she is studying the room, The Governor arrives, and despite his pleas to not harm Penny, Michonne kills her. Enraged, the two quickly engage in combat. After smashing the aquariums, Michonne uses a glass shard to stab The Governor in the right eye, but before she can kill him, Andrea arrives and stops Michonne, who turns and flees the building. Andrea races to help bring The Governor to Dr. Stevens to treat his injured right eye.

Rick's group prepares to fight their way out of Woodbury, using smoke bombs to cover their escape. Daryl stays back to cover the others, while Rick is momentarily confused by a man whom he mistakes to be his former ally—Shane Walsh. Oscar is shot and killed as the others scale the Woodbury wall, and Daryl is captured. Rick, Maggie (after shooting Oscar in the head to prevent reanimation), and Glenn regroup with Michonne, who has been waiting for them, and they question if she is still useful to them. In the Woodbury arena, The Governor addresses the town's citizens, declaring that they were attacked by "terrorists". He then accuses Merle of betraying the people of Woodbury and has his men drag Daryl into the arena as proof of Merle's complicity; the residents start chanting for their blood. Stunned, Andrea stares at Daryl as the bloodthirsty townspeople cheer.

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Chad L. Coleman was cast as Tyreese in mid 2012. On the auditioning process, Coleman said: "I knew I was auditioning for Tyreese. I got a call that Robert Kirkman had his eye on me since seeing me as Cuddy [sic] from The Wire. He'd been looking at me for a while and I didn't know about it. There was a lot of buzz online about people wanting this character to appear and who should play him — and I was on a lot of those lists. That echoed Kirkman's sentiments and he went to AMC and said, "Chad is Tyreese." They said fine but we have to see other people and Kirkman said, "But it's Chad." He went to bat for me and I was grateful that it all worked out. I eventually auditioned for it with dummy sides. I went in and then had to come back one more time and then that was it. What I remember most about my audition was not having a car and having to take the bus to Raleigh Studios in [Hollywood]. I appreciate Robert for his sticktuitedness and AMC for seeing what he saw — eventually."{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/walking-dead-audition-stories-815523/18-chad-l-coleman-tyreese|title='The Walking Dead' Audition Tales: 31 Stars Tell All |publisher=Hollywoodreporter.com |date=2015-08-20 |access-date=2015-08-20}}

In 2012, Sonequa Martin-Green auditioned for the role of Michonne albeit with a pseudonym due to the secrecy of the auditioning process. When Danai Gurira was cast, Martin-Green said she was "the perfect choice." Former showrunner Glen Mazzara still wanted Martin-Green to be a part of the show and decided to give a role specifically for her instead.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/walking-dead-audition-stories-815523/18-sonequa-martingreen-sasha |title='The Walking Dead' Audition Tales: 26 Stars Tell All |publisher=Hollywoodreporter.com |date=2015-08-20 |access-date=2015-08-22}} She was cast in a recurring role on The Walking Dead as Sasha, the sister of Tyreese, an original character, exclusive to the television series.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/walking-dead-season-3-finale-interview-robert-kirkman-431968 |title='Walking Dead' Dissection: Robert Kirkman on the Major Fatalities and Comic Book Detour |publisher=Hollywoodreporter.com |date=2013-01-04 |access-date=2013-04-04}} Martin-Green explained: "[Sasha] was supposed to be a recurring character and as we kept going forward, they picked up my option to be a regular. It's very rare and I'm still quite dumbfounded about it but Glen and I hit it off and I still appreciate him. He wanted to work with me and wrote Sasha for me." She was promoted to a series regular for season four.{{cite web|last=Slezak |first=Michael |url=http://tvline.com/2013/04/03/the-walking-dead-season-4-cast-tyreese-sasha-beth-series-regulars/ |title=The Walking Dead's Season 4 Cast — Tyreese, Sasha, Beth Upgraded To Series Regulars |date=3 April 2013 |publisher=TVLine |access-date=2013-04-04}}{{cite web|last=Abrams |first=Natalie |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/entertainment/tv/tvguide/article/The-Walking-Dead-Promotes-Chad-Coleman-Sonequa-4407815.php |title=The Walking Dead Promotes Chad Coleman, Sonequa Martin-Green and More to Series Regular |publisher=seattlepi.com |access-date=2013-04-04}}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/walking-dead-season-4-spoilers-tyreese-beth-sasha-432869 |title='Walking Dead' Promotes Three to Series Regular for Season 4 |publisher=Hollywoodreporter.com |date=2013-03-04 |access-date=2013-04-04}}{{cite web|url=http://www.inquisitr.com/603070/the-walking-dead-promotes-three-to-series-regulars/ |title='The Walking Dead' Promotes Three To Series Regulars |publisher=Inquisitr.com |date=2009-11-15 |access-date=2013-04-04}} After auditioning for the role of Michonne, she read the first three volumes of the graphic novels in preparation for the television series. Knowing they were similar, she chose not to continue reading the comic book series to avoid being aware of future storylines that may occur on the television series.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WR6Pt29_Dc |title=Sonequa Martin-Green (AMC's Walking Dead) Interview AfterBuzz TV's Spotlight On|publisher=AfterBuzz TV|date=2014-02-17|access-date=2015-09-26}}

The episode was reviewed positively by most critics. Zack Handlen, writing for The A.V. Club, rated the episode B+ on an A to F scale.{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-walking-dead-made-to-suffer-1798175154 |title=Made to Suffer |work=The A.V. Club |publisher=Onion Inc |first=Zack |last=Handlen |date=December 2, 2012 |access-date=December 3, 2012}}

Eric Goldman at IGN gave the episode 9.3 out of 10, saying "this was another great episode for The Walking Dead and a strong end to this half of the season. In Season 3, The Walking Dead has turned into a show that is perhaps less grounded and “realistic”—in the midst of its genre scenario—than it once felt, but this is easily the most entertaining and exciting that it’s been for a prolonged period".{{cite web |url=http://ca.ign.com/articles/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-made-to-suffer-review |title=The Walking Dead: 'Made to Suffer' Review|publisher=IGN |first=Eric |last=Goldman |date=December 2, 2012 |access-date=December 3, 2012}}

Forbes magazine's Erik Kain said it was "a strong episode overall, even if the addition of new characters was a bit much to pack into the hour".{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-midseason-finale-review-made-to-suffer/ |title='The Walking Dead' Midseason Finale Review: Made To Suffer|work=Forbes|first=Erik |last=Kain|date=December 3, 2012 |access-date=January 9, 2013}} Time journalist Nate Rawlings felt that "Made to Suffer" was a great work of Glen Mazzara's crew, whose "greatest feat" for this season is in bringing the different stories of Woodbury and the prison together through the brothers Merle and Daryl finding each other "on opposite sides of a war—a story as old as stories themselves," thus propelling the audience to "an amazing climax to end to the first half of this season."{{cite magazine|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-watch-who-died-and-who-came-back-in-the-midseason-finale/|title=The Walking Dead Watch: Who Died (and Who Came Back) in the Mid-Season Finale?|first=Nate|last=Rawlings|magazine=Time|publisher=Time, Inc.|date=December 3, 2012|access-date=December 28, 2013}}

Funeralwise.com found that The Walking Dead was the most violent show on TV in the fall of 2012, with 308 dead (or undead) bodies shown in the eight episodes aired of the show's third season.Patrick Kevin Day, [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-walking-dead-deadliest-show-on-tv-study-says-20130212,0,3640978.story 'The Walking Dead' is the deadliest show on TV, study says], Los Angeles Times, (February 13, 2013).

Upon its initial broadcast on December 2, 2012, "Made to Suffer" was watched by estimated 10.48 million viewers,{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/12/04/sunday-cable-ratings-the-walking-dead-midseason-finale-dominates-night-real-housewives-of-atlanta-shahs-of-sunset-dexter-sister-wives-more/160187/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205214920/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/12/04/sunday-cable-ratings-the-walking-dead-midseason-finale-dominates-night-real-housewives-of-atlanta-shahs-of-sunset-dexter-sister-wives-more/160187/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |title=Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Midseason Finale Dominates Night + 'Real Housewives of Atlanta', 'Shahs of Sunset', 'Dexter', 'Sister Wives' & More |publisher=TV by the Numbers |first=Amanda |last=Kondolojy |date=December 4, 2012 |access-date=December 4, 2012}} up slightly from the previous episode.{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/11/27/sunday-cable-ratings-the-walking-dead-dominates-night-soul-train-awards-liz-dick-dexter-homeland-boardwalk-empire-more/159151/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130071843/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/11/27/sunday-cable-ratings-the-walking-dead-dominates-night-soul-train-awards-liz-dick-dexter-homeland-boardwalk-empire-more/159151/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 30, 2012 |title=Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Dominates Night, 'Soul Train Awards', 'Liz & Dick', 'Dexter', 'Homeland', 'Boardwalk Empire' & More |publisher=TV by the Numbers |first=Sara |last=Bibel |date=November 27, 2012 |access-date=November 27, 2012}}

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