The wait is finally over. Our favorite zombie apocalypse survivors are back in action.

The episode opens with the Governor declaring that Daryl and Merle will fight to the death amid the cheering crowd. Rick and Maggie fire into the crowd, managing to rescue both men. Later,

Daryl decides to leave the group up with his brother. The main thing that troubled me this episode was Daryl’s decision to leave Rick’s crew to go with Meryl, who is clearly untrustworthy.

The episode did have some good moments, especially Glenn and Maggie’s sweet scene. Rick’s hallucination of Lori and his descent into madness was the most disturbing moment of the season so far. Rick’s inability to lead the group made the episode’s final moments tense. Overall, “The Suicide King” started out strong, but ended up feeling anticlimactic and muddled. I still have high hopes for the reason of season 3.