Sick (The Walking Dead)

"Sick"
The Walking Dead episode
Rick kills the leader of the prisoners, Tomas, who tries to assassinate him.
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 2
Directed by	Billy Gierhart
Written by	Nichole Beattie
Original air date	October 21, 2012 (2012-10-21)
Guest appearance(s)
IronE Singleton as Theodore "T-Dog" Douglas Emily Kinney as Beth Greene Lew Temple as Axel Theodus Crane as Big Tiny Nick Gomez as Tomas Markice Moore as Andrew Vincent M. Ward as Oscar
Episode chronology
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"Sick" is the second episode of the third season and 21st episode overall of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead, which aired on AMC in the United States on October 21, 2012.

In their haste to amputate Hershel Greene's (Scott Wilson) infected leg while clearing out the prison, Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and his group encounter five living prisoners, Tomas (Nick Gomez), Andrew (Markice Moore), Big Tiny (Theodus Crane), Axel (Lew Temple), and Oscar (Vincent M. Ward). Rick, Daryl (Norman Reedus), and T-Dog (IronE Singleton) keep the prisoners at a distance, learning they have been shut away for the last ten months and were unaware of the extent of the walker epidemic. Tomas believes the prison should be theirs, but Rick asserts that since they spilled blood to clear it, the prison belongs to Rick's group. However, Rick does offer to let the prisoners stay in a separate cell block and split the supplies. The group returns back to their cell block where Hershel is kept in a separate cell and watched over in case he turns. Rick keeps the prisoners in a locked cell temporarily. Rick later tells Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) he does not trust the prisoners and considers killing them.