<P> Beth becomes more self - assured and becomes a contributing member to Rick's group . She sings to help boost morale and spreads optimism among her survivors upon finding a place to live at the prison in the third - season premiere "Seed". When Hershel's leg is amputated after a walker bite in the episode "Sick", Beth chides Maggie for being pessimistic about his chances of survival . Beth devotes much of her time to assisting Hershel throughout his recovery, and also becomes a caretaker for Judith after Lori Grimes (Sarah Wayne Callies)'s death in the episode "Killer Within". </P> <P> Beth has developed a relationship with one of the prison newcomers, Zach (Kyle Gallner). When he is killed in a walker attack in the season premiere "30 Days Without an Accident", she quietly accepts his fate . She opens up to fellow survivor Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) about this loss, and proclaims she doesn't cry anymore . In the episode "Isolation", Beth continues to attempt to repress her sadness to Maggie when the deadly virus at the prison spreads, infecting Glenn (Steven Yeun) and endangering Hershel, who goes to the sick ward to help . During the Governor's (David Morrissey) attack on the prison in the episode "Too Far Gone", Beth and Maggie watch in horror as Hershel is decapitated during the battle, then the sisters are separated and Beth flees with Daryl . In the episodes "Inmates" and "Still", Beth and Daryl travel alone together, where the two come into conflict over the likelihood of other survivors . Beth confronts Daryl on his emotional detachment, forcing him to open up and show faith in the other people who could still be alive . He begins to teach her how to use a crossbow in the episode "Alone" where the two have found a mutual respect for one another . However, this newfound bond is quickly disrupted by walkers swarming the house, forcing her to escape outside where she gets kidnapped . </P> <P> Beth spends her time at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, starting with the fifth - season episode "Slabtown". She has been taken in by a group of police officers led by Dawn Lerner (Christine Woods). Kept against her will in a dangerous environment where she is mistreated and abused along with the other patients and wards, Beth devises a plan with Noah (Tyler James Williams) to escape, which involves escaping through the elevator . While Noah is successful, she finds herself caught fighting walkers and is eventually disarmed by the officers who find her . Later, Dawn shows signs of respect for Beth once she takes Noah's place as her ward but Beth openly tells her that she will find another way to escape . As Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride) is wheeled into the hospital injured from a car accident in an attempt to rescue her along with Daryl, Beth devises another plan to retrieve medicine to save her life in the episode "Crossed". In the mid-season finale "Coda", a hostage exchange occurs when Rick's group, who have captured two officers, demand Beth and Carol back . The exchange runs smoothly until Dawn demands that she needs Noah back . However, the group protest . Dawn claims she needs Noah because Beth took his place and she needs him back . Noah reluctantly agrees as does the group until Beth hugs him goodbye before turning to Dawn . She tells Dawn she "(gets) it now", that her act of kindness was a masquerade in order to keep Beth under her subservient order . Beth defiantly plunges a concealed pair of surgical scissors into Dawn's shoulder, causing Dawn to reflexively shoot her in the head by accident, and in turn prompting Daryl to kill Dawn in retaliation . Daryl lifts Beth's corpse and brings her out in time to see that the other survivors have returned, which include Maggie who breaks down in tears seeing Beth killed after only finding out she was alive . </P> <P> Emily Kinney was cast as a recurring character in Season 2 of The Walking Dead, where she portrayed Beth Greene . Beth is introduced as the 16 - year - old sister of Maggie Greene, while Kinney was 25 years old at the time of casting . The second - season episode "18 Miles Out" deals with the aftermath of Beth's suicide attempt . IGN's Eric Goldman commended the development presented in the episode; "While there's no denying that Beth was pretty much a non-entity until this episode, I did like a lot of her material here with Maggie--especially when Maggie said she couldn't handle another funeral and Beth told her,' You can't avoid it,' which is of course a very sad, very true statement, given the circumstances they're in ." Gary Roszko of The Huffington Post affirmed that Beth's interactions with Lori were cliched, comparing it to "an after school anti-suicide special". New York's Starlee Kine was much more pessimistic about the storyline than the general consensus and assailed the melodramatic nature of it . "We just aren't going to care about the potential death of a character we don't know," she iterated . "Or if it refused to learn that lesson, maybe it could've then learned this one: We are very tired of watching survivors of a still undefined and non-wondered - about apocalypse talk other survivors into not giving up ." </P>

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