The rejected dog wandering away was the most emotionally afffecting moment of the season. I felt bad that the episode where Cas tortured the kid didn't bother me nearly as much.

I was worried it would be a rip-off of Company of Wolves, one of my favorite movies ever. But this sounds pretty good.

@CommodoreRake: Please pitch the Syfy Channel immediately. I would so watch that.

As a poly person, I like this but not just for sexual reasons. In today's world, so many people are too messed up to parent, and families are often scattered over long distances, so the two parent system frequently isn't enough. All it takes is grandparents on the other side of the country, one addict parent and…

@astrogea: Or it's possible that infertile women were valued because they had more resources and time for other people's kids. It depends on whether the value is placed on creating as many kids as possible or on caring well for the ones that exist.

Why do Photoshoppers always think thinner is better? some of us like fleshy people. I thought the whole point of Kim K was that she was voluptuous, so why erase that? It's like women aren't even allowed to display their own bodies in photos and instead a T&A logo is put under all their heads.

@outuendo: Never thought of Sandra Oh but I like it. For 355 I was thinking of Yaya DaCosta. Though she might be a bit ethereal looking.

I have always wanted this to be a cable show, not a movie. Not 3 movies, either - all those juicy gender politics just beg for the momentum and day-after discussion of an ongoing TV show.

I decided I'm glad the show zombies are a little more physically and cognitively skilled. It makes them more interesting as enemies.

Reminds me of a prettier episode of Life After People. I wonder if you could create your own ginormous aquatic topiary animals this way. Might be terrifying for a dolphin to suddenly come upon a giant version of itself, though.

@Winduntu: Skip it, I hope.

In some ways I liked it better than the first episode. I still dislike Lori and Shane; I can only hope they both caught a case of poison ivy that will enlighten Rick upon his arrival. But Andrea and Glenn were mostly satisfying and this time the upbeat ending seemed more congruent.

My favorite episodes were the earlier ones where no matter how grim the story got, there was a humor and levity that worked well with both the actores and the writing. Humbug, Tooms, Small Potatoes - they all had a cleverness that died later in the series, and it never came back - not in the show or the movies. So…

@Curse_Your_Sudden_But_Inevitab...: The first time I ever saw him was on an X Files episode. I've never quite shaken the association.

@Razoky: "If bats could talk" is a great topic. Except it would probably be a lot of locker room talk about all the slutty flowers and plants they'd had.

I was mostly pleased. I think if I had come to this without having read the comics, I might have found tonight a bit ... monotone. Having read them, I know the complexity and richness that's going to make for good TV. (I feel safe in predicting it anyhow.)

@OakRidge: No, I'm glad too. Comics and TV: two very different mediums. As long as they make good decisions in terms of what works - and who knows, maybe Kirkman had other ideas he couldn't do comic-wise that could be done here - I'm looking forward to something that its own project.

@d_r_e: Yeah, he feels so not-Rick to me that it's like Rick didn't make it into the show. I'm okay with it for now.... And am okay with the show deviating as much as it needs to from the comic, as long as it's still solid.

Airs in 90 minutes here. Please god let no trick or treaters ring the doorbell and interrupt.

@Shadowpuppets: My thoughts exactly.