AMC used to do the same thing when Breaking Bad was on, to get us to watch the first few minutes of Low Winter Sun. Into the Badlands is largely wack, but it is better than that.

She got her own Zombie Gore Poncho, too! That's a good widdle girl!

Yeah. I mean, Morgan's fuck-up aside, couldn't she wait a little while to try to kill that guy? Sheesh!

That Morgan/Carol contretemps was the most pointless disagreement between two misguided people that I've seen in some time. And I've watched Republican Presidential debates.

Hey!

I found it mildly ridiculous that the normally super-competent Alicia and Lucca would swindle Canning so totally to scoop up those clients, and then botch the interviews so completely. I mean, it was obvious they wanted to showcase Grace's client-landing ability, but that was going a little far.

This season has been weightless to the point of annoyance so far. Alicia and Lucca have embarked upon a partnership without so much as having a discussion about it. Jason and Alicia's flirtation seems to have reached the point where Alicia seems jealous of him working with Diane. Eli moving in on Vanessa Williams…

Well, to be fair, for a long time, even Stewart's interviews were painful to watch. But he got better, and while he never hit a Judith Miller or a Rand Paul as hard as he could have, he would still challenge them.

I attribute the Kilgrave rampage to the fact that he had come as close to losing as he has so far in the show, so he was acting out like crazy.

I'll tolerate yet another big clusterfuck massacre next week, if you promise me that Gabriel will finally get it. With all the dawdling of the past few weeks, he hasn't even gotten one line.

Tara was really speaking for the viewers with that gesture to Rick.

I don't know what the intention for the Glenn situation was (other than promotional hype), but I think it's resolution, after all this time, was a total cheat. Even the movie serials back in the day didn't make you wait longer than a week to see the cliffhanger resolved.

The Second Coming of Reb Brown!

Not quite (I'm at episode 10), but damn. I don't see Hogarth continuing into season 2 like this.

About that Elliot Rodger mention: I had a fleeting thought about how much we were going to see Kilgrave stacked up against this current, virulent strain of entitled misogynists. That was during episode 1, when Kilgrave kept insisting that Jessica "smile," like a contruction worker catcalling on the street.

Is it me, or is she looking distinctly Katniss-sy, here?

I'm sold. The plot holds together really well without overabundant exposition. Ritter establishes her chemistry with Mike Colter's Cage right away. Tennant brings palpable menace without being seen full on. And Krysten Ritter is even better than I expected, with her tough talk set off well by her delicate features.

Given that Laurel basically started as a charity case that the group took on, she is trying to fit in these days. I found her efforts to bond with Dig over resurrected siblings kind of touching.

As has been noted before, though, Agents Of SHIELD has nothing in the way of consistent style. Most episodes just lay there.

I agree about the goodness of this episode, although I thought the conflict with Diggle was a little trumped-up. Diggle may have believed Andrew was villainous, but would he argue so vehemently against capturing and exposing him? Oliver and John don't have to argue over everything, do they?