When Egcbert said that he was going to send Aethelwulf to Rome with Alfred I laughed when I saw Kwenthrith's expression. It was something like, "If you go, who's going to fuck me?"

Does this episode signal the end of the Betsy Ross character, or will we see her here in 2016? I hope they can continue the goofyness that they seemed to have rediscovered.

What an unexpected diversity casting move. I suppose the show is gunning for the burgeoning Chinese viewing market or they would have made Yidu a member of some Siberian tribe. She doesn't have martial arts skills, which has gotten too cliche. However she's brought some stoner knowledge about how to synthesize LSD.

Maybe she's a sorceress.

A resourceful Chinese person would have found a way. It's a long way from the Middle Kingdom to Kattegat, she could have picked it up on route.

It's pretty handy to have Jesus in the back seat with all the answers when you're a priest who's speechless after a confession.

I can't seem to get my brain wrapped around the universal gun ban if they have automobiles. They need to go into this soon and more convincingly. Sure it sets up a cool world of martial arts, but what happens when a roving band of shooters arrives on the scene?

I am holding out hope that this show continues to improve the way Spartacus did. Does anyone remember what a total cheese fest the first episodes were?

Ghost Merle: Nicholas don't you worry, you're a white man. Those others in that revolving door were expendable.

Yeah, that single file line of walker execution was a thing of beauty!

This show was a great, long overdue reminder that The Walking Dead is about horror baby! It's about time that they created fun/deadly scenarios like the revolving door of death! And also situations like the "coincidental" impaling of Aaron after shooting the armored walker. I'm sorry to see Noah go, especially with…

Yep, Carol threatening that kid feels like a screw up. This could come back to haunt her. The kid might tell an adult and their palace coup plot is doomed.

I thought that maybe Alexandria has cameras planted on the outside and they probably saw Rick plant the gun. There may yet be a dark side to this community.

This "planned community" reminds me of The Glen in Glenview, IL http://www.homesintheglen.com/ I'm sure there's a Costco and a Dick's Sporting Goods as well.

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I'm feeling a bit sad for Darryl, I suppose pre-apocalypse, he and his brother existed on the fringes. During the apocalypse, he was best adapted to survive, since his world had already fallen apart. Now that they are in Alexandria, with no skills, Darryl's back again to being on the…

Ghost Merle: (To Aiden) You let yourself get beat up by that Korean and he didn't even use Kung-Fu? Peckerwood, turn in your white card.

Ghost Merle: Now you're tootin'..(menacing grin)

Not long after she "struggled" with the rifle, Rick gave her a look that to me said either "What the hell are you doing?" or "That's smart, I should have done that!"

Kim rocks as a beautiful quiet intelligent woman. That little smile she made after Jimmy pulled the guy to safety made me like her even more.

An absurd episode! I don't know why they didn't just hotwire some cars (and siphon gas) from the gated community and DRIVE to DC, like they've done before. They've got a fucking infant with them who needs regular feedings for Pete's sake! So the showrunners have them walk to create artificial drama! "Oh my God, we…