I think you're right that the writers just don't know how to write a witch. Abbie and Ichabod are the heart and soul of the show and shouldn't be diluted with characters as pointless as Katrina and Hawley. Jennie is great and I did like Irving (before his family drama started intruding). Basically, the show needs to…

Truly, LCB, the Willow contrast is painful - and apt. Motherhood (and "long lost love" status) doomed this character When she was a memory and a symbol on the show, OK, something for Ichabod to recover from, great. But embodying her - and THAT'S the problem - and making her present (instead of past) is just fatal. Her…

There was one brief shot in the church when she stepped out from behind something with the sword in her hand and, in the act of swinging it upward, it was visibly - I swear - exactly as long as she is tall. Unintentionally hilarious (I can say this, being height-challenged myself).

And being in her line of work, Jenny would be much more understanding of the undead. Therefore, we would be spared the dead weight (no pun intended) of his "other" family in future storylines. C'mon back, Irving!

Hawley also has the added burden of being seen as watering down the show's rightly-celebrated racial diversity of Season 1. It's cool to see three women and one man go into battle, though, so the gender stuff is moderately still intact, although the Abby-Jennie sidelining in the big fight is a serious bummer.

And shot an entertaining video to boot.

Will the word "straddling" be involved in this talk?

I think you're right, that he's better when he's genuinely engaged in the topic at hand and when he gets to tap into his own fandom. He's pretty fast on his feet, which I appreciate, and has the skills to balance conversations among his (usually) three guests on TTD. He's also just self-deprecating enough to avoid…

The hospital storyline was totally worth it, to me, because it re-set the action in Atlanta instead of another anonymous stretch of forest. Seeing skyscrapers in the background and scrounging supplies from office buildings and running through city streets - awesome!

They really were. I kept waiting for the lights to flicker. Maybe some thunder and lightning, too.

Shane was driven by selfishness and envy. He wanted what Rick had, namely, his wife and son. And he had some serious issues with self-esteem so, like the macho dim-bulb he was, he compensated with bluster and violence. Rick may have arrived at his current brutalism through an organic process that gradually stripped…

Not just wandering…LIMPING. What a dumb ass.

And Chris Hardwicke - in my mind, anyway - scored big when he blurted out, "That's the boing of a collective nerd boner!" His empathy toward Emily Kinney was also lovely. That guy has grown on me, starting with how he handled Marilyn Manson's hijinx.

No, only Noah came out. And, let's face it, Noah pretty much had to come out with Rick's group after Beth saved him. Twice. What's he gonna do? Say, "I'm good. Now that Dawn's not running the show, I think 3 hots and a cot in this hospital is the way to go. Thanks for the ride, guys!" His freedom came at too high a…

He may not be a cop anymore, but it was awesome to get a glimpse of him doing TV COP stuff, driving fast, using the walkie-PA thing, like he must've done back in the day. For a second, we got to watch city action rather than rural action and it was glorious.

So, does PG-13 in the action-adventure serial now just mean every name actor in a movie is white? I'm not causally linking all this together but, seriously, if I was a black movie-goer, I'd be sick and tired of watching white people save the world.

I think he's gone out looking for redemption, or some other religiously-motivated nonsense.

But, hey, the last zombie you'd have to worry about is one with lockjaw, amirite?

If you want zombie humor, check out Z NATION. Last week, the immortal line during a tense scene of survivors hiding out and trying to be quiet: (Braaap.) "If I die 'cause you farted, I'm taking you with me."

Liked for the thematically appropriate use of "whilst."