You're right about the impact of Edith's letter… though as someone else pointed out, Edith was rather young at the time, and probably didn't anticipate the vast consequences.

That's a really good point, re: Mary having been accepting of Branson in the beginning… against all odds (of her personality), really.

I know a lot of people here like Matthew Goode - and he's certainly a treat for the eyes - but all the lines about he and Mary being made for each other rang completely false to me. He is simply just made for the storyline and the series' end.

I can't remember if Oscar Wilde would have already passed away by this time in the DA series, but even if it's anachronistic, I love to think of Thomas Gone Wilde!

When the whole kitchen clapped for Moseley! I loved it…

1. Okay, so that constable guy MUST be in the opening credits, no? At least for this season?

Also, there are the people who just plain died of other reasons, and then turned. When you think of the people who die everyday of just old age or whatever, that probably made up a lot of the zombies.

Only if you think they needed to die. The oldest son probably did. But I think it was lazy, story-wise, to just wipe all 3 out. It makes me annoyed we got invested in them.

I think part of the issue is the price of even basic cable has become so high that barely anyone I know anymore watches tv, or has cable. That is, they watch tv shows, but on Netflix streaming. So, they might watch the first season of this (possibly after it's been cancelled) on Netflix eventually, but not now.

See, I thought it was a really, really good episode. I gave it an A (which no one else did, but whatever). I get mad at the show - it's not really a *good* show - but it's entertaining, and I want to see the characters I like succeed.

The simplest reason is so the writers could kill off Jessie and her kids.

I think there are some we can assume roamed (ex: Jim, S1. It didn't seem like he had it in him to shoot himself in the head.).

I finally realized Rick's reasoning (though certainly, an argument could be made that he used none) for going out there and axing all the zombies, by himself:

It was definitely risky, and I don't even know that Gabriel had proven himself as reliable yet. I imagine Gabriel was simply the lesser of two evils, so to speak.

True! Morgan had practically zombie-proofed the town in "Clear," and I believe Rick & Co. were trying a little bit of that at the prison. Why they didn't get it going at Alexandria is beyond me.

When we talk about the Wolf (possibly) having a change of heart, do we mean the "ladder" moment, when he went back for the doctor? Or was it when he was shot down already and urged her to "go"?

Was that the same church that Glenn and Enid went to? I would assume so, but only one had people praying there (the one where we saw Gabriel and Judith).

What instigated Sam being "detected' by the zombies? I don't think he said anything — he was just standing there. I can only think that the guts dried off? Or maybe, it's key to keep on shuffling, no matter what? Standing and starting stupidly is only something humans do? Delicious humans?

^THAT

Could you explain the euphemism bit? You lost me.