I'll throw "creepy" into the hat as well. I didn't love the episode but the show is taking Rick to some interesting places.

Not to stereotype but I'm guessing Reedus is a metalhead.

Not to stereotype but I'm guessing Reedus is a metalhead.

The weakest episode of the season,  in my view at least; it just didn't click for me. I think it was the predictability of the competing storylines. (Admittedly part of this was having foreknowledge that the phone calls were a hallucination, although those scenes were done pretty well). Andrea felling into bed w/ the…

The weakest episode of the season,  in my view at least; it just didn't click for me. I think it was the predictability of the competing storylines. (Admittedly part of this was having foreknowledge that the phone calls were a hallucination, although those scenes were done pretty well). Andrea felling into bed w/ the…

"Hello Mr. Thompson…" 
(sotte voce) "I think he's talking to you."

"Hello Mr. Thompson…" 
(sotte voce) "I think he's talking to you."

I've heard lots of good stuff about Discworld, but haven't gotten into the series yet. Anyone have advice on the best place to start, or is the world accessible no matter what book you pick up first? thanks in advance.

I've heard lots of good stuff about Discworld, but haven't gotten into the series yet. Anyone have advice on the best place to start, or is the world accessible no matter what book you pick up first? thanks in advance.

The post-alien conspiracy X-Files seasons are so muddled in my mind I couldn't tell you what they were going for.

The post-alien conspiracy X-Files seasons are so muddled in my mind I couldn't tell you what they were going for.

Damn handsome group of minstrels up there.

Damn handsome group of minstrels up there.

Wait, so the CineMode app actually encourage texting by darkening your phone? Because who the hell can sit for 100 minutes without checking what your asshat friends have to say on Facebook. I would not be opposed to sending movie-texters on a rocket to Neptune, or perhaps  their own tiny island somewhere in the South…

Wait, so the CineMode app actually encourage texting by darkening your phone? Because who the hell can sit for 100 minutes without checking what your asshat friends have to say on Facebook. I would not be opposed to sending movie-texters on a rocket to Neptune, or perhaps  their own tiny island somewhere in the South…

Cultural freakin' zeitgeist!

Cultural freakin' zeitgeist!

-That last scene, you know all the guys schelpping the booze are thinking, "Don't laugh at the hat, don't laugh at the hat."

-That last scene, you know all the guys schelpping the booze are thinking, "Don't laugh at the hat, don't laugh at the hat."

I don't quite understand Zack bringing up Buffy in this context. Buffy was a show driven by its characters; TWD is driven by its world, and of course is far more grim, which Zack does mention.