I think Colt wanted to make it look like a suicide.  Lull the guy into thinking he might live and shoot him at close range so it looked like he was just a naked dude who killed a drug dealer and then shot himself in the forehead. 

I thought he could be Shelby, but there were so many shout-outs to it this episode— the wife leaving 25 years ago, the pretending to be things discussion, the St. Christopher medallion who is the patron saint of pilots, Shelby asking about Drew's widow— that it feels like the writers are giving us a head fake.  Unless…

It writes zombies okay.

She should just treat it like "Memento".  "What did someone just tell me within the last five minutes?  That is my only reason for living, replacing everything that came before it." 

Yeah, but half that group was voting to kill Rick while they were still in the prison so I can buy it. 

Actually I don't mind them not retaking the yard.  Right now they have to worry about snipers (nobody wants to be an Axel), so the less time they spend wandering around in the open the better.  And the walkers in the yard are actually helping in defense, because if the Governor wants to assault the prison he has to…

The entire Sophie arc was awful except for her walking out of the barn.  My money that was the best moment of the series so far.  But it also served as a suitable microcosm for the series— 90% of the time nothing happens and then in the last couple minutes they do something awesome which hooks me for the next several…

For my money, what puts the previous season over the current one (even though admittedly, second season did drag all to hell) is what I'm going to call the Sophie moment.  Something that is legitimately shocking or interesting or provokes some sort of emotional response besides frustration.

I think the show could almost do something interesting with Woodbury if
it explored how the people there are trading their freedom for
security— that you can build an idyllic town in the middle of the
zombie apocalypse as long as you have a Stalin or Hitler running it.  (Yeah it was a Star Trek episode, but between…

I think as an audience member (or "viewer" I guess we are called) I might give a flying shit about Andrea protecting the citizenry of Rock Ridge if I— and I'm just spitballing here— knew anything about any of them or if they did anything besides wander around and make pointless demands for things no one cares about. …

I would buy that he looked up a quote about losing a hand, since he lost a hand.  But that when he wasn't a murderin' for the governor he was holed up in the Woodbury library devouring works of philosophy and theology is a little much to take. 

Maybe next season we can get a 6 episode arc where Andrea attempts to open a suitcase.  The twist is… the suitcase is locked.  Rick can scream at it, Darryl can look vaguely uneasy, Andrea can have sex with it, betray the group for it, bring it back to the group and contemplate opening it before deciding not to, and…

I think Andrea would be a lot less hated if she turned into a villain. 

I think she could have if there was anyone else on the show that could have stepped up.  "The Shield" did this perfectly— every problem solved creates two to five more problems, or just one problem that's five times worse.  Andrea could have killed the Governor and solved that problem and then she's got half the town…

Handlen, I disagree with the comparison of Andrea and Dale.  (You had to know when you took this job that one day someone on the internet would disagree with you.  I'm sorry it had to be me.)  Dale had a conscience and moral viewpoint.  It might have been outdated in zombie apocalypse terms, but I could see where the…

I had to give it a D.  ("Who cares?" you ask, and you'd be right.)  This episode was basically a waste of time with two nice scenes— Merle and Hersh, and Michonne giving Andrea the business.  Otherwise I'd have gone F.  ("Who cares?" you ask, and you'd still be right.)

"Who are these fucking guys?"

The poster actually said, "90 Minutes" but it looked just like the poster for Go with the cast list in small lettering on the upper left.  I guess the art department was having a little fun.

For my money, the shoot-out in the elevator in Die Hard III may be the best 10 seconds of footage in the franchise.  

It bugged me a little that the Governor had his bandaged eye on the scope, but I guess it's possible he aimed with his good eye for the kill on the one guy he had nothing against and then said fuck it and started spraying.  It bugged me a little that Maggie had two good eyes and wouldn't use either of them on her…