I think it's simpler than that. They saw that all the niche/genre channels were becoming, one by one, broad, reality TV-driven channels (A&E, TLC, History) and wanted to get in the new big thing.

Not one of those listed shows was as good or as big of a deal as BSG.

Basically what happened with me, too. It just seemed really sophomoric somehow.

I stuck with it for the first 9-10 eps of the first season, and I couldn't continue. It was literally unwatchable. You know the cast is lackluster when Agent Coulson stands out as especially charismatic.

Then they would start giving the honour guards vests from here on out, right? Except they're not going to do that, because it would interfere with Stephen Harper looking out his window and pretending he's in Victorian England.

I get the concept of the honour guard, and it was obviously very useful for reminding people of the power of the ruler back in like the 18th century... but they have little place in the modern world apart from parades and special occasions, and not routine guard duty.

I guess I should have phrased it differently. The existence of honour guards at all, in the 21st century, is what I find ridiculous. Either there's a need for an actual guard, in which case they should be armed and armoured, or there isn't a need for an actual guard, in which case just don't have a guard there.

Well, you would know all about how stupid people think, I'd imagine.

"Our beloved traditions"? Speak for yourself. I'm also Canadian and they're certainly not beloved by me.

Go masturbate to a picture of the Queen.

This brings up an issue that no one seems to have mentioned: why was he unarmed... or more importantly, unarmored? Seems pretty ridiculous to have a guard, honour guard or no, wearing a suit jacket and kilt. This kind of old timey British empire nostalgia in all the Commonwealth countries drives me crazy. If he were…

I just want to point out that this is the dumbest comment I've seen in quite some time.

Education? Safety net? WHATEVER YOU SAY, TROTSKY

He doesn't know it'll be "a little bit later," though. For all he knows, Darryl and Carol are never coming back — which would actually be the most realistic outcome, apart from the fact that they're prominent characters and tend to have golden horseshoes up their butts. Rick might stick around the church for months…

I always just assumed that the zombie bites are poisonous somehow and will always eventually cause infection/death

Experts? More like eggheads!

Let's be honest. As far as the US ruling class is concerned, killing millions of people is far preferable to challenging capitalism.

Yeah, he's not particularly explosive, but he's pretty long (same height and wingspan as Tyson Chandler, for example) and he's got excellent timing.

It's also a status symbol. To say you're gluten-free is a subtle way of reminding everyone you can afford to be gluten free. You're not one of those poors who has to eat normal food.

I cannot, for the life of me, figure out most people's attitude towards nutrition. They act like it's unknowable black magic, or something.