I thought Barrow's final line about how he's had "dozens of X-rays" was implying those spots were something different…

Viewing one of the most gruesome and graphic sequences ever, I winced, cringed and almost passed out. Thack died how he lived, reckless, arrogant and high off the china white. It was a masterful exit.

Maybe it's because I'm a surgeon, but the season finale of The Knick lost me at that point. When Thack started operating on himself, all I could think about was how ridiculous it was, how this is the sort of thing that a responsible group of doctors would not agree to be a part of (even in 1901), given that…

I hope she comes around. These two make such a great team, romance or no.

Though let me make it damn clear that the hoodie and the sunglasses better not be gone for good, seeing as they’re just as essential to this Doctor’s identity.

Actually, Negan ruled mainly through fear.

Indeed. The wolf was all nicely tied up and harmless. He probably wouldn't have gotten loose if post-concussion Carol hadn't insisted on trying to kill him during a massive walker incursion. Carol's usually way smarter than that.

Yup. Totally fun. I did think the restroom sex scene was a bit gratuitous though.

Best line was, as usual, from Cleary to Thack as he delivered the addict's corpse to Thack for autopsy: "If people knew what you did down here, they wouldn't trust you to give 'em a fuckin' aspirin." It also fits in the theme.

Actually, that makes me think more that it was probably Nicholas being chowed. It's not easy to make intestines come out of a chest cavity. :-)

Surgeon. I used to do trauma surgery back in the 1990s, but gave it up a long time ago.

Unless the producers are just messing with us, of course.

There was razor wire on top of the fence; so climbing on the fence was not a good option.

Not necessarily. I've seen people remain remain conscious after losing half their blood volume. Since human blood volume is around 5 L for the average adult, that's 2.5 L or quite a bit of blood.

Two black men actually CAN survive a TWD episode together.

I suspected as much, given that they didn't include Glenn in the "In Memoriam" segment on Talking Dead (instead showing, to paraphrase, "Please don't be true"), and Steve Yeun wasn't on the show. Usually when a major character dies on the show the actor portraying that character shows up as a guest on Talking Dead…

But Michonne and Heath watching their former friend getting torn apart in gory detail without either of them thinking to shoot or knife the poor dude in the head to spare him the agony was frustrating. This should be standard operating procedure by now.

Of course, when I first saw the episode, I was a surgical resident. I ended up yelling at the TV because in no hospital where I've ever worked would that woman not have been rushed straight up to labor and delivery immediately.

I don’t know. I appreciated the novel within the novel for its intentional awfulness and parody of Nazi ideology.

Yeah, I have over 1,200 CDs myself, for which I bought three large racks to store them. Ever since, I ripped them to lossless over the course of several months, they've sat in the basement in those racks. After all, with Apple Music, I can now stream them anywhere and still have the full-resolution versions to play at…