Is an Agents of SHIELD spin-off such a good idea, given SHIELD's tanking ratings? But, yeah, it's disappointing to see two of the best characters on this show leave. Maybe they want to focus more on Fitz and Simmons, the other couple on the show? I hope so. I suspect the network wants a replacement for Agent Carter,…

"…he pushes them closer to abstract icons of fascist supremacy…"

Or Donald Trump. Imagine how that particular conversation would go…

What we have here is the old chicken-and-egg problem. Personally, much of the conflict between Rick and Shane was kinda inane, made tolerable only because of the chemistry between Bernthal and Lincoln. Look at a character like Herschel. He's supposed to be the wise old sage character, right. Can you remember any…

I think 80% is way too low an estimate. Given what we've seen so far, I'd guess something like 99% of the population is dead or undead, at the very least. We've only ever seen isolated pockets of—what?—no more than 50 to 100 people at most, and typically far, far less, like a dozen or so. I don't see how you can…

Ideally, yes. But I think our caring about the characters on The Walking Dead is more a function of the actors' abilities and chemistry then the writing. I mean, when Denise died, let's face it, what did anyone really know about her? But Merritt Wever is so good, that we actually feel something when she gets killed,…

Yeah, I guess. I actually had to remember who Aaron was there for a minute. And Eugene, sure. But for every Eugene or Aaron, there's a T-Dawg or any number of characters whose names I don't even remember. Yes, that's how little character development they had. For instance, Tara's sister, what's'ername. And the guy who…

"High numbers of horrible people" is really a well-worn zombie apocalypse trope. It doesn't bother me. If I have a complaint, it's that there aren't enough episodes where some group of murderous psychopaths aren't being brutally slaughtered by our intrepid band of heroes. I watch this show precisely for the horrible…

"Seems like they're positioning her to get Lucille'd in the finale…"

It's OK. I agree with you about some of the fans' reactions. On a show about a zombie apocalypse, if you're not expecting characters to die, you're kinda clueless. Personally, I'm expecting a major character to die soon, I won't say which one in case you haven't read the comic, but I expect it to be really gruesome. I…

It's possible that there's someplace in the world of The Walking Dead that survived relatively intact. But, given everything we've seen so far, Carol is going to have to kill a heck of a lot of people to find it, if it even exists. Of course, it could be that Alexandria is as close to such a place as is ever likely to…

I never said the episode was bad. In fact, I thought it was pretty good. Nor did I "dislike" that Denise died. Not that I was particularly happy either. What I didn't like was the predictability of Denise's death. Which is what a lot of other people complain about this show: whenever a character is given some…

This is spot on. It drives me crazy to see the Alexandrians standing around doing nothing when they should be fortifying the town. Apart from sandbagging watchtowers and the like, I'd be clearing the land outside the walls of trees and buildings, creating kill zones, building boobytraps, and so on. Heck, I'd even…

I just knew, from the very first second Denise and Eugene left Alexandria, one of 'em wasn't coming back. They might just as well have put on red shirts…

And as soon as she said that, I knew Denise was not long for this world.

How does Carol leaving Alexandria solve her moral dilemma? Alexandria is relatively safe, and we know that if someone doesn't want to participate in killing people, they don't have to. Outside Alexandria, on the other hand, is another world, where someone is constantly having to decide whether to kill or be killed.…

I'll be honest, I wasn't impressed by the pilot, and had no interest in watching another episode, until some friends talked me into it about a month ago. It actually gets better.

Tax the rich.

Alex was upset because Kara had exposed herself to the world, which meant that she'd be hunted down by the DEO for being an alien, a government agency she's secretly working for, and, as we find out later, her dad worked for too, before he was mysteriously murdered in an operation tracking down an alien, who turns out…

Indiana Jones and the Crusade to Get Those Fuckin' Hippies Off His Lawn