As a lurker for the past couple of years, I'm gonna finally come out of the woodwork and thank you Todd for helping me watch vicariously through your fucking awesome essays until I finally built enough juice to rewatch the show for a third time.  And thank yous to every single last one of the commenters that added to…

I'd say it's along the lines of History Channel's 2012 Maya bullshit programming   with the added bonus of seeing everyday people Y2K-ing the shit out of the idea of a zombie outbreak.

I'd say it's along the lines of History Channel's 2012 Maya bullshit programming   with the added bonus of seeing everyday people Y2K-ing the shit out of the idea of a zombie outbreak.

I second your notion that the most interesting/cringe-inducing thing on this program is the people featured.

I second your notion that the most interesting/cringe-inducing thing on this program is the people featured.

Umm, it was a piece of shit show I sat and watched while bottle feeding my 3-mo. old for about 30 minutes.  It falls in line with the paranormal conspiracy shit that airs waaaay too often on History Channel.  This was practically Zombie 101 for your parents/grandparents with out of context examples.

Umm, it was a piece of shit show I sat and watched while bottle feeding my 3-mo. old for about 30 minutes.  It falls in line with the paranormal conspiracy shit that airs waaaay too often on History Channel.  This was practically Zombie 101 for your parents/grandparents with out of context examples.

The Monte Cristo sandwich.  For those not in the know of the glory that is a Monte Cristo: It's a beer-batter, fried, ham and cheese sandwich, topped with a bit of powdered sugar and a dollop of raspberry jam.  Many permutations of this sandwich exist but all of them certainly can't be that good for you.

The Monte Cristo sandwich.  For those not in the know of the glory that is a Monte Cristo: It's a beer-batter, fried, ham and cheese sandwich, topped with a bit of powdered sugar and a dollop of raspberry jam.  Many permutations of this sandwich exist but all of them certainly can't be that good for you.

I'm curious to see if I'm alone on this:  Weren't the whole S3 promotional vignettes played during the marathon on AMC pretty much spoilery? (ie what's coming up: The Governor/Woodbury, Merle, etc?)  I've read the comics and don't feel spoiled (re: violated), but this at least has to suck some of the tension out of…

I'm curious to see if I'm alone on this:  Weren't the whole S3 promotional vignettes played during the marathon on AMC pretty much spoilery? (ie what's coming up: The Governor/Woodbury, Merle, etc?)  I've read the comics and don't feel spoiled (re: violated), but this at least has to suck some of the tension out of…