Interesting point. It wasn't the asking for mercy; it was the granting of it, that truly caught his attention.

I think this series is awkwardly trying to move to some truth. If the world has gone to hell, what resources remain? Who do you trust? You want to go with what has worked before, but what if the situation is more dire than past remedies can handle?

Delgado was brilliant, Gomez is brilliant!

Language is interesting. I don't think that Davros was calling the Doctor to account for leaving Davros with nothing but the sonic screwdriver and his own youthful devices. I think that Davros was calling the Doctor to account because the Doctor had done more than that to save him, and therefore compassion was wrong…

Good catch. But I can't help but think that the character development Easter Eggs aren't going to have time to pan out. Travis and nasal fractures; Madison and genetic addictive personalities; Daniel and the suggestion that he was hoarding weapons at the barbershop …

Nick didn't stay with the body. The dealer could've been bitten before they returned. But I think they've seen other evidence that you don't have to be bitten (Susie, for one).

They'd have simply taken her, as they did Patrick (who wasn't even hurt). "Honey, the death squads are here!"

Thanks for posting that. I agree. All human cultures have had mythologies about the undead (admittedly, I haven't studied them all, but it's common) so it's difficult to imagine a society in which those don't exist.

"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nosh-Time."

Even "Night of the Living Dead" understood that.

I was just typing something to the same effect. Travis had to leave the truck outside of the cordoned area to look for Chris on foot. Then the riots began to spread… the truck wouldn't have been spared much longer.

Given that he saved his family from death squads, I truly thought Daniel was alluding to a secret cache of weapons; that he's a very private survivalist. Then, given the fire and looters, he couldn't get to them. It could still play out that way …

If I recall correctly, Bob was shown consuming Sterno fuel.

Right. His daughter pointed out that they have no relatives; those were already lost to death squads. Then he sees houses being marked. He understands what that means. He might prove to be sane Shawn.

Unfortunately that was the best part of the miniseries. I love Stephen King but he's much better at setting 'em up than resolving 'em.

Not enough Tobias.

This story line is supposed to be in "The Walking Dead' timeline, which means it's not current. Cellphones didn't do video then, they were for making phone calls. (It was mentioned elsewhere that Tobias had a flip-phone). Travis had an actual videocam, and was probably writing to Hi-8 or Mini-DV (I didn't get a…

Stella, the Maneater from Manayunk, would have something to say about that.
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To be fair, Moonlighting premiered in 1985.

I liked the subtlety of the moment between Nick and his mother. "She tried. I stopped her." Sometimes you're angry that the characters don't go into exposition and sometimes you are grateful that the writers wrote sparely. That was the first moment I got a sense of any real solidity and loyalty amongst the three.