@disqus_g9ca9Es5D1:disqus; @sorrowen:disqus: Thanks for this! I'm glad that I'm not the only viewer who found Rosita's dialogue in the church scene befuddling.

@Mona_Visa:disqus: "So much for health care in the apocalypse."

@judyhennessey:disqus: "I don't think Eugene went into this with any grand plan. But I think his
loyalties are still to his friends and he's going to work with what he
finds."

@nrrork: Aw, yeah! I had the same thought; glad that someone else confirms my surmise. (I'll add that the series' narrative arc kind of underlines the point for us, as Eugene had his previous-season encounter with the helmeted walker in the very same machine-shop in which he first discussed — and attempted — to make…

@ScarletHarlot: Agreed. TWD can be such a hard slog that sometimes its grace notes and throwaway moments are what makes watching worthwhile — and Eugene's muted rock-out to "Easy Street" was the best moment in the episode for me.

+1.

@assless chaps: "I hate his leering, his mumbling, his cargo shorts, and, yes, his mullet."

@nknotz: "Guile is Eugene's super-power. He has used it to great effect to survive. But, seeing that smirk after all the groveling makes me think there is more going on than simple submission."

@BenderBukowski: I, too, initially thought that the two wives' "you're-a-good-man-so-make-us-a-poison-pill" request was Negan's way of testing Eugene. (Ain't gonna lie: when the wives first posed the question, I literally blurted out, "It's a set-up; don't do it!" I need hobbies. …)

+1, @MelZetz. For me, this NASCAR Slice-O-Matic scene was a prime example of the vibe that made "Rock in the Road" rate a 'C-' as drama or horror, but a solid 'B-' as chuckle-worthy schlock. I cracked up throughout! (BTW, Erik Kain included a great breakdown — and take-down! — of the physics of the scene in his…

@Soylent Green and @slander, I was thinking the same thing during that (unintentionally?) hilarious scene! At this point, one of the few ways that TWD's hapless season 7 could redeem itself for me would be to up the ante of ridiculousness by having the sliced zombie horde from "Rock in the Road" reappear during the…

Damon Y's great piece sparks 3 observations: (1) In less than 300 words, VSB has managed to deliver a more thoughtful, cogent, nuanced analysis of this incident than any other media outlets have managed in twice the space. Thanks.

Just finished binge-watching this on Netflix. What bothered me weren't the "plot holes" — which I (perhaps erroneously) interpreted as ends left deliberately loose in hopeful anticipation of subsequent seasons of the show.

+1. I binge-watched Happy Valley on Netflix a few weeks back and was blown away. Great stuff. (And as an American who lived in the north of England for four years, I loved seeing Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, and Heptonstall again.)

@Richie Alpert and the Orchid S: "I found that character annoying and one note from the get go. And I usually like Leguizamo."

@Annette: Belated +1 to all you've said here! (Late to the Bloodline party, I've just devoured seasons 1 and 2 in a weekend binge-watch.)

@Duggan Phillips: Coming from a family that is a lot like the Rayburns — on a much, much smaller financial scale — my solution has always been to maintain my distance, rely on myself, and make no financial requests. Thus, when my siblings are railing against the unfairness of the "controlling" parents and grandparents…

@overg: Belated +1. There's no question that Robert is a dick, and that his failure to praise Danny's truly exquisite restaurant is churlish, but he makes a valid point when he tells Danny that the tandem act of simultaneously developing a paying vocation and providing for one's children is the basic cornerstone of…

Having spent the better part of an evening sobbing through PBS NewsHour's and Washington Week's final tributes to the late Gwen Ifill, I went out to a late dinner with a friend and cheered up a little — only to come home to find this news of Sharon Jones' passing.

If they tell me that Michael Savage can't fall asleep without his Grace Under Fire plush toys, I'm moving to Canada.