This episode annoyed me and it made my wife stop watching it all together. Quinn, who we would normally think of as the action star of the show gets limited to being tortuously revived to regressing back to unconsciousness. I guess it's a cheap way to keep luring Quinn crazy fans week after week to find out what…

Lucy is also having more sex than any character in the middle of all this. What the f—- is the meaning of that?

They don't call Clare Danes the "Queen of Cry" for nothing.

Miranda Otto continues to impress with her acting. When Ivan has her hands on her throat, she makes a really good fright face. Sexy moaning nearly prompted a sudden cold shower on my part.

Maggie(?): Judith is starting to look like Lori.

Loads of foreshadowing with Victor's skull and crossbones wallpaper. Creepy looking child must be creepy for a reason.

As someone who is caught up with the books, I think the show is burning through the story too quickly, or maybe it's because I already know what's ahead for Uhtred. On the otherhand, the show does know how to make the dramatic moments work and the production does a good job of using the talent that they have.

For a while she reminded me of that movie from the early '00s "Run Lola Run!" Sorry, oops wrong color.

I'm still unsure why the Russians had to kill Carie. I guess it's a precaution, but again, the CIA should already know what files were stolen.

I'm just annoyed. The Asians all look alike thing is so 1977.

Miranda Otto has some serious face dancing skills. One moment she's confidently playing the general, the next second she's unsure of what's next. She seems to be a fitting adversary for the queen of cry.

I was thinking the same thing. What if those Russians are actually mobsters nd not the KGB? Or possibly nowadays the line has blurred between the two.

Hearing that, the "Glenns" would say that there are about 800 million Ricks in Europe, North America, and anywhere else there are white people. Right back at you racist!

Even Donnie Darko's bunny proved to be harmless.

In the beginning did the Chamberlain mention something about there being a "bloody dumb show?" For a while I thought his character realized that he was in one because he is the most interesting one in this slog of a story.

(Spoilers ahead!)Rick's plan looks a bit risky unless the Wolves threat has been neutralized. I forgot about what happened to them last season, are any of them still left? As fun as it was to see the cast again, that happy and familiar feeling went away when the horn went off. When the horn sounded were any of you…

I like this season's pace. It was also good to see that James Hong is still among the living. The flashback felt like something out of Hellboy. For a while I thought James Hong would be reprising his role as Lo Pan from Big Trouble in Little China. Any green-eyed women in S.H.I.E.L.D.?

I agree. Guitar work seems to have influenced the grunge bands of the '90s and later as well. Have been listening to Foo Fighters lately and am struck by the similarity of some of the guitar arrangements.

Series not living up to the lurid expectations of violence, sexual situations, etc. brought on by Fox spokesman's dramatically delivered warning.

Not having seen Sutter's other show I had so much trouble following the dialogue that I activated the closed captioning on my TV. So in Wales they say "Yea" for yes, instead of "aye" in Scotland?