I kind of agree, but Kirkman seems to be sold on sticking with the events of Georgians. Plus it's probably cheaper, innit?

It's sad that so many watch TWD just for Darryl that one seriously has to consider whether people will continue watching if the character disappears.

Actually my first thought, having kids that age, was that the Intellilink stuff was actually taking shots at some attempts at modernization in schools. Had it been simply thus the show would have been funnier. Trying to mold the ACA into a round hole to stuff it into the square peg of the satire was the failure.

Any explanations about the disease itself came during the first season at the CDC. They never explained specifics, like if the virus had any properties to cause cellular degeneration at an accelerated rate. It makes little sense even within-universe but the head smash is one of those things that keeps ratings high and…

There's a reason why Tyreese's throughline seems clunky to you, it's an example of fan service gone wrong. Fans of the books have been clammoring/anticipating Tyreese since we first saw T-Dogg, and now we've got a version of him, but he's not "our" Tyreese. There is so much more behind the conflict between Rick and…

You are aware of what being an actor means, aren't you?

He is an actor, so his personality means little.

They already cast someone as James Rhodes for Iron Man!

Nah. Like him a lot, but no.

Exactly. It is a plot point that hasn't been earned on screen yet. I think they are really rushing into Tyreese's throughline trying to get him caught up to certain events just in time for the Guvnah's reappearance.

First, BB is a superior show, even though I'm still with TWD after four years. But referencing BB in a review/recap of TWD is weak sauce, perhaps the weakest form of sauce.

Yes, but "villains" are going to be part of dealing with the "challenges" of the apocalypse. Hell is other people, or something.

When this show is at or near its best, like this episode, I want it to go on for two hours. When it is at its worst, like last week, I wish it would get cancelled. The reviewer was generous last week, and a bit stingy this week on grading.

Has anyone mentioned Douglas Sirk, yet?

The OP was generous with the grade. While the foreshadowing for what could happen this season raised some interest, the premier showed a crew apparently bored with the series. There was a little fan service handed out (Darryl getting love and Glen and Maggie thinking about kids) but not much more.

If you'll notice, I haven't "argued the point" since the first post. Like everyone else I can read the statements by Gilligan et. al. so that point is moot isn't it?  I've been discussing other matters.

@avclub-6d0cbc987f0ee695ca4e8d07ecde8d7a:disqus Walt/Heisenberg will get massive headlines in the paper for about a month after the police sort it all out. DRUG LORD DIES IN REVENGE PLOT; KILLS 12
You think he wouldn't have loved that? Just him looking sad doesnt mean he was in full Heisenberg mode.

I'm glad you edited the original post, actually. You certainly can't claim a guy doesn't watch attentively when you can't even spell the protagonist's wife's name correctly.

If you are arguing he's humbled himself because his beard is a bit shaggy, well, I just don't know. The bit about him being anonymous because he appeared disheveled? He's
always been hiding in plain sight. That's been his game from season one.
Other than admitting his error to Skyler and offering Jesse the chance to…

So killers who shoot people in the face themselves rather than hiring someone to do it are morally superior? So . . . Walt couldn't have found a better way to redeem himself than killing a bunch more people? Wait, I thought the consensus was that he *had* to kill her so that his family would go unscathed?