A non-realistic perspective: Oh, I have no argument with that at all. I still can't get over how well-scrubbed and groomed everyone is in the supposed post-apocalyptic wasteland. It's like the apocalypse is sponsored by Eddie Bauer.

I can think of him as Friar Aaron, but as for chubby monks, they had a settled way of life. They had their gardens, livestock, cooks, etc. all working as a system. Heavier people back then was also a sign of wealth (it showed you could afford to eat well). The sense the show has given is that their way of life isn't…

There may be markets full of food, but there won't be much in the way of storage (no refrigeration), so most food is going to have to be eaten fresh, not too processed (no electrical machinery), and shortly after it's obtained. That doesn't mean someone won't be able to pack on some size, but it'd be less likely to…

DREW THOMPSON: BAD-ASS

The exchange between Charlie and Rachel — "I am not going to lose you too — you are not going anywhere!" "It's not up to you." "I'm your mother!" "Since when!" *smack*

Yeah, that was a Walking Dead Daryl Dixon moment, and a Charlie fail.

I remember Benson being a drum kit wizard, but wasn't there an episode where he was also a pinball wizard? And one where he was a ping pong ace? Because the whole obstacle course was sort of a human-sized pinball game, and at one point his ping pong skillz came into play when he smacked back one of the tennis balls.

Okay, I'll grant you that corrupt may not be the best choice of words. I don't expect Aethelstan to convert anyone, and I don't expect him to give up Christianity — that's not what I meant. But I do mean for him to be forced to question if what his faith teaches is always correct, and to come to some independent…

To be fair, Frankie Highball, or whatever his name is, is trying to be Anthony Perkins, not a psycho.

Tell me something: I've had The Killing sitting on the DVR since the beginning, and never got past the first 35 minutes or so (just was busy). So I never actually started it, and generally don't know a thing about it.

Carl's a Justified fan, that's why he kept the hat.

But their religious differences have been continually foregrounded ever since Floki took the cross. That'd be a huge plot ball to drop if they just had that happen in the narrative but then allowed them to simply continue on unaffected by the clash of worldviews. For the story's sake, there should be some complication…

I wouldn't say abandon, but complicate. Traditional narratives of the Christian world meeting the pagan world suggest that the Christian one is the civilizing dispensation, and the pagan one is violent, retrograde, atavistic, and has little to offer. Right now we have an incredibly charismatic lead with a very…

You had me at Boyd Crowder.

I knew there were Vikings in Ireland, but I didn't know there were chieftains from south Dublin.

I noted this in a longer comment above, but:

Tell that to the Gandalf turf sods above my eyes.

Nope. Hershel has raised a family, and despite his alcoholism, seems to have done a decent job. Communication should not be a problem for Hershel, so fuck him. (I won't put it past being the result of poor plotting/writing, though.)

Fuck Hershel.

@el pinko grande