Maybe "a couple" was a better description. Regardless, given the premiere ratings were higher than anything last season — plus, the show clearly peaked during Season 5 ratings-wise — it wouldn't surprise me to see a bigger drop than usual. (Especially with it going against what was a potential elimination game in the…

True, which is why I'm always a bit confused when fans of BCS or Halt seem to resent its existence.

Yep, we complained about how the cliffhanger was awful storytelling, then tuned in anyway and gave AMC its second-highest ratings ever (after the S5 premiere). So in reality, we're the ones who are suckers, regardless of whether it's people who enjoy the show or hate-watch.

There's always a drop after a premiere of several million viewers, so I doubt Week 1 to Week 2 is going to tell us much of anything.

I doubt it. Daryl keeps viewers around, which is why he's not dying until the last episode of this series.

Originally, this was supposed to be episode 3, but it seems like they wanted to bump it up to be right after the Pit of Despair. Seems like a good call.

I actually think they missed a major opportunity last season to begin leading Glenn down a darker road with the dumpster stuff. I remember one of the people heading up TWD saying in an interview that, if Glenn did survive that ordeal (this was before the reveal that he did), he would be a drastically different…

I realize this comment is several days old, and you might not feel like responding, but I'd be curious as to how you think Glenn's first killing should have been handled? I promise I'm not being snarky in asking; I'm genuinely curious. Even though it was spelled out explicitly, like you said, I still felt like the…

Not only that, but Negan was doing this to a group that snuck into one of his compounds and murdered a couple dozen of his men, not to mention what Carol and Maggie did to those people in the emergency hideout. Negan sees them as ruthlessly brutal and is meeting that with his own extreme brutality.

Good to know. The one or two I've skimmed through elsewhere did just that, and made me roll my eyes and wonder what show they've been watching for six-plus seasons.

I haven't read the review, but I'm assuming much of it was complaining about the over-the-top violence? Reviews like that show there's a big disconnect between what reviewers — and a fair amount of people in the online community — want this show to be (a prestige drama) and what the writers are going for (simply…

I think we both know that's asking a bit too much. They'll be back next week, after swearing it off "for good this time," just like they are every week and have been for the past couple of seasons.

Yep, Walt was incredibly dumb to do that, but it was a dumb action brought about due to a clearly defined character flaw, i.e. his ego. More close to home with this show, Abraham in TWD has acted irrationally quite a few times, but whenever the show bothered to delve into his character, you always understood what was…

I think Morgan's zombified wife went up the steps to the porch of the house he, Rick and Duane were staying in during the pilot episode. But then the walkers did a bunch of things that season they never did again (such as stampede or hold rocks to bash them on glass) that I'm not really sure any of it "counts."

Walkers can climb stairs — they did so in the main show this past season when they swarmed on Deanna after Rick and co. left that particular house.

I doubt seriously Kirkman is heavily involved in FTWD. I'm sure he likes the extra income that comes with having his name attached to it, but as far as the show's quality goes, I don't think he particularly cares.

Thanks, I've heard much of the same about the main show. I'm not a fan of the writing, personally, but I do like most of the main characters now.

Good to know. Just curious (and obviously, you don't have to share this if you don't want to), what's your friends' opinion of the show they work on?

Didn't Morgan's wife walk up stairs at the front porch of the home he, Duane and Rick were staying in during TWD pilot episode?

As I said in response to someone else, I get the sense Strand staying behind is simply plot convenience for when Daniel comes back into the picture*. They'll have to put him somewhere where he runs into a familiar face. Funnily, when asked about why Strand would stay behind on last night's Talking Dead, Kirkman…