Like I said, in the context of the show, in that moment, Charlie is (in his mind) sacrificing himself to save Desmond. I understand the argument that the logistics don't really make sense, but to say it served no purpose is a misreading to me.

I can't explain the details of that scene, suffice to say that when I watch it, I'm affected emotionally. Hell, maybe Charlie just wanted it to happen, at that point? I don't know, but NOT PENNY'S BOAT will always move me.

Well, there's something to be said for fulfilling a self-fulfilling prophecy isn't there? And, at least in the context of the show, he dies a hero.

I guess nothing is actually official until it's on the show, but this article is written with that being true and I've seen plenty metatextual stuff since the episode aired to make think, Yeah, he's alive.

Yeah, I thought of Charlie, too and how their respective deaths would have been great counterpoints to each other. One with the emotionally satisfying sendoff, one without, both beloved.

Oh, man, have you gotten to Ghost Tuco yet?!

They could just come upon his half-eaten zombified corpse later. That would drive futility home a lot more than turning away as he's eaten alive. Because then you'd still have hope, only for it to be utterly crushed by reality. Just seeing him die offers immediate closure.

The writers really had built up some goodwill, too, and a big part of that was commitment to the theme. We liked Tyrese, and he died. We liked Noah, and he died. We liked Herschel, and he died. We started to like Beth, and she died. We had move beyond the thankful slayings of Dale, Lori, T-Dog, and Andrea, and now the…

Yeah, I think that would be covered by "dream sequence".

I kind of assumed, before they cut to the shot of them falling, that Nicholas essentially blew is head apart. That's not any more believable, though.

So, okay, maybe Glenn pulls himself under the dumpster but his positioning in order to do that is also absurd and completely unrealistic.

Meet the new Landfill, same as the old Landfill.

Jason Sudeikis is part of the series' long game, whatever that is. We saw his photograph in the pilot, saw him briefly in person in the season one finale, and met him officially as a character in the season two premiere. We may only see him in the first and last episodes of each season, but that doesn't mean the…

The first one didn't bother me, it was a good visual gag and I could buy some rich Malibu asshole having a stockade in his home as a piece of art. But two? Yeah, gotta be a sex dungeon.

Everyone's gotta end up in the stocks sooner or later, right? How many of those things do they have?

Ha! I feel you. Lauren Cohan is special, but Maggie Greene ain't.

Yeah, I was thinking the walker that was crawling (er, the crawler?) would be a good candidate to harvest guts from. But I still like the idea of using the unarmed (heh) walker as a bodyguard for the wounded.

#notallsociopaths

Better than the military!

No shit, Dennis.