Urgh, I'd blanked out that psych professor from the other year, it pissed me off so much. He not only blew through every professional ethical standard incredibly easily, he also really went for her when she was clearly so vulnerable and disturbed, he was predatory. He was actually attracted to her dysfunction, and it…

This is a really insightful post, thank you.

I'm so glad you wrote this, because I had no idea, and I'm impressed beyond measure! Dayum, Freddie Highmore is a seriously talented young man. One to watch!

I think that's expecting a little too much of someone with a profound mental illness and a deeply dysfunctional upbringing. He did recognise that there's something wrong with him while in hospital, and I wish they'd shown him struggle more with realising that before slipping back into this pattern, but psychosis by…

I would have a whole new respect for the show if they slipped that line in there! There are so many great Johnson lines. "Is that…normal…pooing that you're doing? Sickness is weakness, Mark! *ahem* Travis!"

Thanks for the info! The promise makes no sense though. If there was only one last ticket available, that means neither of his parents bought one when Jake bought his, and she denied him nothing.

TWD has had it's issues with race and gender, but has been pretty LGBTQ friendly so far. Tara, Tara's first GF (I can't remember her name off the top of my head) Aaron and his boyfriend, all decent people and good characters. Hard to judge how well FTWD will do yet since it's only just introduced sexuality, but very…

Suffocating is actually a pretty slow, terrifying death. Think about a time you've been winded and struggled to gulp air, then times that by several thousand, and it would take several minutes. Mercy blows to the head would be better for the victim, if not the mercy killer.

At what point did Alex promise Jake she'd make sure he saw his parents again or whatever it was? And was his face burned while on the plane or was that just a result of the crash?

Madison peaced out on that doctor as well. She's a pretty shitty counsellor, didn't even try a side hug and a 'come with us, you can help others who can be saved' or something. Anything!

That would be the most committed (and moronic) bit of method acting in history.

So she can't kick the shit out of the (very expensive) stud stallion.

Hey, I'm the UK so apparently not allowed to see any of the flight thingies. Can you fill me in please? Jake the face, did that happen before the crash somehow? Or just part of his crash injuries? What happened that made her promise to get him back to his parents? Thanks in advance!

We've seen three horses die horribly in TWD. Rick's in the pilot, Michonne's when the prison was over-run, and the loose black horse that Daryl was going to rescue outside Alexandria.

Yep, you could see vertebrae clearly in one shot. I quite liked that, even though I'm not exactly a gore hound, it was something I haven't seen before.

The only part that made me think it might be sooner was that the boy was telling Junkie Depp about taking a 'power pill' to stay with his family. Why teach your kids a cutsie euphemism for suicide unless the plan is going into action soon?

Since you're clearly also a Mitchell and Webb fan, have you also watched Peep Show? The way Strand talks, the drawling, self-assured tone reminds me so much of Johnson, I can't watch Strand without giggling. It's improved the show immeasurably for me.

The only part of the finale I hated was that neither Liv nor Major gave Clive one of their helmets. They even had a long scene where she explained to Clive that zombies weren't interested in fellow zombie brains, only Clive's, yet they both stood back and let him lead the way with nothing on his head! They should have…

I realise I'm a month behind, but I'm just catching up now. Pathologists and morgue workers frequently keep changes of clothes at work,given the nature of the job, going out into the field to examine bodies found etc. That's not a stretch that Ravi would have spares there.

I realise that this discussion is already a year old, but I imagine it's one you've had many times during your tenure here, since I've seen similar comments on other show reviews. I just wanted to say thank you for the eloquent and patient answer you gave.