If I were Alex, I would have left those bags downstairs in the lobby and had the locks changed upstairs.  

Watching that one brief scene with Aniston and Margulies, it occured to me that both of their careers really began on the same Thursday night on NBC almost 30 years ago when Friends and ER debuted. I don’t really have any point here, but it just struck me as funny.

Am I the only one who thought Paul Marks was going to push Alex off her balcony?

“Speaking of Keeley, I would’ve pegged her more of an Emma fan than a Sense & Sensibility one”

I’m a little surprised there was no mention of the direct reference to You’ve Got Mail with the opening of all the shops set to “Dreams” by The Cranberries. This is a show that has proven its love for romantic comedies again and again.

If they were going to do the redemption arc for him, it would make more sense if it was through him struggling to get his tactics across at West Ham and gradually coming to the realisation that it’s because he lacks Ted’s people skills.

Where’s the discussion of Jamie’s speech in the locker room and overall character development? His transition from showboat to team player is one of the highlights of the series. Watching him give the assist rather than trying to score the goal himself was one of the top moments of the episode.

It’s hard for me to be invested at all in anything Nate does after last season.  And the decision to make him some kind of “wonder coach” who does not have any struggles at all as a first year coach makes me like him even less.  I could care less about his redemption arc and I don’t think I’m alone.  

No love for Will dressed as Beard? Him sitting at Beard’s desk reading Beard’s book was my favourite joke of the episode.

Watching this from the UK, I was wondering how Sam’s plot would track; this is something that might not make it overseas, but currently there’s a huge immigration war going on with the UK Conservative goverment, because like the US, they have very little else left to put forward as their big campaigning tactic for the…

I’m a little shocked at confusing “Cornflake Girl” with “What it Feels Like for a Girl.” Cornflake Girl was an era defining song of the 90s...the Madonna song was apparently the third single off a 2000 album? If I go to the lesbian bar down the way I am very like to hear Cornflake Girl tonight, along with Both Hands…

To be fair, healing fungal zombie bites with magical blood doesn’t seem any less realistic than does running a vehicle for an extended period of time on 20-year-old gasoline.

Yes, as I was considering the episode after finishing it, this is the theme that I landed on as central to me. If I were writing a review, I would have focused on the development of this theme. Everything you note is bang on. I also think there is an element of direct comparison between Ellie and Sam. The show is…

Every time someone expresses surprise that a character didn’t survive an episode, I always point to “there are only two names in the opening credits.” When my wife was walking past the TV and saw Nick Offerman, she was like “Oh, he’s in this?” and I said “Probably not for long...”

Every tv show and movie that has a scene where someone has to give blood has them slice their palm open.

There’s one theme I’m missing in all the reviews this week: “What is a child worth?” and of course the different answers of Henry (everything) and Kathleen (nothing, because everybody dies). And after losing one child already, it’s of course a big deal for Joel, too.

With Kathleen’s old childhood room and the…

and it’s also as much about evil humans as it is about the infected.

Stray thoughts:

- I’m glad they moved on from showing Sarah’s death in the “previously on”. I was worried they’d show Sarah’s AND Tess’, and then we’d just have a progressively more morbid recap every week.

that strawberry scene totally smacked me back of the head with some emotions.