You can't say that something is nonsense in a respectful way. I didn't say the handwaving was either required or a good thing. I think it's shockingly lazy and shoddy on the writers' part. ED to add that I also think they are so anxious to keep the door open to new additions to this franchise that they are making this…

Hey-o! So THAT'S Matt!

I fear that the reason no one is answering anyone's questions about what's going on is that so much about the zombie virus is going to be handwaved. The writers can't afford to have characters talking about what's going on because that would require them to ask each other questions that the writers don't intend to…

Even the reviewer called him Randy - that was his name in The Wire.

I seriously cannot remember who Matt is.

How does the Canadian dollar stack up against the US dollar?

I think my favorite part of this episode was when Kim Dickens took one look at Randy's shoulder and said, "Is that a bite?" Either these people aren't supposed to be believing what they're seeing quite yet OR these people know enough about what's going on to instantly think "bite" when they see a large flesh wound.…

I can't find my kid at the Christmas parade in my small town without the aid of a cell phone but tv characters can zoom in on each other like heat-seeking missiles at the heart of an urban riot.

I think the reasoning is the writers don't really know (and perhaps don't care) what the characters think is happening to them. The writers are focused on giving the characters reasons to do stupid things that keep them in dangerous situations.

They botched the blonde singing girl whose name I now can't even remember. Started a romance with Darryl, changed their minds about it, made her just interesting enough to make people care when she died. ED to add: couldn't even keep it straight that she was Maggie's sister and that Maggie might therefore kind of care…

We need to know, either by what they say or how they react, what they THINK is going on. Otherwise there is no point in watching.

She didn't even bother to lock the door when she came in, though. Her actions and lack of action make no sense.

I … don't understand what is going on with my Joanie. I guess we are supposed to think she's in shock, but shock doesn't look like distracted lack of concern.

Maybe because it was so completely and utterly implausibly reacted to by the other characters, who didn't even ask Randy to explain what had happened.

I thought Billie was kind of part of the problem, though, if we were supposed to take Lester's speech to heart in any way. She didn't really want her life to be different enough to jettison that guy.

Right, I think that was why it came off as biopic-y.

If Nick had cared about the people in those houses he wouldn't have gone around knocking that late at night. If he had cared about the progress of the project he could have gotten involved on the ground somehow. His only interest was in getting approval for himself from those people; it was all about what he looked…

His flaw was his neediness and his equation of voter approval with love. He wanted the housing project to be about him. He was more interested in being thanked for it than he was in how well it was doing. If no one more selfless than Nick had been involved in the project it would have failed. I can't see how this…

That (what Vinni said to Nay) was supposed to be obviously a lie, right? I agree with the reviewer that it was an odd thing to insert into the plot. I guess it was supposed to show how political careers make friendships almost impossible but to me it just made seem Vinni seem vicious for no reason. And it felt very…

I was tired last night and thought you all were talking about the principal. Forgive me.