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I'm sorry to hear that millbank. It's never an easy process, but I hope it isn't too rough on you.

I was hoping someone would mention it quickly. Which of the other movies would you say you absolutely have to see before watching this one?

From the looks of things I think someone can get my without seeing most of them. Watch the ones I mentioned and then get a quick description of the Avengers and I think that will be enough.

My wife is actually willing to go see Captain America with me. I keep telling her that she's going to be very confused if she doesn't watch some of the earlier movies first. Obviously the first Captain America would be a must. Other than that, I think just Ironman, especially since I think she'll actually like that one.

Sounds like Carol to me. She's not second in command at this point, but that could easily change in the future. Her character development has been great.

I just assumed they filmed all the flashbacks at the same time they were filming the season premiere. I can't picture them calling him and the Harry Potter kid back in to film two quick scenes.

I know the popular opinion seems to be that Carol and Tyrese will play a big role in saving them and that Beth has already been eaten. I get the feeling that she's going to play a big role in them getting out. That episode was full of foreshadowing and the last flashback had Rick putting the hat on her and saying "there's a new sheriff in town". I couldn't help but think there was something to that. I'll also gladly admit the possibility that the flashback could have also served the purpose of giving one more scene to Beth before never being seen again, just like it was for Hershel.

There's some kind of fever that sets in with a bite, which makes people die quicker. They've mentioned it a lot. It is different than whatever brings the dead back to life. That sickness would be the only worry about eating walker meat.

Why not just eat the zombies? If you cook them really good you should kill off whatever is in them that causes that zombie-bite fever.

I don't think anything I say below can really be classified as spoilers, but just in case, this is your warning. I'm a few episodes into season 2 right now. I hope the subplot with the newspaper editor goes somewhere eventually (and I'm sure it will), but right now he annoys me.

It's interesting that they pretty much show Storm getting killed.

Yeah, I'd love to know what happened there. It was completely sealed and full of walkers. Then there was at least one dead body up front near the driver seat. I'm sure they just quickly moved on because that scenario made little sense.

And the bus. I wish we could have found out what happened there, but oh well. I'm assuming it was sprayed with bullets as it drove away and a couple people turned while they were driving down that road.

I made a milkshake for him once when I worked at Charlap's back in the late 90s. Yeah, my story is boring.

Does Atlantis have an airport?

I don't think he will care one bit once he sees them carrying Judith.

It's getting better, but I kind of wish they could end it right there. I can't picture any better way to end this series than with that episode. All hope is dead and mankind has no future in their world. That is what the series is all about.

I haven't watched an episode in ages but the double axe handle was the first thing that came to my mind. I'm pretty sure it showed up in just about every clip in that video.

The original came out in 2006. They were pretty slow if they were trying to rush it.

At the very end of this week's episode they showed Glenn walking up to one of the Terminus signs. The rest of that group should still be with him.

Everyone but Beth/Daryl are now on the tracks (actually was Daryl too?). I think they get there this week or next.

In an effort to re-live my childhood, I'll check out the Muppet movie. It's going to suck, but whatever, I have free passes. I also stand a better chance of seeing the stuff I want to see in the summer if I take the wife to this one. On another movie related note, I saw American Hustle last week. Thank god that was still in a theater because the options right now are really bad.

Which shows are you talking about and what type of scheduling block are they on? I really don't watch too many shows that are following this cable format so I really don't have a reference. Breaking Bad is the only one that comes to mind, but the last season was the only one where they had one of those long mid-season splits. The rest of the show aired on continuous weeks. They also had a smaller core cast. I don't want to suggest that it can't be done, but I do think this scheduling quirk really limits what they are able to do. We would have to know so much more about these characters if they had the old 20+ episode seasons.

Yes, I realize that. That setup really doesn't lend itself to the character development. By the time you've actually given people some depth, your 8 weeks are up and you're back on hiatus.

I finally got around to watching this week's episode. I know a lot of people aren't crazy about the pace, but I've been enjoying these recent episodes. The show really needs a longer season. This is probably the first time they've ever actually tried to develop some of the secondary characters, which is tough to do given the short season. People actually care about Bob now after this one. He's not just that random alcoholic guy anymore. It will mean more when some of these characters are killed. And call me crazy, but I'm getting more of a father-daughter vibe from Daryl-Beth than other people are apparently.