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It's only been a day or two since other people got sick. I'm not sure if she won't kill again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PVU4TPkUQY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OsfPiOuUvo

I understand what you're saying. It's the scene in the car that got to me the most. The way she just casually rationalized what she did. It frightened me. That's where I most thought, "If she wants to do this again, she will." I'm having a tough time with this because I just don't feel like Carol would do this in the first place. If they were the only two people who would ever be infected with it and everyone was dithering about what to do - maybe. But that wasn't the case.

For me it wasn't about her not falling apart, it was her justifying what she did (they would have choked to death on their blood anyway), her disconnection from her past, her pushing the hippies when they were clearly not suited to the task, and her wanting to leave the guy behind when she and Rick put them in that situation. It was just all hardness with no hints of vulnerability. I could say she was putting on a front, but that's still a dangerous place for Rick to be, as she spends so much time around his children and his closest friends.

I think the Council is probably too broken down at this point (Sasha is near-death, Hershel will likely be sick soon [wasn't he on the council?]) to participate. There are two sides to this but when people just say "oh yeah? Rick did this" or "oh yeah? Carl did this," I feel like it takes away from the damage of Carol's actions and the ramifications of them. I'm not sure if they can trust Carol now, because she seems to have lost more and more of the capacity for basic feeling and empathy. What if she goes back and tells Maggie that it's time for Hershel and Glenn to die? What if this helps push Beth toward another suicide attempt? Or what if this convinces Beth to kill Hershel or Glenn? She's just a loose cannon in her current mindset. I hate saying that, because Carol has been one of my favorites for most of the show's run, but she is a stranger at the moment. Melissa McBride interview. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/walking-dead-spoilers-carol-banished-652697 Behind the scenes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-Y-xTYnivs

A number of people, including Carol, were vocally against Rick for his decisions in season 2. It got to the point where Rick told them to leave if they wanted to leave, because he wasn't changing. They chose to stay. I don't think what happened with Shane or with his instability last season compares to what Carol did. Shane was extremely dangerous by the time he was murdered. Most of Rick's instability last season just meant people weren't getting the best leadership. He didn't go around killing innocent people and justifying it. The person Rick left behind was not a member of the group, so the group wouldn't have a problem with it. This is what bothers me about Carol's choices: - they're incredibly stupid (anyone with half a brain would know that killing two people out of a cell block full of people is not going to stop a disease from spreading) - she gives no real reason for these choices beyond "I'm strong." That means she doesn't care about explaining her decisions. That means she will do them again. If you let her back in that prison, how long will it be before she kills someone again? I don't know what Carol would become. I don't care that much if the decision is hypocritical, because if it stops her from going in and stabbing people to death, for the sake of the group, then he's made the right decision. I really have a serious complaint about how much they have taken Carol into the sociopath mode. I didn't feel this from even just a few episodes ago. I know it was building but not to what we saw last night. I feel like they went this far for conflict, but I don't know if it was worth the sacrifice. The part that worked best for me was her talking about her marriage to Ed. That and her scene with Lizzie, where she said not to call her "Mom," in such a dead voice. Melissa McBride got to me there. I had to pause the scene. Michonne being so flirty with Daryl seems somewhat rushed. I don't like Daryl's flirty/romantic scenes. He just seems too stunted for those. The scenes with Michonne/Daryl/Bob/Tyreese, I couldn't get into them. They mostly felt like people talking at each other, although the faceoff between Bob and Daryl was very tense. I don't hate Tyreese but he seems very superfluous at this point.

This was a week I very much wanted to see a producer (not Kirkman) on Talking Dead. The woman from Community seemed uneasy when she had to move beyond quips. Chris Jericho was so in love with the sound of his own voice that he repeated the same points a dozen times and drained the life out of every conversation. And Chris Hardwick seemed to give up on discussing the actual plot of the show and instead kept saying strange things like Rick is jealous of Carol because she's so awesome, and insisting that Lizzie is perceptive and normal, when the script has repeatedly, explicitly said Lizzie is disturbed.

Bright Eyes, you might enjoy this. Someone has put up two episodes of Shortland Street from the early 90s.

The establishment has less power in the party than ever.

There are some more January 1990 episodes up at yr's channel. I originally missed the 1/10 one, but will watch sometime. This is the 1/11 one. Some great stuff here, like Jill's disgusted reaction to Victor foiling her business and romantic overtures and selling her beloved men's line (in later years they would have played wacky music and had Jill trip on the way out). Nina Arvesen gives a very touching, emotional performance - there's something so lost and yet aloof about Cassandra. I just love her work. We also have the start of "good" John Silva. I was never much of an LLB fan but she's a better actress than I gave her credit for at the time. The only real downside in these episodes for me is Jack, who comes across as extremely bitchy and queeny. I can see why they changed the writing. Terry Lester could play this off. Bergman can't.

Congrats to him. This turned out to be a very productive year for that family.

I'm not all that sure why people assume Christie will get out of the primaries. The media worships him, they love that he hates the right people and verbally abuses for kicks - it makes them feel warm and squishy inside. It's their "strong father" fetish. But the media does not control GOP primaries. I don't really know about Hillary. 2008 taught me not to bet on a sure thing.

March 1971 Daytime TV.

Also from this issue.

March 1971 Daytime TV. One of two article titles in this issue that seem like the magazine going for some sort anti-feminist audience.

Not sure if these were already on another channel, but someone put up some Margo/Tom/Hal clips from 1987. Four of them.

Always nice to see Scott. Is that from CZ this Halloween? She looks a lot like Yvonne.

Thanks for finding that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBIaKOaMr08

I know Danny Mac is there for people to jerk off to, so giving him dramatic material baffles me.

George Romero not a fan. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-george-romero-walking-dead-soap-opera-20131101,0,1375253.story Melissa McBride interview. http://blogs.amctv.com/the-walking-dead/2013/11/qa-melissa-mcbride-carol-peletier/

When is that from? Love Liz. Love your avatar too.

AsTheWorldStillTurns uploaded four episodes from the time Frannie finds out about Doug being Kim's stalker. Some of this is already on Youtube or has been around but I don't remember seeing the full material of these episodes.

Didn't Guiliani try this strategy too?