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They used some sort of "edgy" rock cover in fast motion, over the closing credits. I mostly remember cringing. They didn't use the Lorde dirge though.

It's so typical of the current trend of emo covers of classic pop tunes - and another example of why GoT will likely end up as dated as the Hunger Games movies quickly became - but it wasn't that bad until that godawful nasal singing. I guess at least they didn't reuse that heinous "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" cover that was on the episode where Jaime lost a hand. My thoughts as follows: - How much was the budget cut if they still have to use a Carol Brady wig for Cersei - At least they showed Theon - At least they showed one scene of Melisandre with her clothes on - Oh yay, Arya and Tyrion.

Turns out that floaty walker who ruined Carol's shirt was another Nicotero tribute. http://moviepilot.com/posts/3814247

Thank you for sharing all these articles.

I think Sam just wasn't cut out for that world. I don't think it was Carol that traumatized him, as much as his father beating his mother and his mother being an idiot, but the show seemed reluctant to address the abuse. They handled that story terrible.

I thought she did feel guilty about Sam. I think we've seen a fair amount of guilt and regret from her in the last few seasons. The tough Carol of season 4 was a wall. She was willing to let Tyreese kill her for what she'd done to Karen and David, and her regret over Lizzie and Mika led to her being so harsh with Sam. She's repeatedly hurt herself and to a degree others with her tougher stance, as much as she's also saved people, and it's made her begin to fall apart. It's also not as easy to do these things, right or wrong, as she thought - she was clearly traumatized by having to mercy kill her neighbor, for instance. I don't think the writing is brilliant (especially Morgan's role on her shoulder) but I think it's been consistently building up with her.

I liked that they had Glenn be the one to see the head shots, because he's one of the characters who would be most affected by such a horrific display. He is, to a lot of viewers, one of the major emotional cores of the show. It's also a more effective way of showing just how awful these people are than last week's monologue that a lot of viewers probably didn't even listen to because it was from someone they didn't know. I know some fans felt it was a whitewash of his murdering the Saviors, but if they were trying to whitewash his actions I don't think they would have had the scene where he and Heath opened the door and saw the pile of bodies. I think they were trying to say that it had to be done, but it was still horrific. I was actually impressed, because usually the show just has slaughter and then has someone looking on horrified and giving a lecture. As result they often look naive or sanctimonious. This did a lot of damage to Tyreese as a character, and more recently Morgan. I wish it hadn't taken 6 seasons to finally learn how to trust viewers enough to get the message. It does reinforce the split personality of the show, in that they want viewers to get these bad-ass, adrenaline-pumping action scenes, but they also want to remind us it's terrible and awful and so on, when a lot of viewers are just going, "!@#$%^&*] yeah...shoot 'em again!" It's also the split personality in how they deal with Carol, as many fans only want to see her as Rambo. They handled both elements more adroitly than I'd expected. I also loved that we got more of the less "important" characters through these scenes - Rosita, Tara, Aaron, Gabriel. I'm invested in most of the main characters, but I watch in large part because of the more minor characters, especially when they actually get them right. I watch because of the larger ensemble and how everyone can interconnect and affect each other. I feel like because they aren't sacred or untouchable in fandom, they can be a bit more real. I did hate how Abraham treated Rosita, and that Sasha is still stuck in this hell. I "get" why he was so rude to her, because he thinks that makes it easier for them both, but I still wish she'd shot him in the ass. And I liked seeing Carol increasingly struggle with the emotional cost of her actions, in such an interesting way - the Suzy Homemaker persona, the smoking, the harmless kiss and flirtation with Tobin, who is a safe space for her mentally at the moment. Even the silly montage, with the sitcom moment of her looking at the gallumphing walker's blood on her shirt. This is the type of thing that Melissa McBride is perfect at playing, because she's such an internal, nuanced actress. The other part of this episode I enjoyed was the original music. The raid scene but also the scene where Rick said they'd have to "kill" Gregory. It felt so '80s, so cocaine-haze The Hitchhiker/Tales from the Darkside-esque, and the show often doesn't manage this vibe, they're often a bit too stodgy and artificial. They really did tap into that weird madness and atmosphere this week and it was a very pleasant surprise. I can't help finding the guy who plays the beefy Hilltop with the broken hand to be incredibly hot. I don't know who the actor is. He reminds me of the gay football player on BtVS.

Thanks. I subscribed. I'm still heated about A Martinez claiming JFP created Cruz/Eden. Ugh.

It's bewildering to me to hear some Bernie fans say things like, "She didn't really win in any non-Southern states - she tied or they were rigged for her," or, "Winning in the South doesn't count because we won't win those in November." They seem to forget that the same thing was said about Obama in 2008. And then there's this, which just makes what should be criticized turn into extreme self-parody: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2016/03/04/bernie-supporters-call-for-revote-arrest-bill-clinton-for-mass-poll-controversy/Pv8tAZ8yGvXacdVBxEsvdJ/story.html

Oh, the one people said looked like a porn actress?

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Good for him! Who was Goss on Y&R?

I thought of you when I saw it so I'm glad you got to watch it.

I'm glad for her, but between casting someone who looks more like Reggie as Archie and claiming that Riverdale will be about dark subversiveness (which is basically a million teen shows over the years, most of them not that good), I doubt I'll be watching.

Spoilers about that (this isn't just comics spoilers it's also episode spoilers so be warned, although I will not say "who")

Love the Shabnam avatar. I read that

What did you think of David?

vetsoapfan, I was curious - what did you think of the Horton kids like Sandy, Scott, and Mike? It seems like the show gave up on most of them (and then when they brought Mike back with Michael Weiss wasn't he all but a brand new character).

It makes me wonder even more why SFT barely bothered with Tina as Patti.

What I enjoy most about his writing at the point I watched was the female characters - almost all of them are complex and layered, even tragic heroines like April. It's interesting to me that in the era where "feminist" soaps got such attention, Slesar's work did not.

Would that have been for the dogs story with the Russian guy, or whatever that was?

A rare Beltway article that makes sense. http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/mitt-romney-trump-speech-analysis-220186