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LOL! You are so right. I forgot about that this is the price I pay for being spoiler free. Oh no, Morgan is crazy as hell. Rick will be like that one day if he does not get a grip.

I know that they have to take some of his weaons, but I hope that they do not take all. I wonder if Morgan even survives this episode. Carl is scary as hell. I like Michonne catching him in his lie. Morgan's traps are pretty clever.

Morgan! Oh no, Duane must be dead. Talk about keeping a secret. I had no idea that Lennie James was going to be in this episode.

Damn, Rick is cold, leaving that guy.

Renee Sofer is playing Snow's mother on Once Upon a Time. She is older, but looks lovely.

Here is a longer version of the season 3 promo. We get some snippets of some good scenes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV_twflbzxc

I just saw the news that Nigel Harman (Dennis) is joining Downton Abbey as a valet. I might have to start watching this show, actually clips of him on YT would work better. I cannot wait to see him on tv again.

Great, another FOJ to make Y&R's music even worse. I don't know how or why Sony/CBS does nothing while these people use Y&R to provide work for their friends and push their personal agendas. Surely it has got to be cheaper to pull the old musical cues out of storage since they already own the rights to them. Btw, that song played when Victor and Nikki was dancing was horrific. It was by the same FOJ, if not the same terrible group. Blech. They cannot sing or write half-way decent music.

Here are some insightful comments about the characters (particularly Andrea) from the actors and producers from The Walking Dead PaleyFest Panel: http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/03/walking-dead-paleyfest-panel-andrea-disgusted-by-the-governor-merles-softer-side-and-more-highlights.html

He is playing the same character, Dr. Kurt Costner.

Leigh McCloskey will be on Y&R for a short stint starting Wednesday. I am looking forward to seeing him again.

Yeah, but she looked gorgeous.

I did like Brittany for the longest while. She was interesting and fun, the female version of J.T. and the anti-Mac. But I did not like that she and Raul broke up over Bobby. I was pretty much done with her when she got that scar which made her sappy and needy. Watching J.T. and everyone rally around her was pathetic. I thought that she was tougher than that. The writers were also clearly using the scar to make her into this young heroine which was unnecessary. When J.T. started to have feelings Brittany, it was over for me. I didn't like J.T. developing romantic feelings for her or Mac. I would have preferred that he had a romance with someone completely new.

I just saw the article below about AMC and The Walking Dead. Basically, AMC is getting tons of ad revenues, but its greed and tendency for getting into legal disputes with cable providers has hurt its overall profits. It makes me think that no budget increases are ahead for The Walking Dead. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323884304578328013837954522.html

RestlessDuncan, great to hear your thoughts on Y&R. I hope that you post more often. You brought back the horrible memories of the bad writing during Malcolm's short return and Ashley destroying her marriage with Brad over her obsession with Victor. I am never going to agree about Brittany who I think should have remained a supporting character in the younger set and involved with Raul. Her "love story" with Bobby and then, J.T. really turned me off her and I disliked how Smith tried to make her into a young heroine. I did not mind the Mac/Daniel budding romance. I am not sure why they stopped it and sent her after J.T., maybe because Smith was about to write out Brittany and Bobby. I stopped watching Y&R regularly in 2004, the storytelling, characters, and dialogue felt listless and random. I had hoped things would turn around when Colleen returned at Christmas 2004, but she left permanently after a few episodes and I was pretty much done with Y&R then.

I love Hershel as the group patriarch. I like him much better than Dale. Hershel manages to tell everyone hard truths in a compassionate loving way. Regarding Andrea, as I said before, at its core I think she like Lori are basically plot devices to ratchet up the tension between two dangerous men who are in the process of squaring off. However, just like I never blamed Lori for Shane's craziness, I don't blame Andrea for Phillip's craziness. I still think that Andrea could be smarter, but I understand her wanting safety and trying to save the Woodburians from a horrible fate.

I was thinking about how horrible Michael's redemption turned out watching Paul bring him food and Christine defend him to Fen yesterday. I was buying into giving Michael a chance and the writers decided that Chris should get romantically involved with him. It is like they have no boundaries or no sense of how far to "not" to push the audience. It is one thing for Paul and Christine to tolerate him, but now he is their bestest friend. Much like how everyone conveniently ignores Kevin's crimes.

soapfan770, I liked reading your take on Y&R. IMO, 2004 was when the show went from stellar to BS. I don't think that it is a coincidence that David Shaughnessy and Trent Jones left then. Smith sowed the seeds of his demise in 2004 and worse yet, he seriously damaged the show. So many things drove me away in 2004, Cameron and Sharon, Brittany's rise to prominence, J.T.'s involvement with her and then Mac, being ticked off that I got sucked in when Colleen only returned for a few episodes, but ultimately the cringeworthy redemption of Kevin was the last straw.

Wow, The Walking Dead is a monster, holding its own against the Oscars. The 18 to 49 demo was slightly up from last week, 5.7, making it the highest scripted tv show last week, beating The Big Bang Theory. Overall, it had 11.01 million viewers. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/02/26/sunday-cable-ratings-walking-dead-wins-night-live-from-the-red-carpet-ax-men-bar-rescue-shameless-more/170856/#comments

Good point. I think that Kirkman uses characters, mostly women, to create drama which out much thought to how the viewers might react to them. He did it with Lori who just did incomprehensible things to help build the Rick/Shane tension. The same is happening now with Andrea. She is doing nonsensical things to add to the tension between Rick and Phillip. I am looking forward to Rick and Phillip finally meeting. Rick has already decided that he is a dead man. I fervently hope that Phillip gets a long painful death, but a hatchet in the head will do just as well.

Well, Kirkman does say that Andrea knows that Phillip is a bad guy so that gives her some credit in my eyes.

I cannot imagine Merle making it to next season. I see him redeeming himself by having a noble death that saves others in the group. I am enjoying the strife and angst that has changed the group dynamic. It feels real. They live in a nebulous terrifying world, lurching from one crisis to another. I always remember that one day in the prison where Glenn looks a walker and says something to the effect of "can't we even have one good day" and the answer is clearly, "no."

I don't want Milton with the group. I am not sure that I even want Andrea with the group any more although I am positive that will happen.

Yeh, but Tyreese and his group and direct Phillip to the entry point that they used to to get into the prison. I hope that Rick has had sealed up that area of the prison. The good thing is that there are quite a few walkers roaming around there so it would be difficult for Phillip and his people to get in.

Good points, Chit. I liked that Rick made it clear that Daryl was responsible for Merle. I was also glad Rick stepped up at the end and did step aside as Carl suggested. Rick has got to realize that without him leading, they are lost. I hope that he, Michonne, and Carl find gun and food stores somewhere. I was sorry that Tyreese and Sacha hooked up with Phillip, but I think as the fight progresses, they will see his ruthlessness and change sides to help Rick's group.