CletusMusashi

I enjoyed the episode, but TC was hardly an epic blind side. Idols are a thing now. Apparently they aren't even that hard to find. So, sure, there was a twist in the sense that everybody who's not in the Nina seat gets blindsided and calls it a twist, but I think Jeff was over selling it a little bit. "Chainsaw? Are you kidding me? That was way more dramatic than a chainsaw! That was a bomb!" Take it down a notch there, dude. So what do you do, anyway, when you come down with a case of bee-jayjay? I'm guessing it's kind of hard to soak in the water pot...

I could see early Rick as early Buffy, and late Rick as late Buffy. I guess that means Carl would be Dawn. Hey, it's a step up. At least he's not The Annoying One any more. Glenn is Xander, so I guess Maggie is early S3 Cordelia. Shane would be early Faith. Pete would be Caleb. Abraham could be Olaf, I suppose. They're both big, loud, and love to chew scenery. Eugene would be Clem. Dawninatrix was Principal Snyder. And Beth is Harmony, although more the AtS version than the BtVS one.

TMNT: Morgan: Master Splinter. Wise, kind, speaks softly and carries a big stick. With which he is devastating. Glenn: Leonardo. Friendly, honest, group-oriented, goal-oriented. Eugene: Donatello. The gadgeteer of the group. Daryl: Raphael. Works well on his own, which is good, because he's prone to wander off when feeling grouchy. Abraham: Michelangelo. Loud, silly, boisterous, and fond of showing off. Brillip: Shredder. Tough, gratuitously evil, and very angry about a face wound. Merle and Tank Gunner Mitch: Rocksteady and Bebop. Shredder's right hand thugs. Rick: Casey Jones. He wants to fight crime, but unfortunately he's crazy and a bit prone to overkill. Deanna: Krang. She's small, weak, wrinkled, and runs a big operation staffed mostly by idiots. Tara: April O'Neill. Young, pretty, sometimes quite capable but equally likely to be a damsel in distress. Also, she carries a pen to record information with.

When he does a normal speaking voice, I'm okay with it. I'm from Ohio, not Georgia, and there are so many subtypes of southern accent that my ear just shrugs it off as "convincingly some sort of southern accent." But in early Season 4 he started doing the Batman voice. Suffice to say that if it was intended to re-instill my waning confidence in Rick's sanity, it failed. I mean, come on. Sasha is crazy too. And she doesn't think she's Catwoman. I was gonna say something else after that. But for some reason my mind seems to have drifted off to another place. Mmmmm... CatSasha....

Peter, Peter, woman beater had a wife, but drank a liter after each and every meal til Rick and Carol made him squeal. Father Pee Pants, come lock the gate. There's zombies outside; folks here still ain't ate. What the hell's up? Just leaving now, is he? I'm gonna be honest. I'd rather trust Lizzie. Liquor-y, liquor-y doc Porch Pete can barely walk He struck, then Rick smacked down that dick The town surgeon's him? What the fock?

Book schmook. More like somebody who thought "Twilight" was a Native American documentary... and was confused about why there weren't more Batman villains in it. Well, Rick, the good news is soon you'll have someone who actually appreciates your Christian Bale voice.

Alaska License Plate is ready for anything. It can see zombies from its back yard, doncha know?

Ah, but if Miyagi were Chang, I think he'd be just fine with the way it turned out.

Well, yeah. We do that in real life, too. If you "accidentally" kill an innocent person while threatening them with a weapon, you're guilty. But of course if it were Rick we'd be expected ultimately to pretend it was OK because "He's a great guy, really, you just gotta know him..."

As a long time viewer, I found this to be the most emotionally satisfying episode of the season. Chang's sanity seemed a little bit out of character, but since huge fluctuations are part of his character, I can shrug it off. Overall, everybody was actually acting like themself, which has been a problem for me up to this point. While I've been a fan of the dumbing down/crazying up of Britta, Chang, and Dean Pelton because the actors are so funny at it, I've been afraid recently that they were trying to sink Jeff and Annie to that level as well, using Abed, weirdly and wastefully, as the straight man. This one could still have used a bit more Zany Abed, but at least the ending reinforced that he's still there. It was a smart episode, and the story lines worked for me. However, as a new viewer, I would not like this season at all. First of all, the "laughs per episode" count this season is the lowest it's ever been. For most seasons, I'd talk about "laughs per minute," but nowadays it's more like dozen laughs, at most, in half an hour. It's just not succeeding that well as a comedy any more. I'm starting to feel like one of those people who admitted "Friends" wasn't a funny sitcom,but kept watching anyway because they cared what happened with Ross and Rachel. God damn you, Dan Harmon. I know you can do better than that. Do not make me feel like a "Friends" viewer! In other news, Yahoo finally fixed whatever glitch was blocking me out and forcing me to settle for crappy pirate torrents of the show. So now I can watch it in HD without juggling popup ads. Between the streaming issue and the overall weak start that this season's had, I was pretty much expecting this to be the last week that I bothered with it. But now I think I'm in for the duration.

I still can't believe anybody has ever survived surgery performed by Pete. I mean, I like to drink. I like to drink a lot. But as drunk as Pete constantly is, I wouldn't even trust the guy to fry an egg. I'll bet the percentage of people who die after injuries plummets now that he's gone. And if Carol ever wants to try her hand at surgery again, she can help out the one or two that did survive by removing all the cigarette butts that he accidentally sewed up inside of them.

I'm not sure I agree. I'll take Fonzie Daryl over Crybaby Daryl any day of the week. So is Aaron Richie? I'm guessing Carl would be Chachi... Abraham would be Ralph Malph... Let's just hope Aaron isn't Ted McKinley.

In real life, I agree. But we've seen Daryl on bikes before, a million times. Always sleeveless. That's what makes me think he was holding out until he could look like Fonzie.

I still can't used to Abraham in a jacket, but at least he gets it. The ASZhats will no longer tolerate wife beaters.

1. Thank you for for mostly filming in daylight this week. Even the scenes that were shot at night weren't so bad. I like the slight red tinge better than that overwhelming blue they were using earlier in the season. 2. The makeup people can lighten up a little bit on Carl's rouge. Unless we're supposed to assume a subplot in which Enid keeps trying out new shades of blush on him. 3. Daryl can't wear a shirt with sleeves, but he's comfortable running around in a full on motorcycle jacket? 4. If FPP insists on making these huge flamboyant gestures about the futility of life, he should take some lessons from Sasha. That dead-zombie crowd-surfing scene may have been crazy, but at least Sasha knows how to do crazy right. 5. As nicknames, I suggest that the longer-haired Unfair Wolf who talked Morgan's ass off be called Romulus, and the shorter-haired one who snuck up from behind be called Remus. 6. Little Red Poncho Guy got off easy, in the grand scene of Season 5 deaths. I mean, he's been rubbing leeks all over himself. Can you imagine how thrilled Gareth would have been? 7. I don't think Maggie saved FPP because "all life is precious." I think she wanted to drag his crazy ass to the meeting, so people would see what a worthless blubbering turd he was. 8. I liked the whole episode, but the Morgan and Carol scenes at the beginning were just too awesome for the rest to be nearly as good. 9. I wish I hadn't watched "Talking Dead," because before I did, I was quite happy with Morgan as he was written. But now I can't stop picturing him in a bowler hat, fighting zombies off with an umbrella. For some reason I don't get that with AL or LC, but with LJ I totally do. And before, I assumed he was eating soup when Romulus showed up, but now I'm quite certain it was tea. Probably decaffeinated, though, because that is one mellow badass. 10. I think nine is kind of a weird number to stop at.

Aaron's shirt is clean, which is kind of odd, because it's his only shirt.

This is going to be a long, sleepless night. I work late, so I won't be able to finish watching until one. Then, I'll probably have 20 new forum pages to start catching up on! Until then, all I can do is speculate, and think about what they've shown us so far... Previously on AMC's "The Walking Dead:" Deanna: Let's listen to some of Aiden's music. Reg: But why would you choose something that you think is loud and annoying? Deanna: What better way to remember how we all felt about him? Glenn: Nicholas panicked, disobeyed clear safety instructions, and endangered the whole group, resulting in death. Nicholas: Nuh uh. I'm rubber, you're glue. Deanna! Glenn is a big dumb poopy head! Deanna: I'm a great poker player, so... you're both grounded! There. Nicholas: (Fondles Rick's stolen gun.) Carol: I'm the toughest kid on the playground. Go steal me some chocolate! Sam: Will you kill my daddy? He's a porch dick. Carol: Trust me, kid, the writers are way ahead of ya. Coral: Hi. I like stalking girls in the woods and talking about knives. Enid: And the sad part? Still the coolest boy in this town. Wanna hide in a tree trunk together? Coral: Sure, what's the worst that could happen? (Zombie herd runs through, followed by Sasha blasting 10,000 rounds of ammunition.) Sasha: I'm going crazy! Michonne: There are still people who care about you, though. Rosita and I are here. Rosita: Wait.. really? Yay! Screen time! Deanna: (At grave site,) Assholes to ashes, douche to dust... Rick: Hey, apparently there's some domestic violence going on. Can we bring back capitol punishment? Deanna: Are you a real cop? (Mumbling to self,) I really need to start screening these people better. I'll bet Eugene wasn't a real astronaut either. Aaron: I found some people. Oh, and, look. Ritual sacrifice. Daryl: Well, it's a good thing I came along to figure out if they're bad guys or not. Morgan: (Sitting in recliner, smoking pipe and reading "War and Peace,") I really will be there soon. I promise. So... just go ahead and kill Father Pee Pants, okay? Rick: Me Batman. You Jane. Pete: Me HULK! (Huge fight scene.) Rick: (Covered in blood, dirt, and broken glass,) You people are weak, and stupid, and don't know anything about safety! This guy has to die! That's why I'm waving a loaded gun at everybody except him!" Michonne: (CONK!) Every single other character: Why did I never think of that before?

Or they'll just find somebody who looks and sounds like him. Maybe break out some old "Spin City" DVDs.

Michonne would shock me, because she's too popular to kill off. Same with Daryl. Plus, they can torture Daryl all they want by killing Aaron or Carol. Carol would shock me because she's my favorite character. Plus, I haven't sen any obvious vultures circling her, the way they usually do with main characters. Glenn would piss me off, but wouldn't shock me, because they've shown him finally growing into the leader role that he was meant to. It would be a tragic story arc, but it would be a story arc. As opposed to "one day Carl was walking down the street and a zombie ate him" or something random like that. Maggie would shock me, because there hasn't been as much buildup on her character as with Glenn. The only in-story way for Magie's death to "make sense" would be if she confronted FPP and he killed her, and, come on. Maggie could kill him in her sleep, and he knows it. Tara could happen, although I hope not. Abraham or Rosita could happen, but probably not both. More angsty if one of them survives. Rick, Carl, and Carl's Hat will never die. I think Judith is safe until she starts walking. Right now she's an easy way to slow the other characters down, for scenes where you want half a dozen zombies to still seem threatening. Once she has to be corralled, it's a whole new game, though. And of course Morgan will live, because he's still walking through Georgia, far, far away from CDB.

I think Eugene is going to die. He's had a redemption arc, and the last thing the writers want to keep on the show is somebody who can keep electricity running. I also think it's looking bad for Sasha. Although if Sasha dies, expect her to take out a few million bad guys and/or zombies along the way. Gabriel, I fear, is either going to survive, or he's going take up 90 per cent of the episode dying, because the writers seem to think he's fascinating. I also think that both Daryl and Abraham will dye, but that's a whole 'nother thing.

I just realized: there was bread at the food reward. So, if anybody had wanted a sandwich, Will could have scooped some beef onto it and made them one. And he did actually score in that challenge, so, yeah, I think he does get credit. Even though he specifically said they were supposed to be sandwiches from the sea, well, fine. You're on the beach. Dunk your sandwich into the ocean and rinse it around like a raccoon. As far as I'm concerned, prophecy fulfilled.

Me personally? I was kind of impressed. Add Massachusetts to the list, and he can actually name four states!

I must have blinked and missed it. How exactly did they get from making a sketch of Blaine to him realizing they were looking for him? Did they put the picture on a brain carton?

For the same reason Hali did? Because having a jury member remember that you tried to be friendly with them is financially useful. The problem isn't whether or not some guy on an internet forum thinks Carolyn is insecure and... socially unpleasant. It's whether or not Shirin does. Being certain that you can just make her disappear before jury starts is hubris. If she becomes jury, you need some goodwill from her. And if she ends up flying under the radar or being kept around as a goat or just turns out to be an immunity monster at Survivor Trivia immunity competitions... good game play involves sometimes placating people you can't stand. You can't wear your hate on your sleeve in "Survivor." (Unless maybe you're Sandra.)