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Although where that theoretical stronger virus is from is a whole 'nother question. Salivary glands? Pretty sure they've drooled into that water quite a few times. Why walk into it? The characters have all got to have some open wounds at this point. Maybe it gushes down into the mouth from the brain? Fine, but, again, you have no idea how much bashed-brain goop is in that water. I can't help thinking a magnet on a stick might have been a better plan than swimming with the sharks.

Give Gareth credit. Nobody else suspected that Bob was useful. Faux-ther Gabriel swears he has nothing to hide except huge secrets. Carol told Mary: "I did this to my own hair, and you, I don't like!" Maggie has agreed. The Governor's story arc is fucking over. Coral, listen hard. Never let your guard down, son. Hey, isn't Abe cool? Old joke. Recycled. Legless man floating in stew. What is he called? Bob. Abraham gets it. He flat out said that Rick's group should ride the short bus.

I think the katana will be back. For one thing, it's pretty iconic. For another thing, she either needs to use a katana or switch her outfit over to a chainmail bikini to compensate ratings-wise, because there are a lot of nerds out there watching the show for extremely shallow reasons. And the one thing that a lot of them love even more than scantily clad women is katanas. Plus, it's like a magical plus-five katana that can slice through ten bodies in a single one-handed swing. It's probably how they cut off Bob's leg so cleanly. ETA: Damn! Beaten to that last guess!

Peanut allergy.

Rick is a 13 year old trapped in a man's body, minus the sexuality or humor. When there's a fight on, he fights, hard. But when another alpha male, who has the confidence to talk to him as a fellow alpha male, simply applies peer pressure to him, he tends to agree like a puppy dog. One of those new genetically engineered puppy dogs. That talk and agree to things. His gleeful response to Abraham was not an adult man's grim, serious thought-out decision about which extremely dangerous direction to travel through with his children. It was a second-banana alpha-wannabe latching himself on to the decisiveness of somebody who he thought was cool. Afterwards, when Tara started to talk about being in the Governor's camp, there was actually a beautiful moment where I thought she was going to start warning people about cults of personality. But then reality reminded me what show I was watching.

I'm not sure if I understand whether or not Faux-ther Gabriel is religious and feels guilty about something. I think that entire scene where he posed like he was crucified may have been a bit too subtle.

Bob-a-cue!

I like Michonne seeing her gun as a weapon, rather than a projection system for smaller weapons. I wonder if she even bothered loading it. I think Saint Suspicious is the guy who made all those creepy paintings. And, Glenn, god damn it I want to nominate you harder over in the "Picktatorship" thread. But you will just not let go of your belief in Rick, will you?

What was that line that Abraham mumbled at Rosita?

And he'll travel back in H.G. Wells' time machine to Springfield, in order to repeatedly try to kill Patient Zero.

When two cougars fight One dies screaming. The other? Strolls off like a boss. Walker named Hank thinks: "I smell propane, and propane..." BOOM! "... accessories..." The hipsters are burned. They must have drank their coffee before it was cool.

But would Lizzie have the strength to drag the bodies out afterward? Oh, who the hell am I kidding? Of course she would. The kid was possessed.

Yeah, but so are all their underpants by now. Rick's probably got cicadas pupating in his. Hey, won't it be fun if the whole episode's about them looking for underwear?

I predict that Washington will be completely over-run with zombies, but Eugene will know of a group of scientists in England. Along the way, Carl's hat will be eaten by sharks, and Carl will again descend into homicidal darkness. He will also stay in England long enough to acquire a new accent, develop an interest in theatre, and he will try to grow the same hair as Michonne. In the same color as Abraham's. Obviously, he will get the words "LUV HAT" tatooed on his knuckles, and will for some reason change his name to Sideshow Bob.

Maybe C.F.H. will ditch the weird kid, and have a side-adventure with Beth and Katana.

Sphagnum moss, quite common in any swampy part of the country, is light, soft, and antibacterial, and many cultures on three different continents have used it for diapers, bandages, toilet paper, and, yes, even tampons. That's a survivally-enough fact that it may well the one thing Daryl actually knows about feminine body parts. Alternately, Carol might just have some in her utility belt. They were made from her own hair, and when that runs out they'll start using Michonne's.

That is.. just.. neat!

Actually, I rewatched that fight recently. Tyreese started it, but he was hysterical, and he lashed out, and that happens. Then Rick defended himself, which also happens. Thing is, though, Rick used to be a cop. Remember how easily he was able to neutralize an armed, two-fisted Merle? Maybe if he wants to be The Law he should still carry a pair of handcuffs. Maybe along with a non-lethal weapon. Of which the prison has plenty. What, he just figured that this society that he was leading was going to magically never have crime in it? However, since he was being attacked and didn't have cuffs, or pepper spray, or a taser, he defended himself by beating down Tyreese. That also happens. But then he continued the attack while Tyreese was on the ground crying. At no point did he say anything peacekeper-like, such as "Daryl, grab one arm, I'll hold the other." Daryl was the one who stood there doing nothing. Carol moved right in and started calling Rick off. And only then did Daryl remember "Oh yeah, that's a thing," and follow her lead. Left to his own, without Carol around, Rick's idea of police work would have been to beat someone into a coma for being a little furious about his girlfriend getting murdered. Now, I agree that Carol was responsible for starting that course of events in the first place. And there are lots of very sound reasons that she was wrong to do so. But blame her for killing Karen. Blame her for killing David. You can even blame her for killing LIzzie. But don't blame her for the fact that Rick woke up that day thinking he was Shane.

Or just make candles out of a fat zombie...

So, basically, they're Harmony and Spike.

That might be what the Governor did after Woodbury. I think we were supposed to believe he was simply so dead inside that the zombies left him alone because they understand metaphors, but if you want an explanation a little bit less batshit than that he was probably a. acting like one of them whenever there was a herd around b. occasionally killing lone zombies in order to freshen up his stink, and/or c. sleeping with the entire writing staff. The acting may have also been a factor with Michonne. That time that her cover slipped, it was because she lost her cool when she saw Bizaaro-chonne. Although it's debatable how much of that was them noticing her body language change and how much was her perspiration increasing from stress. They certainly didn't seem to notice that one of their number was shooting guns and blowing up gas tanks, so maybe it is all just smell. If it is all just smell, that raises an interesting question. Would they respond to another "zombie" killing them all? Throw some of your heavy hitters into gut-suits, have other people on a rooftop or fence yelling as a distraction, and you might be able to clear an entire herd without firing one bullet. I think the perfect bait would be putting Beth into a shark cage and having her sing, but that's not an option right now. Which is not entirely a bad thing. ETA: I stand corrected. They did respond when Carol started shooting, so acting skills do matter.

Yeah, we know Gareth is going to be back. And so is Michonne's katana. And that Rick is going to kill him with a red-handled machete. First of all, somebody needs to tell Rick to start using spoiler tags. Second of all, what a dumb plan. When did Rick decide to start bringing machetes to gunfights? Or even sword-fights? Might have been funny if they did go back into Terminus. Rick sees Gareth 200 feet away, throws down his own gun, draws the machete, and takes a bullet to the head right before Carol drops a piano on Gareth... However, that said, I look forward to seeing more of H. H. Hipster. I mean, he's only been in two episodes. It's not like when they just gratuitously kept the Governor around so we could "learn" everything about him that we'd already seen in Season 3. I thought the Brillip story went on for fucking ever. I thought the Joe story came to such a sudden end that it gave me whiplash. Maybe this time they'll get it just right.

Except when she's singing, whining for alcohol, or burning down their only shelter in the middle of the night, I don't actually find Beth as annoying as many seem to. I also don't think the actress is bad, except at acting drunk. However, I think it ultimately says something about how interesting the character is that so much of the discussion in her thread is about other characters. Beth just hasn't got the personality to be an important figure on a show about zombies and super-Carols and hungry hungry hipsters. She's a redshirt, or at least she would be if the writers hadn't insisted on pretending she was more than that. Season four didn't even get good until after she disappeared. Perhaps that means something.

A little off topic, but since Terminus obviously reminded so many of us of Charleton Heston... In dystopia crowded and grey Soylent Green's made of people, they say And I'm suddenly struck by the thought that ground Chuck would be USDA... NRA.

So what does everyone think should win the award for Inanimate Object of the Week? I'm voting for the monogrammed brandy nipple, but giving honorary mention to the world's tiniest violin.