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Rewatched this ep last night. Why did Karen Wheeler and other parents run back to her house looking for the kids? Mike is in CA as far as she knows. Or did she assume Dustin and others would be there since it’s the usual hang out?

I’m curious about Nicky too. I wonder if he and Rebecca reconnected somehow, (but not romantically) through Kevin, and both realized that their link of Jack was beneficial to both of them. If she has something like Alzheimer’s, maybe positive stories of Jack growing up was making her smile, while maybe Nicky realized he also needed Rebecca’s stories about mid-life Jack.

I remember watching the series finale and I guess I also thought Michael died of the tumor. And Sarah had that scar on her shoulder, and I had no idea what it was. It was a few months later that I caught The Final Break online. It cleared up a lot, so why the hell did the producers do it that way, just skipping over that on television? I always wondered.

Ooh I think you're right on that. So back in S4, Michael had surgery to remove (fix? something?) his tumor. Is the idea that he was fine after that, but he had to fake that he was dying anyway? Little Mike: I too thought it was super strange that he was snatched and then it was like it never happened. But watching that part again, it makes sense that it was a dream. It looked dream-like when it started, and then Michael woke up. Like mentioned earlier, I have WAY more issues with the kid just hanging out at home, after being taken back to his house from Heather's home. Even if Heather is alive and okay, little Mike should be freaking out. The reunion: I loved it. I too assumed Sara was going to be more pissed when she first saw him again, but now that I'm caught up on episodes, I think it makes sense that Lincoln was the one to express that anger a few episodes ago instead. They were in Yemen, and if they weren't going to make it alive, he needed to know that information dammit. Sara has a sick Michael in front of her. And while she has just as many questions, she's fearing for her son and just learned that she's been trusting her current husband who not only is a CIA-operative, but framed her ex, and even put her in jail years ago to prove a point. So she's shocked, scared, betrayed, and relieved to see Michael all at once. I think both of them played that scene very well. I'm having fun watching this show again. It has ridiculous continuity errors like it always did, Michael can get away with a ton due to being a genius, and the pacing is all over the place. As usual. I rolled my eyes hard when I initially heard it was coming back (mainly due to Michael being alive, say wha?), but it has clever moments and I'm entertained.

I was all about TWD at that time. Great finale and a great season IMO even though everyone was split up for a bit. Gimple was kicking butt back then. And now...I just don't know about you, show. I'll likely still watch next season, but it's not exciting appointment TV for me like it used to be. I still kinda love it, and most of the characters, though I can't logically believe that problems with writing and pacing will magically improve (for a season 8, no less). But I'm invested enough to see it through. I'm not sure either, just that he was going to trade Sasha (I think?) for someone's dead body, along with taking their guns, etc. And Negan damn well knows that she didn't suffocate, he just doesn't know what happened, but definitely suspects Eugene does. Either way, Sasha was damn smart. She used the pill at the right moment, and thought her people would have a chance if the element of surprise was turned on Negan, something he's not used to dealing with. I actually enjoyed her flashback scenes with Abe. I'm not recalling many sweet moments with them, and those two being put "together" seemed sudden and forced on the show for me, so I appreciated these relationship scenes on some level. Didn't GPK arrive a bit before Negan? When would they have dismantled Rosita's bomb? And I too can't believe fighters from the other areas knew who were saviors and trash people, and who weren't. Everyone's apocalyptic dress is dark and too similar at this point. I cheered when they showed up though, because I was nervous for Carl. Although logically I don't need to be, because I still say he's untouchable.

I agree, and Halloween sounds like a perfect time, even though selfishly I wanted to see it over the summer. I along with millions of others probably screamed "nooooooo!" when I saw the Halloween date during the Super Bowl ad. The release date of S2 shouldn't impact writing the kids in school though. S1 took place in early/mid November right? And the actual show premiered over the summer, so no issues there. But I think it ultimately will be more fun if it's simultaneously the same time of year for us and the characters. Nancy and Jonathan – was it mentioned in the show if they were juniors or seniors in high school? I don't remember much college talk so I assumed juniors, and then it would be easier storywise for those characters to return as well.

I take back whatever negative comments I said about the new groups this season, before tonight. I heart you new groups! Because in comparison I just cannot with these trash people. For the reasons everyone mentioned. Including a leader's unnecessary dye job which is distracting as fuck. And I often feel the dialogue is unnatural on this show, and rarely how people actually speak, but THIS episode, good grief. I actually enjoyed how Daryl found out about Carol via Richard and I loved him then showing up at her house. I also liked the visual of garbage folk filtering out of the tunnel, but I half expected a flash mob to be the result. In an episode of mostly absolute garbage (fully intended pun), I appreciated the cat moment. A nice throwback to a great episode from the third season. And now I'm nostalgic for S3 and S4.

It's official. Anything with young William makes me cry. To think, if he has just reacted to Rebecca's comment about why she was there with something more subtle like a smile and "That would be nice," MAYBE it would have happened. But he was immediately out of his chair and so nervous/excited about it (understandably), which freaked out Rebecca (understandably)...and that was it. Heartbreaking. What she did seems so wrong, but I'm not sure how I'd act in her shoes. I just don't know. I'm not much of a crier. Although sure, I've cried watching television shows. But every week?! Goodness. This show has got me.

Poor Glenn. Hate the way he died and I couldn't even watch. Nothing against Abe, but his death isn't the same impact. I watched Carl's arm scene through my fingers. Andrew Lincoln's transition to a desperate snotty crying wreck was so well done. Back in S4 when Lori died, I know Rick felt responsible for her death, understandably. I didn't think he deserved that though, because to me his actions caused her death in such an indirect way. Daryl is going to feel responsible for Glenn's death forever. And that truly sucks, but I can't say it isn't deserved. Maybe this is just a writing issue (cause ya know, there are just a FEW (cough)), but Negan is causing all this grief because Rick's people murdered his people? And we should believe Negan was just going to leave Alexandria alone, the way it was functioning, prior to Rick's group showing up there? It's not like he wouldn't have known about the community and I don't believe he would just leave any community alone UNTIL he felt threatened by them. He would have staked his claim there already. Sometimes I re-watch episodes, but I could never give this one a second glance. I don't even think it was a bad episode, just too brutal.

I did NOT expect to see Allison Iraheta (season 8) as Harry's back-up singer. I had to rewind a few times to make sure! What up girl?!

Thank you. I see it's 1x/week starting next week. Didn't realize!

I didn't watch AI for a while (since season 9), and thought I'd watch the last season. I don't think I care who wins at this point, but I'm entertained enough to watch, but man am I confused. So now that they are in the top 10, the contestants perform...then practice their new song all week, but then don't find out until the beginning of the following week's episode if they are even performing it? Do I have that right? I was so used to Tues night being the performing night and the Wed show covering the results. Why did they ever change the process? Just wondering what the logic was there, though I remember logic and AI don't exactly go hand-in-hand. LOVE Kelly. She's the most adorable rambler ever, even when she's not pregnant. Loved Dalton's thoughts on David Cook too.

This made me laugh. Completely agree, both about the silliness and how these two look when they run. I've thought for a while now that Andrew Lincoln looks his absolute hottest when he's running frantically. I doubt it was picked up that night. Probably the next day, once the walker-slaughter was fully over and they started to clear the bodies.

Loved hearing the Old 97's, a fun surprise. And then Michonne + Rick, a surprise that almost knocked me off my f'n couch. I didn't even think I cared! Who knew. This was a bizarre, fun lighthearted episode. It's strange to write that for TWD, but there it is. And I swear I've had conversations like Rick and Daryl did at one point or another. Like in college - "I'm never drinking again." "Me neither." "Until tomorrow?" "Yup." Maggie: If it's been 2 months, she shouldn't look pregnant yet anyway, or barely, since it's her first. I would have called BS if she had a noticeable bump already. Carl/Enid: Is she supposed to be the gf who's sick of her sulking boyfriend but she can't bear to break up with him or something? And I know everyone thinks they're walker-killing pros at this point, and that the woods are noisy, but it kills me when 2 people sit outside side by side and not back to back. A few of you mentioned this, but I too initially rolled my eyes at the disagreement over the walker, as I started to wonder if Carl's near death experience was changing his opinion of walkers and killing them. SO glad it wasn't like that, and that he's still awesome Carl, and what he did actually made emotional sense. Plus, his relationship with Michonne hasn't been on the forefront at all since the end of season 4, and it's terrific to see it back.

I'm trying to picture Billie Jean as a duet. Billie jean is not my lover! Mine neither! But I think Always Be My Baby would have been fab. And I LOVED when he did The World I know on the show. It was superb and emotional. And I think both Cook and CJ sounded great on it, but I too think it was an odd song choice for a duet.