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The Walking Dead: “Bloodletting”

Shuffle for the Cure The Walking Dead AMC, Sundays, 9/10 PM “Bloodletting” Written by Glen Mazzara Directed by Ernest Dickerson “Mankind’s been fighting plagues from the start. We get our behinds kicked for a while, and then we bounce back. It’s nature correcting itself, restoring some balance.” —Hershel Green The first episode of the new season of The Walking Dead was written by the guy who invented the premise, comic book writer Robert Kirkman. This one is written by new showrunner Glen Mazzara, who climbed into the captain’s chair after creator Frank Darabont was fired last year. Under new management, this show…

The Walking Dead: “Save the Last One”

Choices The Walking Dead AMC, Sundays, 9/10 PM “Save the Last One” Written by Scott M. Gimple Directed by Phil Abraham “The choices that I made for you were not mine to make.” – Dale The characters trapped in the zombie apocalypse of The Walking Dead have not had to make very many hard decisions lately. In Season One, they decided to leave Merle behind, regretted that decision, and went back for him. Which led to all kinds of mayhem, which apparently Shane Walsh has remembered, even if no one else has. Beyond that, however, most of their decisions have been simple:…