Because we're tired of zombies and need some cannabilism to spice up Sunday night? Because it's cool when Darrel puts an arrow into a festering eye socket? Because we're pulling for Rick to lead the band back to a safe place, where he can get a security guard job, perhaps?

This review sums up the views of those who have much more invested in the show than casual viewers - if there is such a thing. Last night's opening sequence was so horrible it made you wonder exactly what you're getting out of this. Calm, detached butchers working their way down the line, stunning their victims and slitting their throats: That's Entertainment. Plus - spoilers - you get to see Bing Crosby's granddaughter eaten alive! Who-hoo! Cut to the grinning host of "Talking Dead," who promises Conan O'Brien's take. I didn't hear it, but it's possible he pointed out how the entire show set us up to cheer on the last few scene's ballistic slaughter, because those guys deserved it. And I suppose they did. But this is miserable business, and I wonder how the zombie craze will look to future cultural anthropologists. Well, you see, they were displaying their anxieties by telling tales of horrible disease and people who cut off people's heads.I see. And what were they anxious about? Basically, horrible disease and people who cut off people's heads.So it's an allegory, then. Exactly.

URBANISM A visit to "the living wreckage of Penn Station." As the article puts it: "No other train station in the world has photographs all over of the building they tore down!" Lewis said. It's almost a defense of Penn Station, which is an indefensible rathole.

ELSEWHERE The nation of Bulgaria brings to mind Boris Badenov-types for some people, or grey Soviet-era cities punctuated with dour busts of Lenin. Try this: 100 Instagram pictures of Bulgaria. You may be surprised, depending on whether you have any preconceptions at all.

YUM On one hand, it's practically inedible. On the other, it's ridiculously expensive. Meet . . the ETROG.

VotD This Minnesota guy has a long commute, and he made a video to prove it. Scroll down and strap in.