Giant Freakin Robot

Since it’s only a few days old, there is the slightest chance that some of you may not have seen The Walking Dead‘s season finale yet. I certainly applaud you for looking danger in the face by reading this far, realize that the following paragraphs are probably going to spoil the show for you.

BEWARE OF SPOILERS BELOW THE MILTON!

If you haven’t watched “Welcome to the Tombs,” the season three finale of AMC’s The Walking Dead, there are some serious SPOILERS lurking just below the non-spoilery image below.

SPOILERS AHOY! FLEE WHILE YOU CAN!

Season three of AMC’s hit zombie drama The Walking Dead has been a bumpy ride. It started off strong, introducing new characters, new arenas, pushing together groups of survivors, and generally establishing other humans as the most dangerous enemy of all. The first half of the season pushed the pace, the show was more consistent week to week, and things actually happened, which addressed one of the biggest complaints about the series: that you could skip an entire episode and not miss anything important. Up to the midway point, season three wasn’t great, but it was moving in the right direction, and things were looking up.

After returning from a mid-season hiatus, ugly old problems arose once again. The quality of episodes fluctuated wildly. “Clear” was a high point, not only for season three, but for The Walking Dead as a whole, and may go down the best episode since the pilot. But for every “Clear,” there are weeks like “Suicide King” and “Arrow on the Doorpost,” which are almost physically painful to watch and that left me yelling at my television like a crazy person. They’re filler, plain and simple. This season clocks in at 16 episodes, the most in the franchise thus far, and there are weeks where the struggle to fill that space is obvious.

So now, after a tumultuous journey, we’ve come to the end of the third season of The Walking Dead. Last week’s episode, “This Sorrowful Life,” didn’t move the plot as far forward as you expected going in, leaving a ton for the finale, “Welcome to the Tombs,” to tie up. With lots of work to do, and after and up-and-down season, does the conclusion deliver? Read on to find out.

SPOILERS BELOW!

To the average person, “cosplay” is either an entirely alien concept, or it’s a concept thought to be enjoyed entirely by aliens. It isn’t the friendliest term to use when trying to win over, say, a grandmother. But that’s why you have to slip something in her drink.

Stan Lee’s YouTube channel, World of Heroes, debuted its newest series, Cosplay: Piano, which showcases the virtuoso talents of pianist Sonya Belosouva, who completely destroys the opening theme to The Walking Dead on the ivories. No shit, her hands move robotically fast, as if her hands were both part of the most graceful and musically sound 10-legged insect ever to exist. Is anybody else getting hot in here?

Beyond Belosouva’s bonkers-awesome piano skills, the video vaguely depicts old wishy-washy Rick Grimes’ entry into the world of the undead, waking up in a hospital to body parts and warnings painted on doors. Then the zombies come in, moving much slower than Belosouva’s hands. I choose to view it as she’s playing as if her life depended on it for realsies. Check the video below and wonder why you don’t see more violinists with open wounds in the center of their face.