Movies, television -- and books! This week, Shawn and Brien unload the full weight of their cultural insight by bringing BOOKS into the mix. Sure, there's the usual stuff: Avengers, Finder, Haywire, Community, Cougar Town... but now we throw Christopher Moore's new book in the mix and discuss the finer points of Fifty Shades of Grey.

In this week's episode, Shawn and Brien dissect the success of The Avengers, stack that movie up against The Expendables 2, inexplicably transition to Chris Christie and education, somehow "lighten things up" with a discussion of meth addiction, and talk about things that have already past as if they haven't happened yet. Confused? Well, that's our thing.

In this week's episode, Shawn takes a trip to Chiller Theater to interact with the nearly famous. We debate the merits of New Girl, lament the lack of actual news in the world, and generally do nothing else to aid the progress of humanity.

This week's episode is particularly meandering as Shawn and Brien's initial discussion of Hawkeye's uselessness in The Avengers wanders into discussions of the improbability of zombies, the futility of arguing the constitution, and several other inane soundbites.

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After a short hiatus to regroup, the boys are back with a discussion of - what else - television. Now that the traditional television season is starting to wrap up, it's time to take a look at which shows are coming back next year and which will fall victim to the Cancellation Bunny.

Following that, Shawn and Brien start editorializing on the nature of remakes but are quickly distracted by a bright shiny object. General chaos follows.

And so the second season closes on The Walking Dead and Shawn and Brien spend the hour wringing every little bit they can out of the season finale. We reflect on the overall success of the season and give you a spoiler filled blow by blow of every blood drenched second of the final episode. Rick's transformation into the Rick-Tator, Carol's new Lady Macbeth persona, and Lori's inevitable "Mother of the Year" award are all given their due. Plus, we offer up some juicy bits about what to expect next season and our own hopes and fears for what lies ahead for Rick and Company. You'll laugh, you'll cry -- but mostly you'll ask for an hour of your life back. Experience it all as COTUSradio presents a fond farewell to The Walking Dead.

This week's episode of The Walking Dead was so incredible that we've added an extra thirty minutes to this week's episode!

0:00-23:00 We begin with a discussion of the KONY 2012 viral campaign that has drawn both praise and criticism from the voices of the Interwebs.

24:00-37:00 - Sidekick Shawn takes a trip to Kevin Smith's Secret Stash comic book shop for an exclusive interview with manager and Comic Book Men star Walt Flanagan.

38:00 - 90:00 - Our extra long Walking Dead discussion picks up with the fallout of last week's devastating events. We debate Lori's role in this episode's shocking climax, hypothesize about the nature of the undead in this universe, and speculate who makes it out alive of next week's insane season finale.