Last Night’s TV: The AMAs, The Walking Dead, The Leftovers, and More (SPOILERS!)

VIEW IN BROWSER THIS ISSUE: American Music Awards, The Walking Dead, The Leftovers, Homeland, Saturday Night Live TOP MOMENT OF THE NIGHT Singing Along With the AMAs ABC BECAUSE: In the three hour span of Sunday night's American Music Awards, Pentatonix went full-Star Wars, Coldplay went full-Burning Man, Meghan Trainor and Charlie Puth had an odd little (big) makeout at the end of their "Marvin Gaye" duet, Demi Lovato covered "You Oughta Know" alongside Alanis Morissette, and Celine Dion performed Edith Piaf's "Hymne a L'amour" in a beautiful tribute to the victims of the Paris attacks. But probably the biggest shock of the evening (even more of a surprise than the random pedestrians in attendance constantly finding themselves on camera) was that the AMAs were actually pretty fun and definitely a little touching. READ OUR RECAP The Walking Dead AMC WHAT HAPPENED: Well, the wait is over, and in the altered words of Dr. Frankenstein: "[He's] aliiiiiive!" Sunday's episode wasted no time (except for those, uh, four weeks we had to wait) in revealing that Glenn did make it out of his zombie mosh pit alive, and all he has to do to get back to Maggie is interpret the emotions of an angsty teen. This fella cannot catch a break. But the episode is about much more than just Glenn, namely, if Rick will be able to get past his cautious attitude toward the Alexandrians and get down with the like of Michonne who argues that they're all in this together (though "not quite breaking out in song," as EW recapper Jonathon Dornbush points out). And the plot worlds collide when Glenn finally arrives at the town walls to find them surrounded by walkers and just in time for one of the damaged towers to finally come tumbling down, taking down a protective Alexandria wall with it. We'll say it again: Cannot. Catch. A break. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Fans are feeling torn about the long-awaited Glenn reveal: on the one hand -- yay, Glenn's alive! And on the other, it feels a little bit like a cop out to keep him alive when it really seems as though he should have become zombie chow. But showrunner Scott M. Gimple has an explanation or two on Sunday's episode of Talking Dead: "When people leave the walls ... that could be the last time you see them. And I think it was important to do a story this year about uncertainty ... Maggie didn't know what happened to Glenn, and I wanted the audience to be exactly where she was -- to feel the exact same way." Are you feeling uncertain yet? READ OUR RECAP The Leftovers HBO WHAT HAPPENED: This second season of The Leftovers has been nothing short of brilliant, and on Sunday night, the series shifted into "eccentric genius" mode as Kevin tried once again to rid himself of Patti. One part fever dream, two ounces of purgatory, and with a you're-never-going-to-figure-this-out twist, EW recapper Jeff Labrecque says, "When Kevin spilled out of the bathtub like a newborn one week after he imbibed lethal poison and his supposed spirit-guide, Virgil, blew out the back of his brain with a bullet, the show pulled us to the other side." The only way to explain this episode: Godfather meets Bourne meets The Manchurian Candidate meets ?????. The only way to experience this episode: Watch the damn thing. The only way to understand this episode... WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Series co-creator Damon Lindelof offered what seems a little like a defense of Sunday's episode to TV Line, and though the hour needs no defending, his comments are worth reading in their entirety. Here's a taste: "There are those who don't like it when the show gets "too weird" and they are likely to assume this episode was all in Kevin's head ... There are also those who will assign a supernatural interpretation to this episode. 'Goddammit, here goes Lindelof with the Purgatory nonsense again... WE GET IT, A--HOLE!' ... The Leftovers isn't about answers, it's about the frustration of not getting them and the emotional state that drives our characters to. Like throwing rocks through the windows of people we feel sympathy for or drinking poison." Well, Lindelof... consider us frustrated, emotional, and considering poison. READ OUR RECAP Homeland Showtime WHAT HAPPENED: Alright all you Allison stans, this is the one you've been waiting for: "She's not heartless; she's simply ambitious," says EW recapper Shirley Li. Carrie has hidden a note for Allison in a village east of Hamburg and Allison plans to meet her in a café to assess how much she really knows, but before we get there -- flashbacks! Young, eager Carrie with her hair brushed and pinned and everything; Brody's picture hanging on the "Let's bring them home" wall; but most importantly, how Krupin trapped Allison into being a double agent... Allison has been lying to Carrie for years, you see. And by the end of the episode, with a little help from the one truth Allison ever told her -- an anecdote about Banana Joe's, St. Lucia's hottest tiki hut (It has everything: dazzling daiquiris, gorgeous men...) -- Carrie has figured out Allison's deception. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: The A.V. Club, seemingly no fan of flashbacks or daiquiri anecdotes, holds no punches on this one: "Not since season three has pacing been such a stumbling block for Homeland ... If 'Allison' isn't Homeland's dullest episode to date, it's certainly close." But Vulture is here to point out the helpfulness of bangs in moving Sunday's story along: "There's something so charming about our favorite characters with outdated hairstyles , and it serves to prove how much someone can change over the years -- even those years we didn't know them." Simply put, this was the Evolution of Allison. READ OUR RECAP One More Thing... Hello (Again) NBC NO MORE DRAMA IN OUR LIVES: If you've somehow avoided the Internet and television for the last 24 hours, please watch Saturday Night Live's skit about the Thanksgiving functionality of Adele's "Hello" right now. And if you've already seen it -- feel free to watch again and perform your own dramatic reenactment alongside. READ OUR RECAP Also Check Out... Recommended by Copyright © 2015 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved. WANT MORE? To subscribe to any of EW.com's email products, please click here. PRIVACY POLICY Please click here for our privacy policy. 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