diff --git a/templates/content-index.tpl.html b/templates/content-index.tpl.html
index cc96bed..821ee49 100644
--- a/templates/content-index.tpl.html
+++ b/templates/content-index.tpl.html
@@ -21,19 +21,28 @@
 <h1>Latest Shows</h1>
 <!--% USE DBI(constants.driver, constants.user, constants.password) %-->
 <!--% FOREACH latest_episodes IN DBI.query('
+	WITH comment_tallies AS (	
+		SELECT 
+			eps_id,
+			COUNT(eps_id) AS eps_tally
+		FROM comments
+		GROUP BY eps_id 
+	)
 	SELECT 
-	eps.id, 
-	eps.explicit, 
-	eps.date, eps.license, eps.duration,
-	eps.title, eps.summary, eps.tags, 
-	eps.notes,
-	hosts.local_image,
-	hosts.hostid, 
-	hosts.host, hosts.email,
-	miniseries.name AS series, miniseries.id AS seriesid
+		eps.id, 
+		eps.explicit, 
+		eps.date, eps.license, eps.duration,    
+		eps.title, eps.summary, eps.tags, 
+		eps.notes,
+		hosts.local_image,
+		hosts.hostid, 
+		hosts.host, hosts.email,
+		miniseries.name AS series, miniseries.id AS seriesid,
+		COALESCE (comment_tallies.eps_tally, 0) AS eps_tally 
 	FROM eps 
 	INNER JOIN hosts ON eps.hostid = hosts.hostid
-	INNER JOIN miniseries ON eps.series = miniseries.id
+    INNER JOIN miniseries ON eps.series = miniseries.id
+    LEFT JOIN comment_tallies ON eps.id = comment_tallies.eps_id
 	WHERE eps.date < date(\'now\', \'+1 days\')
 	ORDER BY date DESC 
 	LIMIT 10
@@ -49,7 +58,7 @@
 	<br>Hosted by <a href="<!--% absolute_path(baseurl) %-->correspondents/<!--% zero_pad_left(latest_episodes.hostid) %-->.html"><!--% latest_episodes.host %--></a> on <!--% latest_episodes.date %--> is flagged as <!--% display_explicit(latest_episodes.explicit) %--> and released under a <!--% latest_episodes.license %--> license. <br>
 <strong>Tags:</strong> <!--% latest_episodes.tags %--><em></em>.<br>
 <small>listen in <a href="local/hpr<!--% latest_episodes.id %-->.ogg">ogg</a>, <a href="local/hpr<!--% latest_episodes.id %-->.spx">spx</a>, or <a href="local/hpr<!--% latest_episodes.id %-->.mp3">mp3</a> format. <!--% show_series(latest_episodes.series, latest_episodes.seriesid) %-->
- <a href="<!--% absolute_path(baseurl) %-->eps/hpr<!--% zero_pad_left(latest_episodes.id) %-->/index.html#comments">View comments.</a></small>
+	<a href="<!--% absolute_path(baseurl) %-->eps/hpr<!--% zero_pad_left(latest_episodes.id) %-->/index.html#comments">Comments (<!--% latest_episodes.eps_tally %-->)</a>.</small>
 		</p>
 	</header>
 		<!--% latest_episodes.notes %-->