Sep 29 2013
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Breaking Bad
Sep 22 2013
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Last week, Walter White’s illusions of salvaging his family life were violently stripped away. This week, the target…
Sep 15 2013
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Last week’s episode was a Leone movie, I saw someone remark on Twitter—outsized drama, heightened style, breathless…
Sep 8 2013
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Careful the wish you make
Wishes are children.
Sep 1 2013
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Mr. White is the devil, Jesse? This episode left me with the inescapable conclusion that Mr. Gilligan is the devil.…
Aug 25 2013
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People resist when they’re told they need to watch Breaking Bad because it’s a great TV show. When something is…
Aug 18 2013
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When we left Hank and Walt facing each other down in the garage last week, the question uppermost in our minds from…
Aug 11 2013
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A year ago, at the end of the first half of Breaking Bad’s fifth season, we learned that Walter managed to extricate…
Sep 2 2012
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“When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer.”—Hans Gruber in Die…
Aug 26 2012
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“This whole thing could’ve been avoided,” Walt babbles to Mike, as his former partner, the only person in their…
Aug 19 2012
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Last week’s review started with a verse from Warren Zevon’s “Frank And Jesse James,” about the romance of the outlaw…
Aug 12 2012
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They rode against the railroads,
And they rode against the banks
And they rode against the governor
Never did they…
Aug 5 2012
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Jul 29 2012
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You think Mike the Cleaner’s job is just, you know, cleaning? Like keeping Gus Fring’s nose clean? You don’t know…
Jul 22 2012
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Only 14 episodes of Breaking Bad remain, a number that has to be a relief to Vince Gilligan and his writers. They…
Jul 15 2012
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If Breaking Bad were a Torchwood or Doctor Who-style series of miniseries, the subtitle for season four would be…
Oct 9 2011
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I’m going to pretend the last shot of “Face Off” doesn’t exist. In my mind, I’ve replaced the push-in to the plant's…
Oct 2 2011
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How many showdowns can you pack into one episode? If you are Breaking Bad season four, and you have spent 10…
Sep 25 2011
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It’s funny how Breaking Bad will take its time, episode after episode, carefully setting up dominoes, and then in an…
Sep 18 2011
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There are only three episodes left in this season, and after last week and this week we can look forward to a…