I get what they were going for, just found the impromptu chant and foot-stomping to be jarring, corny, and over the top. If it had just been the first half of it with a handful of the prisoners recognizing him, I think it still would have made it clear that he’s not going to be able to shed that identity in their…

Chuck was right that Slippin’ Jimmy with a law degree was like a chimp with a machine gun. But he was wrong about whether Jimmy could change, and his own hangups and insecurities and arrogance helped destroy their relationship (and his own life) and pushed Jimmy toward becoming Saul.

He wasn’t directly involved, but he introduced Walt to Todd and by extension, Hank’s murderer. Marie isn’t wrong about Saul’s help leading to her husband’s death, and there’s no one else left to blame anyway - Jesse’s in the wind and everyone else is dead.

Somewhat oddly, I find myself thinking a lot about The Shield in relation to last night’s finale. They’re quite different shows, of course, but as the great former AVC commenter Wallflower often referred back to in his excellent analysis of the earlier series, there’s a specific line of dialogue in that show that ties…

Nah, that was pre-BB. Right before Walt goes in to see Saul for the first time, Jesse mentions how Saul got Emilio out of serious legal trouble twice. This was the first time, and since Emilio dies in the pilot, it’s likely that this is not too long after Kim breaks it off with Jimmy.

What’s it like to be so wrong

I’m moving back there in a couple months. Didn’t have a car when I lived there before, and am already dreading having to drive anywhere given the shitshow infrastructure, bizarre driving customs, and inexplicable traffic patterns. At least I’ll have a remote gig, so no commute.

This is true sicko shit, well done.

Irrespective of the film’s quality (FWIW I judged the sequel to be fine), Cohen is a skilled performer and she more than held her own alongside him, which I found fairly impressive.

one can debate whether or not the use of the 2008 presidential election to bookend the film works

A quick Google suggests that it’s rare but has happened.

He got vacuumed to Omaha in March 2010 (https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline#Season_5B). Last week’s episode was pegged to October 2010 based on the Nebraska football games Gene talked about with the mall security guard, and we know from a previous scene that the call to Francesca was in November.

2018 was the very definition of cromulent, which makes it one of the better sequels (I retain a soft spot for 4 between Danielle Harris’ great performance and the batshit ending). Kills has a great opening sequence and little else to recommend it, especially not the clumsy and labored “maybe society is the real monster…

“I love you too...but so what?”

(The theories people have that “Gene” relocated to Omaha because it’s Kim’s hometown make more and more sense to me.)

Archer without Jessica Walter...yeah, I dunno.

I only really go to one bar. The bartenders know my go-to orders and throw me occasional freebies, and the only thing the doorman asks of me is a fist bump. It ain’t bad, even if I sometimes wish it were closer to my apartment.

Yeah, I’ll be leaving Denver in a few months having visited more than 200 restaurants. I never went back to the vast majority of them, even though many were good enough to merit a return trip, and I might not even get my “to try” list below 100 before I’m outta here. (I do have a select few places where I’m a regular…

I know - I saw him perform it last month. :)

All I got right now is this box of one dozen starving, crazed weasels...