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Problem is, they'll have to kill the wife too.

Um, I'm not sure how whether or not I've "seen meth" relates to acting critiques, but I appreciate your valuable contribution to the conversation.

How is the challenge entirely different? Why shouldn't an actor be able to give that sort of deep pathos to a role, no matter how many they play? Bryan Cranston was just an example, don't get caught up on it. You could use Edie Falco in The Sopranos and the point would be the same.

It's so deliciously exciting though! I feel this series has the potential to end with the unraveling chaos of Breaking Bad, combined with the decaying family dynamics and relationships of The Sopranos. Watching this finale really convinced me that by the end of this series shit will have gone very, very wrong.

You know I'm sorry but I gotta disagree here. Especially after seeing Phillip Jennings leak through James in The Americans, seeing Sarah playing Rachel muddied the identity so much it really could have been any one of the clone sisters playing Rachel, IMO. Alison playing Sarah was far more convincing to me.

You know, I think there's a little part of Bronn that actually likes that adorable little dimwit. Like he said, he doesn't want to have an exciting death. But thank the gods we have Bronn back.

Game of Thrones is the best drama I've seen (and I've seen 'em all) at comedic relief between the drama. BB had some moments here and there but GoT consistently kills it.

Right, Blue Velvet is a perfect example. Siskel loved it, Ebert hated it. It's a Lynch film, what are you gonna do. I agree with both of them, personally.

Fair enough.

Do I need to delineate every single instance? I am going to give a brief overview and then I'm done.

Because creating art is a skill, and there are people who are more skilled than others. Thus, very skilled artists usually create quality, worthwhile art.

How do you think?

Yes! It's fine he didn't enjoy it, but to call it "boring and stupid" is pretty moronic. For example, if someone says "Breaking Bad sucks", they need to be shot on sight. "I don't like Breaking Bad" is fine, but to say it's bad means they have a poor understanding of what makes TV good in the first place.

Now kiss

I understand what you're saying, and it's a pretty commonly-held belief. For example, the idiot I met at a bar who said "Bob Marley sucks" then argued because it was her opinion, it was equally as valid as someone who actually knows what the fuck they are talking about.

So you're saying a two year old could get a video camera and babble and put that on YouTube… equally quality as The Americans? Art is not 100% subjective or it wouldn't take people decades to get good at it.

The pilot had some funny lines.

Season 2 is pretty fucking good man.

So The Americans and The Slap… you're saying you couldn't objectively state one is better than the other?

What they really need is to put the first two seasons up on Netflix, not abandon it to the Siberia that is Amazon Prime video.