This episode put everything she's done or had to go through since season 4 into perspective. Just an ace job on the part of the writers and the actress to pull the viewer into the waking nightmare Skyler experiences every day since Walt literally bombed someone who had crossed him.

She dropped the vocal affect in her phone call to Ricky outside Jenna's house, which I think is meant as a sign of (rare) vulnerability.

She dropped the vocal affect in her phone call to Ricky outside Jenna's house, which I think is meant as a sign of (rare) vulnerability.

They've been pushing melody plenty in recent years. If anything, these new singles are a step down in terms of melody and song-craft.

They've been pushing melody plenty in recent years. If anything, these new singles are a step down in terms of melody and song-craft.

Yes, I'm downgrading my expectations for the album.

Yes, I'm downgrading my expectations for the album.

In what way is the plot of Toy Story conventional? Other than the Brave Little Toaster (incredible in its own right), I can't think of another film that deals with existentialism from the perspective of anthropomorphic consumer products.

In what way is the plot of Toy Story conventional? Other than the Brave Little Toaster (incredible in its own right), I can't think of another film that deals with existentialism from the perspective of anthropomorphic consumer products.

Doesn't mean he has to give a shit about them.

He's actually whacking a gopher to death.

He's actually whacking a gopher to death.

Nothing beats Val making a hand-vagina then slowly putting her whole head through it.

Nothing beats Val making a hand-vagina then slowly putting her whole head through it.

@avclub-3d98b79ac6c8d1cef43d7bf1dadf8647:disqus JudgeReinhold is attracted to attractive women, and the ones who are of mixed ethnicity have a particular appeal to him. You seem to think he's implying that being racially mixed is a necessary and sufficient condition for being attractive, when actually he's just…

I didn't have anything like that reaction, so you don't speak for all of us.  It's just an in-joke between friends as a way to coyly signal that one of them has a boner for Ann Curry. 

Silicon atoms hanging out: 
http://www.aip.org/history/…

Silicon atoms hanging out: 
http://www.aip.org/history/…

There isn't any one scenario that represents the "only way" for the show to end. The writers have considered every theory we can possibly think of and many more that we haven't. They know good storytelling better than we do, so let's just enjoy the ride.

There isn't any one scenario that represents the "only way" for the show to end. The writers have considered every theory we can possibly think of and many more that we haven't. They know good storytelling better than we do, so let's just enjoy the ride.