I think it's better for the characterization of both those girls that they step out of bounds sometimes.

I think it's better for the characterization of both those girls that they step out of bounds sometimes.

@avclub-5432d17da264c7575407733a6c995d2e:disqus Mel, the one who referenced Spinal Tap, mentioned Driving Miss Daisy last week, so she could be gaining some characterization as the cinephile of the group. If Ginny or Boo later starts quoting Taxi Driver or Barton Fink, then I think you'd be right to call the dialogue…

@avclub-5432d17da264c7575407733a6c995d2e:disqus Mel, the one who referenced Spinal Tap, mentioned Driving Miss Daisy last week, so she could be gaining some characterization as the cinephile of the group. If Ginny or Boo later starts quoting Taxi Driver or Barton Fink, then I think you'd be right to call the dialogue…

Hmm, I'm struggling to remember redeemable aspects of season 4.

Hmm, I'm struggling to remember redeemable aspects of season 4.

I think she saw an opportunity for some sport by making the last two terrified soldiers try to kill one another. Leaving one man standing also means he has to live with having killed his friend.

I think she saw an opportunity for some sport by making the last two terrified soldiers try to kill one another. Leaving one man standing also means he has to live with having killed his friend.

Be a narwhal and you can stab her from far away.

Be a narwhal and you can stab her from far away.

family means nothing

I wondered how Ratatouille figured into the context of the show, but now I'm kicking myself for missing the auteur chef connection.

I wondered how Ratatouille figured into the context of the show, but now I'm kicking myself for missing the auteur chef connection.

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HARD IS BUILDING A FUCKING EMPIRE WHICH WALT DID. HARD IS MAKING A MILLION FUCKING DOLLARS IN A YEAR WHICH WALT DID. HARD IS CRUSHING THE COMPETITION BURYING YOUR FUCKING BOSS AND STANDING TALL AT THE END OF IT ALL WHICH WALT DID"

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HARD IS BUILDING A FUCKING EMPIRE WHICH WALT DID. HARD IS MAKING A MILLION FUCKING DOLLARS IN A YEAR WHICH WALT DID. HARD IS CRUSHING THE COMPETITION BURYING YOUR FUCKING BOSS AND STANDING TALL AT THE END OF IT ALL WHICH WALT DID"

@avclub-58800769ab1d87cca5f2846001f64095:disqus It's a jar of Japanese Honey, see the bee? Alright fine, I'll just check it.

@avclub-58800769ab1d87cca5f2846001f64095:disqus It's a jar of Japanese Honey, see the bee? Alright fine, I'll just check it.

@avclub-4b97b5ad9d466de90e5d901c0557b21a:disqus Skyler already acknowledged the choices she made ("I have blood on my hands") that made her complicit in the meth operation. Even granted all that, it doesn't change the fact that she's living in abject terror - completely justified - of the direction Walt is…

@avclub-4b97b5ad9d466de90e5d901c0557b21a:disqus Skyler already acknowledged the choices she made ("I have blood on my hands") that made her complicit in the meth operation. Even granted all that, it doesn't change the fact that she's living in abject terror - completely justified - of the direction Walt is…

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.