@avclub-997f7e7989ed4ebf47ec45b062e05379:disqus Well, given that objectivism is a nonsense philosophy, inasmuch as it somehow posits that anyone can achieve success in society while simultaneously owing nothing to that society, our delusional overlords are about as close as you can get.

@avclub-997f7e7989ed4ebf47ec45b062e05379:disqus Well, given that objectivism is a nonsense philosophy, inasmuch as it somehow posits that anyone can achieve success in society while simultaneously owing nothing to that society, our delusional overlords are about as close as you can get.

I saw the second one, and I thought, wow, this is the most distractingly mannered, over-written thing ever.  Whenever they  got into a new mode of transportation, I just thought, FUCK, now they're going to talk some more!  A film like this is a film that I would have imagined I'd really like, but I didn't really like…

I saw the second one, and I thought, wow, this is the most distractingly mannered, over-written thing ever.  Whenever they  got into a new mode of transportation, I just thought, FUCK, now they're going to talk some more!  A film like this is a film that I would have imagined I'd really like, but I didn't really like…

…or just stating the obvious?  It's a mystery!

…or just stating the obvious?  It's a mystery!

I too was under the impression it was sometime this winter.  Bah!

I too was under the impression it was sometime this winter.  Bah!

So do we think he needed that gun because he's going to attempt to murder the entire Albuquerque PD, or what?

So do we think he needed that gun because he's going to attempt to murder the entire Albuquerque PD, or what?

Now, let me first note that I loved the shit out of this episode.  Here are my questions, though: how psychologically realistic do we really think it is that—after the show so compelling built up the idea that it's not even about the money anymore, for Walter; that it's really a matter of power and control—that he's…

Now, let me first note that I loved the shit out of this episode.  Here are my questions, though: how psychologically realistic do we really think it is that—after the show so compelling built up the idea that it's not even about the money anymore, for Walter; that it's really a matter of power and control—that he's…

Mmm.  Sounds like you don't really have any good reasons to hate him so.  Sure, his behavior was kinda fucked up after being shot up (the weakling!), and sure he went too far with some of the investigation stuff, but to say that this puts him in anything remotely like the same moral territory as, well, almost anyone…

Mmm.  Sounds like you don't really have any good reasons to hate him so.  Sure, his behavior was kinda fucked up after being shot up (the weakling!), and sure he went too far with some of the investigation stuff, but to say that this puts him in anything remotely like the same moral territory as, well, almost anyone…

Okay, but can you tell me something he's actually DONE that makes him, in any objective sense, a bad person?

Okay, but can you tell me something he's actually DONE that makes him, in any objective sense, a bad person?

I wouldn't call Hank despicable.  I was rooting against him getting Mike, of course, but now that Mike's gone, there's no reason not to root for him to nail Walt hard.

I wouldn't call Hank despicable.  I was rooting against him getting Mike, of course, but now that Mike's gone, there's no reason not to root for him to nail Walt hard.

That is surprising, but somewhat tempered by the fact that his regret seems to be based upon the notion that, doh! he could've gotten the information he needed elsewhere! than the idea that the killing was a bad thing per se.

That is surprising, but somewhat tempered by the fact that his regret seems to be based upon the notion that, doh! he could've gotten the information he needed elsewhere! than the idea that the killing was a bad thing per se.