Do the bartenders still slip you tickets to upcoming shows if you tip well?  I spent a lot of time there back in the late 80s and early 90s; my tipping got me tickets to PJ Harvey just when Rid of Me was being released - I was not aware of who she was at the time, and at the show I wasn't even sure she was a woman,…

Do the bartenders still slip you tickets to upcoming shows if you tip well?  I spent a lot of time there back in the late 80s and early 90s; my tipping got me tickets to PJ Harvey just when Rid of Me was being released - I was not aware of who she was at the time, and at the show I wasn't even sure she was a woman,…

Indeed.  The only other thing he could do to more completely fill out the "Americans we hate" stereotype would be to talk even louder and wear a cowboy hat.

Indeed.  The only other thing he could do to more completely fill out the "Americans we hate" stereotype would be to talk even louder and wear a cowboy hat.

Yeah, "Frank Lorenzo".  I was so young when I watched this show, I can just remember bits and pieces of episodes.  Half of the shows above I remember (such as "cling peaches" the menopause one), but one of the other snippets I remember is the family sitting around playing a kind of "truth or dare" boardgame, and Frank…

Yeah, "Frank Lorenzo".  I was so young when I watched this show, I can just remember bits and pieces of episodes.  Half of the shows above I remember (such as "cling peaches" the menopause one), but one of the other snippets I remember is the family sitting around playing a kind of "truth or dare" boardgame, and Frank…

I don't really think there's a mole; it's just that Hank's boss has always seemed so shifty to me.

I don't really think there's a mole; it's just that Hank's boss has always seemed so shifty to me.

I guess in retrospect Mike makes most sense - Fring wanted those guys out of the picture anyway.

I guess in retrospect Mike makes most sense - Fring wanted those guys out of the picture anyway.

The fact that the testing guy didn't speak perfect German is hardly a flaw - I'm sure Madrigral employees non-native speakers, like every virtually every other big corporation in the world, particularly in a post-Schengen-Agreement Europe.

The fact that the testing guy didn't speak perfect German is hardly a flaw - I'm sure Madrigral employees non-native speakers, like every virtually every other big corporation in the world, particularly in a post-Schengen-Agreement Europe.

Have we ever figured out who tipped off Hank before the showdown with the hitmen?  I've always suspected Merkert as the mole, but him bowing out now without fanfare seems to make it unlikely we'll ever get to see him outed if that's the case.

Have we ever figured out who tipped off Hank before the showdown with the hitmen?  I've always suspected Merkert as the mole, but him bowing out now without fanfare seems to make it unlikely we'll ever get to see him outed if that's the case.

Well, that scene was there so that we could see the characters interact - I think it was pretty out-of-character for Gus, and instead of revealing his incompetence as a boss, it reveals more a weakness of the writers/showrunners for prefering a really cool scene over consistency of tone.

Well, that scene was there so that we could see the characters interact - I think it was pretty out-of-character for Gus, and instead of revealing his incompetence as a boss, it reveals more a weakness of the writers/showrunners for prefering a really cool scene over consistency of tone.

I've said this in another thread, but it doesn't seem plausible to me that Mike is back in the game because of his granddaughter.  Why, exactly, does he think she needs $2 million?  Plenty of grandfathers love their granddaughters yet are not torn apart by guilt because they can't leave them several million in an…

I've said this in another thread, but it doesn't seem plausible to me that Mike is back in the game because of his granddaughter.  Why, exactly, does he think she needs $2 million?  Plenty of grandfathers love their granddaughters yet are not torn apart by guilt because they can't leave them several million in an…

Why not both?

Why not both?