I can understand where you're coming from, but I still think that even with the whole "bygones be bygones" at the start of the year, we don't REALLY know why Patty is doing these things, and I'd argue that deep down, she always still viewed it as a gain for herself, and not Ellen (even if it led to Ellen winning and…

No way! You have to remember that the ONLY reason Patty hired Ellen to begin with was to get closer to Katie Connor; it's only been manipulation for Patty. Sure, Patty has given Ellen a ton of opportunities, but I'm sure, in Patty's head, all of these decisions are actually benefiting her more than they are Ellen, and…

Goodman's "Byeee Jerryyy" on the phone was also really great.

Agree completely with all of this. Also, if Ellen and Chris are a couple next season, I'd actually be really into that, after all of the backstory and baggage the two went through this year. All of Ellen's flames post-David never really had enough weight for me, and this one would. Not to mention if they were a…

God, his laughing right before he died was just perfect, wasn't it?
Was also genuinely shocked when he popped out of the trunk (although I shouldn't have been).

John Enbom.
Enough said.

(Dirty) Blonde Mae Whitman? No thank you!

Furthermore, Larry and Leon abruptly in Paris REALLY reminded me of when Kramer and Jerry just as randomly show up in Tuscany when Elaine and the Maestro are there.

I actually thought the shot of the shoes were SO obvious, it might have been mis-direction in the end, and someone else had the same shoes. I mean, at this point we more or less associate those glasses with Walt. Showing them was enough to tell the viewer who it was.

Sure it's his "one hope", but it's so passive to just wait and hope for Jesse to pull it off, and pretending that things are now out of his hands because that's an easier thing to think.

I agree. I thought the Skyler stuff would lead to Walter and her eventually getting found out, but it's just been another scene in a season worth of scenes illustrating how smart and well she can handle herself (lying to the locksmith, the fake enviro guy for the car wash, all the recent stuff…)

"The list of things I've heard now contains everything"!

In the podcast, they explicitly talk about Gus and Max's relationship, and that it's intentionally vague, but, yes, certain touches are there and were even more prominent in the original script.

Haha, the name of Gus's dead cook partner is the name of the actor who played Crazy Eight on the show.

The Puerto Rican Day is maybe the BEST episode of the series (this is hyperbolized to an extent, but it's certainly the most "underrated episode.") Everyone has their own story, they're not in the apartment, and it's just consistently good. The fact that like EVERY writer is credited on the episode too goes to say…

I loved Patty telling Ellen her deposition "secrets," as what she said is pretty much exactly how she broke down Frobisher in season one.

I agree that it's not a big tell or something that would spell it all out for him. It's just, he asked Jr. a few questions about it, as he was clearly surprised about it. Just another detail, when added with many others, that may have him figure things out.

This week's podcast says that when Jesse is playing Rage, there's a special Breaking Bad easter egg graphically inserted into the game.

Dermott had a Dethklok poster in his room, as a nice nod to Publick/Hammer's friendship with Brendon Small.

I could see Giancarlo being popular just because he kind of came out of nowhere and surprised the hell out of anyone (not that this is a reason someone should win).