And that whole storyline just BUILDS and festers for so long. It's great.

And that whole storyline just BUILDS and festers for so long. It's great.

Let's not jump to conclusions here. This was definitely a fantastic episode of dramatic TV; certainly in Mad Men's top five episodes (and a definite candidate for the best episode), but there are things Breaking Bad has done that this show can't nearly measure up to.

Let's not jump to conclusions here. This was definitely a fantastic episode of dramatic TV; certainly in Mad Men's top five episodes (and a definite candidate for the best episode), but there are things Breaking Bad has done that this show can't nearly measure up to.

It somehow hasn't been mentioned yet, but Casey and Dan just jubilantly mentioning all of the crew at the end of the Christmas episode is such a touching moment, and it just makes me smile.

It somehow hasn't been mentioned yet, but Casey and Dan just jubilantly mentioning all of the crew at the end of the Christmas episode is such a touching moment, and it just makes me smile.

That BETTER be the title of the season finale of Sorkin's HBO show. For consistency sake.

That BETTER be the title of the season finale of Sorkin's HBO show. For consistency sake.

EXACTLY.

EXACTLY.

A beautiful exchange.

A beautiful exchange.

"She has legs that go alllll the way down to the floor."

"She has legs that go alllll the way down to the floor."

It's really fantastic how the show so subtly and naturally shifts its focus from Casey and his Dana stuff to Dan and his breakdown stuff. It's wonderful.

It's really fantastic how the show so subtly and naturally shifts its focus from Casey and his Dana stuff to Dan and his breakdown stuff. It's wonderful.

To this day, I still think the most impressive feat in television is when Sorkin wrote (pretty much) every episode of SPORTS NIGHT season 2 and THE WEST WING season 1, at the same time, and won an Emmy in the process.

To this day, I still think the most impressive feat in television is when Sorkin wrote (pretty much) every episode of SPORTS NIGHT season 2 and THE WEST WING season 1, at the same time, and won an Emmy in the process.

"You're smoky."

"You're smoky."