It's a shame it's on Fox. This could be the perfect show to run after 2 Broke Girls.

Are the writers trying to squeeze one last drop of sympathy for Walt out of us? After a season of empire-building Walt?

Anna Gunn ran this episode, and good for her. You can see it as Hank almost leads her to break, and then overplays his hand with the recorder. He loses in that moment, and his dismissal of the attorney idea suggests how much all this is about him, and how little it's about her. The scene with Marie was heartbreaking,…

"Not insignificant number?" How many is that?.

I'd been a little cautious about sampling this title, due to fear of the seemingly threadbare dystopic premise, and possible burnout from Hickman. Hopefully, this series isn't going to wear out its welcome, like the Manhattan Projects is starting to. If Image is still offering the first trade of their series for…

Well, it's adapted and directed by Gavin Hood, of Wolverine Origin movie fame, so the likliehood of it sucking is pret-ty pret-ty good.

Nah. Not really.

Stewart was initially wobbly in interviews, too. Often trying too hard to be affable, even when he had some real villains siiting across from him. He has gotten better at challenging people he disagrees with. He can still be reticent in certain celeb interviews, but who really cares about them.

Help me out here: Why is Briggs doing what he's doing? Has he made any moves to pick up the cash from his drug deals with Bello? I know the feds have a watch on it, but everybody's so clueless about Briggs' cheesy maneuvering, that shouldn't be an obstacle. But cash doesn't appear to be his motivating factor. Is it…

And that whole business about Obama being that rarest of animals: an articulate black man. I mean, that's straight from the Limbaugh Race-Baiting Playbook.

But for all of Obama's Bush-like tendencies, the right still despises and demonizes him. Why would that be?

Maybe Oprah Winfrey will do his interviews for him. She's heavy into promo mode right now.

I swear, just as I work up a froth of righteous indignation about Obama (because drones, NSA, Ray Kelly, etc.), douchebags like Card air their barely veiled appeals to bigottry, and I can't help but feel sympathy for the guy.

Lee Daniels is not a good director. Not by any means. But his movies often hit notes of are-you-kidding-me delirium that are at least diverting. I'm thinking of the movie he did where Helen Mirren and Cuba Gooding Jr. played a stepmother/stepson team of assassins who become lovers. Or the horrifying intimation in…

Oh, yes. Ray's a goner, for sure. But who gets him first: the feds, or the cartel?

And furthermore… What happened to Linder? Fausto ambushed him, and scooped up Linder's iron-mashed victim from last week. But what happened to him? I missed Ol' Marblemouth this week.

The way Hank utilizes Sonya strains my credibility at times. He feels guilty and paternal towards her, but he has to recognize that she is totally inept at dealing with witnesses, and the public in general. While Sonya is offering Gina water, her inability to create a connection with the girl is effecting their…

I guess that's something we're going to see more of, to reflect the proliferation of texting. It did pull me out of the show, but I adjusted. The subtitling of the Spanish dialog means you're doing a lot of reading during the show, anyway.

Casting Kutcher does work against anyone taking the movie seriously. He may do all right here, but since I've never seen him as even a competent actor, he's got nothing to build on.

Of the other candidates mentioned, Armie Hammer? If they want movie poison, how about last year's three-time-loser? Taylor Kitsch, get your hat in the ring!