"Problem Dog" just for that scene with Jesse in the AA meeting. I mean holy fucking shit. I rewatched that scene 4 times.

"Problem Dog" just for that scene with Jesse in the AA meeting. I mean holy fucking shit. I rewatched that scene 4 times.

Breaking Bad is, in my book, unquestionably the best written, best executed show currently on television, and yet it is not my favorite show. I can't quite put my finger on why.

Breaking Bad is, in my book, unquestionably the best written, best executed show currently on television, and yet it is not my favorite show. I can't quite put my finger on why.

I was much more impressed with the Season 3 finale than the Season 4 finale. Gus Fring's Terminator moment and the plant reveal at the very end felt pretty over the top and kind of took me out of the moment. The final scenes of "Half Measure" and "Full Measure" pretty much annihilated my frontal cortex and left me an…

I was much more impressed with the Season 3 finale than the Season 4 finale. Gus Fring's Terminator moment and the plant reveal at the very end felt pretty over the top and kind of took me out of the moment. The final scenes of "Half Measure" and "Full Measure" pretty much annihilated my frontal cortex and left me an…

@avclub-7cbaf9384cf3835106bf2f444c0bcf65:disqus But would all of the Avatars have had to go off and do the whole chakra-opening exercise (which I have some issues with as executed in that episode)? Or was this a kind of "in a time of war" last resort sort of thing given Aang's circumstances? I dunno. I'm with you on…

@avclub-7cbaf9384cf3835106bf2f444c0bcf65:disqus But would all of the Avatars have had to go off and do the whole chakra-opening exercise (which I have some issues with as executed in that episode)? Or was this a kind of "in a time of war" last resort sort of thing given Aang's circumstances? I dunno. I'm with you on…

@avclub-0d88c6193f1a828ef949c4d7fd6f5431:disqus One thing I think that is consistent with Bryke is that they deliberately withhold information when they need us to empathize with a character's confusion. My go-to case for this is Zuko's mom. Comprehending Zuko's fragmented, child-like understanding of his past is…

@avclub-0d88c6193f1a828ef949c4d7fd6f5431:disqus One thing I think that is consistent with Bryke is that they deliberately withhold information when they need us to empathize with a character's confusion. My go-to case for this is Zuko's mom. Comprehending Zuko's fragmented, child-like understanding of his past is…

@avclub-7cbaf9384cf3835106bf2f444c0bcf65:disqus  I originally wrote "the ideas behind the Promise" and the decided not to qualify it. The master plot is really solid, but yeah, Gene Yang's writing just screams "THIS IS FOR KIDS" and some of the subplots feel like they were yanked from a much lesser cartoon.

@avclub-7cbaf9384cf3835106bf2f444c0bcf65:disqus  I originally wrote "the ideas behind the Promise" and the decided not to qualify it. The master plot is really solid, but yeah, Gene Yang's writing just screams "THIS IS FOR KIDS" and some of the subplots feel like they were yanked from a much lesser cartoon.

@avclub-71348decaf1df2bb85be2ece24cc2a1d:disqus I would appreciate a revisitation of the Equalist's complaints in Book 2, but I think the fact that the reasons some non-benders flocked to Amon was made pretty clear between Tarrlok's police state tactics, Asami's very presence in the show, "you're our Avatar too," and…

@avclub-71348decaf1df2bb85be2ece24cc2a1d:disqus I would appreciate a revisitation of the Equalist's complaints in Book 2, but I think the fact that the reasons some non-benders flocked to Amon was made pretty clear between Tarrlok's police state tactics, Asami's very presence in the show, "you're our Avatar too," and…

They had rocket-powered missiles in the bi-plane attack.

They had rocket-powered missiles in the bi-plane attack.

@avclub-71348decaf1df2bb85be2ece24cc2a1d:disqus Some people just have trouble with moral/ethical nuance. I am similarly troubled by the fans who find no problem with Amon's tactics simply because his used (read: exploited) a legitimate grievance as pretext. It reminds me a little bit of this:  
http://en.wikipedia.org/w…

@avclub-71348decaf1df2bb85be2ece24cc2a1d:disqus Some people just have trouble with moral/ethical nuance. I am similarly troubled by the fans who find no problem with Amon's tactics simply because his used (read: exploited) a legitimate grievance as pretext. It reminds me a little bit of this:  
http://en.wikipedia.org/w…

@avclub-bb7e53ad8914adfe7cee9bf39bff7308:disqus Great points about Aang's allegiance to  and desire to bring back the past, which is something I hadn't really considered just because the fangirl subplot and the lesson Katara learns from it felt pretty trite.

@avclub-bb7e53ad8914adfe7cee9bf39bff7308:disqus Great points about Aang's allegiance to  and desire to bring back the past, which is something I hadn't really considered just because the fangirl subplot and the lesson Katara learns from it felt pretty trite.