Just watched it. This is a masterpiece. It's an A from me. And the best movie I've watched since… Shame in 2011 probably. The thematic connection between the two is just a coincidence.

This whole show is like the trashiest version of a suburban housewife's wish fulfillment fantasy. Like in everything SR writes, all the characters are supposedly "dark, complicated, and troubled", but really the show keeps shoving it in your face how they're all amazing, and how their flaws stem from how amazing they…

Real innovation consists of repetition and permutation. It's not about not using existing tropes, it's about pointing to them by using them in an ironic context and changing them. Innovation is gradual, even though sometimes it's more observable. It is, in any case, more observable in Community than BBT. That's what…

Sigh.

This.

>>LikeRaymond, it’s about how people are rather than how people would like to be. Like almost every successful sitcom shot with a live studio audience, it makes its main characters seem foolish and vulnerable. And that formula beats comedies about smug and confident characters every time.

Is this about a Heisenberg stunt double?

COLD OPEN

With the state Hollywood's in, I'd much rather get an Emmy.

Yeah, Rick is kind of dull. But there are still tons of characters in TWD that are just meatbags in motion.

I should've known Animal Practice wasn't an obscure reference round these parts.

Nah. I think seeing the two of them reminded him what pushed him to be Heisenberg in the first place. And since Walter White has nothing left anyway, his family having distanced themselves from him, he just decided that the only power he has before he dies from cancer (presumably soon) is going into Heisenberg mode…

… I was referring to Animal Practice.

Is there also a monkey doctor?

Actually, since Mad Men's last season is being split into 2, it won't be their last season. So Cranston should get the next one, then Hamm.

It's kinda like Breaking Bad. Except it's not the protagonist that dissolves into an obscene mess, but the whole show. Hey, maybe that's what they were going for. In which case they deserve an Emmy.

Actually, I've been waiting for Anna Gunn to win for years. Funny thing is, though, season 5a is the season when I thought Skyler's character wasn't as interesting as in the other seasons. She should've gotten in for IFT years ago.

Hamm can get one in 2 years as a courtesy. I agree he's amazing, but Cranston should win next year. Otherwise, I agree completely.

Seriously, Jeff Daniels?

It's not even 4 PM and I'm already nervous. It's gonna be bad. I can't handle it.