I don't believe in punishment. I don't think any man is past redemption. . . .  If Walt could put his past behind him and live a few more years, or even months, with his family before dying of cancer, I would cry tears of happiness.

I agree, @avclub-c5fe25896e49ddfe996db7508cf00534:disqus.  Walt got rid of the lily of the valley and the bomb materials because he knew that would be way too big a coincidence for anyone to believe.  But a book of poetry?  He wouldn't think anybody would ever pick it up.  And if they did, they wouldn't know who the…

You know, while I fully believe that burning would be the most painful way to die, I can't get over stabbing.  It just freaks me the fuck out in a way that other forms of violence don't.  I mean, other forms of violence appall me, of course, but the very idea of stabbing makes me physically ill.  Maybe because it…

And the saddest part is that, once again, Jesse felt terrible for grabbing it as soon as he found the money. He always feels guilty whenever he's actually completely justified in suspecting Walt.  Walt has fucked Jesse's life up in myriad ways, but maybe that's the most dangerous thing he's ever done to him: made him…

And the saddest part is that, once again, Jesse felt terrible for grabbing it as soon as he found the money. He always feels guilty whenever he's actually completely justified in suspecting Walt.  Walt has fucked Jesse's life up in myriad ways, but maybe that's the most dangerous thing he's ever done to him: made him…

Walt Whitman actually had nude photos taken of him as an old man.  It's only a matter of time before someone finds the S&M ones.

Walt Whitman actually had nude photos taken of him as an old man.  It's only a matter of time before someone finds the S&M ones.

Yeah, I was horrified. I don't usually have an extreme reaction to mere depictions of violence, but something about stabbing in general—and especially that horrifyingly fast stabbing on the show—disturbs the hell out of me.

@avclub-d7f43e1fb2d4977c86163d9b0cb07814:disqus  Ah, I see.  I didn't remember whether he'd said he was forced out and given nothing before, but I always pretty much assumed that whatever he said in season 1 wasn't the whole story and that Walt's pride had twisted it into something fundamentally different or…

@avclub-d7f43e1fb2d4977c86163d9b0cb07814:disqus  Ah, I see.  I didn't remember whether he'd said he was forced out and given nothing before, but I always pretty much assumed that whatever he said in season 1 wasn't the whole story and that Walt's pride had twisted it into something fundamentally different or…

I do give Mercedes credit for playing that whole verse (if I recall correctly) instead of just playing the "won't you buy me" line, so maybe they intended it to be ironic and refreshingly self-aware or something.  But I doubt anybody unfamiliar with the song would have gotten that. It probably led a generation of…

I do give Mercedes credit for playing that whole verse (if I recall correctly) instead of just playing the "won't you buy me" line, so maybe they intended it to be ironic and refreshingly self-aware or something.  But I doubt anybody unfamiliar with the song would have gotten that. It probably led a generation of…

Ah—yeah, that works too, and probably makes more sense. But my impression was always that Bobby was just as much a freedom-seeker—what he sought was that "home," I guess, but I got the feeling from "and I hope he finds it" that no, he'd never find it, he was too filled with wanderlust or something.  I thought she did…

Ah—yeah, that works too, and probably makes more sense. But my impression was always that Bobby was just as much a freedom-seeker—what he sought was that "home," I guess, but I got the feeling from "and I hope he finds it" that no, he'd never find it, he was too filled with wanderlust or something.  I thought she did…

Or Tommy Hilfiger (I think) using CCR's "Fortunate Son" in an ad with happy, privileged white people waving flags.  They left in only the first line—"some folks are born made to wave the flag"—and left out all the stuff about ordinary kids being sent to war by flag-wavers while senators' sons and millionaires' sons…

Or Tommy Hilfiger (I think) using CCR's "Fortunate Son" in an ad with happy, privileged white people waving flags.  They left in only the first line—"some folks are born made to wave the flag"—and left out all the stuff about ordinary kids being sent to war by flag-wavers while senators' sons and millionaires' sons…

@underscorex:disqus  Yeah, that's something that occurred to me too, that Walt could have dropped out of grad school to found the company and his genius transcended any degree requirements for other jobs, but I don't know.  I guess for me the problem is that in order to become a bona fide chemistry genius, in order to…

@underscorex:disqus  Yeah, that's something that occurred to me too, that Walt could have dropped out of grad school to found the company and his genius transcended any degree requirements for other jobs, but I don't know.  I guess for me the problem is that in order to become a bona fide chemistry genius, in order to…

I love that song too, but I've never heard the Kristofferson version either. And I don't wanna, even though I have nothing against him and think he's written some great songs.  It's just that the first time I heard that Me and Bobby McGee wasn't written by or for Janis and that Bobby was originally a woman, my mind…

I love that song too, but I've never heard the Kristofferson version either. And I don't wanna, even though I have nothing against him and think he's written some great songs.  It's just that the first time I heard that Me and Bobby McGee wasn't written by or for Janis and that Bobby was originally a woman, my mind…