I've heard about there being "utter silence" about child molestation pre-80s, but man, warnings about child predators sure seemed ubiquitous when I was a kid.  I don't remember this episode—I turned 4 in 1983—but I do remember a bunch of PSAs during Saturday morning cartoons that implored you to tell your parents if…

Yeah, I was waiting for somebody to mention that.  It's like it just occurred to him as he was talking that 21-year-old guys might be, just might be, immature.  His point is still that women specifically can't get their heads out of their asses until 30, but he decided to make a little concession there and throw in…

But car fires can happen to people of all ages and driving abilities.  I mean, it was a Jaguar!  This probably wasn't his fault.

I heard most of that interview, but I don't remember this.  Tell me!  I remember that he said he read his own part in the finale and then threw the script away because he didn't want to be spoiled, but I didn't hear anything that indicated Saul's going to die.

Look, I get Marie's impulse. I get that Skyler's complicit and losing her kids to her sister may be the least of her worries in the end. It was still fucking awful.  Perhaps, like Donna, I simply have a visceral reaction to the sound of a scared baby.  Perhaps it's because I remember being sympathetic to Skyler last…

I never got the feeling that Skyler has an overriding desire to never see Marie, specifically, raise her daughter—I mean, it was her idea to have the kids live with Hank and Marie until Walt either gave up meth or died.  They've had a pretty close relationship, even though it's complicated, at times, by the fact that…

I don't think Skyler had decided to confess before Hank mentioned the cancer; she wanted to hear what he knew, and I think she at first assumed he had enough to take them both down.  And then she found out he didn't have any solid evidence.  I knew from the beginning of the scene that she'd never talk anyway—not…

It was—and then I was shocked by how much I was suddenly on Skyler's side again when Marie tried to take the baby. I had no idea I was so maternal!

I read IT when I was 13, and was horrified by the gangbang even then.  It just didn't make any sense, and cheapened the entire goddamn story. Beverly was the character I identified with, and even at that age I wondered how in hell she was able to walk after that, and how in hell the thought of, um, offering herself to…

@Hagbeard Selina Kyle: I'm no expert, but I think you might be overthinking this. I'd say your best bet is a screwdriver; a coin would also work in a pinch.

I love Mad Men. And I love Breaking Bad. I love them equally, I'd say, although for whatever reason Mad Men turns me into an obsessive like nothing else. But it pains me to see anyone insult one brilliant show just to defend another.  The universe is big enough for both of them, people!

I noticed that too! They were both in head-to-toe white and beige—it was unusual for both of them (especially Skyler, who's worn a lot of black the past couple years). They weren't just trying to look clean; they both fully believe, imo, that they're spotless and pure again simply because Walt's out of the meth-making…

Heh.  I know, I know; Justified lost me when it was doing the crime-of-the-week thing back in season one, and though I've heard so many good things about it since then and believe them, I just never managed to find my way back into it. My husband loves it, though.

She likes that they could pay for Hank's medical bills with it; other than that, when has she ever indicated that she digs the money and always has?  She's always been adamant that she never wanted this, that they can't spend much of it, and that she wants Walt to get out of the business.  She wishes she'd never…

I was seriously disappointed from the beginning too. I've watched all of the first two seasons now, and I'm still utterly confused about all the claims that it's great TV and one of the best shows on television and worthy of awards over Mad Men and Breaking Bad.  It's okay, I guess, but people are calling the first…

@avclub-a93a879594c13c12a83fd45ab289a022:disqus  Saying that Breaking Bad "has a toe dipped in fantasy" is a great way to put it, although I always considered that one of its strong suits. I've seen a lot of people use that as a strike against it, especially when they're comparing it to the Wire, but I never thought…

Of course everything is subjective, but there's still a big difference, to me, between calling something your favorite and calling it "the best." The latter always sounds like an attempt to deny that your opinion is subjective—"no, it's a fact, [whatever] is my favorite simply because it's the best!  Case closed!" And…

It is a forgettable movie, but for some reason I still vividly remember a couple things about it: first, I really liked that house. Second, there's a major character named "Madison" and it pissed me off because that name was super-popular for little girls circa 2000—but certainly not in 70s, when this character would…

Yeah, I agree that Ted's dumping Peggy is more nuanced (like so much on this show) than many people have allowed.  It was a dick move and an, I don't know, "ethical" one.  They were both right to feel the way they did: Peggy was absolutely justified in being angry at his abrupt about-face and his ability to make all…

@avclub-3be42d8a3412057f79af152555e39bd4:disqus  Yeah, it doesn't make sense—but at the same time, I can't imagine Don is much younger than he says he is.  If Dick turned 18 in 1950, that would make him 28 in the first season—and while Jon Hamm has said he looked like he was in his 30s even when he was a teenager,…