Exactly, well said. I also think there is a symbolic, kind of Freudian layer to it. Marie can't have kids (that was discussed in the show once, right?) and has always resented Skyler for having a family. (Generally, I just think she resented the hell out of Skyler, for being prettier and more together or whatever.) So…

In fairness, Todd is being sincere. It's not his fault he's a psychopath.

This was an extremely stupid episode - soap-opera-level histrionics and melodrama from beginning to end. A big disappointment. Only the very last image - Walt waiting to be picked up by Saul's vacuum guy - was quiet, subtle, interesting and evocative. Everything else was just dumb. The episode had enough…

The Fox Network, trying to turn lemons into lemonade, since 1987…

You've got great taste. In fact, I now have this weird desire to rewatch Nightmare on Elm Street 2 right now. Thanks a lot!

Dude, that's nothing to be proud of.

I agree with you about the last season of The Wire. I agree, too, about the first season of BB, but with one qualification: Season one of BB is a great season of television - compelling, odd, often very funny and unpredictable - it just isn't the show we've grown to love. It was still very much finding its feet, or…

All I have to say is this: Breaking Bad is the best TV show of all time.

CompanyWhippingBoy you have channelled my thoughts here, exactly, but say it better than I could. I've always felt that about Daniel Palladino's scripts, too - forced, fake, attention-seeking, oddly uncomfortable. Nice to know others agree!

Sean O'Neal should get the Guinness World Record for smartest/funniest AV Club recaps.

Accompanying photo is pretty much perfect.

Who is "Chris Kroll"?

Ergo, Breaking Bad, with a comment section of approximately eleven million pages, is the best show on TV.

I agree. It would have been incredibly entertaining (and rewarding) to see Gomey's reaction to Hank's revelation. Repetition be damned, that's one scene I would love to watch. I feel short-changed!

"When this show ends the internet is going to implode." Indeed. WWW stands for Walter White's Web.

That's why he uses the word "bitch" so much.

That would be brilliant. The Jesse as he is now (fate Jesse, if you will) recounting how "Mr. White" first recruited him - flashback to 2007 very young-looking Aaron Paul being approached by WW, "Why you breaking bad, yo?" Oh, so that's why it's called Breaking Bad! Flashback to Anna Gunn pre-Botox. Flashback to…

BB is a brilliant show, but this episode just felt so… conventional. It feels sacrilegious to even type that, and I recognize, of course, that it might be necessary to have a bland, functional episode which sets up the plot points and motivations that will no doubt be mind-blowingly executed in the final four…

The son of the dad from Growing Pains no less!

Well, he did invent the post-show show, so I guess it makes sense that he's the go-to guy for post-show show.