I've always felt that Walt's reaction to Jane's death at the end of season two's "Phoenix" was one of the grandest, most telling, and most profound moments of the show in all its five seasons, and another great example of what this article highlights. In five seconds, we know, with crushing weight, more about what's…

I've always felt that Walt's reaction to Jane's death at the end of season two's "Phoenix" was one of the grandest, most telling, and most profound moments of the show in all its five seasons, and another great example of what this article highlights. In five seconds, we know, with crushing weight, more about what's…

My thoughts exactly. I was waiting for a medieval-sounding rendition of "Toxic Love".

This review seems especially appropriate for tonight's episode, which
itself felt like some strange change of form and pace. This show has
always seemed to have some sort of forward velocity (repeated plot
points notwithstanding), but "Rubber Man" felt like it was just walking
in circles, looking down at its shoes.

Does anyone else really love Lily Rabe as Nora in this show? There's just something about her performance; she seems to really nail some sad, bizarre combination of somnambulism, sorrow, and madness, while still, on some level, trying to maintain the pompous demeanor that had for so long been part of her character.…

Ah, yes. Well, if you ever get the chance to watch it, you should give it a shot.

The Church is a lot of fun. Have you ever seen Fulci's City of the Living Dead? Even if you're not really a Fulci fan, you might enjoy it. It's so insanely creative and really a great watch.

"Indeed, the process of thinking about this show is directly antithetical
to enjoying it, because if you start to think about it, the whole
edifice falls apart. (The common defense of this from American Horror Story super-fans is that this is true of all horror movies, but, no, it’s not, and as a horror fan, fuck…

Definitely hoping someone puts together an animated GIF of Gus's death scene.

Walt going back out through the hole he smashed out of the door was funny, but I thought the old woman calling to him through the window was way funnier, especially in context. What would have otherwise been this characteristically tense scene was made funny and bizarre (and even still tense).

I'm glad you mentioned that. I thought that was an incredible and strangely dizzying little detail.

"There's got to be another way."
"There isn't. There was, but now there isn't."
That has to be the most absolutely heartbreaking line of all time.

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