I read that sequence somewhat differently, in that I don't think that Walt for a second believed that Gus' men would kill her.  They'd have to clear out to avoid being seen, but they're cautious and professional men.  They're not going to kill any random person who walks in the door.

He does have cancer.  It keeps in a jar on the shelf.

HA! Jokes on you!  It's not currently on television!  Unless, of course, you're reading this at 9pm this Sunday (shit! you might be!)

@avclub-9d35a522f2110e528ec23ca381e2dcd8:disqus Upon rewatch of Season 5a, I absolutely agree.  A single 13 episode season would have had to develop an arc that encompassed the entire season.  As it stands, Walt's undisputed "reign" lasts a single episode before he quits (granted, it's probably a 3 month period).…

Romeo and JuilMeth

I can understand the desire to have Walt's reasons for leaving Grey Matter laid out, but I really hope that they don't.  I don't think we need to know why he left, we know how he felt about his leaving and how it affected him.  The specifics would allow us to pass our own judgment on the validity of his actions.…

I don't understand for the life of me why "Fly" is controversial.  It wasn't even something I had considered until I read it on these boards a few days ago.  I love that episode start to finish.

I'm convinced it was that speech that won him the Emmy.  He wants so badly to be judged for what he did, he wants his action and Gale's murder to mean something.  It's heartbreaking

Gus may have been prideful, but I'd say that his principle flaw was his driving desire for revenge (wrath? hate?).  He was a master manipulator, built an impressive and near flawless empire, built on both loyalty and fear.  It fell apart, ultimately, because he was incautious at an inopportune moment.  It was outright…

@avclub-78c86aa171e1ab86948a7e10c471fc63:disqus I'd actually disagree.  There were reasons for each of the other risks.  Brock's brother (was it his brother?) was killed by the drug dealers, was himself a murderer and was certainly in the game.  Also, he wasn't killed by Walt.

I was among those who were disappointed at first.

Mike's death is the capper.  Jane had to die because she was blackmailing Walt and was pushing Jesse further into addition.  The airliner crash was coincidental.  Walt needed Jesse because he trusted him and knew him.  The others on the list had to die to protect the empire, and they were in the business, so their…

SOPRANOS SPOILERS, JUST IN CASE

Excellent, excellent points.  The only thing I would add is that Jesse's flaw is not absolute, whereas Walt's has taken over every other aspect of his life.  When confronted in the most direct way possible with the consequences of his actions, the death of the child in Dead Freight, he pulled away from both the…

I remember making this comparison as well, but thinking that although Weeds was a good deal lighter (pot), BB was always going to be far darker (there's absolutely nothing redeeming / "ok" about meth).  This bore out as both shows went on.

I think it was actually "Gyros" and was about a family running a fast food place.

I've gotten really annoyed with SoA over time because it doesn't seem to have any interest in judging its characters in any way other than 'ahaha LOL BADASS."  Jax is an unrepentant scumbag, as are all of them.  SPOILERS? Tig should have died last season.  Sure, the revenge that was coming after them was absolutely…

@avclub-3db41011acc2d229176bf6a92202728d:disqus I'd bet even money that the last episode of Dexter has most everyone calling Dexter "Michael," and eight minutes of a static shot of the police station, with PAs wandering around.  That it made it to air won't be because they didn't bother to fix it, it'll be that they…

He goes between caring about Jesse and using him.  A lot of the problems in Season 4 came from Walt's loyalty to Jesse.  Walt risked a hell of a lot bringing Jesse into the Fring deal, and even more when he ran down the dealers that Jesse was going get killed by.  The problem with that,  however, is that after he did…

You do make a good point.  The latter half of this season of Dexter might just pull it out!