The difference between the first season episode you reference and this one is enormous in terms of quality. Pass.

Complete Disappointment
What was this? A symbol heavy Waiting for Godot for non-network TV? Walter's Hamlet impression was nauseating.

Sorry Todd
This was definitely an A. You can rationalize away why it's not, but in the end it's money.

To Be Honest
I thought he was dead.

Lies
Skyler's explanation of Walter's behavior and income was throughly boring and expository. I really expected more of the writing team than this.

Gustavo
This show should be called "Frying Pollos."

Hi
Total Recall wasn't part of this?

Erm…
I've been a hardcore fan of this show but this episode kind of lost me. Awesome show started with a balance of absurdism and humor, but disregarded it as the series went on, for better and worse. The funniest thing this season besides the season opener was Couch Forts with Will Forte.

Gosh, thanks. How nice of you all.

Wrong Temp
Do you think Walter deliberately gave his assistant the wrong temperature, as a way to find reason to fire him and bring in Jesse?

Awesome
Best Episode this season on the ending alone.

Imagine if Steven Tyler and Jennfier Lopez were on this show. How amazing that would be!

Indulgent
"Then she finished with what I thought was a very *indulgent* bit of screaming."

Ugh.
This was an awful, painful hour of television. Normally Glee redeems the American Idol episode that precedes it; somehow, the reverse is starting to happen.

Disagree
I thought this was one of the worst episodes of the show I've ever seen. Erin's gone from character to cartoon. What was even the point of Toby appearing in this episode when his character's been supplanted by the new corporate guy?

Dash?
Why is the AV club grade here a dash? Is this deliberate?

Hi
This is absolutely adorable.

As Great As He Is
He was still on King of Queens.

What was up with Seacrest?
I've never seen him act so weird on the show. Was he drunk? I'm thinking cocaine. He was just nuts.

Buzz
I believe that was a saw of some type of buzz saw that she was sharpening against her metal breastplate, causing the sparks.