Metrocenter is in pretty sad shape nowadays, but it always amused me as a Phoenix resident that while the first movie was supposed to take place in San Dimas CA, almost all principal photography took place in Metro Phoenix (Metrocenter Mall, Golfland/Sunsplash standing in for Raging Waters, Coronado High School in…

Were that ever made into a TV show, I'd watch the hell out of it.  Hell, I'd watch Mike watching TV.

Were that ever made into a TV show, I'd watch the hell out of it.  Hell, I'd watch Mike watching TV.

The cars were confiscated from drug dealers.  Apparently the creator of Miami Vice (Yerkovich?) got the idea for the show after he read an article in Time about DEA agents going undercover for sting operations as high-rolling drug dealers using the clothes, cars and weapons they confiscated from prior drug busts

The cars were confiscated from drug dealers.  Apparently the creator of Miami Vice (Yerkovich?) got the idea for the show after he read an article in Time about DEA agents going undercover for sting operations as high-rolling drug dealers using the clothes, cars and weapons they confiscated from prior drug busts

Oh man, the stories I have from my yearly sojourns to diabetic camp in the backwoods of Ohio…

Oh man, the stories I have from my yearly sojourns to diabetic camp in the backwoods of Ohio…

Well…unless you count that scene from last season where Skylar is at Four Corners, but the Utah and Colorado could also technically claim having been used as filming locations for Breaking Bad…

Well…unless you count that scene from last season where Skylar is at Four Corners, but the Utah and Colorado could also technically claim having been used as filming locations for Breaking Bad…

What makes you say that?

What makes you say that?

I would watch Jonathan Banks for however long he is willing to stare at a camera and make exasperated facial expressions, even if it was in an empty studio.

I would watch Jonathan Banks for however long he is willing to stare at a camera and make exasperated facial expressions, even if it was in an empty studio.

I still can't believe how much parts of Over-the-Rhine have changed for the better since I lived there (I left in 1996).  Going anywhere north of Central Parkway was asking for trouble, but not so much nowadays.

I still can't believe how much parts of Over-the-Rhine have changed for the better since I lived there (I left in 1996).  Going anywhere north of Central Parkway was asking for trouble, but not so much nowadays.

The Flimm Building was actually the old Cincinnati Enquirer building.  Its on Vine just north of Fountain Square, but its kinda tucked in between a couple other buildings so its hard to spot if you don't know what you're looking for.

The Flimm Building was actually the old Cincinnati Enquirer building.  Its on Vine just north of Fountain Square, but its kinda tucked in between a couple other buildings so its hard to spot if you don't know what you're looking for.

I guess one could argue that "Follow that Bird" acts as a metaphor for failed government social services agencies (child protective services, social workers, etc), but even that might be too much of a stretch.

I guess one could argue that "Follow that Bird" acts as a metaphor for failed government social services agencies (child protective services, social workers, etc), but even that might be too much of a stretch.

As someone who works in a correctional facility…ugh.