Well, we could say I completely misinterpreted the ending because I'm a sap, it was late, and seeing the pilot air right after the finale got me confused—or we could just chalk it up to poetry? (No, I'm a total sap. Not sure if I should change the review or not.)

On the plus side, while it's not exactly fun, he had my favorite line of the finale.

@mikeymo74:disqus Well, the initial impulse is to judge it as a Scarlett Letter kind of tag—but what if it's a "The Great Heisenberg is punishing you" sign? No idea how that would work, but Gilligan and the rest of the show's writers have a way of subverting our expectations. Just like Mr. White.

Oh my yes. (Serious answer: I don't think it's anything to brag about. I just love books.)

So _this_ is what it's like when doves cry.

Yeah, odds are I'm completely wrong on this, as I've never been able to guess this show in advance. Just wanted to put that out there on the off chance I was right, because then I'll win the Internet or something. (I don't know how this works.)

I still don't think he'll die, but man, that was a dick move. (Although I guess he's not in a very happy place right now.)

Hey Hank? Fuck you. I was sure you'd make it through the season alive, but now, I don't care so much. Nobody talks shit about Jesse Pinkman.

@avclub-6956968b560a7eb499ca03a8b3b43189:disqus Also critically important in establishing both Huston's urgency and her deeply fucked up character (in that she both works for, and thought she could try and screw over _that_ guy?)

He was also terrifically threatening in The Grifters. I think that was the first time I'd seen him in a non-Batman movie, and it blew my mind.

"Brooks is here."

Not gonna lie: i was proud of that one.

Fine, here's my damn pinball crown.

I've skimmed a little, but one of the reason's I love GR is the mystery. But there's definitely good material out there if you want to get a better sense of the references.

It does seem like it would almost have to be. All right, I just have to finish the Murakami, get through Pynchon and King's new books… maybe late October? (Hm. I didn't need to type that last bit, did I.)

I loved East Of Eden, although Gravity's Rainbow is my favorite book of all time. (I've read it four times, I think?)

I'm sure you've heard this before, but the first season of The Simpsons is, while good, vastly different from what the show would eventually become. The second season is much better, and the third season is some of the greatest television ever made.

You mentioned Star Trek, so… hi!

I think I actually stopped reading it the first time about half-way through, because I was getting kind of bored with the way Wallace just kept hitting the same thematic notes. (I think it was the chapter when they try and move the mattress, although I could just be remembering that because it's a great chapter.)…

I read Karamazov last summer. It was good, and worth the time, although you definitely have to prepare yourself for a lot of long monologues. (Don Quixote was better, but Don Quixote is one of my favorite books of all time, so that's not really fair.) (Also, if it seems like this comment is at least in part a way for…