his tying his ring around his neck made my soul hurt for him.

Gretchen, for one, seems like a good person. after she twigged to Walt's lies (after Skyler called to thank her for the money), she still protected Walt's story. She cared about him, and still sees him as a decent person at the core.

so where is there a live stream?

as long as Julie Bowen's coked up skeleton portrayal of Claire doesn't win, I'm ok. Would LOVE to see Krakowski get the award she deserves.

not to state the obvious, but did you watch it online? The commercials add on 28 minutes.

nope, you're right, it is really good stuff, wherever you are from. :)

@avclub-0c3e626d1a287cdc48c77515c8dcc243:disqus  oh, thank you for this. I'll never forget his horrified face, in the top bunk, listening to Jim Brewer's sex stories.

never cared for Courteney Cox as an actress — never has someone parlayed so little talent into such a lucrative career — but I tolerated her because the other four and a half were so good. However, I found the Fat Monica stuff revolting, and the discussion of "her flower" still makes me throw up a little.

was getting it on with a yummy ex-boyfriend ages ago, listening to one of his many soulful, mood-setting CDs, and whoops, he accidentally left a John Prine CD in the changer.

any chance Saul and Co. DID tag those barrels with a GPS?  Its not like Saul to be so dishonest (for real - shady yes, dishonest, no) but it could lead Walt back to the Nazis.

wow, @avclub-9cb7c760e45c454a0304304a8ed53f7c:disqus , you are onto something. There is a lot of Coen-esque (Coen-y? Coenified?) imagery in this episode.

am I the only one completely amused by the continual "smoke the ricin cigarette" mixup?

while reading this, Masterchef was on in the background and the host just said "let's cook". My head snapped around to see what was going on.

those are chalk sketches o the three of them - the type you get from some hippie boutique while on vacation. The artsy equivalent of a caricature in Leicester Square.They are a genius touch by the set dressers - really, really bad likenesses of the Whites.

apply yourself!

speaking of long shots - no mention yet (I've read about 15 pages, God help me) of the shot of the two golden-shaded graves, soon to be windblown and tumbleweeded into obscurity in the vast desert.

@avclub-782066c88e9c574d6085f3ddfc7032e4:disqus  a lottery ticket with some really unlucky numbers on it….

dead sexy.

do we know (and how?) that it is Skyler's maiden name?

you don't. Nor do you know if you have been blocked, til you search for that other person, the blocker, and they are nowhere to be found.