[minor chemistry spoilers for Breaking Bad] It was explained in the first season that biker gangs used to cook meth using methylamine, which doesn't require sudafed (a heavily controlled substance) but is typically only 50% pure.  Walter White invented a brand new formula — which has never fully been explained — that…

While I enjoyed the reference, it only served to remind me how much better Breaking Bad is on every imaginable level.  That show has characters I'd want to see surviving the zombie apocalypse.

I don't think Susan's death bothers anyone on these boards, but Seinfeld was one of the most watched programs on television when it aired in the 90's, back when millions of Americans still only had five channels.  Shows like It's Always Sunny and Curb regularly dabble in black comedy like this, but those are niche…

That's exactly what I was going to write.  It seemed pretty clear they were going to have sex in the Crazy Horse before Phil showed up, and if the car accident hadn't happened they were going to do a bunch of coke together and fool around (this was much more premeditated, as they'd had a few days to think about the…

I'd kind of like to see a story that takes place entirely after the zombie threat has been neutralized — but with the lingering problem that all dead people still turn into zombies.  We'd see all the safeguards humanity has devised to make sure that zombies are never a threat going forward, like strapping ICU patients…

As a standalone movie, it does appear that the rednecks had cleared away most of the zombies by the next morning and restored order.  Which, honestly, makes a lot more sense than a full-on societal breakdown, given how easy it is to kill a zombie and how many police officers, soldiers, guardsmen, hunters and other…

It's pretty clear that the nurse is alive.  But come on, Walt knew he was setting off a pretty big bomb in a nursing home.  He couldn't possibly be sure ahead of time that a nurse wouldn't be in the room or walking by the door when the explosion hit.  He couldn't know whether the blast would knock a light fixture onto…

Gus had several good reasons to be suspicious of the setup:

I guess my problem with the "you're overthinking it!" interpretation is that it doesn't give Gervais and Merchant the benefit of the doubt.  It assumes that they have much more important things to think about than the literal presence of the documentary crew, and some egghead is just trying to read something that…

Fair enough!

Am I the only one who thinks Taffy comes off awful too?  I mean, Anne is annoying and self-absorbed, but she's completely unaware of how her officemates perceive her.  Taffy's outburst is a moment of cruelty.  It's not how anyone would want their mom, girlfriend or wife to be spoken to by a stranger.

I think the U.S. version of The Office (and the subsequent success of Parks and Recreation and other format copycats) has turned people off to any metatextual analysis of the documentary crew in the UK version.