I think it's interesting that Limehouse took Boyd for exactly the amount that Boyd strong-armed from the Cloverhill gang.  I'm hoping that before the season ends, he agrees to trade Ellen May for a Dairy Queen.

And/or Ka-KOW!

Is nobody going to mention the Gotye references?  I always love it when they throw in stuff like that, e.g., when Sam pretended to be a crime scene investigator and did a bunch of corny CSI: Miami oneliners.

Is nobody going to mention the Gotye references?  I always love it when they throw in stuff like that, e.g., when Sam pretended to be a crime scene investigator and did a bunch of corny CSI: Miami oneliners.

I was a little surprised he could hit the kid from that distance with a single shot, but I then I remembered, "Clear eyes, full hearts…"

I was a little surprised he could hit the kid from that distance with a single shot, but I then I remembered, "Clear eyes, full hearts…"

Elderly cop two days away from retirement, put on desk duty at the evidence locker due to health issues:  "ARRGH!  MY PACEMAKER!!!"

Elderly cop two days away from retirement, put on desk duty at the evidence locker due to health issues:  "ARRGH!  MY PACEMAKER!!!"

I agree with everything you said except the Michael and Fiona stuff.  That feels forced to me.  I didn't buy him being willing to burn Pearce and team to keep her out of prison and I didn't really buy that table flip from the first episode of the season.

I agree with everything you said except the Michael and Fiona stuff.  That feels forced to me.  I didn't buy him being willing to burn Pearce and team to keep her out of prison and I didn't really buy that table flip from the first episode of the season.

The developments in the preview for next week really bolster my Gary Hawkens = Ted Beneke theory.  Gary fills pretty much exactly the same role as Ted in Breaking Bad, though Raylan handles Winona's relationship with Gary much better than Walter handle's Skylar's affair with Ted.

I liked this episode a lot and I think the B+ is right on point.  I read that they had to cut a lot out of the episode, which could explain why Bourdain was so underused, and why the drug dealer's murderous hatred of Homer was so abrupt and seemed to come out of nowhere.  That part totally threw me - with your lab…

OOoooohhh…  *now* I get it!

That's sweet of him to give her the cameo.  Still, more than any other moment - Walt letting Jane die, poisoning Brock, lying to and endangering his family, missing his daughter's birth over some bullshit, treating Jesse like an asshat, refusing Elliot's money out of stupid pride - sending his sweet, hobbled neighbor…

The biggest emotional reaction I got from the episode was when Walt sent his neighbor into his house knowing that there was almost certainly a deadly trap meant for him lying in wait.  As he watched her go into his house, I felt genuinely afraid and angry.  I kept anticipating a gunshot and someone carrying out a…

I think that the "Walt did it" argument is actually pretty compelling, but is Walt really that good a liar?  We can all agree that the confrontation with Walt and Jesse was amazing, and from the way we've seen Walt spin lies before, I have a hard time believing he (the character, not the actor, of course) could…

I think Gus probably did know about the ricin all along, and it colors my perception of all the opportunities Jesse had to poison him. Looking back now, I believe Gus and Mike were testing him. Had he actually put the ricin into Gus's coffee or soup, Jesse would've been dead on the spot.  It *also* colors my…