I note with some trepidation that next week's episode is entitled "Dead Freight".  And to top it off, tonight Skyler laid all the groundwork for Walt to effectively fake her suicide.  I don't think the Skyler-haters will have to wait much longer.

Exactly, Jiminy Cricket.  And that is why, combining Vince Gilligan and Anna Gunn's previous comments that Skyler goes for broke in episode 5 with its title — "Dead Freight" —  that I am already getting kind of nervous for next week.

Exactly, Jiminy Cricket.  And that is why, combining Vince Gilligan and Anna Gunn's previous comments that Skyler goes for broke in episode 5 with its title — "Dead Freight" —  that I am already getting kind of nervous for next week.

I just have a feeling that Saul is going to be Walt's undoing.  I can see a scenario where Saul, for whatever reason, is desperate to play Jesse off of Walt and gets desperate enough that his motivation exceeds that fear of Walt that keeps him silent.

I just have a feeling that Saul is going to be Walt's undoing.  I can see a scenario where Saul, for whatever reason, is desperate to play Jesse off of Walt and gets desperate enough that his motivation exceeds that fear of Walt that keeps him silent.

Acid Police, if I could double-like this, I would.  Great catch.  And by the way, Walt?  Please stop watching that shit with Miss Holly present.  Meth schmeth, don't you know about the dangers of exposing small children to television violence?

Acid Police, if I could double-like this, I would.  Great catch.  And by the way, Walt?  Please stop watching that shit with Miss Holly present.  Meth schmeth, don't you know about the dangers of exposing small children to television violence?

Meghan Daum's 2004 novel, "The Quality of Life Report."  Loved her non-fiction, but this novel is the only one I've ever stopped reading and literally thrown at a wall.  The bigotry and narrow-mindedness of a certain type of native New Yorker towards the Midwest has rarely been on more flagrant display.  I don't care…

Meghan Daum's 2004 novel, "The Quality of Life Report."  Loved her non-fiction, but this novel is the only one I've ever stopped reading and literally thrown at a wall.  The bigotry and narrow-mindedness of a certain type of native New Yorker towards the Midwest has rarely been on more flagrant display.  I don't care…

Here's a scenario that I can't stop thinking about.  I have a terrible feeling that Skyler and Hank both will be gone by the end of this season.  Here's how: Skyler does something profoundly shit-tastic (maybe arranging for Ted's death, or at least standing by when she knows it's going to happen).  Doing so snaps her…

Here's a scenario that I can't stop thinking about.  I have a terrible feeling that Skyler and Hank both will be gone by the end of this season.  Here's how: Skyler does something profoundly shit-tastic (maybe arranging for Ted's death, or at least standing by when she knows it's going to happen).  Doing so snaps her…

I read the book in 2003, and, at the time, I was working as a prosecutor in juvenile court.  One of the things I really liked about the book at the time was that it made explicit a lot of the debates I'd been having internally with myself for close to a year, without being able to articulate them fully: How much…

Right on, Mr. Evil.  I had actual nightmares for a couple of days after watching "Crawl Space".  That's one of the first times it's happened to me as an adult.

Good grief, Gern, this is just humiliating.  OBVIOUSLY, the Rapture should be way, way up there.  SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER: It takes a lot of existential pain to look God in the face — literally — and say "F*** you" or words of that sort.  There's no theoretical here.  Mimi Rogers' character has no ambiguity or room…

Jesus, yes.  In the late 90s, I paid $70 for a VHS copy on eBay — it was that hard to find at the time.  It arrived, my husband and I watched it once, and afterward, he hid it so thoroughly I've never found it since.  SPOILERS: that scene of the feral children herded into a cold, abandoned storeroom, sitting and…

That was my first thought as well, brklynMF — I can't believe, after all his fuss about the pool cover, that Walt would knowingly keep a plant in his backyard that is both attractive to, and potentially lethal for, small children.  And the fact that THAT was my initial reaction probably demonstrates the full extent to…

WELL DONE.

Don't forget the Fat Tire and Funyuns.  Or to toss the pizza on the roof first.

My money is on Hector.  At this point, he literally has nothing to lose by going to the DEA and turning in everyone.  And it would get him revenge on Gus, which isn't going to happen any other way…

If, however, it WAS ricin poisoning that sickened Brock, everyone involved just ratcheted up their trouble loads expoentially.  Forget the DEA — if an innocent 6 year old somehow managed to contract ricin poisoning, the Department of Homeland Security is going to be aaalll over this one.  And unfortunately for his…