Astute observation… The fact that (next to?) no movement in the Sophia story happened is just baffling on many levels.

Further proof that "making it up as you go along" is by no means a bad thing.  It's only bad when what you make up kinda, uh,,, sucks. 

P.S.  Lol, I should add that none this means Walt WOULDN'T put the woman at risk if he felt it necessary, just that this wasn't an example of such behavior. 

No, they wouldn't. If Walt is the prime objective there's no way they risk fucking it up by getting trigger-happy and shooting random people.  I can't believe Gus would task it to a non-pro , and Walt knows this, so he did what might flush them out.  Both of your questions address the lady walking in while a gun is at…

You deserve a touche for that because it is a very viable option, but… Nothing in that scenario stops Gus from coming after his family and might actually endanger more people (Jesse's "family", the girlfriend and kid… which I know is hella ironic bringing up the kid), not to mention Walt and Jesse going to jail and…

Well I'll probably get my nerd pass revoked for saying this, but I hadn't watched X-files until Fringe started and I read about the comparisons.  Sure, I had seen a random episode here and there but never really gave it any of my dedication. 
That said, Fringe is so much better than X-files that the only comparison…

It's the "…without batting an eye or betraying a blink a remorse" part.  There's is nothing in what we watched that shows this, and a little that seems to show exactly otherwise, but mostly it's left up in the air.  That sentence is, among others in the reviews I've read, stuff that wouldn't fly in a grammar school…

I enjoyed watching Eko and Ana, but then… yeah. 

Yeah… reading these reviews and comments I feel like I'm watching the wrong show.  (I love the AV but I try to avoid the BB reviews)
The plan to kill Gus, that used Jesse and the kid, was a direct result of trying to save Hank and subsequently his family.  It's a hell of a Sophie's choice but we have Donna writing…

People see themselves in Walt while Dexter and Tony might as well be aliens from beyond the moon.  At first glance this might seem like it would elicit sympathy but self-loathing is very popular these days. 

It's a shark jump.  They are doing a crossover with Dexter next season.  And yet, it's still better than anything else on TV. 

Holy shit dude you have a vendetta

He actually does, if you think "random internet people" is synonymous with "fans".  He said in an interview that he wrote Walt as more of a villain after season 2 because the fans and critics were viewing him as a villain.  I'm looking for the link but the dude has given like 50 million interviews. 

Yeah, because it's not like they would use trained professional assassins to do the hit.  Much more likely to use the dogs that shoot bees out of their mouths that are told to kill anything that moves, to botch the hit when the meter-reader stops by.
Ok, that's probably not true… But they're BAD GUYS!  And bad guys…

I think I'm the only one that gives season 2 the crown.

This is making me want to watch the show again.  As much as I love the first half I've never been able to bring myself to rewatch and get heartbroken all over.  I'm like a jilted lover.

Noel, weird that this crossed my mind as after I made that post last night but I left and didn't clarify.  If I remember it right he helped map out season two and some of three which was used after he left.

BOOM!

Most shows make it up as they go along to a degree, filling in a loose outline or what have you, but Lost was on another level.  I know the exact article you're talking about and I hope I'm remembering it correctly.  Fury said they literally had no clue as to where it would/should go and that there was executive…

I'm pretty sure they're trying to show how our Fringe team is a bit more callous and businesslike without Peter.  I'm not sure if it's successful but I think that's the intention.