Sorry to hijack this thread, but shamrocky, the one work of art that expresses this point more beautifully and heartbreakingly than Breaking Bad is A River Runs Through It, by Norman Maclean. How do you help a self-destructive loved one? You don't. You can't. Heartbreaking

And to top it off, yes, they may be addicts, yes, they may be (must be) sick to some degree (mentally), but there's only so much you can do to help someone who refuses to help themselves, who takes your bailing out for granted, who refuses rehab even when you offer to pay for it. Family dynamics are so complicated I…

I'm glad someone understands. Me, I've been in sort of a Hank position. It's technically none of my business, and I can't do much about it, but it affects me. His father had long talks with my father, and I was close in age to his son, so they even talked to me at one point. I mean, he's a "cool" guy and all, but he's…

I really do think that a lot of the hate against Jesse's parents is unwarranted (just like the hate against Betty Draper). It's really easy to sympathize/identify with the protagonist (Walter, Don Draper, Dexter, etc) but that doesn't mean that they're infallible, and any person who crosses them is automatically an…

At best, I will grant you that it may take some people out of the show (in a very, very, very small way). But, that's again, almost entirely beside the point.

@ Caltrops, et. al.— You do know why your criticism is stupid, right? It's a very minor plot point. Clearly, Tio is mentally (but not physically there), and can voluntarily move at least one part of his body, and can therefore communicate, (a la My Left Foot, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, etc) in one form or…

I loved the CONCEPT of this season. If I were at the writer's retreat, and heard about their initial plot outline, I would've thought it was excellent. In the end, the tension was well done, and we FINALLY see some actual consequences for Dexter's actions, shit in his own home (very similar to the finale of Breaking…

The only "coincidence" was the fact that Jane's father just happened to be an air traffic controller. Anyway, the planes exploding overhead was some of the most overt symbolism the show's ever given us, THAT was the only problem I had with it. But I didn't REALLY have a problem with it, since BB is usually very…

Let's not get carried away
With Jewish exceptionalism. It's the same problem I have with calling the Jewish Genocide "the" Holocaust, and having a separate terminology for racists who don't like Jews (anti-Semitism).

Even if he didn't flee the jurisdiction, if he had hidden in a log cabin in Wyoming, the statute of limitations would apply.

Great another pedophile in the news. Look, I love the man as an artist. But his crime was reprehensible. It should be forgiven because he fled the United States 30 years ago and lived comfortably as a French citizen for 30 years? We wanted him, but the frogs refused to send us one of their own.

You have a problem with anachronistic music? Holy shit you are all kinds of stupid. Jesus, definitely don't watch this movie. If you shit your pants over a little music you'll completely flip your shit when you see eli bear jew roth gun down the fuhrer himself.

@teadoust: Fair enough. I think after someone is constantly called overrated or underated, eventually that makes them appropriately rated. Let me just say that I am not a fan of his acting. Watchable, sure.

Man, I just ordered this used as soon as I remembered. Looks like it's a slog of a read though. Fuck it, maybe next time.

Er, that's DeLillo, don't hurt me

I agree, Lullaby sucks. The guy's got a few decent books Fight Club is great, Invisible Monsters pretty good, Survivor is at least a fun read. But Palahniuk is basically a fucking book factory other than that, with his cookie cutter manufactured plots and excessive details he reads up on and vomits onto the page.

Uh 'scuse me but, Elisabeth Moss is a Scientologist.

Since his Growing Pains/Marvin's Room/Basketball Diaries/Titanic (of which only Marvins and BD were any good) days, Leo has seriously grown into being a good actor.

Too bad Roadhouse doesn't rhyme with Wodehouse. Fail

Overrated-are you honestly accusing someone of being petty and irrelevant on a message board?