Was just thinking the same thing. Yeah, I’m gonna continue to not read AV club anymore.

That final scene seems to win out as the reality, yeah. I don’t think you’re a plebian, more like an indie film being confusing for the sake of seeming edgier. Oof, that look at the camera was cringey. I literally was thinking, “Don’t do a camera look ending, don’t do a camera look ending...” And boom.

I guess this is technically a BB-sourced spoiler, but it seems like all the other characters are fair game... A reminder that Nacho is alive and still dealing drugs in Breaking Bad. I think that’s exactly why he’s fighting for his father’s life rather than his own in BCS; the writers knew that would be more…

I am first...

I agree that this episode felt very BB in its pacing, tone, and even dialogue. Mike’s speech in particular reminded me of his appeal to Walt in “Half Measures”—basically, either you’re in, or you’re out, there is no in between. (In this case, “in” means having the mental resolve needed to drink your own urine.) It’s…

Sarah Goldberg is fantastic, and I agree with others who have noted this was her tour de force. I couldn’t help but note the irony of Sally staring out in awe at a 400-seat theater, given that Goldberg had some major roles as an Olivier-nominated stage actress before transitioning into TV.

Yeah, and interesting that this movie only preceded that industry shift by a year or two. It must have been well-known in Hollywood that Singer’s X-Men and the first Spiderman movie were in the pipeline at that point. Even if it was more about satirizing the comics than the movies, I wonder if the MM producers were…