I'm convinced that 95% of people of high school age would qualify as sociopaths by adult standards.

From the future, I feel compelled to point out that this is a very astute observation.

I want wintergreen!

Does this mean you're not coming to my bridal feast??

Your fingers are too fat for your phone. If you would like to order a special dialing wand, please mash your hand against the keypad.

Spot on. Y2K seems to be as good a dividing line as any for when The Simpsons' greatness began to seriously decline, though I do seem to recall there being some really good episodes as late as 2002. Anything I've watched from after that is just painful.

This is one of the funniest episodes of the entire series. It deserves a far, far better review for that fact alone. I know, I know, humor is personal, reviewing comedy is impossible, blah blah blah. At some point you have to stow your critical blather safely in the overhead and realize that occasionally when it…

I like to think there were several takes of Lindsay laughing at the end, and they deliberately chose the one where quite a lot of spit comes out of her mouth and lands on her chin. Funny scene, and a really great take for the closer.

This episode was amazing! I'm watching these for the first time, and I think this episode is the one that convinced me that this was a great show. It also made it painfully clear why the show never developed enough of an audience to stick around beyond a dozen episodes. I think the show portrays many of the…

It has nothing to do with trusting Gus. They discovered that Gale was involved in making meth. Cops always, always, ALWAYS pry apart a drug manufacturer's finances when they discover the manufacturing operation, in hopes they can follow a money trail and catch the people who are distributing the drugs.

This show has started out setting up something that could be greater even than the show that birthed it. Saul is being pulled a lot of different ways by a lot of disparate forces, including his own pride and sense of right and wrong. The set-up has been very well done so far, and I'm relieved that Odenkirk is up to…

I totally agree. I thought we'd get a cheap show of Saul being the slimy Saul we know from Breaking Bad, and while that would have been entertaining, this has the potential to really be great. Saul's struggle is deep and encompasses an awful lot of struggles I think people can relate to.

I think it might be. Saul would certainly have heard about Walt's demise, which would pretty much eliminate paranoia regarding random skinheads eying him up. I read that as Saul still being scared because Walt is still out there somewhere, because there probably wouldn't be anyone else out there with reason to knock…

I can't agree with the first point. Vito and Johnny Cakes' relationship was built up much better than that. It's quite clear that their first couple of interactions were flirting, of the kind that a gay man might try with a man he just met, in order to try to figure out if the other is gay, and if so, if they're…

I can't agree with the first point. Vito and Johnny Cakes' relationship was built up much better than that. It's quite clear that their first couple of interactions were flirting, of the kind that a gay man might try with a man he just met, in order to try to figure out if the other is gay, and if so, if they're…

I disagree slightly with the actual efficacy of the message here and how it relates to and affects Christopher. While I wholeheartedly agree that the Hollywood story line is awful and one of the worst things the show ever did, I think there is some good meat here as it pertains to Christopher.

I disagree slightly with the actual efficacy of the message here and how it relates to and affects Christopher. While I wholeheartedly agree that the Hollywood story line is awful and one of the worst things the show ever did, I think there is some good meat here as it pertains to Christopher.

One thing about Tony Soprano, highlighted in this episode - he has a hell of a lot more empathy than just about everyone he knows. Interestingly, this makes him a better person almost by default.

I hate to be the anal-retentive who notes this, but methamphetamine is a schedule 2 drug. Seems like an odd fact to miss.

I think it's more bothersome that he doesn't run the second he gets there and nobody is there. The panic over his money is believable enough, but Walt had to have known as soon as he saw the spot and that nobody was there that it was some sort of set-up. I likewise find it implausible that he could have been…