Season 8 is more experimental regarding plots and character treatment than previous seasons, but at the same time a bit more rote humor-wise. But I'd easily count it among the classic era.

She didn't get a name (and a slightly different design) until "They Saved Lisa's Brain" in season 10. Interestingly, a few episodes before that one ("Make Room For Lisa"), a character appears who is basically Lindsay Neagle in all but appearance, so it took them a while to establish her as an official character.

But Lisa The Skeptic is the episode that ruined Lisa.

Well, there aren't many half-bald kids.

Haha, Thin Tony. You think they'd be that lame?

"Realty Bites", season 9, which some would already consider post-classic.

first appeared in season 8

I'm guessing it's Krusty's father.

" I'll give you a clue that the actor playing the character won an Emmy for playing that character"

My Song 5 is awesome.

Said this in the Felina thread already, but it's insane. That's nearly twice the amount of the premiere, more than three times the amount of last years' finale, and five times more than Face Off. The show hovered around two million viewers for its first four (!!) seasons. Is there another show that took that long to…

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If they didn't want to reward Walt too much it would have been enough to have him die with the feeling that he accomplished nothing - didn't ensure his kids' future, doesn't come to an understanding with Skyler, can't take out the Nazis. But, uh, having a baby die? That's just needlessly cruel. I'm glad that didn't…

10.3 million viewers. Holy shit. That's nearly twice the amount of the premiere, more than three times the amount of last years' finale, and five times more than Face Off. The show hovered around two million viewers for its first four (!!) seasons. Is there another show that took that long to become a cultural…

I think he only wanted to survive the fire so he'd be able to make sure nobody else did. But beyond that he wasn't planning on living.

The show had to end with Walter White. This wasn't a show that put much importance on the lives of the supporting characters beyond how they mattered to Walt. Early on, it looked like they were going to be more fleshed out (the Marie's kleptomania storyline), but the writers mostly abandoned that in favor of a much…

I don't think saving Jesse was his initial plan. He only decided on it when he saw he was a prisoner.

Yeah, but pride being one's downfall is kind of the theme of the series, so I was okay with it.

The series regulars (Cranston, Gunn, Paul, Norris, Brandt, Mitte, Odenkirk, Fraser, Plemons) are always credited whether or not they appear in an episode. Dean Norris remained in the credits after his death, Laura Fraser was always credited although she only appeared in half of the episodes this season etc.

Not to mention so lucrative that he could uphold his exuberant lifestyle on a radio hosts's salary.