Boy, you've got a high tolerance for Walt. The point of no return for me was when he let Jane choke on her own vomit back in season 2.

I have never hated a fictional character as much as I hate Walter White right now.

I have never hated a fictional character as much as I hate Walter White right now.

No, and I feel like that was the turning point for the show where it transitioned from its first two seasons into what it is now. It hasn't become a worse show, but I do think it's become a different show. Which is exactly what Vince Gilligan wanted: a show defined by change. So, props for that.

No, and I feel like that was the turning point for the show where it transitioned from its first two seasons into what it is now. It hasn't become a worse show, but I do think it's become a different show. Which is exactly what Vince Gilligan wanted: a show defined by change. So, props for that.

Yeah, true. But the way the show treated that and other, erm, explosive events felt a lot different than how these past few seasons have played out the crazier elements. I mean, after Walt blew up Tuco's office, he sat in his car and totally freaked out. In the earlier seasons, the explosions and killings were…

Yeah, true. But the way the show treated that and other, erm, explosive events felt a lot different than how these past few seasons have played out the crazier elements. I mean, after Walt blew up Tuco's office, he sat in his car and totally freaked out. In the earlier seasons, the explosions and killings were…

A train heist, eh? What with the explosives/gangster plots last season and the evil twin Mexicans in the third, Breaking Bad seems like it's increasingly embracing its pulp influences. Not that that's a bad thing at all (this season's been a blast), but it's a far cry from those (quiet, introspective) first two…

A train heist, eh? What with the explosives/gangster plots last season and the evil twin Mexicans in the third, Breaking Bad seems like it's increasingly embracing its pulp influences. Not that that's a bad thing at all (this season's been a blast), but it's a far cry from those (quiet, introspective) first two…

After reading "The Chocolate War," I went on a Cormier binge in which I read almost everything he wrote, and after a while, I began to be less and less impressed by them. At the time, nothing stuck with me as much as the first few that I read (which included "Fade" and "After the First Death"), but since then I've…

After reading "The Chocolate War," I went on a Cormier binge in which I read almost everything he wrote, and after a while, I began to be less and less impressed by them. At the time, nothing stuck with me as much as the first few that I read (which included "Fade" and "After the First Death"), but since then I've…

Boy, if there was a single book that shaped my approach to reading, this is it. It pretty took everything my 9th-grade self expected literature to do and blew a gaping hole in it all.

Boy, if there was a single book that shaped my approach to reading, this is it. It pretty took everything my 9th-grade self expected literature to do and blew a gaping hole in it all.

Nice to see some Ultima get some love from Kaiser. It's a series that I don't think gets nearly enough recognition from the modern gaming sphere—though I would put Ultima V and VII over IV.

Nice to see some Ultima get some love from Kaiser. It's a series that I don't think gets nearly enough recognition from the modern gaming sphere—though I would put Ultima V and VII over IV.

Both Gillian Anderson and William B. Davis wrote episodes in season 7.

Both Gillian Anderson and William B. Davis wrote episodes in season 7.

Can't say that I'm with you on "Dreamland" (which I think tries too hard to stretch one episode's worth of material into two) and "Agua Mala," but the rest are gold. "The Unnatural" is pretty great, too; along with next season's "Hollywood A.D.," it's the best of the cast-written episodes.

Can't say that I'm with you on "Dreamland" (which I think tries too hard to stretch one episode's worth of material into two) and "Agua Mala," but the rest are gold. "The Unnatural" is pretty great, too; along with next season's "Hollywood A.D.," it's the best of the cast-written episodes.

While I don't think season six of The X-Files was an all-time best, it's probably the most interesting period in the show to examine critically. I feel like there's a fascinating shift in the identity of the series from the claustrophobic, paranoid early years of the show to the more panoramic, mystical ideology that…