Gilpin has such a theatrical vibe that I can't help but be aware that she's in the process of acting, but she's so damn good at it I don't really care.

Or maybe he's just telling the truth and he worked at it until the episodes felt like something he wanted to release.

Thanks! I don't have a blog, I try to keep my writing efforts for screenwriting stuff but I always keep the fantasy of reviewing TV for some publication or another. I'm doing much better now, don't worry! This was when I was younger. For myself, like many people with bipolar disorder, it was mostly dormant until my…

that's an excellent point!

I'm not sure "huge racist" is fair. "As racist against black people as the majority of Americans, and unable to take any criticism or responsibility of racist material in the film" is more accurate.

Cattle were plenty back when we salted meats, one could afford the meat spoiling. If you're reduced to eating humans, you probably don't have that luxury (nor an adequate supply of salt.)

I think it shows more than anything that Jimmy is a prisoner to his own whims and emotions. Desperate to get something? He'll hatch a scheme to get it done. What was that entire exercise but yet another scheme hatched in a desperate attempt to get something? The something in this question was getting rid of feeling…

Thanks. Honestly it just was such a real depiction of mental illness that it was hard not to project my own experiences. I mean, it literally triggered a memory I had repressed so yeah, wasn't the toughest thing to try and explain Chuck's mental state there. I'm glad people got something out of it!

I don't think so, he was genuinely improving and not (just) for appearances - although something like having Howard over and cooking for him was obviously a put-on. And it did take Chuck quite a while to answer the door for Jimmy. Could have been him dreading opening the door, or him setting the stage.

I disagree. I think he's always viewed himself as superior, since he was a little kid. He didn't cry because Chuck's not a crier, and he's wrapped himself in a blanket of self-pity and self-loathing. He's not in touch with his emotions enough to weep for his fall from grace, but that doesn't mean he doesn't know it…

Having just finished the episode, it's a tragic story of someone unable to shake the mental ills that claim them. The doctor warned Chuck that he would backslide, but he was too foolhardy to acknowledge that she was probably right. Look at all that happened to Chuck in the episode, the reviewer touches on it but to…

It was gratuitous, imo.

My first guess is her punishment will be to execute Janine, and if she refuses be forced to watch Janine be tortured until June finally gives in and ends her misery.

Loftus is an incredibly, and delightfully, weird and funny comedian, and I am excited to see where she goes as an artist. Check out her animated stuff, it's real bizarre and funny.

Oh my god, in the first scene we see Saul Goodman he advocates killing someone just because it would be easier. He enables drug dealers and killers. What is your definition of a bad guy if Saul doesn't fit the category? He's likable as hell but that doesn't make him not a bad guy.

This would be true if Jimmy/Saul thought about it that way, but he never did and doesn't now. It was all about getting a payout for himself.

Yeah that way of cutting sleep is really really nice. I hope more shows pick up on that, showing sleep how our memory processes it instead of seeing it happening as an outside observer.

I know right? I think he just had Britta syndrome where the character is so weird/annoying/despicable you can no longer see the performative aspect. I think Pastor Tim was like that up until this most recent season of The Americans.

Just ask Jamie Gorelick.

I think it was more about symbolizing how Kimmy was basically McGyvering her life to keep it together, and it probably wouldn't end well.