Of course, there's also the fact that Hank died after five seasons, whereas we bid farewell to Ned after nine episodes.

Hell, what about Ned?

Korra has respect for authority figures she likes too. Tenzin? Katara? Lin, after some time?

I have to agree with you. If he wanted the man to suffer, why shoot him a second time?

I'm putting this here for any future readers of these comments: there's some pretty huge spoilers below, specifically from an asshole named wow. In fact, just skip the entire thread directly below (started by RRRRRRick) and you should be fine.

That's fair. Out of curiosity, is this the same reason why you haven't seen The Wire or Deadwood?

I kinda understand where you're coming from, but I also wonder how much of the "dour and sour" feeling is a result of the time period the show's set in. The late 60s aren't exactly America's high watermark.

I agree with you, and it's part of the reason why I roll my eyes when I come across "best show ever" comments. But there's still a part of me that compares Breaking Bad to any one of the shows I listed and it just…doesn't hold up to any of them.

I don't really agree with most of this, but I have to say: I'm halfway through season four, and while I think it's a fantastic show, I still don't understand anyone who claims that "Breaking Bad is the best show ever" or "is the best show on TV now." Am I missing something here? What places Breaking Bad above The Wire,…

They did a really great job with Hank. He went from being my most hated character to probably my favourite.

Your criticisms cease to be of any importance when you refrain from offering any reasoning behind them.

Off-topic: How is it that, twelve years since the original launched, there are still people who misspell "Xbox" as "X-Box"?

And it is by this tendency that I'm able to recognise his writing before I've even checked the byline. Once I read his "reducing high concept metaphors to genre-flick window dressing" line I just stopped reading and went to the comments, which I'm fairly certain will become my standard operating procedure for a Dowd…

And now you can never change your Avatar avatar, because then your comment would cease to make sense.

I ended up liking that comic way more than I thought I would.

You must be disappointed that the Fire Nation Royal Family doesn't adhere to the same rules of marriage as the Targaryens.

I've never seen Gargoyles, but you have my support. If it gets covered, I'll watch it.

Counter: Samurai Jack.

That's a shame, because I had some interest in reading them.

This is…quite the movie to watch when you're also suffering a bit of insomnia.