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Honestly, my only question is how they haven't gotten bit in the ankle yet. Sure, they usually stab quite firmly in the brain, but they must get sloppy at some point.

The little girls are probably feeding them. It's a little obvious, but this show has a history of keeping a 'mystery' going long after the audience figures it out (Sophia, anyone?) My main argument there is, Carl has shown some steps to maturity, real autonomy this season. Seems like he's got the self-awareness to…

It's more surprising that someone with a pleasant voice and actual singing ability would go for Tom Waits.

There's definitely a stark difference between adults who lived through the apocalypse, children (between Carl and Beth's ages) old enough to understand what was going on and forced to grow up, and this next generation of kids. I figured going through puberty and zombie oblivion at the same time would be a cocktail…

If there's any consensus around here, it's that the second season slumped HARD after the action scene in the first episode. It picked up in the last 2-3 episodes, but the conflict with Rick/Shane had lost all credibility by that point. The third season had its own problems ( Andrea, Laurie, Governor being…

The Governor is definitely coming back at some point. They gave him such an unhinged conclusion to the Woodbury/Prison conflict, and a few of his lieutenants are still following him around. He was the best antagonist so far, in terms of engaging the entire ensemble (outside of "oh shit zombies oh shit.")

Presumably, it's the unfinished business that calls him back to NM. I mean, he's a desperate shell of a man anyway, it's not like he's off living a new life in New Hampshire, working days at a paint shop and getting his electrical degree in night classes.

Aww, Huell no!
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What if an Earthquake drew him out?

Skylar missed his face by a few feet, but okay.

Yeah, the 'point of no return' is really a function of the audience needing a dividing line between the Walter White who inspires a degree of pathos and the monster he reveals himself to be. Jane's death was the first moment I thought: "Wow, nothing I've seen in this guy's life has justified this, or could justify it,…

Hank died like he lived: Adjacent to the corpse of a Hispanic man killed by criminals in the desert.

In revealing his hiding place in the ditch under the car, he also pulled Jesse out from a grave.

When the Nazi's opened the barrel, I half-expected a surprise explosion, like old-school Heisenberg badassery.  But no, that's not the show we're watching anymore…

Oh shit, his daughter's name is Holly OH SHIT

I think that's in the way they framed him looking over the fight, towering visually but unable to really intervene with those clunky metal frames.  When he actually did get involved, though, that was some impressive shit.

His expression when the barrel was uncovered, revealing millions of dollars? That way-too-long closeup? Shit, I thought he'd shoot his entire posse, just to keep the whole sum to himself.

If he was intended to have mommy issues, they would've cast David Cross as Saul, not Odenkirk.

Technically, they only need Walt long enough to teach Todd how to retain the blue color of the meth, to protect their "brand." If Jesse's the midpoint between Walt's high-90's purity and Todd's 60-70's purity, I could see the Nazi's using him for a little while.  But Todd's so goddamn compliant and useful, I doubt…

Gray Matter seems to matter because the actual history between Elliot/Gretchen and Walt is still unclear, although it clearly shaped Walt's outlook and began the slow burn towards Heisenberg-ing.  I'd like some of those details cleared up, but it'd be understandable if they left it alone.