I have read several reviews, and no, I haven’t. They’re all pretty conclusory in discussing what works. If you think about it, that’s how most reviews (from official reviewers) work.

I want to read the book now.  Good to know that the source material might be different.  And, yeah, I know it’s somehow gauche to discuss it but I found the age gap to be horrifyingly awful.  I don’t even get it.  I am very pro-LBGT and I have two kids of different sexes.  I’m fine with them being anything and being…

I’d really love to hear a breakdown from someone about why CMBMN was such a big deal. I’ll admit the acting was good and it was beautifully shot, but it felt emotionally empty. I’d love to hear why it worked for others. (I got lost early. Even though I’m probably a snooty intellectual, dear god were these characters…

Isn’t the person on the far left Frank Sinatra?

I’m pretty sure that they’re expecting the monsters from the movie to watch it after we’re all dead. The monsters are Trump voters, if that wasn’t clear. Blind, panicky, and don’t give a shit about children or the future of humanity.

Well now that they took those away, my comment makes less sense. But there’s no editorial defense of the butt photo. Let’s see what tomorrow brings! Full frontal?

Between the featured pic and yesterday’s pic of seven halves of butt, I’m guessing the AVClub is going to try to turn into hard core pornography so gradually that we don’t notice.

All the upvotes.

Didn’t he die when he went roller-skating backward into that void?

In Breaking Bad, they were always careful to tell enough about meth production to be credible, but not so much that someone could learn from the show and make meth and hurt people.  Pretty sure that’s how they approached Franch.

Interesting. So you think he was controlled and unemotional there? Huh, I don’t see it, but interesting take.

100%.  It’s definitely a weird time.  

 My bad.  I missed the last paragraph.  I’ve been drinking.  Great writeup.

Also, Marky Mark committed a violent hate crime that permanently blinded an old man!  Just saying.

I don’t know if VG lucked into a rich, loaded name, but I’m sure that he is cognizant of the Damascus bit.  I wouldn’t be surprised if the next episode hits this home.  But, we literally have a man who tried to be good, was seduced to abandoning principles, and renamed himself.  It’s not a coincidence.

The reason I focus so much on the car/scholarship scene is that it’s an unusual scene in the show. Jimmy is entirely alone and has dialogue. Who is he making a plea to? It remind me slightly of the scene with Walter White in New Hampshire, where Walt similarly makes an uncharacteristic plea. Who was he making a plea…

It’s easy to make though.  Don’t you just mix ranch and French dressing?

His name is actually Herr Manager Peter Schuller.  Unlike Kim, he has a middle name and that’s Peter.  Translates to Mr. Manager.

I think it was totally wise for the show to have Mike solve Jimmy’s situation. An underlying theme of the shows is how fate steers us down paths and makes a bad choice easy. (This happened repeatedly to Walter a White.)  Yet, the wrong thing is still the wrong thing.  When Jimmy told Kim about Lalo he was genuinely…

That’s my dream.  Go after a non-profit or government gig in 5-10 years.  Not sure about the broken glass though.