I think the problem is that the show can afford to be earnest because it's a fantasy that takes place in the past, where they have perfect hindsight.

It's okay! You don't have to like the things other people like. We can all like different stuff. It's not even an interesting thing to note, because it happens to everybody all the time.

It's okay! You don't have to like the things other people like. We can all like different stuff. It's not even an interesting thing to note, because it happens to everybody all the time.

I just honestly can't imagine a scenario in which Walt would use meth, short of someone literally putting a gun to his or his family's head.

I just honestly can't imagine a scenario in which Walt would use meth, short of someone literally putting a gun to his or his family's head.

What the fuck is a "Pokey Phone"?

What the fuck is a "Pokey Phone"?

That made me laugh in an out-loud fashion, @avclub-1b9a80606d74d3da6db2f1274557e644:disqus

"Das Bus" does have the ending, where James Earl Jones says "and eventually they were rescued by, oh, let's say…Moe," which, as jokes-about-how-lazy-the-show-has-gotten (a sub-genre of humor I love, especially in The Simpsons, but which are also extremely symptomatic of the show's decline), is near the top, along with…

"Das Bus" does have the ending, where James Earl Jones says "and eventually they were rescued by, oh, let's say…Moe," which, as jokes-about-how-lazy-the-show-has-gotten (a sub-genre of humor I love, especially in The Simpsons, but which are also extremely symptomatic of the show's decline), is near the top, along with…

"No one was making fun of Andy Griffith. I can't emphasize that enough."

"No one was making fun of Andy Griffith. I can't emphasize that enough."

Are we bringing in the entire Daily Show back-bench for this? Because we GOT to get A. Whitney Brown in this joint. If he's still alive.

Are we bringing in the entire Daily Show back-bench for this? Because we GOT to get A. Whitney Brown in this joint. If he's still alive.

A: No. I direct your attention over to the Thick of It reviews. I love Veep, but TToI out-cynicals it - Selina at least wants to get stuff done, the characters on The Thick of It seem to exist solely to scramble madly every episode to keep their jobs.

A: No. I direct your attention over to the Thick of It reviews. I love Veep, but TToI out-cynicals it - Selina at least wants to get stuff done, the characters on The Thick of It seem to exist solely to scramble madly every episode to keep their jobs.

Pretty sure he says "closest thing he has to a son" because he's a huge dick who doesn't value his actual, real daughter at all.

Pretty sure he says "closest thing he has to a son" because he's a huge dick who doesn't value his actual, real daughter at all.

Right? Sims mentioned it in the write-up, even. It really is one of the most chilling faces you'll ever see, as you realize how fake the fake-warmth was as it drains away and you can see the seething, reptilian rage that drives the man.

Right? Sims mentioned it in the write-up, even. It really is one of the most chilling faces you'll ever see, as you realize how fake the fake-warmth was as it drains away and you can see the seething, reptilian rage that drives the man.