Seriously, from the moment Hank, Gomie, and Jessie showed up in the desert until the cut to black, I was frozen in shock. I honestly did not expect anything that happened from that point on. I literally stopped breathing when the Aryans showed up and pulled out guns.

@avclub-64eec0c3fb6b12c43f51ec9e9c773fed:disqus Yeah that place had the same look as the Garduno's in this EP.  Like a dude made of kitschy bullshit exploded.

I am amazed and exceedingly pleased that this is a real place. I thought for sure it was a parody of loud, tacky, family-friendly theme restaurants.

I'm sure Bradley Whitford is excited.

Wasn't sure about this movie, but if it really is just "better than the first" I'm sure I'll enjoy it.  I quite liked the first movie.  Stupid fun.

It's totally a Voltron remake this time.  I knew it.

He could have pulled some sneaky shit, sure, but I got the sense even HE wasn't sure he was going to bring up the tracker.  As for the endgame, I'm hoping the crew don't go for some sort of big, epic showdown.  I'd love for Walt's cancer to go back into remission, and he gets some kind of relocation/witness protection…

I think the problem is that "overrated" has very dismissive connotations.  It puts implied incorrectness on the people who did the overrating in the first place.  I honestly think this article wouldn't have been nearly as inflammatory if the author had taken a stance of "Breaking Bad is a good show with serious flaws"…

Walt is a dangerous man, to be sure, especially when cornered, but he's an ambush killer, if anything.  He attacks when his victims are least suspecting.  He got the drop on Mike because it had looked like Walt was going to just storm off before the impotent rage overtook him.  There's no way he could kill Hank in a…

@avclub-d8c4b9a46ef46a0b3dae8a1e1279a8d8:disqus I meant mewling more as a derisive way to describe how he uses his cancer as a shield from any consequences of his actions, not necessarily the tone of his voice or anything he intended.  To me, it just sounded like desperate begging masked in tough-guy posturing.

Hank's just too smart to fall for his bullshit.  After you realize that someone has been lying to your face for almost two years, why would you ever believe anything they said again?

A Rifftrax of Breaking Bad would probably offer a much more coherent critical analysis, and it would be a lot funnier, to boot.

Only a misogynist would think that's the only reason someone would be called a misogynist.

Oh I'd say it is most definitely the latter two, although the critics are slightly worse because they couch it in pseudo-feminist condescension.

While I do agree with the general idea of your argument, I think part of the issue comes from your use of the word "enjoy", which is has certain specific connotations that don't always apply broadly in these conversations.  For instance, I really like the movie Pi, but I wouldn't say I enjoy watching it.  That word…

I guess I just find it odd to dismiss an entire form of artistic expression because it also makes the creators money.  I also find it sad that you seem to think that consumption of art is a waste of time.  I would propose the contrary; art helps give meaning to the more mundane, "productive" parts of our lives, and it…

From what I've seen, the number of people with legitimate criticisms of the points made in this article is far greater than the number of single-word, dismissive replies.

You're correct in assuming you're not supposed to find Walt sympathetic. Really, one of the things that makes the show so great is the way it plays with the viewer's sympathies. You start out rooting for this guy until you realize what it is you're actually rooting for. Around the end of the second season, the show…

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Do you feel that way about every form of artistic expression? Or just TV? Are you wasting your life reading a book, watching a brilliant film, listening to a great album, or admiring a beautiful painting? I guess I don't understand why being a TV show makes Breaking Bad have any less merit than if it were a movie…