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Why am I combining these two episodes you ask? Oh what was that? You didn’t say anything? I’ll tell you anyway. Love Among the Ruins had a few points that had to be made known to set up the rest of the season, but no event really stands out as important to the overall plot. A brief run through of Love Among the Ruins and then a full recap of an unbelievable, foreshadowy episode that is My Old Kentucky Home.
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This season is so bonkers crazy. Nuts. Every episode has a whaat?! moment that just kills me or makes me squeal or recoil in my seat. I nearly died during this one…
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Lucky for this show the Cold War arose just in time for the season finale. It’s almost like…almost like it was planned. When facing times of peril one might want to rid their life of secrets to have peace of mind when nearing their death. Or something like that. That’s totally what’s going on. Father Gill says so.
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A lot of changes are happening, most are turns you wouldn’t expect. Don is still not home and Peggy is finally taking some action in her life instead of waiting for the pieces to fall where they may. And Joan, well. You’ll see.
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Breaking Bad’s writers have admitted to using Westerns and movies in general as their main inspirations for the series. Unfortunately, and I may be in the minority for this, tonight’s season finale “Full Measure” was too much like a cinematic feature in the sense that the third and final act paled in comparison to the previous two. Read more…

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Just in case you’ve forgotten, Don and Pete are in Cali and no one else matters for this episode. We didn’t get a lot of Don in the last episode so clearly it’s mostly about him. With a little home office storyline thrown in to keep everyone happy.
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See that face? That was what everybody watching the final 30 seconds of “Half Measure” was doing in front of their television sets last night. I bet televisions everywhere think so little of us. Read more…

There are a lot of reasons for doing something more than once. Read more…

A few weeks ago Family Guy attempted an entire episode of just Brian and Stewie locked in one room. It was more ambitious than terrific. In most of “Fly” Walt and Jesse talk things out exclusively in the workplace. It was ambitious and excellent. Read more…

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Family values, folks. These families have them. Face values, not morals, lets not get them confused with good people. While Betty’s is a treasure chest of ugly planters, Pete’s is a empty hole. I guess I just gave a little spoiler to whose inheritance is what.
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