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…
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…
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…
You don’t have to be an expert in television (we all can’t afford TVU tuition, it’s okay) to know that the episode after the guy shoots an axe-wielding psychopath in the head is going to feature a lot less action. But because Breaking Bad is a TV writing honor student, it didn’t make “I See You” any less entertaining. Read more…
Even though three couples break up in tonight’s episode, this show continues to show it has a very big comedic side.
Consider the open: A flashback to Walt back in the premiere episode giving Jesse the money to buy the meth RV, and the unseen night Jesse has with the cash. Strip clubbbbbb. Combo ends up getting the RV for Jesse for 1400 dollars. Oh so, Combo fucked himself over? When I have children I wont send them to school; I’m just going to have them watch flashbacks all day. They teach us so much! And ask for nothing in return! Read more…
For a drug manufacturer/dealer and technically a murderer, Walter White is kind of an omega man. Like, Woody Allen territory. Read more…
