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Either way, it was so damn brutal to watch. I had dreams about them shits, all night. Brutal.
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ClosetOfExhaustion- Have You Heard?
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recap over on grantland strongly in favor of Theory Zappo
zappo- Supermasculine Menial
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Again, only a spoiler if you aren't caught up.
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- You can even see Skyler figuring out what's going on, during the sequence--her tone of voice, patterns of speech, and even her facial expressions all change radically. She knows what's happening. I didn't notice that, last night.
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Something to look forward to!
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Pretty sure at least 75% of the point of Breaking Bad is that those four people are white but I suppose there are things you can do.
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Duff... wrote:Pretty sure at least 75% of the point of Breaking Bad is that those four people are white but I suppose there are things you can do.
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- all of the actors in that Spanish-language recast are also white
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Currently downloading all 9 seasons of Seinfeld in 720p. 
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Series finale of Dexter was the lamest shit I've ever witnessed.
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Dexter was on a steady decline after season 3. That finale was the absolute worst.
Conversely, Breaking Bad is just about perfect. Really going to miss the ongoing adventures of Walt & Jesse.
Conversely, Breaking Bad is just about perfect. Really going to miss the ongoing adventures of Walt & Jesse.
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i didn't catch this as it happened, but in sunday night's episode when the hockey game is on the tv of the NH bar walt is in, the broadcaster mentions the player handling the puck. it's footage from a college game from several (like 10+) years back, and i know IRL the guy who is named on air. so he's got that going for him.
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Craig Anderson?
http://extramustard.si.com/2013/09/23/last-nights-breaking-bad-featured-a-classic-college-hockey-game-from-1998/
http://extramustard.si.com/2013/09/23/last-nights-breaking-bad-featured-a-classic-college-hockey-game-from-1998/
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granato. of the granato family of hockey players
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Amen. Fuck that shit.Nick wrote:Series finale of Dexter was the lamest shit I've ever witnessed.
Getting ready to watch the BB finale though, with obviously much much higher expectations.
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When watching the BB finale, pretend the Nazis have a side gig as the writing staff for Dexter.
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I wasn't super thrilled or blown away by the BB finale. And definitely not surprised, because I predicted almost exactly how it would go down, minus:
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- forcing Gray Matter to give the money to Flynn.
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The more I think about it, BB basically ended for me when Walt told Skyler "I won" after killing Gus. Season 5.1 was like a fun mini-sequel, Heisenberg: The Adventure Continues. Season 5.2 is the kind of thorough, exhaustive (in a good way) epilogue you'd normally only see in a proper novel. If seasons 1 through 5.1 were a slow-motion car crash, season 5.2 is the ambulance ride to the hospital, patient dying on the operating table, and a full Irish wake. Which I appreciate as an uberfan, but at the same time felt... unnecessary?
I wouldn't give back a minute of the protracted ending, but wouldn't it have been fun to end the series when Hank finds Leaves of Grass on the toilet? I realize that's not how things are done in the new golden age of TV drama, unless you want a Sopranos sized dose of backlash.
I wouldn't give back a minute of the protracted ending, but wouldn't it have been fun to end the series when Hank finds Leaves of Grass on the toilet? I realize that's not how things are done in the new golden age of TV drama, unless you want a Sopranos sized dose of backlash.
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Wait ... I haven't been following the show but could you please explain to me how Hank could possibly end up in Andy T's bathroom?
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There is a pizza on Andy T's roof, right now.
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This is so OTM. Have you read Emily Nussbaum's critique of the finale? In some ways, this was the de-facto ending:yancy wrote:I wasn't super thrilled or blown away by the BB finale. And definitely not surprised, because I predicted almost exactly how it would go down, minus:Part of what I loved about BB is that it would continually surprise me or defy my unimaginative expectations. It was almost too satisfying. I watch BB for the nausea, not tidy resolution. Granted, it's impossible for them to maintain that seat-edge anticipation when they're tying up loose ends, not fraying new ones.
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- Walt dies, his family doesn't, the Nazis and Lydia die, Jesse gets away, and Walt's legacy is moderately redemptive
and the most lip-smacking satisfying. But that - as you point out - hasn't been the show's M.O. They didn't need to fray new ends in order to avoid tying up the existing ones too tightly. A minor misstep though. Great show.
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the internet is going to get 10x better now that this ridiculous show isn't preoccupying everyone's useful brain cells
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Damn right. Back to neggin' posts!
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The spread, last night:
Special one-time-only sundae courtesy of recent Yancy dessert destination Van's Frozen Custard.
Special one-time-only sundae courtesy of recent Yancy dessert destination Van's Frozen Custard.
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Well played sir.
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Both thematic and a dope-ass spread.
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