Last week's penultimate episode left us with a lot of questions and theories about the Brock cliffhanger. I'm writing this preamble before the finale airs, and right now it seems unlikely that…   Read Story »

Only one episode left, everybody! I can't even believe it. Time flies when you're getting your heart and mind trampled on by a TV show every week. What are we even going to talk about when it's over?…   Read Story »

These Breaking Bad audition tapes, featuring Anna Gunn, Betsy Brandt, Dean Norris, and Aaron Paul have been floating around for a bit of time now, I think. But hey, I had never seen them before I did…   Read Story »

Oh, holy moly. Remember last week when we were pretty much feeling good? Everybody loved each other and all the bad guys were dead and Jesse was coming home, cute as ever? Well this week we were left…   Read Story »

Elephant in the room, not only was Breaking Bad on at the same time as the Emmys last night, but also Breaking Bad did not win any Emmys because they weren't elegible because the fourth season didn't…   Read Story »

I love when Breaking Bad opens the way it opened this episode! Similar to last week, with the shots of blood in the pool that you didn't understand until the end, this week opened with a…   Read Story »

Well, this season has certainly picked up in these past few episodes! Last week we saw the tension between Walt and Jesse growing, due to Jesse's frequent trips with Mike and the praise he received…   Read Story »

This week's episode, to begin here with a broad statement, showed a few of the characters finally coming to their senses. Finally. They have all been so far away from their senses for so long it…   Read Story »

We left off last week on a very tense note -- Mike had taken Jesse from his home and was driving him God knows where, someplace to murder him probably because he was too much of a liability. In the…   Read Story »

There's an unfortunate thing that comes with shows like Breaking Bad -- shows that are great and rewarding because of their subtlety and their complexity -- that makes them hard to watch without…   Read Story »