SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, turn on the TV in your lonely bachelor apartment and watch last night’s season premiere of Mad Men.
The theme of the new season of Mad Men is identity, says Matthew Weiner, and …
Breaking Bad Watch: Nowhere to Go But Up
Spoilers for the season finale of Breaking Bad coming up:
The story of Breaking Bad has been the story of Walter White crossing thresholds. It’s been a journey with him down a descending corridor leading further into his …
Breaking Bad Watch: One of Us
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One of the most fascinating dynamics on The Wire was the juxtaposition in season 3 of Stringer Bell and Avon Barksdale and their approaches to running the drug business. Avon was old-school …
Breaking Bad Watch: Working at the Car Wash
Brief spoilers for last night’s Breaking Bad coming up after the jump:
Breaking Bad Watch: Buzzkill
It is one of those cruel tricks of the calendar that the most unusual and very possibly best episode of Breaking Bad so far—and this following on a string of possibly-best-episodes—should come on the night of Lost’s finale. …
Turner Upfront: Conan, Plus Some TV Channels
From the perspective of Turner Networks executives, the reason to be at their upfront presentation this morning (which previewed the schedules of TBS and TNT), was “reach.” Even though this is traditionally the week that the big broadcast networks present their schedules, they argued, their cable networks reached enough viewers …
Breaking Bad Watch: Learning from the Master
Spoilers for last night’s Breaking Bad coming up after the jump:
Last night’s episode of Breaking Bad was anchored by three remarkable monologues, by Walt, Jesse and Skyler. Each was styled as a confession of sorts: one true, one containing a lie, and one false, but revealing an uncomfortable truth in the process.
Breaking Bad Watch: Green Light
SPOILER ALERT: Spoilers for last night’s Breaking Bad follow.
Now we wait. As last week’s episode, “One Minute,” blew up the storyline of the vengeful cousins and threw Walter’s family into crisis, it left us, with him, to go …
The Morning After: Glee-I-Y Edition
Between a late night last night, catchup posts this morning, and a visit to the Boardwalk Empire set this afternoon (I know: poor me!), I’m not going to have time to catch up on last night’s Glee, so you can do it for me. After the first three episodes of the spring season, I have a few issues, but the big ones can be summed up as: …
Breaking Bad Watch: "Family Is All"
Warning: Spoilers for last night’s Breaking Bad:
The title of last night’s episode of Breaking Bad, “One Minute,” applies to both the horrifying first sequence of the episode and the terrifying final sequence of the episode. …
Breaking Bad Watch: …Don’t Come a-Knockin’
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Breaking Bad Watch: ATM, Withdrawal
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Breaking Bad Watch: Hostage Situation
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