SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, turn off Three Days of the Condor and watch last night’s Breaking Bad. In my write-up of last week’s Breaking Bad, I looked at how Walt’s talk with Walt Jr. pointed up a cruel irony: that he had gotten into the drug business to provide for his family [...]

SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, get any necessary bathroom breaks out of the way and watch last night’s Breaking Bad. The previous episode of Breaking Bad opened a rift between Walt and Jesse that’s going to be hard, if not impossible, to close anytime soon. So it follows that “Salud” was two very [...]

SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, ask your elderly criminal uncle if he would change the channel so you can watch last night’s Breaking Bad. This month at the Emmys, Breaking Bad is going to step aside and make some room for other dramas at the acting-categories podiums, because it didn’t air a season [...]

SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, open another bottle of wine and watch last night’s Breaking Bad. As TV dramas advance in years, they tend to get crowded. There are more characters, more storylines and often an intense race to up the stakes to keep the viewers’ interest. This applies to good dramas as [...]

SPOILER ALERT; Before you read this post, turn off that karaoke machine, grab some vegan s’mores and watch last night’s Breaking Bad. It’s been a methodical and steady first few episodes for season four of Breaking Bad, starting with the excruciatingly patient showdown of “Box Cutter,” then two episodes that examined many of the characters [...]

SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, put on your Kenny Rogers T-shirt and finish up researching collectible minerals on the Internet; you’ll need your full attention to watch last night’s season premiere of Breaking Bad. A very visually minded show, Breaking Bad has always like to used color themes for effect: the bright yellow [...]