(Warning: series spoilers ahead) The last time we saw him, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) was barreling through a chain-link gate in his El Camino, half-laughing, half-crying after being sprung from his neo-Nazi captors by Walter White (Bryan Cranston) in a drug house bloodbath in the Breaking Bad finale. But where did Jesse go? Did Walter …
Walter White
Warning: Spoilers don’t about; they lurk) As the unofficial Assistant to the Manager of the Vince Gilligan Fan Club, I have been watching Better Call Saul religiously — and by extension, reruns of my two favorite shows, Breaking Bad and Mad Men. And it has reawakened an inner-torment, one that perhaps other rabid fans of BB/MM …
It’s been a rough year for Breaking Bad junkies. First, we had to go cold turkey when the finest drama on television concluded its remarkable run. Then Aaron Paul starred in the abysmal Need for Speed. Bryan Cranston took a forgettable role in Godzilla (though he redeems himself playing a legendary screenwriter in Trumbo). And we …
Ask me my favorite television show, and I’ll blurt out “Breaking Bad!” before you can get to “…of all-time.” But I have to concede. Mad Men, which begins its final arc Sunday, may be TV’s greatest drama. The difficulty is in separating the two, favorite from greatest. Our inclination is to defend our passions …
Technically, this story contains spoilers to a show some unfortunate souls have yet to see. If so, read no further. However, in this Twiteration, any plot point not revealed 30 minutes after a show airs constitutes less a ‘spoiler’ than an ‘archaeological find.’ First, a firm and earnest caveat: I am perhaps the planet’s …
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