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This was pretty bad. I will say that Bobby Moynihan going "Damn, WHOSE PINOT GRIGIO IS THIS!?" just about dragged this episode up from the murky depths of tv hell for me.
+25 | 9/24/12 12:24 PM
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Ok, that's it. I can't take this, it's the middle of the night here, i'm going to bed. Enjoy everybody! Can't wait to check back with you tomorrow!
+4 | 9/23/12 8:59 PM
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:(
+1 | 9/23/12 8:55 PM
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What, the Amazing Race is still on?
+1 | 9/23/12 8:52 PM
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I'll take one for Scandinavia then...
+2 | 9/23/12 8:44 PM
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It's been a tough year for him http://www.tmz.com/2012/09/17/jon-cryer-bike-crash-tmz-live-die-death/
+1 | 9/23/12 8:43 PM
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Of course not. Noone can.
+2 | 9/23/12 8:41 PM
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Jesus christ, really? What is this?
+2 | 9/23/12 8:39 PM
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No, I don't think America understands the depth of the well of comedy that springs from Sofia Vergara's accent quite yet.
+6 | 9/23/12 8:37 PM
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Does Matthew Perry have a cold?
+1 | 9/23/12 8:31 PM
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Whatever Kelly Ripa, we get it, nipple covers are legit, get on with it
+5 | 9/23/12 8:26 PM
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Yay, Louie!
+3 | 9/23/12 8:21 PM
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Wow, commercials in the US are surprisingly tolerable.
+2 | 9/23/12 8:18 PM
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HOLY CLEAVAGE BATMAN
+3 | 9/23/12 8:11 PM
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Thanks!
+1 | 9/23/12 8:05 PM
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God I hope so... is there anywhere a European can watch this on the internet?
0 | 9/23/12 8:04 PM
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And that's the genius of Bryan Cranston really... toying with our emotions. http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp8oyfadnB1qa66ozo1_250.gif
+2 | 9/4/12 7:41 PM
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I don't think it really matters if Walt ever saw the inscription or not. I think it's still highly plausible that he knew it was there and just forgot - or never stopped to think that it was in any way going to wind up in anyone who would make something of it's hands. Hank is really the only person who would.
+3 | 9/4/12 7:33 PM
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This is the point to me exactly. I feel like that was the point of the second montage to show him grow increasingly weary and disinterested in this empire he had egotistically dreamt up now that he has indeed accomplished more than he had ever dreamt of. Also i think the fact that he accomplishes something on a scale and in a market that Fring never got to touch means he can finally snap out of it. He is the king and it feels meaningless.
+7 | 9/4/12 7:29 PM
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Also Hank is the only person who would have made anything of that inscription, and I also believe, as you point out, that Walt would have forgotten all about what that book was and contained other than it being a monument to his ridiculous ego. I found it to be superbly written and set up, and just an amazing way to end the half-season (or whatever we call it).
+3 | 9/4/12 7:23 PM
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It was motivated by pride, no doubt about it. A monument to his impenetrable ability to outsmart and outlive whoever might stand in his way.
+5 | 9/4/12 7:21 PM
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Jesus christ, was The Magic Life funded by a Kickstarter campaign or did it just appear out of thin air? I do not understand.
0 | 8/26/12 8:05 PM
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I never knew Jesse was such a bean connoisseur
+11 | 8/20/12 7:19 PM
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<3 the best
+1 | 8/20/12 7:13 PM
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It's not, but it was also never like Jesse was going to stop saying "yo" constantly for the sake of not playing into people's expectations because that maybe is not what the show is about. If they really wanted quotability from Jesse, they would bring badger and skinny pete back for good.
+7 | 8/13/12 4:47 PM
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I agree - in explaining the situation "it's all about the weight see" would be a good opener, and seeing as it's coming from Jesse... there was no way around that "yo".
+4 | 8/13/12 3:52 PM
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I think the entire point was that mixing didn't matter as the methylamine would just be diluted by the water ... to 4 %, which is the percentage at which you blame the chinese or whatever
+4 | 8/13/12 3:47 PM
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Such a good episode, and I agree that this was one of the most well-shot episodes of the series I remember seeing since season 3 (a lot of great deserty stuff there too as I recall). Also, I realize that Todd is a man of few words but I think a "hey, I better shoot this kid right? guys? we should definitely shoot him in the face right? guys? thoughts?" would have been in place.
+24 | 8/13/12 3:45 PM
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This episode was so good i completely didn't notice the absence of Hank. I was really looking forward to getting into that whole "does he KNOW?!" deal and following his investigation... guess i have to wait another week. Also what's the deal with every business owner in Albuquerque being affiliated with organized crime in some way!?
+4 | 7/30/12 7:23 PM
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I love that that tortilla is clearly so hot that it's really hurting his hand yet LESS THAN ONE SECOND LATER he is putting it IN HIS MOUTH.
+13 | 7/30/12 7:16 PM
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That beatboxing was embarrassing. Who knew Tom Hardy couldn't keep a beat to save his life?
0 | 7/29/12 5:38 AM
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I feel like I never want to see him cry again, but that I also want to have his tearful face ever present in the back of my mind as a reminder of what it is like to FEEL
+21 | 7/23/12 8:49 PM
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... well, can we talk about how straight up the best at acting Michael Caine is now? I'm not sure i can ever watch an elderly person drink fernet branca without bursting into tears again.
+27 | 7/23/12 7:37 PM
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Goddamn, I just did a honest-to-god genuine spit-take over that
+4 | 7/23/12 3:37 PM
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What's the deal with the seething hatred for the pop songs of their commercial peak (especially "Stand" and "Get Up". I agree that "Radio Song" is anachronistic and pointless though.)? You point out how "Can't Get There From Here" shows versatility and has a sort of tongue-in-cheek quality that sort of makes them relatable, and isn't that song if anything a precursor to a song like "Stand"? It is pretty common knowledge how the writing process for 'Stand' was a deliberate attempt at making an inane bublegummy pop song as an homage to 60's pop groups like fx The Monkees, and I personally feel it is pretty dead-on. 'Shiny Happy People' might be stupid but it was based on a gruesome piece of chinese propaganda which kind of gives it an edge, and it kind of reminds me of "Stand" in that it almost feels like an excercise in the sometimes boggling simplicity of effective pop music. It was a hit after all.
+9 | 7/21/12 9:33 AM
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This is not funny. I just saw 'Jaws' yesterday. Not cool. Nu-uh.
+8 | 7/12/12 12:38 PM
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Thank you.
0 | 6/8/12 8:41 AM
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... on-screen... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC3y9llDXuM Remember? Because of that movie with Jason Biggs?
+1 | 4/25/12 8:52 PM
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Not to mention "Dear Sister". Or "People Getting Punched Right Before Eating". Or "The Curse". Also does "Roy Rules" count as a Lonely Island music video because that is absolutely the best. I mean, really, it is the best of them all.
+3 | 3/12/12 4:31 PM
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I wasn't really feeling it either.. First off, great job James Mercer, really worth firing your ENTIRE band of charismatic, yet occasionally domestically violent, dudes for. Nothing like some wooden guy on 400 keyboards as a replacement. A+, noone could tell, completely seamless. Props for getting in on the St. Vincent action though (lady shredders of the world unite). Second off all, wasn't everyone cracking up and breaking all the time this episode?! Kristen almost couldn't keep it together as Paula Deen? I mean, it's usually really fun when you can sense that the energy and ridiculousness is so up there that they are really struggling (like with every Stefon appearance) but i was kind of not feeling it most of the time here. I mean what happened on J-Pop American Fun Time Now? Six year old Jewish kid was the best though!!!
+10 | 3/12/12 11:15 AM
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