new show with Bryan Cranston (malcolm in the middle dad) about a chemistry teacher resorting to cooking crystal meth. It's going to draw some weeds comparisons for sure, but i thought the writing was great and it was a very solid pilot episode with brilliant acting by Cranston.

i have it dvr'd
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sealed the deal for me
so funny



ok ok and the pants
and the beating the bully
and the swollen eye

definitely potential in this
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Yo, there was a lot of wild shit in this jawn. Cats saying (blanked out) words like "fuck," blurred-out titties, the scene with the failed hand job as they argued about Walter not painting the back bedroom, the last scene... good thing that there's a character who's actually interesting and has actual real live plausible motivation for what he's doing...

*ahem*

Anyway, it's a good thing that there is this interesting character, because if there weren't all you'd be left with is the blurred-out titties and hand jobs...

I'm really interested in where the story goes from here with this guy.
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This happened in the premiere?

>blurred-out titties, the
>scene with the failed hand job as they argued about Walter not
>painting the back bedroom, the last scene... good thing that
>there's a character who's actually interesting and has actual
>real live plausible motivation for what he's doing...


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The blurred-out titties were seen as Walter leaves with his brother-in-law, and he spots Jesse falling out of the window

And there's no way you missed the hand job scene

And you missed Walter turning his wife over and "aggressively mounting" her in the final scene?
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>The blurred-out titties were seen as Walter leaves with his
>brother-in-law, and he spots Jesse falling out of the window

Remember this, missed the blurred out titties.

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>And there's no way you missed the hand job scene

Yep, I did. Huh.

>
>And you missed Walter turning his wife over and "aggressively
>mounting" her in the final scene?

Nope, saw that.

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How are things? We miss you around these parts...
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>Yeah, I don't know why, I just felt like typing that

Okey-dokey.

>
>How are things? We miss you around these parts...

Been busy watching tennis, lol. Plus, I'm trying to avoid The Wire spoilers.

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Cranston was perfect casting.

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It wasn't a hard sell for me. I've thought about cooking meth on more than one occasion or teaming up with someone who has a bit stronger chemistry background, just to see if I could. I'm thinking they made it look too easy though. Is it really that simple to cook pure glass? I guess it helps to have access to a decent high school chemistry supply room.

I think the son has cerebral palsy. I'm a little surprised they didn't outright explain his disability.

I can't wait to see Cranston go up against his cop brother-in-law.

Also, did AMC run Mad Men without commercials?

This made me really want to try and check out Mad Men especially after all the hype it got during the season and the Golden Globe results.

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he's a chem teacher
he was on a nobel prize winning research team
he had access to equipment


easy for him but they showed him working at it
for me?
an impossible task
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in organic chemistry lab could cook up crystal meth. As someone who fits that description... it seemed pretty simple.

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i missed it, i was really cysed for it too. i'll have catch it later

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looking forward to seeing what happens from here.

Awesome!!! I loved the moments when he snapped, like at the car wash and the department store.

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Good stuff. I really dug the pilot...and when a show starts strong, that's usually a good sign. Let's hope it doesn't get too ridiculous...but Cranston was great.

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you can really relate to these guys being in way over their head.

and Jesse's answering machine & "myshout" page - hahahaha. "what's a MILF?"

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That ending was bugged out. This show went a totally different direction than I thought it was going to, and the inevitable Weeds comparisons should probably stop if the show continues going this way.

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intense. yo.

MILF!

I'm digging the writing, although the wifey is starting to annoy me

But Bryan Cranston's killing it
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"...Can you do that? Will you do that for me, honey? Please, just once get off my ass. You know, I'd appreciate it. I really would."

I honestly didn't see that one coming.

Laughed my ass off though.

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That line was awesome.

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But I felt like it was a bit slow footed at times. The second episode though? Yeah, that was some hotness all the way around. I'm wondering if the very last scene is going to come back to haunt them, although I can't really imagine how.

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the primary one being that last night was another solid episode
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is all you need to know. Bitches.

(kudos to AMC for keepin me watching for hours like that...Die hard, Striking Distance ,which was pretty meh), Breaking Bad and Mad Men)

i love the fact that the son is disabled but intelligent, and the scene when Cranston figures out something is wrong was brilliantly done...

"yes, sometimes my rhymes are sexist, but you lovely bitches and hos should know i'm tryin to correct it"- hiphopopotamus

there, and that's why this show's so good

I mean, I thought about it for a fleeting moment when the plate broke, but never figured it would come back in the payoff

And the scene with the son and the uncle at the motel was hilarious
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is all you need to know. Bitches.

and i loved it.

walter has finally crossed over.

cranston better get some damn recognition here because he is killin it.

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I'm curious, was he more upset that Crazy-8 would play him like that or that it was just what he needed to do him in?

The conflicting forces driving him are as essential as the tragedy that about to destroy him in the show.

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Who's the alleged snitch?

Jesse always seems to be running from the cops, or nervous about them.

Krazy-8?

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should i keep watching? does it get better? do they stop including 'fucks' and titties that need to be censored?

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is all you need to know. Bitches.

the idea is somewhat trite... kinda like it was ripped off from "Weeds," cross-bred with American Beauty and then rubbed down with generous amounts of "grit"

(that's the other thing... i find it visually unattractive, with the high-contrast, washed out colors and all that)

also, i think Bryan Cranston in tighty-whiteys is a visual gag that wore out its welcome like in the fourth season of "Malcolm"

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the tone of the show is much darker than Weeds (but it's not like Weeds is a breezy sitcom), and yes, on the surface they deal with the same things (due to dire circumstances, suburban white milquetoast gets involved with illegal narcotics distribution; chaos ensues), but it feels like this show is going in a different, more unpredictable direction...

... and I hear you on the forced "gritty" look of the show... I'd say it's more "earthy" because of the New Mexico setting
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>... and I hear you on the forced "gritty" look of the show...
>I'd say it's more "earthy" because of the New Mexico setting

i'll stick with it... it ain't like i'm losing much by watching it (and it ain't like there's much else to watch), but i have to admit that so far i'm disappointed. i really, really want to like it... especially after the brilliance of "Mad Men." and because i think Cranston is great.

we'll see how it goes...

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it was ok, seemed a lil predictable. i mean you can tell oh ok he is going to snap. oop there he goes, being crazy awesome at it.

the best part of the whole first episode was the wife tryna beat him off, it reminded me of the luis c. k. bit. it was sad

¿If a fat guy falls in the woods and there is no one around to see it, do the trees laugh?

>the best part of the whole first episode was the wife tryna
>beat him off, it reminded me of the luis c. k. bit. it was sad

"oh, he can't get it up... i guess that must mean he's unfulfilled or something!"

then at the end after everything, he tears up the pussy like it's no tomorrow.

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>>the best part of the whole first episode was the wife tryna
>>beat him off, it reminded me of the luis c. k. bit. it was
>sad
>
>"oh, he can't get it up... i guess that must mean he's
>unfulfilled or something!"
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>then at the end after everything, he tears up the pussy like
>it's no tomorrow.
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im actually confused when that takes place because episode two picks up at the site again.

>

keep watching...

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I gotta agree that the scene with the plate was fantastic. The entire section of the episode was pretty engrossing. In some small way, it seemed implausible, but then you realize that Crazy8 is trying to play himself off as the 'good guy'. They do a fantastic job of exploring all the moral/ethical dilemnas of the show. Speaking of: what was up with the sister stealing the shoes? I get the "even the holier-than-thou aren't so holy" but was their a deeper point? Some foreshadowing? Perhaps Walter gets picked up by his brother-in-law and the sister is discovered to be a klepto by Skyler and they do a trade?

I wonder what made him go back and check the plate? I was a bit distracted during the minute right before that. Did I miss something?

Do you think Walter's going to tell Skyler about everything? Or just the meth?

I still enjoy rewatching the last five minutes of the second episode. It's just brilliant.

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He checked the plate because he threw something away and saw it.

I think he's only going to tell her about cancer. Not everything else.

I knew I was forgetting a third thing: lung ca, meth making, killing people. That sounds like a potential name for a game like Marry, Kill, Screw... but with Meth and Cancer.

I still don't know that I would have looked at a pile of cracked plate pieces and thought "Ya know... while I was passed out there, maybe ol' boy grabbed the piece that looked most like a shank."

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hes definitely gonna tell his wife he has cancer.

it will provide a nice cover for whats going on.

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i take it back. it's not what i expected at all. i was very, very wrong to compare it to "Weeds."

i'm still not in love with the look, and some of the editing is kinda rough, but i'm enjoying this show.

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even after 3 episodes. its not headed in the direction I thought it would, but I'll keep watchin.

WHEN IS HU$TLE COMING BACK?

>WHEN IS HU$TLE COMING BACK?

seriously that shit just disappeared off the face of the earth

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I *thought* that might happen... but I wasn't sure. But when it did, I was like "Yeah and FUCK YOU MUTHAFUCKA!" I enjoy the possibility of Walter going into 'Falling Down' mode.

The rest of the ep was solid as well, especially the beginning with 'Operation Icebreaker'... isn't that a breathmint?

I like that they started to explore Jesse's character more fully. The dichotomy and eventual similarity between Jesse and his brother was great. And I love that they both think the other is the favorite.

And the look on that big dude's face when he saw Jesse's ceiling? Priceless.

I would have liked to have seen more of the flashbacks to Los Alamos like last week.

The preview for next week looks like we're gonna get back on track with the meth lab stylings of Walter and Jesse. Chaos will ensue.

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and the more layers that are revealed, the more involved im becoming in the show.

great episode.

the scenes with jesse and his brother were great, the last scene especially.

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the intervention scene was excellent television. lol @ "talking pillow" and at hank eating the veggie platter- he coudlnt wait to dig in once Walt walked in the room.

I had a feeling he would reunite with Jesse once he declined Elliot's offer... and that was an interesting revelation about Gretchen.

On a side note, whats up with AMC's censoring? They didnt censor Hank's "shit hand" speech, yet the other curses are silenced? I dont understand the logic there, or the reasoning for that to begin with (its cable).

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i don't know why they self-edit but i they played all the episodes that have aired thus far unedited and commercial-free the other night on IFC.

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i'm not sure which ones i preferred better.

what a great show

Seriously, knowing a few people that passed away from cancer (particularly lung cancer), I can say that the intervention scene was TOO real, probably the most relatable scene I've ever seen on episodic television. I had to pause the DVR for a minute.

But yeah, this show continues to sorta go in other directions, away from the original premise, and I LOVE it.

Also, I thought the actor that plays Jesse has done a great job the past two weeks. At first, he was just an annoying little twit. But it was great to show how much Walter had rubbed off on him, and that he genuinely missed and respected him.

I really love this show, and hope they renew it.

*shrugs*

It's not as fast moving as The Wire, but for this season this show has been at least as interesting to me. There's so much great subtext and if Bryan Cranston doesn't win a dramatic acting Emmy I'm gonna have to go whoop some ol' white dude's ass.

The intervention seen was brilliantly done. As a doc and as somone who lost a close friend to ovarian cancer this year, I've been on both sides of that discussion. It always sucks. Every side is a losing side.

Jesse has been great the last two episodes. He's starting to show us his range as a character. He's not just the guy who cooks meth. Now he wants to be the guy who cooks the best meth... the way Walter showed him. And I love that instead of really doing damage with the red phosphorous like they did to Krazy 8 and Emilio, he just throws it in the dude's face.

I'm really interested to see more flashbacks between Walter, Gretchen and the husband. I've been waiting for them since the 3rd episode but I'm thinking we'll be getting more soon.

Any word on how long this first season is going to go? I'm guessing 12 or so since I think that's what Mad Men got.

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LOL!

where can I see the pilot? On Demand starts with episode 102, which is when Walter offs the guy in the basement(?).

Have I missed any other episodes?

I don't know why they got rid of the earlier episodes. Kind of sucks. Maybe AMC has it, online?

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I wasn't expecting that reaction from his in laws. They seem to have a lot more respect for him than they let on.

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Or I've missed an episode.

the best episode yet! this show is moving now.

now how did they not get hurt during the explosion?
and what would have happened to tuco if he had taken a bump of that rocket fuel shit? damn!

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Walt's transformation is complete.... and they made it believable too.

Both Tuco scenes had me on the edge of my seat.

And how great was the poker scene exchange with Walt and Hank.... the irony in Hank telling him he wouldnt know a criminal if he was standing right in front of him was beautiful.

I cant believe next week is the finale already... I wish they had a few episodes left in the tank for this season, but now I just gotta pray AMC renews it.

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I imagine Cranston will get overlooked, because of the short length of the season and because the performance is really nuanced and drawn out over these first seven episodes. I hope the writers get some rec as well. I know some episodes seem to have dragged but they've written some great scenes and characters, especially the evolution of Jesse. This show better be back with new episodes in the fall along with Mad Men.

Oh and the mercury? Yeah I need some of that.

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His performance has been incredible.

But I have a feeling he wont get the recognition he deserves for this.

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And I just loved the storytelling, with Walter telling my man at the start of the episode that there would be no more violence, which was intercut brilliantly with the jarring flash-forward (!) of bald Walt walking away from the compound with a bloody nose... that was great...

And I thought for sure that it was going to go in another direction, with Walter somehow recruiting Hugo for muscle when it came time to roll up on Tuco

This is an outstanding show; AMC would be foolish not to renew it

I just read (via wiki, granted) that the show originally had a 9 episode order, but it was shortened to 7 due to the writer's strike
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This episode was great. IMO it hit a bit of a lull in the middle, but overall I've really dug the series. I hope it gets renewed.

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>AMC would be foolish not to renew it.
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Bald Walt doesn't fuck around.

What a badass.

There really wasnt much closure in the finale, which leaves me wanting a second season that much more.

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With everything Walt and Jesse have gotten up to and the feds/cops starting to sniff around it's looking very promising for the show. And the parallels with the sister-in-law? Fantastic.

I absolutely love the chemistry they add in every episode of the show. It definitely adds a unique flavor that no one else can bring to the table.

AMC would be smart to team up new seasons of Mad Men and Breaking Bad. Show one on Sunday, the next on Monday with encore episodes of the first. They've got two of the best dramas on TV... maybe the two best dramas on TV now that The Wire is done.

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