“What do M&Ms have to do with fast food?”–New readers might say if they are unfamiliar with The Fast Food Critic’s insistence on reviewing different types of food that’s bad for you. It’s not all KFC buffets and Pizza Hut double-decker pepperoni cheese crust folks. It’s October time, and that means we’re going to be…
Author: Alabama Liberal
Ranking the Breaking Bad Criminals from Dumbest to Smartest #breakingbad
One good way to deal with Breaking Bad Withdrawal (surely as real as any crystal meth addiction) is to make up trivial lists and rankings. And that’s exactly what I’m about to do! I’m ranking the intelligence of all the criminals on the show! I would put it from LEAST intelligent to MOST intelligent and…
TV Reviews: “Hello Ladies” and the Excellent “Eastbound and Down”
Borrowing from Showtime’s formula of having one established show (Eastbound and Down, Homeland) paired up with one new show’s premiere (Hello Ladies, Masters of Sex) to face the juggernaut that is AMC’s Breaking Bad and subsequent Talking Bad coverage, HBO also premiered some shows last night: one good comedy, and one truly great one. …
TV Reviews: Homeland and Masters of Sex
While AMC was capping off a terrific run of Breaking Bad with a record 10.3 million viewers and 6.5 in the key demo (just for perspective, most broadcast networks like NBC or ABC would kill for that number) I’m sure more than a few eyeballs found their way to Showtime’s premieres of Masters of Sex and Homeland……
Five Observations About Talking Bad #talkingbad #breakingbad
The ongoing abortion that is AMC’s Breaking Bad talk show (a weird mix of fully realized product placement and half-hearted attempt to discuss a very deep show in a very shallow way) also comes to an end now that the show it’s dedicated to discussing has, and even though I am deeply saddened to see…
TV Review: Breaking Bad’s Excellent Series Finale #breakingbad
Tonight’s Breaking Bad finale was more than a little sad because it always is to say goodbye to such an amazing show. I can’t say this was the best episode (I would say Ozymandias from two weeks back was a better all-around episode) of the series, but it was pretty damn good. And I think…
Breaking Bad Finale: What I Think Will Happen Vs. What I Want to Happen #breakingbad
Sadly, we’re only a few hours away from finding out exactly how Breaking Bad is going to go out, so it’s prognosticate now or forever hold your peace. I’ve indulged in wild speculation over the years but it’s now time to break it down into What I Think WILL Happen, What I WANT to Happen,…
“Breaking Bad” The Last Truly Great Drama on TV…Any Successors on the Horizon? #breakingbad
Only a few years ago, people were heralding that the golden age of Television drama had arrived, and they were absolutely right. You had “Rome,” “Deadwood,” “The Sopranos,” “Brotherhood,” “Lost,” “The Shield,” and “The Wire” on all at the same time. As all those shows gradually faded out, the only truly worthy successor to them became…
Does Breaking Bad Say Something Universal About the American Dream? #breakingbad
Wednesday brought character profiles, Thursday saw a countdown of the best episodes, and today’s big Breaking Bad theme is…well, Big Themes. Earlier today I pointed out that the show’s five seasons—-whether intentionally or not—-actually mirror the five stages of learning you’re dying. And now it’s time to wonder if the show really speaks to larger…
The 5 Seasons of Breaking Bad are the 5 Stages of Death #breakingbad
I thought I might share an observation I’ve noticed about the five seasons: they mirror the five stages of grief or of learning you’re about to die (the way a cancer patient might). [Spoilers for those who have not been watching the show..and also you may not understand anything I’m writing about.] 1. Season One/Denial:…
TV Reviews: Parks and Recreation, The Crazy Ones, Michael J. Fox Show, and Parenthood
More new premieres tonight, and more reasons to be watching NBC than CBS… The Crazy Ones…The new CBS show that thinks we’ll keep watching just because it’s got Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar (an actress people don’t care about outside of playing Buffy). We won’t. The pilot was an unpromising mishmash of Mad…
The 15 Best “Breaking Bad” Episodes #breakingbad
Note: I wrote this before any of the fifth season had aired, and I would definitely add “Ozymandias” and “Gliding Over All” to this list. This is meant to be a helpful list for those that want to catch up on the series while AMC is doing a marathon (they’re airing all episodes between now…
Why I Still Root for Breaking Bad’s Walter White #breakingbad
Since most of the cast, the writers, and VG keep clubbing us over the head about what an awful person Breaking Bad’s Walter is (they routinely call him a monster as if it’s not even debatable, and give 20 interviews a week talking about what a bastard he is), and how frustrated they are with…