Bcharmer

So, in other words, don't even mention that you can't mention "that show which shall not be named?" All the thread suggestions have "Breaking Bad" in them, one way or another. You can't avoid that, or how else are you supposed to know what you can't talk about? :) I don't think a reference to an episode in the thread title is going to hurt anyone, or spoil anything. At least it wouldn't to me, if I'd never seen BB.

"All 3 of those titles suggested above (by Bcharmer) are nods to BB episode titles!!!" Of course, I did that on purpose. :)

Thread title suggestions: "Don't Say My Name: Breaking Bad-Free Zone" "Keeping the Cat in the Bag: No BB Discussion" "The Crawl Space: A Safe Place to Discuss BCS"

If it makes you feel any better, the Brodys and Abu Nazir were just as annoying in real time, too.

I posted this in another thread, but I feel the same about him looking like the turtle in Finding Nemo. I can't not see it anymore. It's that upper lip, and the droopy eyes.

This episode was simply chock full of awesome. That scene with Dickie Bennet was gold. Jeremy Davies is incredible. Loretta! Apple Pie! So much incredible dialog. Everyone is bringing their A-game to this final (sniff) season.

I wonder if we'll see how Tuco comes to get that grill in his mouth. Right now, he doesn't have it.

Earl: "Five men, three beds. You think we're dealing with somethin'... untoward?"

If he only kissed her, then I guess Robert wouldn't have a "sticky wicket," would he?

And he's certainly no peacock.

That's definitely the impression I got. Those rolls of plastic indicated they were about to be Dextered. That would take care of the evidence. They just need to get rid of the bodies. Guess we'll have to find out.

I cannot watch that scene with him and Mary Steenburgen without thinking of that turtle. I can't un-see it now. If he says "duuuuuude" any time this season, I think I'll just die from laughing so hard.

Don't laugh, but I cracked myself up last night, when I finally realized who Sam Elliott, sans moustache, reminds me of: Okay, you can laugh.

Raylan: I disarmed him. Raylan: That's a 10-gallon hat on a 20-gallon head. Boyd: Whole world's a tree Raylan. I'm just a squirrel trying to get a nut. How this show has never received a writing nomination is beyond me.

Sniper Tim: "Well, some guys just peak too early." <snort> I, too, had a strong feeling that Dewey was going to die, just before he did. I'll miss that crazy bastard. Welcome back, Justified.

I wanted to know what was in it for Duck in the first place. That was never clear to me. Did I miss something? Basically, I felt a bit cheated by the abrupt change in location at the start of this episode. To go from Carrie spotting Dar Adal in the car, to the calm preparations for her father's funeral, felt so abrupt. I wanted to be shown, and not merely told, what happened between Adal and Haqqani in Islamabad, and get a bit more closure on Tasneem and Kahn, too. Some say this was a very needed change of pace, but I cannot fully agree. It felt like they went too far in slowing things down, and jumping suddenly back to DC after such an intense ending the week before.

The Affair in The New Yorker daily cartoon. http://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/daily-cartoon-friday-december-26th

Not sure if The End would have required a credit card number at the time of the reservation (most places do), but couldn't the detective get that info, too, if he had thought of it? He just assumed it was Noah, and it still might be, but it does leave room for doubt.

The cancelled reservation was under Solloway, but could it be possible that Whitney made the reservation for her and Scotty?

To be fair, Helen actually said, "I'm going to press charges. You can join me, or not." That's slightly different than saying "I don't care what you think." Her tone was calm, not angry, and she almost half-smiled when she said it. I'm giving her a pass on this one, because she had JUST found out about it being Scotty. How many mothers wouldn't have felt the same way? I'm not sure if this wouldn't have been the exact same words she would have used, prior to Noah's affair. I think she would have said the same thing.

Probably so!

Except that the reason Noah gave for not being there was because he would be having dinner with an actor. That indicates night. A child would not be going to daycare at dinnertime. Also, a child would not be "leaving"... someone would be taking them to daycare. It's the word "leaves" that is strange to me. Maybe it's just me.

In their last conversation before the detective shows up to arrest Noah, Alison and Noah were talking about how busy they'd be the next day. Then Alison asks, "Can you be here when Julianne leaves?" Is Julianne their daughter? If so, and if their daughter is (presumably) very young, why would she be "leaving"? I thought that was a strange question, or at least a strange way to word it. Also, the detective only says Noah is under arrest. He doesn't say what for. It would be very interesting to find out that the detective has been suspecting someone else for the murder all along, and is arresting Noah for something else, whether it's obstruction, bribery, or whatever.

Not sure why Saul was giving Carrie the glaring stink eye of death at the end. Last few times they saw each other, they were on good terms. So what happened? Even if he was able to overhear her arguing with Adal (not sure that he did), he could have tried to make her understand what was going on. But he just glowered at her, as if he were angry at her. Not sure I fully understand that, at all.

I get that the wildly different versions of what happened are just their different memories. But who, exactly, are they relating these memories to? At first, they were recalling events because they were being interrogated. But now they're not. So what's the point, exactly? Maybe that's an overly simplistic question, but the concept is starting to get on my nerves.