MISTER FADED GLORY
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Category Archives: Television
House of Lies [TV Review]
Are you like me? Have you been a marketer? Business developer? Junior executive? Maybe you’ve shopped for vendors: software companies, management experts, processors, each promising to save you something. Maybe you’ve been privy to boardroom meetings. . Maybe – god … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Humor?, Television
Tagged Ben Schwarz, Better Off Ted, Consultants, Corporate Underbelly, Don Cheadle, Franklin & Bash, Grantland, House of Lies, Josh Lawson, Kristen Bell, Pitch, Showtime
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This Week In Quotes, Breaking Bad 413, “Face Off.” [Recap]
Admit it. You went into the season finale knowing the title “Face Off,” haunted by Nicolas Cage as Castor Troy deliciously seething, “I want his face. Off.” (Or was it John Travolta?) You couldn’t get that vampy quote from that … Continue reading
Posted in Television
Tagged Aaron Paul, Bob Odenkirk, Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston, Dean Norris, Face Off, Giancarlo Esposito, Gus Fring, Henchmen, Jesse Pinkman, Nicolas Cage, Walter White
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This Week In Quotes: Breaking Bad 412, “End Times.” [Recap]
No more prolonging the inevitable, right, Walter? Onto the best quotes from the penultimate episode of Breaking Bad’s fourth season.
Posted in Television
Tagged Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston, Dead Pool, Giancarlo Esposito, Superlab
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This Week in Quotes. Breaking Bad 411, “Crawl Space.” [Recap]
A snide sense of humor consistently lurks under the gripping tension of Breaking Bad.
This Week in Quotes. Breaking Bad, 410, “Salud.” [Recap]
Season four’s third act was not without Tour de Force performances. This Week in Quotes – with super major spoiler alerts – begins after the jump.
Posted in Television
Tagged Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston, Giancarlo Esposito, Steven Bauer
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Recap: Breaking Bad, 409, “Bug.”
Hank. “It’s just like a spy movie. Only more like Rocky. You know, eye of the tiger.” Tensions always run high on Breaking Bad. Few TV shows have consistently raised the stakes like the moribund journey of Walter White through … Continue reading
Posted in Television
Tagged Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad, exposition, Giancarlo Esposito, The Wire, verisimiltude
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Recap: Breaking Bad, 408, “Hermanos”
Tonight we learn what “Hermanos” represents in the name of our favorite southwestern fried chicken joint, Pollos Hermanos. In episode 8, Breaking Bad also takes a couple of welcome detours and flashbacks to flesh out backstory and one mysterious character … Continue reading
Posted in Television
Tagged Breaking Bad, Giancarlo Esposito, Pollos Hermanos, Steven Bauer
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Recap: Breaking Bad, 407, “Problem Dog”
“Oh, and Walt? Don’t tangle.” Oh, Skyler. Have you learned nothing from three and a half years of Breaking Bad? Our hero Walter does nothing but tangle. Even when Walt professes not to mean it, he’s totally tangling. And especially … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Paul, Bob Odenkirk, Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston, Dean Norris, Jere Burns, Jonathan Banks
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Recap: Breaking Bad, 406, “Cornered.”
Can you believe it? We’re almost halfway through the Breaking Bad season. Aptly titled “Cornered,” our antihero Walt returns fully to center stage in this week’s episode, which launches Walt up and down a bell curve, his ego and entitlement … Continue reading
Recap: Breaking Bad, 405, “Shotgun”
“Walter, what exactly are you doing?” Breaking Bad‘s second act picks up steam. Spoilers ahead. The full week in quotes after the jump.
Recap: Breaking Bad, 404, “Bullet Points”
Anonymous. “It was gambling that led to all this. One more hand, one more spin, one more roll of the dice.” Dare I call this a rollicking Breaking Bad episode? Just as last week’s installment was barely quotable, each line … Continue reading
Recap: Franklin & Bash 110, “Go Tell It On the Mountain”
Try and brush away a tear from that eye. It’s a season finale! That’s all! A year off isn’t going to kill you. Just relax. Sprinkle some more quips into your repertoire. Consider “your mom” jokes, self-deprecation under your breath, … Continue reading
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Tagged Franklin & Bash, Night Court, Recaps, season finale, TNT
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Recap: Breaking Bad, 403, “Open House.”
What keeps you coming back? The adrenaline rush? Or the slow burn? “Open House” is a deliberate, arduous episode of Breaking Bad, the final episode of Season 4′s first act. Instead of pure suspense, the show delicately peels back layers … Continue reading
Franklin & Bash, 109, “Bachelor Party”
That’s right, pull up a chair. What are you having? Glenlivet, neat? Fantastic, but we got either Black Velvet or Coors Light. You know how cold that stuff is? Way cold, bro. Of course you can stay a while. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Breckin Meyer, Franklin & Bash, James Van Der Beek, Mark-Paul Gosselaar
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Breaking Bad, 402, “.38 Snub”
You have to hand it to Walter White. His mind never stops spinning, and he’s certain that no matter the jam, he’ll somehow devise a way out of it. He sits down with Mike, at Mike’s favorite watering hole, and … Continue reading