Disclaimer: Due to a welcome distraction, my viewing of this week’s Breaking Bad episode, “Madrigal,” was halfhearted, half-eyed, not “up to snuff,” which I suppose is “down from snuff.” Concurrently, Noni has taken up residency in my Mom’s room […]
Category: Recapping
Recapping: Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 1: Happy Birthday, Mr. Lambert
We are breaking back good, America. Income inequality worsens by the second. Lawyers run two-for-one family specials for filing for divorce and bankruptcy simultaneously. The death knell of culture gongs endlessly in the streets, deadening […]
The Worth & Mirth of Downton Abbey & Television In General
If time is the scarcest, most precious commodity known, then we, as the conscious-cursed allocators of said commodity, imbue whatever we choose to spend time on with a certain worth. Logic follows: television has worth […]
Recapping: Boardwalk Empire Sea 2 Epi 5
Nuck has forfeited his life as a gangster to become an original prankster. During his speech to the veterans of Atlantic County, Nuck speech-pranks Jimmy into giving an impromptu speech. “YOU BEEN NUCKED!”-Nucky Thompson to […]
Recapping: Boardwalk Empire Sea 2 Epi 4
Jimmy Irish walks around his booze warehouse, very pleased with himself. Clearly he no longer blames himself for his parents’ divorce, which is due in no small part to the fact that, across the City […]
Recapping: Boardwalk Empire Sea 2 Epi 3
Sadly, I forgot to recap last week’s episode of Boardwalk Empire. As compensation, a selection of the episode’s best quotes, followed by a verbatim reprinting of my shorthand observations of said episode, “A Dangerous Maid.” […]
Recapping: Boardwalk Empire Sea 2 Epi 2
Mags’s indentured servants are concerned about her. She can tell as soon as she wakes up and confusedly ambles down her marble staircase with the diamond banisters. “Woot is gooin oon?” she asks. “Nuck in […]
Recapping: Boardwalk Empire Sea 2 Epi 1
Along with the worst opening title sequence ever, Boardwalk Empire has returned. The computer-generated bottles have returned. The computer-generated sky has returned. The theme music by The Brian Jonestown Massacre and Steve Buscemi’s reality-generated melting […]
Recapping: Breaking Bad Sea 4 Epi 9
In classic Breaking Bad fashion, we’re treated to close-ups that show a ton and explain an ounce. What we know this week is: someone broke his glasses, someone got blood on his Sanuks. What we […]
