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BTW Anna Gunn is beautiful.
So I finished the first episode and halfway through the second one. I can see the potential with a few funny moments but I'm a little depressed and feel bad for the guy.
Is it going to get better
So I finished the first episode and halfway through the second one. I can see the potential with a few funny moments but I'm a little depressed and feel bad for the guy.
Is it going to get better
Boardwalk Empire underwhelmed me a little, I have to say.
If you're looking for good comedy, Bored to Death is great, it's worth it for Ted Danson alone.
Skylar, Rita and Leila were 3 incredibly annoying characters.
And great rec with Bored To Death! Was a big fan of both Galafiniakis and Schwartzman (mostly from his Wes Anderson movies) before the show, but Ted Danson completely owns it. Absolutely magnificent!
I just wish they had made a few more episodes each season, seeing how short they are too. It really is an overlooked gem. Comes in not too far behind Arrested Development for me.
BTW Anna Gunn is beautiful.
lolno
It's been such a long wait. Less than 24 hours to download the episode
The scene with Gus was awesome
Yes another good episode, although if I have one criticism it moved very slowly. Even the scenes where nothing was happening were glacially slow.
I didn't see the murder coming, still don't really know what that achieved.
Mike told Gus that the guy was spotted by witnesses at the crime scene. Killing him in front of Jesse and Walt was a standard show of force.
I didn't quite realize the part about being spotted until later, though I did note that it was strange for him to just show up at the crime scene and act the way he did to draw suspicion to himself.
I actually liked how slow the episode moved because it built up the tension pretty well. It's always possible to overdo it, but I don't think this crossed the line.
What I also like was that for most of the show, Gus and Jesse didn't say a word (Gus until just before he left the plant and Jesse until they were cleaning up the body) but there was that moment where they locked eyes and fully understood each other, like Jesse was mentioning at the end of the show.
I love how everything has consequences in this. In many other shows they bring in a storyline, it ends, a character maybe has a cry and they move on. They could easily have skipped something like Hank's rehabilitation, or made less of it, but they're showing us in quite gruelling detail how hard it is for him and how he's changed. Same with the deaths of Gale and Victor, theres been a big impact on everyone. Gus distancing himself, Walt buying the gun, Jesse trying to drown out the ringing in his ears and Mike clearly a bit messed up too. It's very well done, and because there are such consequences it makes each big thing that happens have even more impact on the viewer.