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Breaking Bad – Season 2 revisited 16

Jul

15

2012

The second season of Breaking BadÂ is when the show’s brilliance and ambition were revealed, week after impressive week.

Breaking Bad – Season 1 revisited 26

Jul

1

2012

As the new, divided-up final season of Breaking BadÂ gets ready to start again later in the month (the 16-episode “final season starts with 8 this year, and another 8 next year), I have used the show’s impending return as an excuse to watch the whole thing from the beginning. What’s striking, albeit not surprising, is ...

Mad Men – Season 5, Episode 13 – Toothache 6

Jun

10

2012

Mad Men closed out its fifth season with a hodgepodge of an episode that misfired in several significant ways.

Mad Men – Season 5, Episode 12 – Bon Voyage 2

Jun

4

2012

There is one brilliant scene and several good ones in an episode that follows through on the tradition of second-to-last episodes containing a dramatic event.

Mad Men – Season 5, Episode 11 – Jaguar 7

May

27

2012

The show’s most important female characters took center stage in what could turn out to be the pivotal episode of the series.

Mad Men – Season 5, Episode 10 – Lemon 3

May

20

2012

Don and Joan notwithstanding, this was the first episode in a while that bored me.

Mad Men – Season 5, Episode 9 – Toxic 5

May

14

2012

There was something a little too spelled-out about this episode. Â The themes weren’t just obvious; they had to be emphasized by the dialogue, in case we were all too slow to get it.

Mad Men – Season 5, Episode 8 – The One with the Famous Beatles Song 4

May

6

2012

Tonight’s straightforward episode left plenty of room for the actors to shine.

Mad Men – Season 5, Episode 7 – Biting the Hand 17

Apr

29

2012

One of the things I enjoy most about the best television series is its ability to call utilize episodes and seasons past to make a good episode great. Â Tonight’s Mad MenÂ was a classic example.

Mad Men – Season 5, Episode 6 – Bad Trips 15

Apr

23

2012

I don’t think I have ever been as ambivalent about an episode of this show as I was about this one.