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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Judy Berman on

1. Awful (if not surprising) news from Russia: The verdict is in on the Pussy Riot trial, and three members of the feminist punk band and radical arts collective have been found guilty on charges of “hooliganism with intent to incite religious hatred.” We’ll post a more in-depth take on this developing story later today.… Read More

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‘Breaking Bad’: The Week’s 5 Biggest Walter White WTF Moments

By Judy Berman on

Although individual episodes are sure to keep us guessing, we know what to expect from Breaking Bad’s final season: Walter White, having killed Gus Fring, finally seizes the power he’s wanted so badly for so long. As creator Vince Gilligan has said, Walt is transforming from embattled hero into full-blooded villain, and these final 16 episodes are sure to make last year’s bomb-planting and kid-poisoning look tame. Since we spent the Season 5 premiere drinking blue cocktails and doing spit-takes over Walt’s ridiculous, audacious, and often reckless swagger, we’ve decided that this year we’ll be rounding up each episode’s biggest Walter White WTF moments. The top five for this week, when Skyler took an unexpected dip in the pool and Hank got a promotion, are after the jump. … Read More

Television

‘Breaking Bad’: The Week’s 5 Biggest Walter White WTF Moments

By Judy Berman on

Although individual episodes are sure to keep us guessing, we know what to expect from Breaking Bad’s final season: Walter White, having killed Gus Fring, finally seizes the power he’s wanted so badly for so long. As creator Vince Gilligan has said, Walt is transforming from embattled hero into full-blooded villain, and these final 16 episodes are sure to make last year’s bomb-planting and kid-poisoning look tame. Since we spent the Season 5 premiere drinking blue cocktails and doing spit-takes over Walt’s ridiculous, audacious, and often reckless swagger, we’ve decided that this year we’ll be rounding up each episode’s biggest Walter White WTF moments. The top five for this week, when Walt and Jesse went into the pest-control business and Skyler finally told Marie to shut up, are after the jump. … Read More

Television

‘Breaking Bad’: The Week’s 5 Biggest Walter White WTF Moments

By Judy Berman on

Although individual episodes are sure to keep us guessing, we know what to expect from Breaking Bad’s final season: Walter White, having killed Gus Fring, finally seizes the power he’s wanted so badly for so long. As creator Vince Gilligan has said, Walt is transforming from embattled hero into full-blooded villain, and these final 16 episodes are sure to make last year’s bomb-planting and kid-poisoning look tame. Since we spent the Season 5 premiere drinking blue cocktails and doing spit-takes over Walt’s ridiculous, audacious, and often reckless swagger, we’ve decided that this year we’ll be rounding up each episode’s biggest Walter White WTF moments. The top five for this week, which gave us a rare glimpse into Mike’s personal life and motivations, are after the jump. … Read More

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Ranking ‘Breaking Bad’ Characters by Moral Reprehensibility

By Judy Berman on

Breaking Bad is back, and once again we’re thrust into the criminal underworld of Albuquerque, New Mexico, where being a killer is kind of a given, and it’s nothing more than how guilty they feel that separates likable characters from black-hearted villains. With the show promising to complete Walter White’s journey from beaten down science teacher to evil meth kingpin before the end of the season, this seems like a good time to check in on each character’s moral compass. From painfully naïve Walter Jr. to major players in the southwest’s drug trade, we rank Breaking Bad characters from least to most morally reprehensible, after the jump. … Read More

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‘Breaking Bad’: This Week’s 5 Biggest Walter White WTF Moments

By Judy Berman on

Although individual episodes are sure to keep us guessing, we know what to expect from Breaking Bad’s finale season: Walter White, having killed Gus Fring, finally seizes the power he’s wanted so badly for so long. As creator Vince Gilligan has said, Walt is transforming from embattled hero into full-blooded villain, and these final 16 episodes are sure to make last year’s bomb-planting and kid-poisoning look tame. Since we spent the Season 5 premiere drinking blue cocktails and doing spit-takes over Walt’s ridiculous, audacious, and often reckless swagger, we’ve decided that this year we’ll be rounding up each episode’s biggest Walter White WTF moments. The top five for this week, which featured Jesse (who is almost definitely a Juggalo) marveling over the power of magnets and Saul reaching his ethical limit, are after the jump. … Read More

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Viacom and AMC React to DirecTV Dispute in Very Different Ways

By Caroline Stanley on

We know the recent news that DirecTV dropped a handful of networks following a long battle over increased programming fees only affects a small portion of our audience, but we find the dramatic difference in the way that Viacom and AMC are dealing with the situation too interesting not to discuss. The former — which… Read More

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‘Mad Men’ Leader Board: Who Had the Season’s Best Lines?

By Judy Berman on

When you get beyond the cocktails and the costumes and the showy emotional breakdowns, what makes any given episode of Mad Men memorable is the dialogue. Matthew Weiner and his staff are particularly wonderful at crafting one-liners — funny quips, penetrating realizations, earth-shattering statements that cause time to stop and personalities to crumble. This season, we’re keeping track of which characters get each episode’s five best lines, assigning points to winners, and posting a cumulative leader board to determine Season 5′s pithiest mad man (or woman). After last night’s finale — which left us appropriately vexed (look for more on that later at Flavorwire) but at least seemed to dispel our fears about Peggy’s departure from the show  — we’ve crowned a winner for the season. Click through to find out who came out on top, and let us know if you’re surprised. (Hint: We’re not.) … Read More

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‘Breaking Bad’ Season Five Returns in July… Part One, Anyway

By Alison Nastasi on

That sound you hear? It’s us cheering over the news that AMC’s fifth season of Breaking Bad is right around the corner. We’ve been waiting for an actual date, and Huffington Post shared that we’ll finally be seeing more Walter White for the 16-episode season on July 15 at 10pm. The show will be… Read More

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‘Mad Men’ Leader Board: Who Had Last Night’s Best Lines?

By Judy Berman on

When you get beyond the cocktails and the costumes and the showy emotional breakdowns, what makes any given episode of Mad Men memorable is the dialogue. Matthew Weiner and his staff are particularly wonderful at crafting one-liners — funny quips, penetrating realizations, earth-shattering statements that cause time to stop and personalities to crumble. This season, we’re keeping track of which characters get each episode’s five best lines, assigning points to winners, and posting a cumulative leader board to determine Season 5′s pithiest mad man (or woman). The results of last night’s episode — which featured the long-awaited and thoroughly bizarre return of Paul Kinsey, as well as some excellent Don/Joan bonding — are after the jump. … Read More