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SOA is 90 minutes tonight. Spoils.... - J Sep 30, 09:38 2
- oh crap...he's my favorite -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 30, 12:52
- They're certainly hinting that's the case -- nm - prayformojo Sep 30, 09:40
So I have a question on BB from Season 3, I think, something I can't figure out. (spoils) - groiny Sep 30, 09:35 4
- spoiler - zeitgeist Sep 30, 16:42
- correct (spoils) - Jovian Sep 30, 09:37
- spoilers - amoxy Sep 30, 09:37 1
  - only because, spoils - groiny Sep 30, 09:38
Oi. Old boss is mad that my new firm is bidding on requests sent out by "his" clients. I politely told him to go away. - Truman Sep 30, 09:33 1
- Freedom suits you well. Rock on. -- nm - Epiphany Sep 30, 09:38
Bro, when you come at Matt Goddamn Cassell, he'll let the dogs out. -- nm - Shaun Sep 30, 09:26
Justice Marc Nadon chosen for Supreme Court of Canada -- (link) - Beaker Sep 30, 09:23 1
- How much money did he give Harper? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 30, 09:30
LIR - OAE - spoiler answer to your question about Prisoners - JenBro Sep 30, 09:21
Study: Opposition to same-sex marriage may be understated in public opinion polls -- (link) - ty97 Sep 30, 09:15 4
- *barf* -- nm - Baby Pritchett Sep 30, 09:40
- *signed The Heritage Foundation*? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 30, 09:29
- Kinda related: driving my 10 year old and 3 of her friends home after track and field - Beaker Sep 30, 09:17 1
  - "You should ask your mother that question." -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 30, 09:28
Continuing a thaw in relations, Iranian president holds open the possibility of resuming direct flights to the US -- (link) - znufrii Sep 30, 09:13
Here is a great chart from Business Insider about the overall reception of Breaking Bad. -- (link) - David Sep 30, 09:11
After watching some of the marathon on AMC, I've slightly adjusted my season ranking for BB: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 - Beaker Sep 30, 09:10
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I can only imagine that the hipsters in my old Chicago hood are responsible for this -- (link) - ty97 Sep 30, 09:04
Have any ratings come out yet? Be very interested to see how BB did -- nm - Beaker Sep 30, 09:02 1
- only network ratings are out for last night so far. Cable ratings come a little later usually. -- nm - Jovian Sep 30, 09:17
$210 for the Breaking Bad Blu Ray series? Yikes. -- (link) - Inigo Sep 30, 09:00 24
- I've completed the story. I'm not likely to watch it all ever again. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 30, 09:29 1
  - I've watched all the previous seasons multiple times and I'm positive I'll watch it multiple times in the future. - Krusty Sep 30, 09:32
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  - There's this holiday in December... -- nm - con_carne Sep 30, 09:36
  - Commentary and extras but I'm not sure that's enough. -- nm - Krusty Sep 30, 09:33
  - Very glad I DVRed the marathon. -- nm - Spawn Sep 30, 09:29
  - Which reminds me that I need to start. -- nm - Was Bar Was Sep 30, 09:13 3
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      - only 63? episodes IIRC, so not too bad. -- nm - Beaker Sep 30, 09:14 1
        
        Actually, it is 62. Seasons 1 & 2 are the first 20, and I have 42 more. -- nm - Spawn Sep 30, 09:28
  - Act now before it goes into the Netflix Vault! - Beryllium Sep 30, 09:05
  - not everyone has Netflix. - groiny Sep 30, 09:03 10
    - For $210 you could sign up and watch them all in a month 26 times. -- nm - Ender Sep 30, 09:21
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      - Not everyone has capable interwebz. -- nm - Shaun Sep 30, 09:11 7
        
        I did not get it until I bought a Roku. - groiny Sep 30, 09:17 6
        
        (They have cables now that can connect your laptop to your TV for like $4.) -- nm - Ender Sep 30, 09:24 4
        
        bah -- nm - groiny Sep 30, 09:25 2
        
        What I'm saying is that every single person who doesn't already have Netflix is a lazy idiot poopyhead. -- nm - Ender Sep 30, 09:27 1
        
        I do not think I have actually watched one "movie" on Netflix yet. - groiny Sep 30, 09:28
        
        witchcraft! -- nm - Beaker Sep 30, 09:24
        
        me either the IM -- nm - Epiphany Sep 30, 09:21
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- it will be. this is just to fleece the arly buyers -- nm - Beaker Sep 30, 09:01
Has Lizzy Caplan and Katy Perry ever been seen in the same room? 'Cause I'm pretty sure they're the same person. -- nm - Qale Sep 30, 08:59 7
- You've seen this, right? -- (link) - volnelk Sep 30, 09:14 1
  - No, she certainly doesn't. -- nm - Qale Sep 30, 09:26
- You've seen this right? -- (link) - MDH Sep 30, 09:04 [Image] 2
  - I'll buy that for $1 -- nm - oblique Sep 30, 09:09
  - Zooey and Katie and Emily shouldn't be on there. -- nm - Qale Sep 30, 09:08
- When I saw the Masters of Sex ad in the subway, I thought for a moment that it was the B from Apt 23 -- nm - ty97 Sep 30, 09:00 1
  - I'm nearly done with episode 1 (episode 2 is out in the wild as well) and it's moderately amusing, if a bit bland. -- nm - Qale Sep 30, 09:02
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- he was good at getting Red Sox thrown out as the 3rd Base Coach. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 30, 09:22
- They can finally hire Ryne Sandberg! - David Sep 30, 09:04
- they need to figure out why Castro is getting worse instead of better. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 30, 09:02
- ugh. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 30, 08:59
Speaking of things that make you tired.. started racing cyclocross. Two races in, I'm getting better but still suffering. - colin Sep 30, 08:57
So where was all this BB talk for years? It's no secret that we all influence each other a bit when it comes to what we watch... - Mel Profit Sep 30, 08:56 34
- Reagen and some other people talked it up from the beginning. - David Sep 30, 09:07 7
  - Maybe I'll advocate for us bumping this up on our Series Binge Watching List. - Mel Profit Sep 30, 09:24 5
    - and maybe I'll advocate for 'Scandal'... - Diva Sep 30, 09:43
    - The first season is a good idea done fairly well. The second season shows a lot of growth. - David Sep 30, 09:29 2
      - thanks. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 30, 09:33
      - Season 2 ended... exactly where I thought it would. -- nm - Spawn Sep 30, 09:30
    - right off a cliff and directly into a volcano -- nm - Jovian Sep 30, 09:24
  - carefull, minor spoils inside -- nm - Jovian Sep 30, 09:18
- The ratings history of the show follows the same trajectory -- nm - ty97 Sep 30, 09:01 10
  - I wonder if the same thing will happen to Mad Men... -- nm - Beaker Sep 30, 09:02 9
    - Not sure. Mad Men seemed to peak and is slowly sliding down - amoxy Sep 30, 09:04 7
      - FWIW, a lot of critics this week indicated the Gus Fring season was BB's high point. -- nm - David Sep 30, 09:08 6
        
        Spoils - Beryllium Sep 30, 09:13 3
        
        Spoilers - David Sep 30, 09:17 2
        
        spoilers - Beaker Sep 30, 09:21
        
        Spoils - Beryllium Sep 30, 09:20
        
        that is true. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 30, 09:10 1
        
        I liked the second half of season 5 better but both are aces. -- nm - David Sep 30, 09:11
    - meh, it had a weak season - so I'm thinking it won't be the same. BB built and built -- nm - Epiphany Sep 30, 09:04
- As shows reach their end, more focus is placed on them as they've picked up momentum would be my theory. -- nm - Qale Sep 30, 09:00 1
  - Netflix was a Godsend for BB in that regard. Allowed alot of folks to catchup -- nm - Beaker Sep 30, 09:00
- I always bought the DVD, but when season 4 started we finally had AMC added to our cable so was able to watch live -- nm - Beaker Sep 30, 08:59
- Because very few people watched it from the beginning. Most watched on Netflix (I picked it up after Season 3) - amoxy Sep 30, 08:58
- I watched the first two seasons in the last 4 days. - Spawn Sep 30, 08:58 9
  - we are at pretty much exactly the same place. - Andie Sep 30, 09:10 1
    - I love Jesse, but man is he poor at decision making. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 30, 09:11
  - Have you seen the one that takes place primarily in the RV? - David Sep 30, 09:09 2
    - spoils - Spawn Sep 30, 09:10 1
      - The claustrophobic tension in that episode is off the charts. - David Sep 30, 09:12
  - Are you tweaked out on meth to get it all in? -- nm - Qale Sep 30, 09:03
  - I am almost glad I did not watch it weekly. - groiny Sep 30, 09:01 2
    - Agreed. I am amazed how many different people wrote episodes and directed episodes. - Spawn Sep 30, 09:04
    - How do you think I felt this past 8 episodes?? -- nm - amoxy Sep 30, 09:02
- I have watched 4 1/2 season of it in like 3 weeks. - groiny Sep 30, 08:57
Read the one person who didn't like the Breaking Bad finale. -- (link) - Inigo Sep 30, 08:54 2
- eh -- nm - Don Homer Sep 30, 09:11
- I've heard some complaints - finale spoilers - Beaker Sep 30, 08:58
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- also a shame, because he was finally putting something together. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 30, 08:54 2
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    - Maybe Chris Johnson will pick it up a smidge. - groiny Sep 30, 08:56
As scared as John Boehner seems to be about being deposed as Speaker of the House, one would think he'd know this - Brian Sep 30, 08:51
"Dow Jones lost close to 140 points as markets opened, a dip analysts think could worsen if a partial shutdown occurs." - znufrii Sep 30, 08:51 2
- It's not the shutdown that scares the markets as much as the debt ceiling issue -- nm - ty97 Sep 30, 08:52 1
  - Sure. I can only imagine how bad it would get if we come this close to the latter. - znufrii Sep 30, 08:57
Katy Perry's new single "Walking On Air." 5 Mins Ago: Pop Katy Perry In: Serving you 90s gay club house realness. -- (link) - MDH Sep 30, 08:50 [youtube] 5
- I understood only the first sentence of this post -- nm - oblique Sep 30, 08:52 4
  - Katy Perry put out a single that belong in a 90s gay club. Very Robyn sounding. -- nm - MDH Sep 30, 08:54 3
    - It's time for a Black Box reunion -- nm - ty97 Sep 30, 08:54 2
      - You know it's only a matter of time until someone re-releases Vogue. -- (link) - MDH Sep 30, 08:57 [Image] 1
        
        Or En Vogue. (the it's time for breakdown nt.) -- nm - Qale Sep 30, 09:01
Breaking Bad finale spoils - Beryllium Sep 30, 08:41 6
- General finale question that perhaps is too inapplicable to even make sense, but - mara Sep 30, 08:46 5
  - spoils - Jovian Sep 30, 08:52
  - Breaking Bad spoilers (do not read unless you have seen the finale) - David Sep 30, 08:48 3
    - Probably the best series finale I have seen -- nm - Beaker Sep 30, 08:53 2
      - Not sure if it is this or ST:TNG -- nm - amoxy Sep 30, 08:55 1
        
        *smack* -- nm - Beaker Sep 30, 09:13
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  - as they should. - groiny Sep 30, 08:53 5
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      - how was the attendance this season? - groiny Sep 30, 09:05 3
        
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        they do so well with their minor league system, if they just picked up a few key signings. - groiny Sep 30, 09:10 1
        
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- Good thing we still have Slickertalk! -- nm - Was Bar Was Sep 30, 09:13
- It wasn't all that surprising we decided shutting down was better than the alternative of going orange. -- nm - Qale Sep 30, 09:02 1
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- lets go SCORTCHED EARTH! -- nm - Epiphany Sep 30, 08:46
- THIS BACON IS SO RAW IT STILL OINKS. - Beryllium Sep 30, 08:37
- shutdowns are hilarious. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 30, 08:33 2
  - I love not getting paid. -- nm - loosilu Sep 30, 08:40 1
    - it's awesome. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 30, 09:11
The Elvis Impersonator, the Karate Instructor, a Fridge Full of Severed Heads, and the Plot 2 Kill the President... - Don Homer Sep 30, 08:31 13
- walk into a bar. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 30, 08:35
- This screams movie deal. -- nm - Spawn Sep 30, 08:32
- sequel to The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and His Lover? -- nm - colin Sep 30, 08:32 10
  - If anyone could pull it off, it would be Helen Mirren. nm - Jim Sep 30, 08:47 9
    - btw...I had a scorching sex dream about Helen Mirren last night. - Mel Profit Sep 30, 08:51 8
      - Ok, like late 80's mid-40's Mirren? Or current, almost 70 Mirren? nm - Jim Sep 30, 08:52 7
        
        I think it was older Mirren... - Mel Profit Sep 30, 08:54 6
        
        Did you watch Risky Business over the weekend? -- nm - Epiphany Sep 30, 08:59 5
        
        I didn't but just be on the lookout for her. She's a filthy animal on a bus. - Mel Profit Sep 30, 09:00 4
        
        dually noted - Epiphany Sep 30, 09:04 3
        
        I thought it was 'duly'. Hmmm... -- nm - Jim Sep 30, 09:14 2
        
        probably - Epiphany Sep 30, 09:20 1
        
        Could also be "proberbly"...that's how my high school calculus teacher said it -- nm - Jim Sep 30, 09:21

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