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Breaking Bad – “Thirty-Eight Snub”
“Thirty-Eight Snub” July 24th, 2011 “It’s like nothing but good days ahead.” Walt remarks near the end of “Thirty-Eight Snub” that it’s been a hell of a last couple of weeks, which is certainly true: in fact, the sheer dramatic … Continue reading
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Season Premiere: Breaking Bad – “Box Cutter”
“Box Cutter” July 17th, 2011 It has been over thirteen months since Breaking Bad finished its third season, which isn’t something that happens all that often. Of course, AMC will be dealing with this issue twice in one year when … Continue reading
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Hiding Behind the Brand: How The Killing Threatens the Future of AMC
I haven’t seen the first season finale of AMC’s The Killing. In fact, I haven’t seen the last five episodes of the show’s first season – I fell behind a few weeks ago, struggled to find the motivation to continue, … Continue reading
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Top 10 Episodes of 2010 – “Fly” (Breaking Bad)
“Fly” Aired: May 23rd, 2010 [Cultural Learnings' Top 10 Episodes of 2010 are in no particular order, and are purely subjective - for more information, and the complete list as it goes up, click here.] When I first noted that … Continue reading
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Series Premiere: The Walking Dead – “Days Gone Bye”
“Days Gone Bye” October 31st, 2010 I addressed The Walking Dead generally in my piece last night, but I do want to address the premiere in particular. As far as premieres go, this is a really strong effort aesthetically: character … Continue reading
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On Zombies: Community and The Walking Dead
On Zombies: Community and The Walking Dead October 31st, 2010 I’ve already written enough about Halloween episodes (both in my review of The Office at The A.V. Club and in my piece on Halloween-themed TV episodes at Antenna) that writing … Continue reading
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Mad Men the Morning After: Critics visit “Tomorrowland”
Mad Men the Morning After: “Tomorrowland” October 18th, 2010 It’s been a while since I’ve been able to stop in with an installment of Mad Men the Morning After, but with my students writing midterms this morning and more critics … Continue reading
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Season Finale: Mad Men – “Tomorrowland”
“Tomorrowland” October 17th, 2010 “Are you kidding me?!” I’m extremely glad that Faye Miller actually said this during the episode, so I could pull quote it instead of saying itself myself. But, seriously: is Mad Men kidding me? “Tomorrowland,” like … Continue reading
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Return to Rubicon: A Cultural Catchup Project
Return to Rubicon October 16th, 2010 As some of you may know, I’m in the midst of starting a PhD program, which means that there have been certain televisual casualties this fall. Some of them have been pretty insignificant: I … Continue reading
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Mad Men – “Blowing Smoke”
“Blowing Smoke” October 10th, 2010 “Not no; not now.” As the penultimate episode of the season, “Blowing Smoke” has to do more than, well, blow smoke; while last season demonstrated the ability for a finale to offer an exciting climax … Continue reading
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