Last Week, Breaking Bad, and The Walking Dead

Last weekend I went camping, and I didn't write a damn thing when I came home. Sorry. Part of it was that my body decided that I'm too old for bachelor parties. It takes me a lot longer to recuperate at 32 than it did at 22. Look out, those of you in your late 20s! The other reason is that this time of year has so many new shows, and premieres, that I can either sit down and write, or I can go to bed. Most nights, after 11:00 I want to relax, turn on #Netflix, and turn my brain off. No worries, I'll hit last week's highlights. I have so many journals it's no inconvenience to scratch down thoughts while I'm watching something. Firstly, and briefly, I'll hit #Football .

Not only did the #ChicagoBears win, but they also drove the ball down the field. Receivers caught passes, even in the end zone. They even beat the #NYGiants. Oh, wait. Everyone beats the Giants. #MichiganFootball lost in a ridiculous shootout to #PennState. So much for an #undefeated season, but to be honest they are now 5-1, they could just as easily be 2-4. They look like crapola. #FantasyFootball I have two teams. One of them is with my wife in a couples' league (4-1), the other is with friends (3-2). Both of those records are before tomorrow's games, and it doesn't matter. Both teams lost. Explain this to me, however. I usually set the rosters for both teams. How then, could I have set one roster perfectly, and the other so poorly that I had two guys starting on a bye week? #MattRyan over #BenRoesthlisberger ? Wow. Obviously, that team got annihilated.

My wife is a teacher, which means that if we watch something together we have to watch it between four and ten on a weekday, or whenever we don't have something we'd rather watch together on the weekend. That should explain why we watched six episodes of #BreakingBad over the long weekend. So where do I start talking about the end of Breaking Bad? It's a lot, so I'll just give you a statement of fact, my questions, and my favorite parts, with opinions tossed in where they matter.

Br - is the chemical symbol for Bromine. Ba - is the chemical symbol for Barium.

Why was Walter's gun so damn small and inaccessible? The first time I was forced to use a gun, I would have had one in an ankle holster at all times. Also, I wouldn't ever have had to check to see how many bullets were in my pistol. I would have been checking to see if I had a spare clip or two. For cryin' out loud, I play with toys that carry more fire power.

Why did Walter have to be such a dick ALL THE TIME? If he had ever told Jesse, Skylar, or even Hank what kind of messes he had created for himself it would have been a totally different show. "I was laying in the desert, face down, crying into my sun dried lips. I offered them 80 million dollars for Hank's life, and they shot him anyway." Sure, it may have accomplished nothing, but it surely couldn't have hurt. Or how about not telling Jesse that he watched Jane choke on her own overdose. What did that accomplish, again?

My last question is this. When is the next show, #BetterCallSaul going to take place? Precursor to all of BB, or sometime after? I hope it's after. It'll be fun to see how Saul becomes relevant to the criminal underground in Nebraska from wherever Ed (I love #RobertForster).

Favorite Parts-

Anyone think #AaronPaul could actually jump off his toilet bucket and climb his way out of the hole? #StephenAmnell maybe, but not Jesse. It was badass, though.

#RJMitte is an incredible actor. When he told his Walter to keep the money and pretty much fuck off, it was totally believable.

It was a great surprise when Marie slapped Skylar in the face. I always thought Skylar was a little stupid, anyway.

When Walter started rigging up the car with a rotating machine gun, you knew something very bad was going to happen. Then, when Walter tackled Jesse, and lit the little clubhouse up like the Fourth of July, I literally jumped out of my seat. As Walter was walking towards the lab and felt his wound, I really thought it was going to be a fake wound.

#BreakingBad was an amazing show. I don't recall ever tearing up, but I never really expected to. I just always wanted to know what was coming next. As for the finale, it was possibly the best finale I've ever seen from any show ever. Don't forget, Jesse could still pop in for #BetterCallSaul. Other networks should be afraid of #AMC.

Which brings me to the last topic of this outrageously long post. #TheWalkingDead

The Walking Dead- I only have a few things to say about this season premiere. It was a nice refresher from the last season, and nice to see how things progressed. Everyone hunkered down in the prison was very reminiscent of #Lost . "We can either live together, or die alone." I think a lot of them are going to die alone this season.

Rick should still be a little crazy, shouldn't he be? I'm surprised that when he saw the crazy looking zombie lady he didn't shoot her without a thought. It also made me wonder. How long before, on this planet full of zombies, animals start to turn? Zombie Pigs? Zombie fish? Zombie crows? The idea already sounds like a terrible b-flick, but I would still love to see a #ZombieGiraffe.

The coolest part of every episode is always #Michonne. Michonne apparently isn't busy enough out killing #Walkers, otherwise she wouldn't be out grabbing spare comic books for Carl. It's extra funny since, The Walking Dead is based on a comic book, and Michonne is most peoples' favorite character. Why doesn't she send out a memo or something about using swords? If you chop of their heads, you will never run out of ammo. I'd also like to see them have a blowtorch to clean up the fences very quickly, but I'm sure that won't happen.

Stay tuned next for me to talk about some shows I haven't gotten around to yet #Glee #TheTomorrowPeople, and some shows I haven't started yet during this 2013 premiere season #Homeland #Scandal.

Either you Caan, or you won't

#5O Steve and Dan-O coaching little league is the coolest thing ever. Everyone else probably just thought it was a very cool episode of #Hawaii5O (it was) , but all I could think about was the father-son dichotomy. #ScottCaan coaching little kids playing ball on TV at the same time his dad, #JamesCaan is on a new show #BackIntheGame is really funny. Who do you suppose is the bigger ball-buster in that relationship? I'm gonna guess James. After all, he was in the #Godfather.

It was a really good episode, but it only left me with two thoughts, post-Caans. First, #TimDaly played a BMF, and I think his character deserves its own show. I don't want to see a new #WalkerTexasRanger , but I think 5-O is ready for a spin-off. Four seasons is plenty enough of a warm up. I would totally watch a show about a good cop, who's also a good Texan.

I haven't been watching much baseball, even though it's the playoffs.#MLB But the last scene of 5-O was possibly one of my favorite of the entire show. "No kissing in baseball" Thanks, Dan-O. I'll probably be quoting that forever.

I Went Camping

One of my best and oldest friends had a bachelor party this past weekend. I missed my gorgeous wife, my dog, and a bunch of TV. My wife would rather not have me talk about her, so instead, hear about TV and my dog.

730 on Thursday nights is the wasteland of tv. Right after #TheBigBangTheory #TBBT I had to choose between 'Welcome to the Family' and 'The Millers'. No #hashtag because both were crappy. I really should have skipped Big Bang and watched #Scandal.

By far, the stupidest thing I've seen this week was from #ChicagoFire. Peter, running into a burning building, alone, when they knew no one was in the building was retarded. Great job finding out that the fire wasn't an accident. That was still stupid.

#Glee "You say you want a revolution"? I wish Tina got to sing the whole song. Is it just me, or has #JennaUshkowitz gotten hotter over the seasons? 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' was one of the most badass performances in Glee history. Also, there's no way Kitty and Tina can wear the same size dress.

#SNL I'd love to hear what Billy Ray thinks of his daughter. #MileyCyrus SNL wasn't bad, but it wasn't that good either. While I watch tv, I take notes, in case I want to write about it. All of my notes are bitching about #Miley.

#LastManStanding Remember the last time you heard a show was "...taped in front of a live studio audience" ? It was the Cosby show for me. I made Kate watch #TheCosbyShow, we're both loving Last Man Standing, and I'm going to make her watch #SavedByTheBell next.

Winning Ugly?

My two favorite football teams having winning records. #Pfft 

The #ChicagoBears #Bears are 3-2 and God only knows how they have three wins. They've looked like crap the entire season. #JayCutler you can't just think that you can get your ass kicked for three and a half quarters and pull a miracle victory out of your butt! Honestly, it's not all Jay's fault, the Bears just aren't that good. Every win has been ugly. And finally, the schedule caught up with them. The #NewOrleansSaints #Saints made the Bears look like a #SummerCampGirfriend. She was so pretty when you first met her, but she was also the only girl you'd seen in what feels like forever. My apologies to any summer camp girlfriend. 

The Bears should be 1-4. They are a crappy football team. I will root for them forever. Stop messing with us, Bears. Be good, or be crappy. Don't be crappy and keep winning. It's a tease. And, it's not fair.

#MichiganWolverines #Wolverines #GoBlue Nice job, guys! You beat #NotreDame and a whole bunch of other crappy teams! For a team that is 5-0, my Wolverines have been really tough to watch. In fact, last week, coming out of church, I saw a girl wearing a "Keep Calm and Go Blue" t-shirt. I told her, "Go Blue! Yes. Keep Calm, I don't know about that." She smiled and said hell yea, but I could see in her eyes that she understood. Who cares if you beat the #MinnesotaGoldenGophers ? Roll over #PennState and Indiana, beat #MSU and you'll be in the top ten. I can't believe that #NorthwesternUniversity is an obstacle, but keep winning, and you'll be #1.

Ziva's Farewell

The producers of #NCIS promised that #Zivas departure would not be disappointing, or a cop-out. I honestly hoped that they would kill her off. If you thought #Gibbs and the team went a little bit crazy when Kate Todd or Jenny Sheperd were killed, imagine what they would have done if Ziva were killed. I picture Tony kicking down the door of everyone remotely connected, and Gibbs a few blocks away with a high-powered sniper rifle. We got one of those, but it really wasn't the same thing.

I'm glad Ziva left NCIS of her own volition. Even without knowing Cote de Pablo was leaving the show, you could tell that it was something the character was already struggling with. For Pete's sake, she shot and killed her own brother, her father was killed, and her boyfriend, CIA-Ray was sort of a traitor. All of it directly related to her involvement with NCIS and #Mossad. That would make any person seriously consider a career change.

The really tough part about her exit, was that even after Ziva explained herself, I couldn't shake the feeling that she was still letting her team down. Of everyone on the team, I thought Gibbs would most understand. And it seems like he did. (It was still heart wrenching when he picked up the phone at the end to take her call). Tony, on the other hand, was never going to stop looking for her. It's about time they (sort of) professed their love for each other. If I had spent eight years, with a partner that looked like her, after all of those late nights, stakeouts, and loved ones getting killed, to say I would be "emotionally attached" would be the grossest of all understatements. I would have professed my love sometime during season four. I don't know how he walked away, and I don't know how Ziva let him. But that wasn't even the thing that nagged me the most. SHE DIDN'T SAY GOODBYE TO ABBY! Whenever a member of the team is upset, or hurting, Abby is the first one to offer support. If one of the team is in danger, or NCIS headquarters is directly threatened or attacked, Abby turns into a complete emotional hot-mess. Not knowing where Ziva was, or if she was ok, was probably killing her. She'll be alright when Gibbs and Tony fill her in, but I think she deserved a phone, at least. So did #McGee, for that matter.

My only complaint, isn't even much of a complaint. More shooting. I always want more shooting. But answer this question for me. It seemed to me as though Gibbs was aiming his rifle at Mendez's cell phone. If that was the case, how did he miss (Gibbs doesn't miss), kill Mendez, and manage to have the round end up in FBI Special Agent #Fornell ass? The missed shot can be explained. NCIS's new #SecNav Porter did sort of imply that a kill would be perfectly acceptable. Maybe we're looking at a JFK #MagicBullet scenario. Could it have been a young Gibbs that assassinated the President? #MarkHarmon / Gibbs would have had to pull the trigger, make the bullet bounce magically around, and frame #Oswald... as a 12 year old. But maybe I'm over thinking it.

I'm very happy with Ziva's farewell episode. She's still alive, so the door is still open for her to come back for once in a while, possibly for the series finale. We can also be excited to see who will be Ziva's replacement agent. Time to bring back a #JAG cast member? The 11th season seems a bit late to introduce new characters, but I guess we'll see. It was nice to see #MarinaSirtis reprise her role as the Director of Mossad.

Who knows what's coming next. All I do know, is that the rest of this season is going to be fun. I just hope no one else goes out and gets themselves killed.

Bones

If you ever need to look up something from #Bones on #IMDB, the happiest thing you will ever see is #CreditOnly . That means she is a recurring cast member, but she wasn't in an episode. Like this week. Thank God. #CarlaGallo is definitely hot, but #DaisyWick is one of the most obnoxious characters on television. I hope Pelant ges frustrated with Booth and Bones' relationship, goes on a killing spree, and starts with Daisy.

Can someone explain to me why Sweets was carrying a firearm during that drive-by? It makes no sense, and by the way, that was the worst drive-by in the history of drive-bys. Cruise past a house, start firing, and then you get shot. #Fail

All in all it was a great episode. Sweets grew himself some cohones. We got to see Cam and Angela remove a corpse's face. That little Mexican kid has got some stones. And #PatriciaBelcher as Caroline is always one of the funniest parts of every episode.

On a completely unrelated topic, it's Tuesday. Tonight we say goodbye to #CoteDePablo #ZivaDavid on #NCIS. I hope Tony goes out and kicks some ass for her.

Premiere Season Part 4 of ?

Oops! SVU was so good I forgot to mention #CriminalMinds. It's not all my fault, though. Criminal Minds just wasn't that great of a premiere. They kept an on going story line, but otherwise it was very episodic. Will 'Hotch' take the job of deputy director? I doubt it. On a side note, I love #JoeMantegna.

#MasterChefJr was exactly what you would expect. Children cooking, better than I cook. It was really cool, though, to see the judges be nice. I wonder who would win in a fight. Who do you pick between #ChefRamsey and #SimonCowell ?

What did I say about everything I want from a season premiere? #Hawaii5O threw that straight out of the window. Action, action, action is what we got instead. #5O gets and 'A' for action. #HenryIanCusick was, and is amazing. "I'll see you in another life, brother." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycEv9QU0chU #ChiMcBride is a #BMF, and he's the perfect addition the 5-O squad. If you don't know what a 'BMF' is, you need to watch #PulpFiction again.

#SNL - Who the hell are these people? Thank you to #TinaFey and #AaronPaul for being there. Otherwise, I wouldn't know anyone besides #KenanThompson and #JayPharoah. Coincidence that I only remember the back dudes? Hopefully.

#LastManStanding - "Stony's closed years ago.It turned into a Blockbuster... which is now out of business.  Now it's just an empty lot. Interestingly enough, they're thinking about putting in a milkshake store back in there." I love #NancyTravis from #SoIMarriedAnAxeMurderer and I also think all of the daughters are hot. I checked, they are all of legal age for me to find attractive.#KaitlynDever is my favorite.

#Glee #Beatles - I still hate myself for watching this show. I hate myself even more for knowing that #PeterFacinelli was Carlisle in #Twilight. #IoanGruffad was also very cool, but I look at him and all I see is #MrFantasticI wonder what Paul and Ringo think of a #Beatles Glee. John and George probably turned over in their graves.

#Dads - I really, really wanted to like this. I love #SethGreen and #GiovanniRibisi. But this is a almost a train-wreck of a show. Everything felt so contrived, and forced that you couldn't even laugh at a funny joke. #SethMacFarlane also stood at the borderline of being too offensive. I get it, everything you produce is supposed to be provocative and cutting edge. I can handle racism as a tool towards comedy. Lots of people can't. Be careful, for a few weeks until 'Dads' gets cancelled.

#ChicagoFire - It's very cool that #Firehouse51 is five blocks from my house. In an emergency, they are my #firstresponder. Once in a while, our street is closed off so they can tape. I Imagine it'll just get worse with #ChicagoPD on the horizon. I'm not sure how much I like this show, but I have to watch it, just in case I see a cast member on my street.

Lastly, I wrote it in my journal, so you all may as well read it. "Everything I watch is full of ridiculous people."