AMC Eyes ‘Breaking Bad’ Spinoff Toplined By Bob Odenkirk

A list of Breaking Bad spinoffs we’d rather see:

• Skinny Pete and Badger trying to get their band off the ground.
• The hijinks of Wendy the prostitute.
• End of list.

21 of Sally Draper’s Best Quotes

With the season 6 premiere of Mad Men tonight, let’s take a look at quotes from Sally Draper.

1. You have big ones. My mommy has big ones too. And I’m going to have big ones when I grow up.
2. Do you lie on top of her?
3. I Don’t wanna wear someone else’s shoes, especially ski boots. You know that they’re sweaty. Oh, my gosh!
4. Are you and Daddy doing it?
5. We learned that they used to be fish, and he doesn’t know because he has baby science.
6. I know what it is. I know that the man pees inside the woman.
7. She doesn’t care what the truth is as long as I do what she says.
8. Every time I go around a corner, I keep thinking I’ll see my dad.
9. I hate sevens.
10. When I think about forever, I get upset.
11. I told Betty and Henry to take their ski vacation and shove it.
12. Who’s Dick?
13. …And it has a picture of her on it, holding a box. With a picture of her on it, holding a box.
14. I’ll save my Fritos for you.
15. I’m not sure that’s the way I like you.
16. I’m old enough that I can stay alone while you go laugh your heads off.
17. I want to live with you all the time.
18. I want to stay and I don’t know why I can’t.
19. I hate her so much. She’s such a phony.
20. We don’t go across the park. There’s bums on the other side.
21. And then I was floating over town. Standing straight up, not like Superman. Only it wasn’t Ossining, it was London. Like Mary Poppins.

Season 5 of Mad Men is now available on Netflix Instant.

Season 6 premieres Sunday April 7th at 9pm.

Mad Men returns to AMC on April 7 at 9 p.m., the network confirmed today. Season 6 of the Madison-Avenue-in-the-’60s drama kicks off with a two-hour premiere, written by series creator/executive producer Matthew Weiner and directed by executive producer Scott Hornbacher. (Starting April 14, the show will air in its normal time slot of 10 p.m.)

Matthew Weiner says of the series ending, “With the shadow of the show ending — and with the world in the state that it’s in, which is far more important than the show – the writers and the actors and I have been able to get into a groove about a season that may be accidentally relevant just because it was in our minds. We’ve been taking advantage of the 26 episodes we have left to do all the things that we’ve wanted to do, and so far I think that the audience is in for quite a ride.” (via)

Vince Gilligan on Writing Breaking Bad’s Finale

9. Hank’s triumph. It took 54 episodes, but in September’s midseason finale, Hank finally locked in that his brother-in-law was Heisenberg. Hank wasn’t conceived as the man to bring Walt down; Gilligan initially said he needed a boisterous alpha-male foil for the meek meth cook. But Hank revealed himself to be if not smarter than Walt, then more doggedly persistent. And who knows if he’ll really get to take down Heinsenberg, but the playing field has been leveled. “We discovered Hank is very, very good at his job,” Gilligan said. “You know, I love the TV show Columbo. Hank is like a postmodern shout-out to Columbo.”

Important Walking Dead Questions: Did Maggie find a box of Crest Whitestrips and has she been using them during the zombie apocalypse in secret?

It’s quite possible everyone has already spent the time looking this bit of information up, but for those of us who are a little lazy or let’s call it busy, I did the googling for you. On this week’s episode of Breaking Bad (Buyout), Walt tells Jesse he can go home while they are making the meth. Jesse collects his stuff and Walt starts getting ready in the tented room and begins whistling making Jesse pause outside the tent. I made a mental note to find out what he was whistling, because Vince Gilligan doesn’t do anything without a reason. Walt was whistling a Queen song called ‘Lily of the Valley’.

It’s been hard to even process this current season of Breaking Bad, let alone attempt to write about it, because a) holy shit and b) holy. shit. If you haven’t caught up you should definitely avoid this post and head straight to your television.

But for the rest of you: How are you feeling? Really, how are you holding up after these last few weeks? Are you okay? Did you refill your Xanax prescription in the week between Todd’s quick trigger and the Meticulous Destruction of the Dirt Bike? Did you rush to Wikipedia to refresh your knowledge of Jesse James? Have you even come to terms with the fact that there are only two episodes left in this half season?  The tension in the last few episodes have been murder, sometimes literally, as the show’s been heading toward a heart attack finale that will most likely feature a classic showdown between Walt and whoever dares to go against him. Mike? Skyler? Hank? Jesse? 

Breaking Bad has always had moments of over the top horror and devastation — an overdosing girlfriend, plane crashes, ATM splats, a half-faced villain in his finest suit — but it’s somehow even more chilling when it focuses on the smaller things. This season almost makes me long for the simpler times when all we had to fear was a poorly placed rug, the “ding, ding, ding” of a bell, or even the unhinged and maniacal laughter of a desperate man in a crawl space. Now there are new levels of terror to worry about: a tarantula in a jar, the ticking of an expensive birthday gift, a pristine pool, easily forgotten ricin hidden in a wall, and the silence at a dinner table. This season has also brought Skyler to the foreground and she’s been perhaps the most debated character of the series. Skyler is a hostage but she’s also rightfully cold-as-fucking-ice and it’s simultaneously exhilarating and terrifying to watch her battle Walter. There is no way that either will come out in one piece. Walter has had plenty of people point plenty of guns at his head within the last year but it’s nothing compared to how unsettling it is to watch Skyler take drags of her cancerous cigarettes, ashing them into her husband’s mug as she waits for the end. 

And then there’s Jesse! Our poor lost little lamb Jesse who has spent most of the season stuck smack in the middle of Mr. White and Mike Ehrmantraut, both in his loyalty and obvious seating choices. Jesse seems to be on an endless search for approval from his elders, for a father figure, and for someone to ride to go-karts with him. Or, you know, maybe he really just wants people to stop murdering children. He wants to wipe his hands clean, take his millions, and spend it entirely on cigarettes and video games.

Is there anyone better on television than Aaron Paul right now? A million Emmys just for drinking water! Emmys for gesturing with a fork and shoving food into his mouth and those hilariously awkward facial expressions and the way his eyes dart between a woman who loathes him and a man who manipulates him while he witnesses the biggest trainwreck of a marriage careen off the rails. 

Also for your consideration: Best delivery of one-liners from Mike! Best fucked up MacGyvering from Walt! Best use of breakfast in a television show! Outstanding guest actress in a drama for Skyler’s comically large wine glass! Most chilling cold open ever! 

The Walking Dead season three will be broken up into two parts much like season two.

The 16-episode run will kick off on October 14th and run for eight episodes before taking a brief break then resuming the rest of the season in early 2013.

Series creator Robert Kirkman tweeted today that work officially wrapped on the mid-season finale.  I wonder what kind of “cliffhanger” they have in store this time.

In addition to that update, Kirkman also supplied his followers with a taste of this building exterior which comes from the haven of Woodbury, prominently featured in the upcoming season.