Better Call Saul is Very Different from Breaking Bad. And that’s a Good Thing.
You’ll be surprised by what literary analysis reveals about what it really means to “Call Saul”.
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Breaking Bad on Overthinking It
What Better Call Saul Gets Right About Being A Lawyer
A real lawyer weighs in on how well AMC’s Better Call Saul understands the profession.
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Episode 407: Are You There, Matt? It’s Me, Netflix.
On the Overthinking It podcast, we discuss Tina Fey’s “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” starring Ellie Kemper. Season 2 just dropped on Netflix.
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Episode 324: Skeptical as a Schoolgirl
The Overthinkers tackle Adulthood in popular culture and A. O. Scott’s New York Times article saying we’re idiots for liking The Hunger Games.
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On Perpetual Snipers, Series Finales and the Protective Act of Watching
The True Detective and Breaking Bad series finales had something surprising in common: it turned out we weren’t the only ones keeping an eye on things. (WARNING: SPOILERS)
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Episode 297: I’m Gonna Write a Bad Story that People Will Hate!
The Overthinkers tackle television that wants you to figure it out, and what makes a satisfying Series Finale.
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The Empire Business
How Anakin became Darth Vader, and how Walter White became Heisenberg.
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Breaking Bad: The Process is the Product
It’s not what you make; it’s how you make it.
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Breaking Bad Recap: Season 5, Episode 16, “Felina”
The Breaking Bad recap panel rides off into the sunset with in-depth analysis of the series finale, where it stands next to The Shield’s finale, and the arc of the show as a whole.
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Breaking Bad Recap: Season 5, Episode 15, “Granite State”
The Breaking Bad recap panel welcomes some craggy new faces to mine Walter White’s sedimentary and igneous emotional states.
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