Season Five

503 – Hazard Pay

This week’s episode covering episode 503 of Breaking Bad, “Hazard Pay” has Jim and A.Ron discussing Skinny Pete’s veins, Huell’s ability to sleep standing up, Walt’s creepy creep, and appropriate entertainment for babies. All this and the latest and greatest of your feedback, theories, and speculation.

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502 – Madrigal

Breaking Bad comes roaring back this week with an awesome, instant classic episode. It had it all; great writing, great direction, great acting, humor, suspense… it’s hard to find something we didn’t like. We consider some show ratings news, our in depth recap, and consider your feedback.

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501 – Live Free or Die

So this is kind of awkward. Months of waiting, weeks of intense anticipation, days of breathless excitement, and then the premier came, and it was kind of just… okay? Okay on the Breaking Bad scale happens to put it better than just about any show on the air, but still. What did we like? What didn’t we like? What did we learn, and what new questions were raised? And what did you, the fellow Breaking Bad fan have to say? This one was long, as we had a shocking amount of email to plow through, but we hope it was worth it, and look forward to seeing how this fascinating show manages to work its way through it’s fifth and final season.

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Season Five Preview / Predictions

Can you believe it? We’re less than five days out from the season five premier of Breaking Bad! Join us for about an hour of previews, predictions, listener feedback and speculation, and a little bit of season five spoilers in our handy dandy spoiler section. Just a heads up, we consider any material or interview that has come out as part of the season five promotion to be NOT spoilers. So, if you’re squeemish about stuff like that, you might want to stay completely clear.

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513 – “The Phantom”

Well people, it’s been fun.  We’ve laughed, we’ve cried, we’ve said good bye to several characters, some more permanently than others.  In this episode of the Happy Hour, we part ways with Mad Men after another phenomenal season, as we cover the finale episode “The Phantom”.  We talk Pete’s unhappiness, Megan’s treachery, Don’s rot problem,…

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512 – “Commissions and Fees”

Jim and A.Ron mourn the death of decent man in this week’s podcast, featuring our complete coverage of the penultimate episode of Mad Men season five, “Commissions and Fees”.  A decent, thieving, book cooking man, which by SCDP standards makes him something of a Saint.  Somber as the subject matter is, you know we’ll find…

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511 – “The Other Woman”

Jim and A.Ron thought this was the best Mad Men of the season, and one of the all time greats.  But what did you think?  Join us for a discussion of prostitution, privilege, pimps, Pete, and as always, your awesome feedback. If you want to give us a shout out, or otherwise give us a piece…

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510 – “Christmas Waltz”

Jim and A.Ron break down episode 510 of Mad Men, “Christmas Waltz”, alternatively titled “Harry Krishna”.  ‘Tis the season for Lane to be upgraded to full suicide watch, to speculate on Don, Megan, Roger and Joan’s love-square and  debate Paul’s devotion to the Krishna’s. If you want to give us a shout out, or otherwise…

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509 – “Dark Shadows”

Jim and A.Ron break down episode 509 of Mad Men, “Dark Shadows”.  In which we’re treated to multi-generational Draper bitchface, multi-cultural prejudice, and poison clouds of gas.  It probably didn’t originate from Betty, but we can’t really be sure. If you want to give us a shout out, or otherwise give us a piece of your…

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508 – “Lady Lazarus”

Jim and A.Ron break down episode 508 of Mad Men, “Lady Lazarus”.  We have a feeling Pete will need a lot more than a cat’s nine lives to make it out of this season alive!  No psychorock goes unturned as we examine entitlement, misogyny, daddy issues, and the size of Harry’s yang. If you want…

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