Firewall & Iceberg Podcast, episode 97: 'American Horror Story,' 'The League,' 'Breaking Bad' & more
Dan and Alan also review Martin Scorsese's George Harrison documentary and talk 'Arrested Development' rumors
It's finally time for the Firewall & Iceberg Podcast to answer the most important question about fall TV: how awesome is the "American Horror Story" font? And should we even call it a font? Dan and I answer those questions and many more as we discuss:
"American Horror Story" - 00:40 - 17:25
"George Harrison: Living in the Material World" -- 17:25 - 28:45
"The League" -- 28:45 - 36:00
Listener Mail - "Arrested Development" movie -- 36:15 - 42:00
Listener Mail - Future "Louie"s -- 42:00 - 49:45
Listener Mail - Crippling implausibilities -- 49:45 - 54:35
"Breaking Bad" - 54:40 - 01:08:00
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Alan Sepinwall has been reviewing television since the mid-'90s, first for Tony Soprano's hometown paper, The Star-Ledger, and now for HitFix. His new book, "The Revolution Was Televised," about the last 15 years of TV drama, is for sale at Amazon. He can be reached at sepinwall@hitfix.com
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October 3, 2011 at 8:14PM EST Reply to CommentSo, American Horror Story isn't even at "Happy Town" levels of unintentional amusement?
sepinwall It's so wildly over the top that some may be amused by the ridiculousness of it (I was a few times when watching the pilot). But mostly, it's gross - and not in the way intended.
October 3, 2011 at 8:21PM ESTtheholyavenger
October 3, 2011 at 9:20PM EST Reply to CommentIf they're going to have Dylan McDermott walking around half naked then Connie Britton needs to do the same.
Nicole
October 3, 2011 at 10:02PM EST Reply to CommentDo you like the Breakin Bad finale?
moway79 It would be good, to have a hint about how the finale faired.
October 4, 2011 at 2:05AM ESTThis season has been great, but the last episode certainly left things open (probably intentionally in order to be resolved in the finale), and I am kind of afraid that they will pull something contrived just to catch us off-guard, like the plane crash in S02.
Jim Jim Seriously, I am so jealous of anyone who has already seen the finale
October 4, 2011 at 11:20AM ESTI agree, though -- at least a tease of how much Alan liked the finale would be great
Michael Makes me a little nervous that he didn't like it...
October 4, 2011 at 1:32PM ESTBallroom Pink
October 3, 2011 at 10:53PM EST Reply to CommentHow about Janeane Garofalo for a Louie-priced show? Patton is a great idea though.
ed w
October 4, 2011 at 12:11AM EST Reply to CommentEnoyed Dan's power-tool sounds when talking about how Alan might react. Sometimes I think Dan missed his calling as a voice actor for animated comedies.
LJA
October 4, 2011 at 12:11AM EST Reply to CommentI'm with Mrs. Sepinwall on crippling implausibilities in healthcare. I've worked in healthcare for 15 years and House has always been maddening to me. It made me insane even before it got generally unwatchable to everyone else.
Neeek
October 4, 2011 at 12:23AM EST Reply to CommentKinda surprised it took you guys so long to hit upon Patton Oswalt for a Louie-esque show. He was literally the first person I thought of when I heard the question.
Nick
October 4, 2011 at 4:07AM EST Reply to CommentBoy oh boy do you guys tear into AHS. Wow. I didn't quite expect the font, uh, typeface, to literally be the only positive thing said. Yikes.
WayneSchlegel
October 4, 2011 at 7:42AM EST Reply to CommentWow, now I am REALLY curious about American Horror Story... ;-)
WayneSchlegel
October 4, 2011 at 7:43AM EST Reply to CommentWow, now I am really curious about American Horror Story... Damn!
WayneSchlegel Sorry for double post.
October 4, 2011 at 7:46AM ESTlylebot
October 4, 2011 at 12:52PM EST Reply to CommentWhy couldn't Brock's poisoning just be an accident? What if Brock just found Jesse's cigarettes and decided he'd try one? Am I the only one that thought that was all there was to it?
filaphresh Other people have said that, but it's poison in a glass vial, so it's pretty hard to believe that. I think he's sick with something completely different because if the hospital found out it was ricin, and then confirmed it, they'd call the feds, and, I mean, maybe that's how the show's going to end, but I would prefer not.
October 4, 2011 at 1:52PM ESTMike
October 4, 2011 at 7:00PM EST Reply to CommentTo me, the idea of Walt poisoning Brock is too far beyond the pale that it would hurt my enjoyment of this wonderful season if that were the case because it just makes no narrative sense. As Alan said in a review recently, while Bryan Cranston is a great actor, Walter White is not, and his speech to Skyler at the beginning, and his decision to hide in the house with all the lights off constantly checking the windows awaiting his fate, to me, was him accepting what was about to happen to him. He had no plays left at that point, and just happened to luck into either Gus making a mistake in judgment or Brock making a very unfortunate mistake, that got him back to the level where he felt that the inevitability of his situation decreased, if in fact inevitability can decrease.
Mike As for Gus's spidey sense, I tend to concur with one of the commenters in Alan's review of the episode that argued Gus's history with Pinochet and Chile prepared him for the thought of car bombs being something you need an instinct for, and that combined with Jesse's slight tells (most importantly that he hasn't murdered Walt already if he knew about the poison) was enough to make me believe that Gus might not want to take his chances in this situation.
October 4, 2011 at 7:08PM ESTTed
October 5, 2011 at 10:48PM EST Reply to CommentAlan - Without going into detail, does the Breaking Bad finale answer the poisoning conundrum? A yes or no is sufficient.