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Firewall & Iceberg Podcast, episode 98: 'Breaking Bad,' 'The Walking Dead,' 'Last Man Standing' & more

Dan and Alan also review HBO's 'Enlightened' and 'Bored to Death' and talk about cancellations and 'The Simpsons' renewal

By Alan Sepinwall Monday, Oct 10, 2011 4:04 PM

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An extra-long Firewall & Iceberg Podcast this week features our final "Breaking Bad" discussion for a while, looks ahead to how "The Walking Dead" will succeed it in season 2, reviews some underwhelming new HBO and ABC comedies, discusses the current state of "The Simpsons," and more. The line-up: 

"Bored to Death" -- 01:00 - 8:30
"Enlightened" -- 8:30 - 20:15
"Last Man Standing" -- 20:20 - 27:00
"The Walking Dead" -- 27:00 - 36:40
Cancellations -- 37:00 - 45:30
"The Simpsons" renewal -- 45:00 - 01:00:30
"Breaking Bad" finale - 01:00:30 - 01:24:44
 
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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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    OldDarth

    Gus's tie straighten in the finale was a perfect character moment akin to Spock's tunic straighten at the end of The Wrath Of Khan.

    As for a series finale prediction, Walt has to be brought down. Whether he will be in his own mind, I tend to doubt it.

    Walt and Jesse may bring about their mutual destruction and my money is on Saul stepping in to pick up the pieces and ride away a rich man. Because, hey, lawyers always win in the end. ;)

    And Saul could also end being Jesse's new father figure and/or partner if Jesse survives.

    October 10, 2011 at 6:28PM EST Reply to Comment
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    srpad

    You're not alone Alan, "That 90's Show" is one of my recent season Simpson episode favs too.

    October 10, 2011 at 10:04PM EST Reply to Comment
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      Kevin I'm one of those who hated that episode because I couldn't get past the drastic rewriting of history aspect. I have liked many other episodes of recent years, though, so it's not a blanket dismissal of every 'later years' season.

      October 11, 2011 at 8:59AM EST
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    Mike

    When it comes to Breaking Bad's all-time status, on the one hand, you do want to let things percolate for a while before discussing Breaking Bad's position in the pantheon of great television drama, and the excitement over it being so fresh certainly might elevate it higher than it will be when we look back years down the road, but I'm truly finding it difficult to think of a television season as spectacular as this one outside of season 4 and season 3 of the Wire.

    October 10, 2011 at 11:21PM EST Reply to Comment
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    Joshua

    Can you actually post your list of recent Simpsons favorites?

    October 10, 2011 at 11:54PM EST Reply to Comment
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    Hatfield

    To answer your Twitter question Alan, yes, I think he did give away too much on WTF. Anyone who wondered the significance of the gun pointing at the plant and/or whether it was Walt who really poisoned Brock would hear that and speculate about what object in a familiar setting we would be shown to close the season. I assumed it would be the unused ricin cigarette in Walt's condo or something, but it amounted to the same.

    October 11, 2011 at 10:34AM EST Reply to Comment

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