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February 28, 2018
Rachel Syme
In Good Girls, Ordinary Women Turn to Crime
Christina Hendricks plays a mother of four with money worries as she faces a moral dilemma.
April 7, 2017
Juliet Kleber
Better Call Saul: When a Spinoff Surpasses Its Origin Story
The third season of the Bob Odenkirk-helmed show reveals a depth and pathos missing from ‘Breaking Bad.’
February 6, 2015
Esther Breger
'Better Call Saul' Has Its Own Dark, Addictive Chemistry
April 10, 2014
Sarah Marshall
'Twin Peaks' and the Origin of the Dead Woman TV Trope
March 27, 2014
David Greenberg
The Star of 'Breaking Bad' Plays LBJ, and Tries to Move Beyond the Cliches
March 26, 2014
Esther Breger
'The Good Wife" Can Compete with Cable Drama, But it Shouldn't
February 7, 2014
Laura Bennett
How To Tell The New Spanish "Breaking Bad" From The Original
A Bicultural Viewer's Guide
February 7, 2014
Laura Bennett
Meet Walter Blanco
Behind the scenes of 'Breaking Bad' en español
December 17, 2013
Laura Bennett
The Best TV of 2013: Weinergate, Sex-ed, and a Fake Wes Anderson Trailer
October 14, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
Is 'Homeland' Turning Into 'Breaking Bad?'
October 7, 2013
Michael Schaffer
Of Course the Best Local-TV Tweet Ever Comes from Philadelphia
September 30, 2013
Laura Bennett
Last Night's Breaking Bad Finale Was Perfect
September 30, 2013
Laura Bennett
'Masters of Sex' Is The Best New Drama on TV
September 24, 2013
Laura Bennett
The Twitter Feeds of Breaking Bad’s Actors are Better Than Breaking Bad
September 1, 2013
David Thomson
An End for Walter White?
How long-form television has changed storytelling
August 18, 2013
Laura Bennett
Against Antiheroes
It's time to retire television's most overused buzzword
August 9, 2013
Laura Bennett
The True Anti-Hero of 'Breaking Bad' Isn't Walter White
Sexual politics and the bad wife
August 6, 2013
Amanda Silverman
AMC Is Overselling Its New Show
July 21, 2013
Noam Scheiber
The Last Days of Big Law
The money is drying up—and America's most storied firms are terrified
July 21, 2013
Laura Bennett
"Saul Goodman Should be Mayor of Las Vegas"
Bob Odenkirk on his dream "Breaking Bad" spinoff

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