'Breaking Bad' Sneak Peek at 'Granite State': Skyler's in Danger (VIDEO)

zondag 22 september 2013

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There are two very important things to know about this Sunday's Breaking Bad episode, titled "Granite State." Thing the first: this episode along with the series finale will be 75 minutes long, so make sure to program your DVR accordingly! Just imagine the sheer horror of watching it all the way to the end only to have the final moments cut off.

Thing the second: this is the penultimate episode. I know, right: WHAT DOES PENULTIMATE MEAN? It means second to last, so we are very very close to the entire Breaking Bad story coming to the bitter finish line.

What can we expect in "Granite State," the fifteenth episode of the fifth season and the sixty-first episode of the series altogether? Let's review the information that's out there -- but please, stop reading now if you're not caught up with the latest Breaking Bad. 

After last week's jaw-dropping "Ozymandias," Hank is dead, Walt Jr. finally knows the truth about his father, and Walt's on the run. The teaser for Sunday's show implies that somebody's after Walt's family, but is it the DEA or Jack? Check it out:

The only voice we hear is Saul's:

You're worried about your wife and kids. If they don't have you, they're going after her. There are two DEA agents missing, presumed dead. How much time have you got left?

Who is Saul talking about, law enforcement or Jack and the Nazis? Is it possible the DEA already has Jesse's recorded confession, meaning that the both the agency AND Jack's gang will be chasing Walt -- and in his absence, turning to his family? What can we infer from that quick glimpse of Jesse, other than the confirmation that he's still alive (so far)?

Honestly, I'm done speculating about what's going to happen, because we are going to find out soon enough. I just want to enjoy (is that even the right word for this show?) these last episodes.

That said, I can't help myself … here are four tantalizing factoids about this episode:

• The official show synopsis is this: "Events set in motion long ago move toward a conclusion."

• The "Granite State" is New Hampshire, where Walt's fake ID from last season's "Live Free or Die" episode says he is from.

• PBS talk show host Charlie Rose revealed that he makes a cameo appearance as himself in this episode.

• Last week, Vince Gilligan said, "Our next episode is titled 'Granite State', and in it … look for Walt to get a new pair of glasses".

CAN'T WAIT. CAN'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ONLY TWO LEFT.

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'Breaking Bad' Sneak Peek: MAJOR Spoilers for "Ozymandias" Episode (VIDEO)

zondag 15 september 2013

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by Linda Sharps 8 hours ago

Only three episodes remain in Breaking Bad, and the upcoming "Ozymandias" is reportedly show creator Vince Gilligan's favorite episode of the entire series. AMC released exactly NO new footage in the promo for this Sunday's show, choosing instead to include more footage from the cliffhanger stand-off in last week's episode, narrated by a voicemail message left for Walt by Skyler.

Gilligan's high praise for "Ozymandias" combined with AMC's atypical choice of being so secretive about the "next on" scenes has me SERIOUSLY looking forward to Sunday evening. Also, I've got some juicy hints about some familiar faces we may be seeing in this episode -- and they're not at all who you might expect.

(Warning: stop reading now if you don't want to get into spoiler territory for "Ozymandias"!)

I'll start with the promo clip, as vague as it is:

Will Walt make it home to Skyler? That remains to be seen, but check out this image released by AMC:

I guess anything could be happening here, but based on Skyler's stressed face and the way she's clutching Holly with that bag thrown over her arm, it sort of looks like she's packing up to leave in a hell of a hurry.

The synopsis for "Ozymandias" doesn't give anything away:

Everyone copes with radically changed circumstances.

However, there is of course MUCH to read into the poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley (that was recited by Bryan Cranston as a promo for season 5) about the inevitable decline of all leaders and their empires. Remember this chilling conversation from last season?

Jesse: "Are we in the meth business or the money business?”
Walt: “Neither. I’m in the empire business.”

Of this week's episode, Vince Gilligan has said:

You are gonna gaze upon Walt's works, and despair.

That certainly seems to imply there's going to be some horrible fallout from last week's desert standoff and the events leading up to it. Intriguingly, the sharp-eyed folks at Upprox noticed that the IMDB listing for "Ozymandias" includes some strangely familiar names:

Whaaaaaat? Krazy-8, who Walt strangled to death with a bike lock? Mike, shot by Walt, and Gale, shot by Jesse? Tuco, shot by Hank, and Jane, who Walt watched choke to death? Assuming the IMDB info is correct, I wonder how these no-longer-living characters will return -- maybe in a flashback of some kind, or some dying hallucination?

At any rate, I cannot WAIT for this episode. What do you think is going to happen?

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'Breaking Bad' Sneak Peek: Has Jesse Finally Teamed Up With Hank? (VIDEO)

maandag 2 september 2013

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by Linda Sharps Yesterday at 8:01 AM

All of Breaking Bad's 'next on' synopses are maddeningly brief, but the description for this Sunday's episode 12, titled "Rabid Dog," is so vague I kind of suspect the network is just trolling us. Here it is: “An unusual strategy starts to bear fruit, while plans are set in motion that could change everything.” Jesus, AMC, why not just post a Magic Eight Ball result instead? REPLY HAZY, TRY AGAIN.

Speculating about what's going to happen in this episode isn't going to be easy, but *cracks knuckles* I'm up for the challenge. We've got a 30-second teaser video to analyze, too, so let's get to it. SPOILER WARNING: stop reading now if you're not caught up with the latest Breaking Bad.

Here's the promo video:

Okay, we've got exactly five lines of dialogue to ponder, so let's break them down one by one.

"You. Need. To deal with this." -- Skyler. This glimpse may be deliberately misleading, but we hear Skyler's voice as we see Walt walking through a corridor … in his house? His non-burned-to-the-ground house? What happened with Jesse and the gasoline? Maybe Walt, who appears to be moving with a great deal of caution, is arriving home to a gasoline reek while Jesse waits with a match?

"Do not float that idea again." -- Walt. Honestly, I have no idea who he's talking to here, particularly since the promos so frequently cut dialogue to seem like something they're not. Maybe it's him responding to someone's suggestion that he kill Jesse?

"Please, can you just tell the truth?" -- Walt Jr. Theory: Walt Jr's asking why his house/breakfast location is drenched with gasoline. It's about goddamned time Walt Jr. started figuring out that something's more than a little wrong at home, don't you think?

"There's nothing to be done, okay? He won." -- Marie. Marie's trying to convince Hank to drop his pursuit of Walt after watching that damning CD confession.

"Mr. White. He's the devil." -- Jesse. Where is Jesse walking to or from in that scene? Is it Hank's office? Is that who he was talking to, maybe?

As for what that "unusual strategy" is … truly, I have no idea at this point. Maybe that's referring to Walt's decision to give Hank the CD? Or maybe it has to do with Jesse talking to Hank?

One of the many things I love about Breaking Bad is how difficult it is to anticipate what's going to happen next. I mean, who could have possibly predicted Walt's video confession? That came out of nowhere, and was so incredibly brilliant. I can only guess we've got more holy-shit-no-WAY! curveballs coming, probably starting with tonight's show.

What do you think is going to happen in the next Breaking Bad episode?

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'Breaking Bad' Sneak Peek: Will Jesse's 'Big Life Change' Save Him? (VIDEO)

zondag 25 augustus 2013

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by Linda Sharps 8 hours ago

Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan recently warned fans that these last episodes would be rolling along like a freight train: "You need to really settle down on the couch and pay close attention because it's going to come at you fast and furious in the final eight episodes." It's hard to believe we've only got six more episodes in the SERIES, and he definitely wasn't kidding around -- the two shows that have aired so far in the final half of season five have moved at breakneck speed.

After last week's episode, it seemed like all the main pieces -- Walt, Hank, Marie, Skyler, Lydia -- had officially been set into motion. This Sunday's episode is titled "Confessions," and if you haven't seen the promo yet, let's take a look at AMC's preview video and make some guesses about what's going down next in Breaking Bad-ville.

(Stop now if you're not caught up!)

I don't know about you, but I keep missing the "Next on Breaking Bad" teasers because they've been airing during Low Winter Sun. Way to make me INSTANTLY dislike a show I know virtually nothing about by trying to force me to watch it, AMC. The good news is they eventually surface on the web, so here's the teaser clip for "Confessions":

As usual, they give us exactly enough to get the speculation going, without actually revealing a damn thing. The brutally short synopsis for this week's episode:

Jesse decides to make a big change in his life, while Walt and Skyler (Anna Gunn) try to deal with an unexpected demand.

So Walt and Skyler are united in dealing with this demand, then? That's interesting. Check out this photo released during last Sunday's Talking Bad:

Who could Walt and Skyler be sitting in a restaurant waiting for, I wonder? Is it Hank and Marie, maybe? What would they be demanding? (The kids?)

What's Jesse's "life change" referring to? The episode title makes me think he's considering turning himself in to Hank. Maybe that's the unexpected demand? Maybe Jesse wants to strong-arm the Whites into something, and he had Saul set up the restaurant meeting (hence Saul yelling about how he never would have agreed to it if he'd known what he was going to do)? Or maybe Walt's confessing something to Jesse (how he let Jane die, or how he poisoned Brock, or how he killed Mike, or …), as hinted at with Jesse's line, "You telling me the truth, I mean isn’t that what this is all about?"

Of course, everything they tease is incredibly strategic and more than a little misleading. Remember this line from the synopsis of last week's episode?

Skyler’s past catches up with her.

As it turned out, it was her history with Walt that caught up with her with Hank, not her previous trouble with the IRS or Ted like plenty of folks thought.

Well, we'll find out soon enough, right? As we gear up to watch the next episode, here's a final intriguing word from Vince Gilligan about the way the Breaking Bad story ends:

I feel like this ending represents on some level, however small, something of a victory for Walter White. Read into that what you will.

Oooh, this gives me THEORIES. I think Walt's going to end up dead or jailed, but known throughout the land as the infamous Heisenberg and not just a nobody chemistry teacher, which will have fulfilled his increasing need for power and notoriety. Remember the final lines of Ozymandias?

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

What do you think is going to happen in tonight's Breaking Bad?

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'Teen Mom 3' Sneak Peek: Daddies Bring the Drama (VIDEO)

vrijdag 23 augustus 2013

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by Jeanne Sager 4 hours ago

Ever since MTV announced it had greenlighted a third spin-off from its popular 16 & Pregnant reality series, anticipation has been high for Teen Mom 3. It's been almost a full year since the network let slip which girls had made the cast, and now here we are: the show's premiere is just a few days away.

So what are we going to see when Briana DeJesus, Katie Yeager, Alex Sekella, and Mackenzie Douthit come together on-screen for the first time? The Stir got a sneak peek at the premiere episode.

Like Teen Mom and Teen Mom 2, the episode shifts between the four girls, tracking their relationships, jobs, and how they deal with their babies. There's drama -- plenty of it -- but there's one thing striking about all four girls.

None of them is like any of the other teenagers we've seen on the show so far. There's certainly no Jenelle Evans-type, no girl dropping her child on her mom and running out to party. Nor is there an Amber Portwood-type, no girl who seems hell-bent on blaming her problems on anyone but her.

More From The Stir: Alex Sekella Has No Plans to Act 'Stupid' -- Sorry, Jenelle Fans!

But there is one thing that's definitely the same: the teenage boys on Teen Mom 3 are every bit as troublesome as the teenage boys we've seen on previous episodes, perhaps more so. From Alex's boyfriend Matt McCann, who's fresh out of rehab but still seems perpetually stoned, to Katie's boyfriend Joey Maes, who gets into an accident with her car but can't be bothered to get the other driver's insurance info (even though it's his own aunt!), the daddies of Teen Mom 3 are all extremely immature ... and they're not afraid to show it on camera.

No matter how good these girls try to be, these boys are sure to make this a dramatic season of Teen Mom.

Teen Mom 3 premieres on Monday, August 26, at 10 p.m. Check out the trailer:

Who do you watch the shows for? The girls or the boys?

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‘Girls’ Season 3 Sneak Peak Reveals Skin and Lots of It ... Again! (VIDEO)

maandag 19 augustus 2013

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by Ericka Sóuter 2 hours ago

Another season of HBO's Girls is coming up and you know what that means: whiny angst, boy troubles, and, of course, plenty of nudity. After so much criticism in the first two seasons, some may have wondered if creator/writer Lena Dunham might scale back on the skin. Not a chance. Take a look at the scantily clad cast in the new teaser trailer!

Dunham isn't shy about showing off her curvy figure in a very teeny blue bikini in these fun photos taken from the season 3 set. She's not alone. We also get a sexy glimpse of costars Allison Williams and Jemima Kirke. There are a few more plot surprises too.

It looks like her on-off beau Adam Driver is back and a tender moment suggest that things are definitely back on. There is no doubt this round of episodes will be filled with just as much drama as the first two - floating around from job to job, dealing with loser love interests, and clinging to college friendships that may not work anymore. It's a lot like real life -- which is all apart of the show's charm. For those in their 20s, it can be a cautionary tale. For those of us well out of that age group, it makes us grateful those days are long gone.

Will you watch the next season of Girls?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ericka Sóuter

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'Breaking Bad' Sneak Peek: Is Walt Going to Get Rid of Jesse? (VIDEO)

zondag 18 augustus 2013

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by Linda Sharps 6 hours ago

How great was last week's Breaking Bad, you guys? I'm so thrilled the show got right into the biggest confrontation we'd been waiting for, instead of teasing it throughout the last of these final episodes. Now that we're coming up on the second episode of the second half of season 5 -- gah, that's a tongue-twister -- our obvious next course of action is to frantically theorize about what we're going to see tonight.

The preview for the next episode, titled "Buried," included juuuuust enough information to make some guesses about what's next for Walt and the gang. Spoiler warning: read no further if you're not caught up with the season to date!

Let's start by taking a look at the promo for "Buried," which is briefly described as "While Skyler’s past catches up with her, Walt covers his tracks. Jesse continues to struggle with his guilt." Here's the clip:

It sounds like we can assume that Hank is going to be totally consumed with pursuing Walt, based on his line, "I can be the man who caught him. The lives he's destroyed… he's a monster." But who is he talking to? Is it deputy Gomez? Maybe even … Marie? If he tells Marie, that would open up a whole fascinating realm of possibilities based on Marie's reaction. You'd think she would immediately go to Skyler, but they've always had kind of a touchy relationship, so maybe not?

Walt's looking for Jesse ("Just find Jesse," which he's presumably saying to Saul), but I wonder if he's talking to Jesse when he says "You better not be saying what I think you're saying." Jesse's in a hell of a downward spiral, using drugs again to try and mask the depression and guilt he's feeling. If Jesse finds out about what Hank knows, he might be tempted to turn himself in -- hence, Walt's threat.

What is Skyler "so sorry" about? Since the synopsis refers to her past catching up with her, that makes me think the whole IRS/Ted business is coming back to haunt her. Plus, there's this image released by AMC a while back:

I'm thinking the thing they're burying here is their money, pulled from storage?

Of course, there's only one way to know what's really going to happen in tonight's show, which is why I plan to be firmly planted in front of the TV as soon as I get my kids to bed. Happy viewing, fellow Breaking Bad fans.

Are you looking forward to tonight's episode? What do you think is going to happen?

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Sneak Peek of Lindsay Lohan’s Oprah Interview: The Question That Could Make or Break LiLo’s Career (VIDEO)

maandag 5 augustus 2013

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by Jacqueline Burt 42 minutes ago

All eyes are on Lindsay Lohan this week -- even more so than usual. Fresh out of rehab, the "troubled starlet" is back in the spotlight big time, guest hosting Chelsea Lately tonight (preview clips are awesome!) and having an interview with Oprah Winfrey set to air on OWN on August 18 (in advance of an eight-episode reality series on the same network slated for 2014). Is a real comeback in the cards? It may all depend on how LiLo answers Oprah's hard-hitting questions (previewed in a super intense teaser clip below). Because people are totally ready to give Lohan another chance -- again -- but this time, LiLo is going to have to work to prove that she's on the right track for real ... to her fans, of course, and especially to Oprah. 

In the clip, we hear Oprah ask: "Are you an addict?" and "What does it feel like to be both an adjective and a verb for child-star-gone-wrong?" Whoa -- no pressure!

See, Lohan has little to no margin for error at this point -- the way she handles those questions is key, from a PR perspective at least. And I, for one, am hopeful: If the rumors going around are true, it does sound like LiLo is taking real steps to tackle her issues with alcohol (making sure all booze is removed from hotels, green rooms, etc., before she gets there), even if she does have a lingering problem with Adderall (which we don't know for sure). 

This clip is pretty short -- like, don't blink or you'll miss it short -- but LiLo's facial expressions and Oprah's direct manner speak volumes: 

From that semi-nervous face, looks like Lindsay knows this could be her last chance ...

How do you think Lindsay Lohan will handle Oprah's questions?

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'Honey Boo Boo' Season 2 Sneak Peek Will Turn Off Fans With a Weak Stomach (VIDEO)

zaterdag 13 juli 2013

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by Ericka Sóuter 23 hours ago

The season 2 premiere of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo is just days away, which is welcome news for all those fans going through redneck withdrawal. No doubt they will be happy to hear that TLC has released a sneak peek of the July 17 episode featuring Alana and her entire family. But be forewarned -- what you are about to see is silly, brash, and a little bit gross. In other words, it's classic Honey Boo Boo!

In the clip, we catch up with the family on the day they are going to meet their favorite professional rasslers (aka wrestlers). Alana is ever so proud to share the "secret wrestling move" she calls the "Cup-a-Fart" with the pros. "You could fart in your hand and throw it at your enemy's face," she boasts. Not only are we treated to this vivid description, the family members try it out on each other.

High on the EEEEWWWW factor, right? I have long defended the integrity of the Honey Boo Boo clan. I love that they are who they are and completely unapologetic for their lifestyle. They don't try to meet anyone's standards for behavior but their own. But this particular family activity crosses some kind of line -- even for a diehard fan like me. Yuck! It's especially disturbing when you realize that the premiere is a special Watch 'n' Sniff episode. With cards you find in issues of People and Us Weekly, you can smell what is happening in certain scenes. I think I'll skip that particular scent.

What do you think about the Cup-a-Fart?

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