From one of my Twitter friends, worth repeating here, too:

RT @codinghorror If the Coen Brothers made a TV show, it would be Breaking Bad. #yesitreallyisthatgood

Amazon has one of those pre-orders up for Justified - you know - the kind where they don't have an actual release date.

One of the good things about Amazon pre-orders is if their price goes down, you get it at the cheaper price, but you're locked in if it goes up for some reason.

I have just preordered. Can't remember the last time I did that for a series.

Something else I liked in the finale - when Johnny was beating Boyd. It wasn't all sexy choreographed to music with changing angles and such. There was no score, no moving, and the camera stayed still (IIRC). No flurry of fancy kicks and punches. It was clear that the punching hurt Johnny, too (physically). The only thing to focus on was one person, hurting another, on a third's orders. All three criminals, all three family.

I have had to ff through that beating scene between Boyd and Johnny each time I've rewatched it...up to 4 now, I think. As you say, it was so real, it wasn't entertaining. Appropriate to the story? Oh yeah.

From CK's Twitterfeed:

ChristianKane01 In four days... We provide.. MF'n #leverage

Loving the Leverage build up. Yay!

All three criminals, all three family.

And the audience knows that Johnny is following Bo's orders even though Johnny asked Boyd to step up and take the reigns a few days previously. So we know where Johnny's feelings are and they aren't with Bo.

This show kills me. I hope it didn't kill Johnny.

You know that when the 911 dispatchers see Rayland's number pop up they're like "Oh lord, here we go again."

There was a time that Raylan called in a shooting (and I'm away from the dvr so I cant check the quote) and asked for them to send an ambulance and the usual. I was thinking, "Raylan, that is only usual for you."

And the audience knows that Johnny is following Bo's orders even though Johnny asked Boyd to step up and take the reigns a few days previously. So we know where Johnny's feelings are and they aren't with Bo.

And the audience later has it confirmed that Bo knows Johnny was undermining him, so you know he intentionally chose Johnny to beat Boyd. Oh, I love the layers.

asked for them to send an ambulance and the usual.

Ha! I think I remember that now. I wonder if it's like walking into your regular coffee shop, where they start prepping your order as soon as they see you coming.

I was thinking, "Raylan, that is only usual for you."

I can totally hear this in his boss' voice.

Does anybody know if Breaking Bad S2 got an episode-by-episode recap and/or discussion anywhere? TWOP is giving me no love, and I'd prefer to go over it episode by episode as I progress through the season....