Last year, he submitted Don's breakdown at the pitch meeting where he talked about his upbringing, and he lost to Jeff Daniels.
Season four's "The Suitcase" seemed like his best shot at an Emmy, and he lost to Kyle Chandler.
Jon Hamm does not have the kind of barnstorming Emmy tape he's had in past years. Don's new, settled approach helps Peggy along as he defers to her and watches her struggle through the same creative process that has gripped him for so many years. This show is ridiculously tiresome, but hey, he won last year! I'd still be shocked if he repeated, though.Įpisode Description: Don and Peggy brainstorm on a Burger Chef campaign after Pete presses to put Don in charge of the pitch and Peggy's confidence wavers. Will has a fairly compelling arc through the episode-he thinks he'll get fired, then it turns out he won't, and then he proposes to Mac, and he's super-triumphant. This season, he's mean and tense for much of the episode, but then goes on an on-air rant about the Republican party's flaws, which is exactly the kind of catnip voters want. Will ranted about the Tea Party last time.
It's just like James Spader's multiple wins for Boston Legal-he'd always cannily submit some episode where he had some epic monologue, usually a rant on left-leaning issues, that played right to Emmy voters. But I'd wage dollars to donuts the preachiness is what got Daniels the trophy last year. Note: The Newsroom wasn't exactly good, but it was a little less prickly and only occasionally preachy. Jeff Daniels won an Emmy last year, to the shock of everyone including Jeff Daniels, for this highly mediocre soapbox of a show, which did show some signs of life in its second season.
Also he realizes he's in love with Mac (Emily Mortimer) and proposes to her, and she accepts. "Ozymandias" is a stunning episode, but Cranston's competition is the fiercest it's ever been this year.Įpisode Description: Will anchors his network's election night coverage as he waits for a decision on his resignation, which he submitted to the higher-ups, over the Genoa scandal. He lost to Damian Lewis, then Jeff Daniels, perhaps reflecting a feeling from the Academy that he's had his time in the sun. Still, Cranston has three Emmys and he hasn't won since Breaking Bad 's third season. Let's not forget him kidnapping that baby. It's the culmination not just of Walt's web of lies over this season, but over the whole series, and it's incredible to watch.
He runs the full gamut of emotions here-lunatic shock after Hank's death (his twisted, silent scream is hard to forget), shellshock as he is rejected by his family, poisonous villainy as he curses out Skyler on the phone to the cops (really a sympathetic ruse to protect her). In a normal year, this would be an unbeatable submission, no matter how many Emmys Bryan Cranston had on his trophy shelf (it's three, if you need reminding). Outstanding Lead Actor in a DramaĮpisode Description: Walt's world finally unravels for good as the Nazis steal his money, Hank meets his fate, and his family rejects his "efforts" to whisk them away into a new life, probably because he's been revealed as a total monster. We replicated the process, watching each category's submitted episodes, in no particular order, to see what tickled our fancy. Emmy voters will be sitting down and watching screeners to help decide their votes. Getting nominated for an Emmy is a crapshoot, but winning is even more random and strange, since you only get to submit one episode to showcase all your skills.
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