Charming Faces of Meth

Did you know that if you’re an expert in something, and a TV show is made about that something, and you offer your services politely, you might be hired? Also, it sounds like fun:

The chemistry of meth cooking is no secret; there are recipes all over the Internet. One of Nelson’s tasks is to help choose particular cooking methods and calculate how much of each ingredient is required. In one episode, Cranston and his young sidekick, played by Aaron Paul, can’t find any pseudoephedrine — a common meth precursor chemical often extracted from cold medicines. The two steal some 30-gallon drums of methylamine to use instead. “I looked up the exact process in which you’d use methylamine and did all the calculations on how much it would yield,” says Nelson. Turns out there are several different processes one can use. “They chose the one that was easiest for the actors to say.”

Crossing fingers for an upcoming network dramatization of the evolution of empathy in the poems of Philip Larkin, or the infusion of medieval mystery plays into the drama of John Webster and Thomas Middleton. What about you, you little consulting geniuses?