Breaking Bad

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Originally Posted by Big Snowballs

I'm playing catch-up thanks to the recent marathon's with Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead and yes these are some of the best shows I've watched in a long time !

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Heh, about half way through last season, I had never watched it. I got tired of hearing how it was such a great show, so I decided to watch it all from the beginning to get caught up. I watched the entire series in a week and a half, streaming on the internet. I think that's the best way, full immersion with no commercials, it became really difficult to break off to sleep then go to work. When I caught up with the new episodes, it was a drag having to wait a week to get my fix.

I gotta say - I've got all 4 seasons on DVD but I really like watching the episodes live. BB is the only thing on TV that I make a point to watch.

As far as I know, Mike is the only established dangerous charactor left. It will be interesting to see how he reacts to the recent events. He's kinda out of a job now, although I don't see how going after Walt or Jesse would make any sense. IMO - if Mike would have been around instead of convalescing in Mexico, Gus would still be alive.

Watched the last two from last season to make sure I still knew what was going on. I still feel like the bomb being on the crossbar should've been plainly visible.

Oh well, ready for tonight.

Saul will be dead before this all ends.

I don't wanna see him go, but that's my prediction.

I can't wait to see Hank's reaction to the latest shenanigans.

Heisenberg!

Man I missed this show - still delivering strong. Walt has just gotten fucking scary - thought maybe he was going to strangle Saul. Might as well just give another emmy to Bryan Cranston already.

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Originally Posted by Mau

Yeah Bitch! Magnets! OH!


So what is Gus's Bank Swisse account in the Cayman Islands going to lead the cops to other than a pile of money?

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I think Gus will have a pretty involved backstory - CIA informant or something

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Originally Posted by NoPostholio

I think Gus will have a pretty involved backstory - CIA informant or something

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Maybe he was selling guns to the Mexican cartels on the side for the US government.

But seriously, that bank account is going to lead to a money trail... it's not that easy to make six figure payments convert and disappear. Somehow, I suspect, it will lead to Saul.

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Originally Posted by Mau

So what is Gus's Bank Swisse account in the Cayman Islands going to lead the cops to other than a pile of money?

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A pile of money. Doesn't money have serial numbers? I mean hundreds of thousands of dollars in hundreds with sequential numbers all coming through a car wash might eventually arouse suspicion, especially if they were found to have been sold to a bank that held accounts of a drug kingpin, but I'm just spitballing here.

Great episode and good to see Mike back!

Feels like we are seeing the pride before the fall here..
Mike: "how can we be sure it worked?"
Walt: "because I say it worked."

and then confirms that Saul is his bitch and he forgives Skyler....

He's got it coming.


it was freaky seeing....Tom? Skylar's old boss return. They set up that shot really well with the reaction on Skylar's face. Makes me wonder though if he REALLY will never say anything. he was destitute before and instead of fixing his problems with the IRS he bought a Mercedes.

Hand Grenade tshirt on Pinkman.

Aaron Paul aka Jesse Pinkman on the Price is Right.

This is outstanding! http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollyw...price-is-right

OK - more predictions:

Skyler attempts suicide but is sadly unsucessful.

Jesse gets away clean as a whistle.

Walt ends up dead. Weather it's cancer or Mike is unclear. One thing's for sure - an M60 isn't gonna do shit against Mike.

Hank never does find out that his brother-in-law was Hiesenburg.

So Gus was the head of some white collar syndicate? I'm kinda lost - was the list of 11 all factory/lab peeps?

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Originally Posted by Jer

Walt ends up dead. Weather it's cancer or Mike is unclear. One thing's for sure - an M60 isn't gonna do shit against Mike.

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My prediction, Pinkman will off Walt.

I think Walt will walk. With a trail of destruction behind him. Possibly even his family.

I really hope walt jr. overdoses on his meth.

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Originally Posted by Jer

Hank never does find out that his brother-in-law was Hiesenburg.

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That would be a massive letdown. The close-up of Hank when his DEA boss is talking about Gus being right under his nose was great.

I wouldn't mind seeing Mike make a new nest egg and then shoot Walt right in the face.

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Originally Posted by doughboyshredder

I really hope walt jr. overdoses on his meth.

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Perhaps Walt Jr. will discover the little vial of risen and snort it thinking it's coke. One can only hope.

Mike's bad-ass level was officially turned up to 11 after this last episode.

^^^^^ Remember last season when he used the left-over balloons from his granddaughter's party to short out the electricity before he iced all those cartell guys?

Walt just keeps looking more and more like a complete asshole. It used to be he did what he did for his family, but now Skyler's catatonically depressed and he just tells her she'll get used to it?

Sure Jesse shot Gale in the face, but he kinda had no other options and he's obviously severely haunted by it.

Mike? Well, killing chumps is part of his job and I don't remember him killing anybody who didn't have it coming. Plus it's obvious he lives for his granddaughter. Dan's right - Mike wants to just get back to where he was, then it's going to be time to take out the trash.

Kids pushing a nice whip.

man, the last episode was depressing. and stupid. could walt off skyler? walt still has that ricin cigarette. skyler is smoking like a chimney...

i think BB is going the same way as scarface. rise to the top with a crash back to earth losing it all. VG has already done a lot of homage to scarface in past episodes. seems likely.

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Originally Posted by Ripzalot

could walt off skyler? walt still has that ricin cigarette. skyler is smoking like a chimney...

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Interesting thought, but then he'd need someone else to cook his books at the car wash.

I don't see him killing Skyler unless she threatened to go to the cops or otherwise became a serious liability. He needs her to launder the drug money, but more importantly Walt feels he has done all this for his family. He wants to be loved and admired for that effort not hated for it.

Definitely more character development than plot development this week with the exception of the DEA closing in on Madrigal. Sticking with Madrigal for the methylamine connection is probably not a wise move. I'm surprised Mike folded to Walt on killing Lydia, but he needs the cash to keep flowing for hush money. I'm looking forward to seeing how Hank's new job effects the progress of the investigation.

I'm still wondering what that comment about Victor at the end of the previous episode was all about.

How much you wanna bet that in the next year we hear about a meth lab getting busted in a tented house?

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Originally Posted by TahoeJ

Interesting thought, but then he'd need someone else to cook his books at the car wash.

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he could just let it go and let saul launder the money for the higher fee until he figures out something else.

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Originally Posted by Dantheman

I don't see him killing Skyler unless she threatened to go to the cops or otherwise became a serious liability. He needs her to launder the drug money, but more importantly Walt feels he has done all this for his family. He wants to be loved and admired for that effort not hated for it.

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she was pretty close to turning on him in the last episode. she could hide some money herself, cut a deal with the feds, and turn state's witness. she's better off waiting it out for the cancer return, like she said. but if she continues to be irrational, walt may rationalize her away in a sense of self preservation.

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Originally Posted by Dantheman

How much you wanna bet that in the next year we hear about a meth lab getting busted in a tented house?

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naw, i think everyone will be looking at extermination tents pretty closely now. maybe they got the idea from a real life example?

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Originally Posted by Ripzalot

he could just let it go and let saul launder the money for the higher fee until he figures out something else.

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True, but he already thinks he's not making enough money. Giving Saul an even bigger can't be too appetizing right now.

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Originally Posted by Ripzalot

naw, i think everyone will be looking at extermination tents pretty closely now. maybe they got the idea from a real life example?

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Google turned up nothing but it's certainly possible someone has done this before. I still wouldn't put it past someone to try after seeing the show (or some kind of variant), especially in areas with lots of vacant houses.

Saul gets a moment of guilty conscience, tells Jesse about the poison and Walt´s part of it all, Jesse kills Walt, and right after, Mike kills Skyler (loose end) and Jr.(no reason) YES!!!! Saul, Jesse and Mike remain standing, as Walt´s megalomania and narcissism is the one thing endangering the whole operation, Jesse can cook by himself, Saul can find some other way than Skyler to launder money, Mike does all the business anyway. Everyone will make more money, everyone is happy.

We can dream, but I don't see it happening. Saul has a strong self-preservation streak and odds are high that Jesse would kill him too. After all, he was the one who actually poisoned the kid.

I could see that new Charger being Jr's demise....

I definitely feel like Jesse is going to come out on top. As Walt has become a worse person, Jesse has moved in the opposite direction... leaving aside the moral question of cooking meth of course.

skyler might off herself the way its looking.
Jr will die in a fiery crash
walt will die of cancer or by jesse's hand
mike will be offed by walt
jesse comes out with some jail time
hank will put the pieces together after most of the above has taken place, but will be on the trail enough to add drama
saul continues with business as usual and is happy to see the white trash calamity in his rearview mirror

.............or not

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Originally Posted by TahoeJ

I definitely feel like Jesse is going to come out on top. As Walt has become a worse person, Jesse has moved in the opposite direction... leaving aside the moral question of cooking meth of course.

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I was thinking the same thing - how Walt and Jessie's moral compasses have done a 180 from him climbing out the window in the first episode.

I knew that new guy (the water guy) was either going to end up getting shot at the end or doing something completely cold-blooded.

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Originally Posted by Jer

I knew that new guy (the water guy) was either going to end up getting shot at the end or doing something completely cold-blooded.

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I definitely thought he was going to be offed when Walt asked if "he was sure" no one can find out about it, but he ends up shooting that kid, did not see that coming.

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Originally Posted by BigLeagueBrian

I definitely thought he was going to be offed when Walt asked if "he was sure" no one can find out about it..

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That's when I started thinking he wasn't going to get killed. Way too obvious.

The last few seconds negated the whole episode: they went through all that hassle so they wouldn't have to kill two innocent guys, then a random kid ends up getting shot in the head. I've heard people criticize BB bacause they claim that it glorifies crime to a certain degree, but I think this season (or two seasons) a lot of bills will come due. That had to really nail Jesse right in the mind. Gail, Brock, the kid that got iced by the rivals - I don't see him putting up with the senseless murder of innocent kids very much longer.

"I'm robbing a train", classic line.

I thought Mike was going to cap somebody to slow the train down - that was pretty harsh ending. I was wondering when the spider would pop up.

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Originally Posted by Jer

That's when I started thinking he wasn't going to get killed. Way too obvious.

The last few seconds negated the whole episode: they went through all that hassle so they wouldn't have to kill two innocent guys, then a random kid ends up getting shot in the head. I've heard people criticize BB bacause they claim that it glorifies crime to a certain degree, but I think this season (or two seasons) a lot of bills will come due. That had to really nail Jesse right in the mind. Gail, Brock, the kid that got iced by the rivals - I don't see him putting up with the senseless murder of innocent kids very much longer.

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Your post makes me wonder if Jesse will be the one to turn everybody in. He seems like the only one with a conscience anymore.

Mike's got a conscience. I'm pretty sure Mike will have something to say about it.Mike is a pro and most pros have a line they will not cross and on the other side of that line are children. I wouldn't be surprised if Mike shoots Matt Damon in the face at the beginning of next week's episode and dumps him in the hole they made for the methylamine. There's no reason not to do it - right now the new guy is just a big liability. The only thing he's got going for him is he damn sure isn't a cop or informer, but who really wants to work with a guy like that?

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Originally Posted by Jer

That's when I started thinking he wasn't going to get killed. Way too obvious.

The last few seconds negated the whole episode: they went through all that hassle so they wouldn't have to kill two innocent guys, then a random kid ends up getting shot in the head. I've heard people criticize BB bacause they claim that it glorifies crime to a certain degree, but I think this season (or two seasons) a lot of bills will come due. That had to really nail Jesse right in the mind. Gail, Brock, the kid that got iced by the rivals - I don't see him putting up with the senseless murder of innocent kids very much longer.

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BB certainly glorifies the drug world, while contrasting the attraction with the horror which is the cost of the glory.

Best episode so far this season, hands down. Definitely a brutal ending though. I'll be surprised if Tod doesn't get iced in the first 30 seconds next week. I wonder if that really was just some random kid or if there will be a larger connection. Also, I hate to sound cold blooded, but if the kid had half a bran he would have high tailed out of there the second he saw those guys.

I wouldn't say that the kid getting killed completely negates the hassle of doing the robbery that way. If they had killed the crew it would have been an obvious robbery and brought down a lot of heat. Now no one has any idea they boosted the methylamine.

I love the show completely, but I found myself wondering if the last episode wasn't a bit of a shark-jumper.

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Originally Posted by oftpiste

I love the show completely, but I found myself wondering if the last episode wasn't a bit of a shark-jumper.

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Really? I thought it was amazing.