moving to the point where I think I might be better off waiting for a few episodes to pile up and then watch a run rather than one a week, xp!
― forksclovetofu, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 21:16 (sixteen years ago)
like walt has done some awful awful things but i think sometimes i'm just so trapped in the frame of mind where i must sympathise with the main character. reminds me of when i started watching the sopranos for the 2nd time with my ex-girlfriend (i'd already seen the whole thing once already) and she actually couldn't watch it because she despised the character of tony so much and couldn't deal with it. i think we gave up after a few episodes because she was actually screaming at the tv haha
― pollos da don (tpp), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 21:18 (sixteen years ago)
Y'all ain't got the stomach for this, WEEK-TO-WEEK is the way! I mean if for nothing else, because the show is written for this format, including the commercial breaks.
Don't feel bad about hating on Skyler though, I really think they often did a bad job writing her. But this season they've been a lot better about explaining her emotional state and her decisions. It's OK if the secondary characters on this show aren't as fleshed out as Walt and Jesse, but for her it's pretty important since she is a primary foil and her scenes with Walt both take up a lot of the show's time and are often important for the plot and character development.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 21:22 (sixteen years ago)
what i find bizarre about this show is sometimes i find it almost impossible to keep watching. like sometimes i have to flick over to something else because i dunno its too dark or i feel too nervous watching it.
2x
― he takes the account of everything in the universe into consideration (dan m), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 21:45 (sixteen years ago)
i also struggle with week-to-week for shows like this. just watched the wire front to back for the second time, and having to sit through 7 commercials every 12 mins or whatever is excruciating. makes it much harder for me to really get engrossed in a show now. otoh, i love BB so much i lack the self-control to wait for the torrent the next day or whatever...
figuring hank will catch jesse, dunno how that will play out though. feel like s3 has been mostly about characters interacting in pairs so far, and that hank's investigation is the piece that will force him, walt, jesse, and skyler to reckon with each other. agree that they did a good job giving skyler a boost this week. part of that for me was also filling in ted and her lawyer a bit more.
and yes omg so excited when gus revealed the new lab!!
― jerk orbison (another al3x), Wednesday, 21 April 2010 20:03 (sixteen years ago)
i was worried at first Gus was marching him off to the twins.
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Wednesday, 21 April 2010 21:28 (sixteen years ago)
^^didn't think of that! but i can see it. walt would have ended up cooking again either way, right?
how about a new character as his "excellent help"?? it isn't jesse obviously...
― jerk orbison (another al3x), Thursday, 22 April 2010 03:15 (sixteen years ago)
a man provides
― jerk orbison (another al3x), Thursday, 22 April 2010 03:17 (sixteen years ago)
so good
― jerk orbison (another al3x), Thursday, 22 April 2010 03:18 (sixteen years ago)
Who else had a bioshock flash there?"A man DECIDES!"
― forksclovetofu, Thursday, 22 April 2010 03:59 (sixteen years ago)
Great choice of music when the lab was revealed - anyone know what it was?
― BTW, I'm frightfully middle-class (chap), Friday, 23 April 2010 16:44 (sixteen years ago)
Peder, "Timetakesthetimetimetakes"
― Jouster, Saturday, 24 April 2010 21:39 (sixteen years ago)
this episode had it all! badger, the fourth amendment, and carl from billy madison aka larry hankin the world's greatest character actor of all time. hank is going to fuck some shit up next week, and it is going to be awesome.
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 26 April 2010 03:15 (sixteen years ago)
man walt is such a lo-qual criminal mastermind
― ice cr?m, Monday, 26 April 2010 03:28 (sixteen years ago)
whitman-reciting libertarian soi-disant "nerd" lab assistant, classic or dud
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 26 April 2010 03:35 (sixteen years ago)
they were cute, jus a couple a guys who cant deal w/all the 'bullshit'
― ice cr?m, Monday, 26 April 2010 03:37 (sixteen years ago)
bullshit = pb&j crusts
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 26 April 2010 03:40 (sixteen years ago)
i love that actor who's the lab assistant. he pops up everywhere - the fifth season of the Wire, Damages, terrible Foxwoods and Sprint commercials...
― Nhex, Monday, 26 April 2010 03:43 (sixteen years ago)
amazing episode. would love to see Hank take out one of the twins next week.
― jeff, Monday, 26 April 2010 04:03 (sixteen years ago)
worried abt hank
― ice cr?m, Monday, 26 April 2010 04:16 (sixteen years ago)
ya this was awesome. riverdance was lol
― am0n, Monday, 26 April 2010 04:19 (sixteen years ago)
Badger feels like his brain has been boiled in anthrax!
― in movie 2001 resurrect thread on planet jupiter (Pillbox), Monday, 26 April 2010 06:58 (sixteen years ago)
Woah, amazing ep. The light from the bulletholes shining on Walt and Jesse!
― Simon H., Monday, 26 April 2010 07:59 (sixteen years ago)
Was there a deal with the opening sequence? Or was it just another sequence demonstrating that dudes are psychos? Otherwise a fucking perfect episode.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 26 April 2010 16:53 (sixteen years ago)
Woah, nice to see a bit of the ole tension.
― i would rather burn than spend eternity with god and rapists (chap), Monday, 26 April 2010 17:04 (sixteen years ago)
xp The woman they killed was the wheelchair lady they stole the van from last episode, I believe.
― Nhex, Monday, 26 April 2010 17:20 (sixteen years ago)
Was the van there and did I miss it?
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 26 April 2010 18:49 (sixteen years ago)
Probably a different lady. It was implied that the dead lady behind the shed was a native american that the Cousins (that's what they're called, right) killed so that they could squat her house.
― Dan I., Monday, 26 April 2010 18:56 (sixteen years ago)
woman
― Dan I., Monday, 26 April 2010 18:58 (sixteen years ago)
could be a man wearing women's shoes
― Dan I., Monday, 26 April 2010 18:59 (sixteen years ago)
what an amazing episode...this show is just so in its stride right now.
hank is like he is physically and mentally rotting due to this investigation. his face in that hospital scene, god, i thought he might have a heart attack.
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 26 April 2010 20:35 (sixteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2w7z0aB3l0
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 26 April 2010 20:36 (sixteen years ago)
it's so amazing that within the tension they do something like that, i had to pause it as the lol was such a welcome break. actually had pulse racing during this ep, this show is untouchable.
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 26 April 2010 20:45 (sixteen years ago)
riverdance was hilarious too
well damn!
― pollos da don (tpp), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:26 (sixteen years ago)
fuck... i can't wait a whole week now! they def wound it up tight
― jerk orbison (another al3x), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 02:56 (sixteen years ago)
finally all came together
― forksclovetofu, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 04:18 (sixteen years ago)
jesus, when this show kicks it up a notch it doesn't fucking stutter
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 09:45 (sixteen years ago)
i'm disappointed that walt trusts this new guy so much right off the bat - if i were him i'd be tight-lipped and keep my secrets close to the vest so as to increase my chances of staying alive. but i guess walt doesn't realize how much danger he's in. and also needs a friend big time. :(
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 10:01 (sixteen years ago)
WALTer WHITeMAN
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 12:19 (sixteen years ago)
i don't remember Walt telling him all that much.
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 14:24 (sixteen years ago)
there's a moment where the dude asks him about percentages of something or whatever. maybe i'm reading too much into it.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 14:26 (sixteen years ago)
ahhh - yes. explaining his formula - i thought you meant personal stuff.
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 14:29 (sixteen years ago)
walt has no idea what it takes to be a successful criminal
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 15:06 (sixteen years ago)
yeah, no doubt capt. pollos has requested that dude get his special formula so when and if the hatchet brothers off walt, he can continue to grind out the blue stuff indefinitely.
― forksclovetofu, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 15:22 (sixteen years ago)
jesse's still got the product of his recent cook, right? i wonder what happens to that..
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 15:26 (sixteen years ago)
alot of riverdancing.
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 16:04 (sixteen years ago)
yeah i thought that exact thing about walt's new buddy. those scenes were so weird...like so overtly gay!
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 20:13 (sixteen years ago)
yeah they were! jesus this episode was incredible. i watched it after working late and couldn't sleep for hours afterwards
― pollos da don (tpp), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 20:20 (sixteen years ago)
that shot of Hank in the hospital was amazing. i might watch again when i get home!
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 20:22 (sixteen years ago)