Shall we anticpate the AMC series "Breaking Bad"? I think I may.

maybe. i feel like since Walt's imminent death is a given they're not gonna kill off any of the other next 2 or 3 biggest characters, though, i don't know if even this show is bleak enough to leave no major character around to even mourn another.

My guess would be that skyler is going to die before walt/Jesse. Then they'll deal with walt trying to justify that.

Gus is only a removed and occasional referrer of business to Saul, right? If he is Walt's sole representation, then that is regular and lucrative business.

...as long as he can convince Walt to do business sensibly and not destroy everything he touches. Which, oops.

yank walt and i likely don't give a shit about the show, it's tru

Saul and Pinkman become flatmates in a half-hour sitcom

Would you have watched The Sopranos without Tony? Kind of an odd argument.

I was just trying to underscore how great Cranston is. Vulnerable yet strong and willful.

I think Jeff is right about Skyler - maybe that's what we'll see at the end of this season.

not destroy everything he touches.

I don't think that is in fact true. When Jesse said that then I thought: "is that some fucked up way to shove the blame of your gf's od on someone else?" Of course if it wasn't for him, he wouldn't have started deeling hard drugs and not have met that girl. I do like how the show really underlines that cause and effect thing.

Of course he ain't gonna die (from cancer). Not soon anyway.

Of course Cranston is great but so are Aaron Paul, Bod Odenkirk, Giancarlo Esposito and the dude who plays Mike, Jonathan Banks.

not really feeling Aaron Paul, a lot of his dialogue readings feel really stilted to me, like he has to think really hard to remember to add "yo" at the end of every sentence

He's my favourite character at this stage. His big hospital bed monologue was a bit cringeworthy though

Yeah, very true. I really like him. The bed scene was cringeworthy and the whole aftermath (him going back) seemed a bit off. It didn't make sense how they got back together to cook. But still, I like his character.

His girlfriend seemed familiar.

She's been in a lot of stuff, I recognized her most from the second season of Veronica Mars.
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Of course if it wasn't for him, he wouldn't have started deeling hard drugs

Yes, Jesse's previous job as a mere manufacturer of hard drugs was shown to be entirely stable and secure in the first episode, when his operation got busted by the DEA

not really feeling Aaron Paul, a lot of his dialogue readings feel really stilted to me, like he has to think really hard to remember to add "yo" at the end of every sentence

he did that one time, and it was supposed to be funny. dude is a good actor. he had a small role in Big Love where he played a totally normal guy that gave me new respect for his work as Jesse.

i kindof love krysten ritter & am deeply anticipating audrey hepberns neck

Yes, Jesse's previous job as a mere manufacturer of hard drugs was shown to be entirely stable and secure in the first episode, when his operation got busted by the DEA

Oh yeah, of course. He added pili (?) or something to the drugs as his trademark. I think I'm conveniently forgetting this to defend my opinion. ;-)

I don't like Cranston (the character, I mean).

He added Chili Powder

Unless they totally puss out, a la The Sopranos, the story being told in Breaking Bad can pretty much end only one way (hint: Goodfellas). Alternatively, Walt and Jesse buy it and the wife takes over, with Saul seamlessly switching his allegiances to her.

Or maybe it's just all a dream.

Walt basically has to kill Gus and take over his empire now, doesn't he?

maybe. i feel like since Walt's imminent death is a given they're not gonna kill off any of the other next 2 or 3 biggest characters, though, i don't know if even this show is bleak enough to leave no major character around to even mourn another.

Why would they continue the series without Walt?

this show could go any number of ways, I don't think anything is "imminent" or "given"

yeah...why waste your trump card...they've had plenty of opportunity to kill him

so you think there's a possibility of him surviving the cancer and living to be an old man? (xpost)

sure! a bitter, bitter old man. he could end up like tuco's uncle!

we all die one day, but i wouldn't say his death is anytime soon, more likely the end of the show.

any sign of the mooted mini-episodes that were meant to happen between seasons?

well "soon" is relative -- the timeline of the show is pretty compressed (i.e. a pregnancy spans the entire first 2 seasons) so they could squeeze several seasons out of the last few months of his life.

creator has said he's down for 1, maybe 2 more seasons

yeah i agree with that, i just mean i think his death will be dragged out to be the last event, if it does happen. the cancer scenario seems to be going quite well for him.

At this point he's more likely to be shot and dumped in the desert than die of cancer.

A happy situation I'm sure you'll all agree.

you know where you are with being shot and dumped in a desert

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xpost I suggest the way the show will end is obvious based mostly on pretty much every TV show of this ilk ever made. But yeah, maybe the show will surprise us all and do something totally different. But probably not.

Continuing the discussion from upthread - the show will never kill Jesse. He is, at this point, the closest thing the show has to a heart. If anything, come the last ep, he'll be the last (significant) one standing.

Can imagine this show killing/jailing everyone but Jessie, and leaving him exactly where he started, selling meth on the street corners.

wasn't he cooking meth/banging housewives?

The former at least. Regardless. Maybe it'll be a "Shield" finale special: all the money in the world but unable to spend it.

I can see him dying. I could see an ending where walt is the only major character left alive.

If they ever kill Jessie, it's going to be a second to last episode or something deal.

so psyched for this

There are people that still think the end of The Sopranos was a cop out?

ending of Sopranos was fucking genius imo

Given the tone of this show, I don't see how it can end without Jesse and Walt losing absolutely everything as the price for their success... Even Goodfellas seems too optimistic.

whatever happens, it will not end well. In the second season, I didn't mind all the suggestive foreboding (w/ the eyeball in the pool in what not) as much as some did, but it did kinda bludgeon w/ its symbolism. I just hope that Vince Gilligan keeps those creative impulses in check when it comes time for Walt & Jesse to reap what they have sewn.

I really hope he doesn't aim for more than 5 seasons.

Also, best/coolest music supervision on TV.

ending of Sopranos was fucking genius imo
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Last night we watched the episode of Deep Space Nine with Tuco in it! He plays an angry, aggro soldier who is all strung out on battle fatigue and PTSD, so not much of a stretch. Also he had pointy side burns.

I am kind of hoping this show ends on a quiet bittersweet note instead of going all Tarantino everybody-dies-at-the-end or whatever. Like: Jesse somewhat gets his shit together, goes to Community college or something, is sadder and wiser. Walt's cancer comes back, but all secrets are in the open now, his family is still intact, and they figure they'll get by somehow with less money. Credits roll before Walt croaks - I don't want this show to ever expect us to cry for either of them at this point.

Trailer for new season out:

http://www.amctv.com/breaking-bad/videos/get-ready-for-breaking-bad-season-4