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

Immediate progenitor, I says. There are certainly progenitors to the progenitor. Upon my most recent viewing, I felt like Twin Peaks (through the revelation of Laura's killer, at least) was pretty admirable in terms of how well it hung together as a holistic and consistent narrative given the extent to which I believe it was largely thrown together and made up as they went along. As much as I love Lynch, I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that Mark Frost was largely responsible for that.

oh man... walt REALLY looks like my dad in that pic!!!

is yr dad eeeeeeevil?

nah, he's actually a big softie but he LOOKS really mean

Finally I can post on this thread! Binged on s1 and s2 a while back and have just watched all of s3 in like three days.
It was a while between watching s2 and s3 and I'd forgotten a few bits and pieces but it definitely seemed different in tone. Like there's no longer any pretence of Walt doing any of this for his family or whatever, but I guess that's been discussed a lot itt already. There were a few moments when his actions really annoyed me - I would expect him to be pretty thoughtful and on top of his shit 90% of the time but he still lost it at that cop, and - most glaringly to me - prefers to cut Jesse off with as little placation & information as possible rather than taking time to possibly bullshit to make things better for everyone. Eg when he was trying to get rid of the RV we were yelling at the TV for him to tell Badger/Pete that Jesse was being watched but he never did and it led to this huge disaster. Him at times being two steps ahead and at other times just being a bitch for the sake of it and trusting ppl to do as he says with no justification is a bit frustrating. There are definitely bits where it's obvious he's losing it because he's under intense pressure etc but this time and with the cop it seemed too much.

Anyway it's still the best thing on tv and I can't wait for s4.... poor Gale :(

He had it coming. I mean look at his apartment.

Walt is definitely selfish above all else. He recognizes that if he stops, he's going to get killed, and having survived cancer and a brush with mortality, he wants to live. The one group it seems he's not willing to sacrifice, yet, is his family, but he has it both ways by passively implicating them (and thus involving them) in his activities. The wife in turn now knows she has no choice but to participate if she wants to best protect her family, too. In the Breaking Bad world, the ultimate irony is that street dealer Jessie is the one with the clearest moral compass, but even his is pretty spinny. I think we'll see in S4 how far gone everyone is, and how they've all formed a sickly symbiotic (though no longer family-like) support network corrupted by paranoia.

Skylar's going to get progressively greedier in S4 I reckon. Only problem with the current setup is that Skylar's complicity necessitates Hank being out of action, and I like Hank.

Season 4 preview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0TYI5b-Lmo

Skylar's going to get progressively greedier in S4 I reckon. Only problem with the current setup is that Skylar's complicity necessitates Hank being out of action, and I like Hank.

why is that? seems like an even more tense dynamic being set up

anyone remember the mention of a DEA informant in a previous ep? wonder if that'll finally come up this season. (really, really hope it isn't Hank's partner.)

Well so far Skylar's only in on it because the money pays for Hank's rehabilitation. That's not to say she won't change as she gets deeper in (she almost certainly will) but Hank being unable to walk for however long kinda rules him out of being on Heisenberg's tail for a while.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironside_%28TV_series%29

i feel like i've completely forgotten everything that's happened on this show

i do too!
i don't think i need to rewatch all 3 seasons but i need a refresher before s4 starts.

Haha it wasn't til just now that I remembered Walt, the Blackjack Genius.

I thought the DEA informant was Crazy-8? Had to look that up before I watched s3 as I couldn't remember anything. There is a wiki!
http://breakingbad.wikia.com/wiki/Breaking_Bad_Wiki

Haha it wasn't til just now that I remembered Walt, the Blackjack Genius.

― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Monday, June 20, 2011 9:27 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

Cranston's silent reaction shots during this scene were priceless.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4ugqO3rrP50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjfityWKyxo&feature=player_embedded

:O

kinda weird promo pic
http://i973.photobucket.com/albums/ae219/jumpcut/breaking-bad-season-4-cast-image.jpg

Why can't i post things properly today?
http://i973.photobucket.com/albums/ae219/jumpcut/breaking-bad-season-4-cast-image.jpg

are they on the torchwood set for some reason

teal&orange.xls

Skylar looking a bit Carmella-esque there.

Total Sopranos rip there, not that it matters.

still rockin the wallabees

do i know who the dude 2nd from the left is?

saul?

he's the 3rd in.

i think the 3rd one in is mike? this feels like a weird thing i am not getting???

oh fuck. got my names confused. yes SAUL!
i honestly forgot about him!

How could you forget about Saul?

i don't know. and i love Bob Odenkirk/Mr Show!
i think all the characters i had to remember for Game of Thrones must have taken up the entire partition of my brain that is reserved for tv show characters.

<3 saul.

skyler looking way hot there

O_o

seemed like she gained some weight going into season 3

have they written out the hispanic guy who drove walt to the plant at the end of s3? maybe he's just not big enough to appear on the poster.

Well, he's had about three lines hasn't he? Mostly just stands around looking menacing

yeah true...it just doesn't seem the same without him.

judging by the trailer i assume walt is going to become a meth boss of some kind now.

Victor (the Hispanic guy) is still on the show.

This show is so dope btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lQkhpSFvxU&feature=player_embedded

Wow. So can't wait for this.

Giancarlo Esposito is funny in this^

god i am so psyched. the great thing is i believe the actors 100% when they say how good it's going to be.

Some interesting stuff in this
http://www.newsweek.com/2011/06/26/breaking-bad-the-finest-hour-on-television.html#

Big ol' NYT Magazine piece on the show. Starts with talk about a scene being filmed for this season but doesn't appear to be too spoilerish after that but even so, approach as you choose.