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

I hope it doesn't go to HBO. Maybe lifetime would be good.

― Jeff, Wednesday, August 3, 2011 4:05 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

At least they could say 'fuck' if it went HBO. Wouldn't affect me whatever, I'm stealing this stuff.

would mean more than just a fifth season, and i don't know if the show can creatively last longer than that.

yeah, that wouldn't be good

Yeah that's a fair point.

IDK though, I do pretty much trust Gilligan to wrap it up at an appropriate time; he cares deeply about good storytelling, which is one of the main reasons the show is so good.

can't AMC just shitcan the killing?

but then we'd never know Who Killed Rose Larsen

lol

IDK though, I do pretty much trust Gilligan to wrap it up at an app

Another network's not going to pick it up if they only get one season though, is the thing

Meth making is all about improv.

― Jeff, Wednesday, August 3, 2011 12:32 PM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lmao

http://www.deadline.com/2011/08/breaking-bad-eying-two-season-final-run/

AMC has an offer on the table for a standard 13-episode fifth season but Sony is looking for more. People close to the matter expect the final deal to be for 13-20 episodes, possibly spread over 2 seasons. Besides pinning down the exact size of the order, a sticking point has been who will shoulder the production cost for Breaking Bad going forward. In TV, starting with Season 5, the network take over 100% of a show's production cost. In the early days of original series on basic cable, the networks didn't know quite how to handle the tricky Season 4-Season 5 transition financially and tended to cancel shows after four seasons, like Lifetime's Any Day Now. In the case of Breaking Bad, I hear AMC is asking Sony for some participation in the budget, which most recently was around $3.2 million an episode. AMC and Sony's previous license negotiation last year was also lengthy and difficult. But this time around, a renewal appeared a much easier proposition, given the series' double-digit ratings growth for the start of Season 4, including posting a series high with the season premiere. Additionally, the auxiliary market, where Breaking Bad had been far weaker than AMC's signature series Mad Men, also has picked up. Thanks in part to a savvy deal Sony made with Walmart, DVD sales for Season 3 went up double digits from Season 2, a rare feat for a series these says. And after it wraps a deal for the show, Sony has to also forge a new pact with Gilligan whose contract is also up after this season.

well when they nail the formula hes a dead dude prob, so now he knows that he is constantly watched - camera makes it easy to dig in for details/rewatch the tape/etc

I'm not sure this holds really. That guy was watching Walt cook for ages and thought he could replicate it exactly but Gus was having none of it. It's a new chemist or nothing really.

But a new chemist who wouldn't have to work with Walt like Gus did to learn Walt's formula, so Walt wouldn't know this person was on deck and therefore not go kill this person.

Jesse was right at the diner -- if Gus had wanted to kill them, they would be dead. He does not want to kill them right now for a reason. If after that, Walt gets pissy and starts to flip off the cameras, it strikes me as more than a little ill-advised petulance. Just go about yr business, dude.

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jesse doesn't seem to have said 'bitch' once this season

said it when he got the money in the guy's mouth iirc

tee design needs heisenberg hat

"get some dippin strips too, yo"

whoa, the thai karaoke video was too much

didn't know what to read into the "WW" lab notes business with Hank, but I felt some unspoken things going on there
are we supposed to think that hank knows? esp after the "quite a tale" comment too.

I don't think Hank necessarily suspected Walter was WW. But he obviously noted the coincidence(s). Maybe he figured there was a one in 100 chance, so he just threw it out there to see how Walter would react. The Walt Whitman thing seemed to instantly put an end to any suspicions.

In. Fucking. Credible. This show now has more narrative momentum than any work of fiction I've ever witnessed, I think.

And I have no idea how they're going to sustain this shit for much longer, but I have faith that they will.

lol jesse v mike is classique

feel like hank was being so thorough w/that notebook he def already knew the poem was whitman

he's not a moron
he also knows that walt likes credit for things he does

lol @ the ron paul sticker in gale's notebook.

yeah suddenly his death seems less tragic

nah, it was a perfect little character easter egg. makes perfect sense he'd be a paultard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wugY6HNLOCo

omg

I say the Willie Nelson/pot leaf sticker cancels out the Ron P.

Gale is such a rad dude! A total dork, but w/e. That notebook was so amazing- beautiful handwriting, chinese ideograms sketched in the margins, finely rendered maps of his hiking trips, &c. And his apartment last season, such a nice&cozy place. I would totally hang out with my brother Gale.

The flashback where it reveals that Gale signs his own death certificate by basically insisting that Walt be brought in..so heartbreaking! Hands down the only nice person on this show- open, honest, genuinely curious about the world, kinda serves truth & science.. and they shoot that myan right in his fukken face. Love this show.

thai subtitles are a nice touch

am not too enthused by the nugget saul drops abt the new identity possibility but i wouldve really liked to see what dudes business card wouldve looked like

i dont see walt running or going to the cops, hes too proud

i do think he will kill or otherwise precipitate gus' downfall

he will make gus' head into a turtle bomb

I love when Mike gets to be a badass and kill people

Love how he maintains his world-weary expression as he does it.

absolutely, last night after the ear scene I thought "man he really isn't into this so much any more"

fuck - doesn't Guss have *anybody* else that can kill people for him?!

is there a chance walt will work with the cartel to get rid of his gus problem?

loved the jesse/mike bits, jesse in his new unhinged state is a bit of a badass, he's kind of untouchable through being so bereft of any kind of life or feeling.

also loving the return of hank's confidence/integrity. the scene with him and walt was the perfect mix of plot hurtling forward at the same time as characters are deeply explored, the kind of thing bb does so brilliantly and the thing that makes every episode feel so full.

Today I learned that Jonathan Banks (Mike) played the guy who killed Axel's partner in Beverly Hills Cop, mind blown.

well there was victor...

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walt's speech to saul felt a little off. like he was having trouble convincing himself of it? or cranston having an off day. i wasn't sure.

interesting to see that as skyler's relationship with walt becomes somewhat normalized her old icy mother-knows-best routine gets brought out of the prop closet. such a cutting comment though about how in their "fiction" she doesn't come out looking good at all - "at least you gambled, i'm just the uptight wife who won't cut you any slack". she's well aware that that's how walt sees her too. and it's like an acknowledgement of how her character is perceived by a lot of BB's audience.

There were lots of meta touches in this episode I thought - will have to rewatch to come up with more examples though. I always watch each episode twice anyway.

also loving the return of hank's confidence/integrity. the scene with him and walt was the perfect mix of plot hurtling forward at the same time as characters are deeply explored, the kind of thing bb does so brilliantly and the thing that makes every episode feel so full.

otm! full and satisfying, like a good drama should be

i loved how totally unstable the subtext was in the rehearsal scene. the script "closely parallels the truth" so as they read it they're getting to act out their real feelings about each other. and at the same time, the very fact that they're reading it is a consequence of skyler wanting to wrest back some control of this insane situation. and that move, that control move, activates these old resentful circuits in walt, which then get meshed into their "fiction"! no wonder walt was so out of it at hank's, it's enough to make your head spin.

yea it's that plus being blindsided by the gale info

is there a chance walt will work with the cartel to get rid of his gus problem?

oooohhh if the writers haven't thought of this they should have

wonder where mike is taking jesse, back to rehab?