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

has any TV thread ever been so dominated with fan fiction/choose your own adventure/character death pool?

no I'm pretty sure we invented that stuff on this thread right here!

"I Hope You're Happy Now, Jacob"--The LOST Season 5 Thread

Uuuuuuuugh

Yeah have to say the prediction stuff is so pointless. Definite lost vibes on this thread lately.

i mean every show that starts out with some implicit A to B journey the show will take by the end inevitably finds ways to stretch that out once it's successful and stays on the air for a few years -- "cancer is in remission" is to BB as "we can't leave the island yet this week BECAUSE" was to Lost.

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ehh i dont buy this. seems to me that cancer in remission is pretty integral to BB -- his motivations are completely shifted once his cancer goes into remission & motivations are a huge part of what makes him tick

Predictions stuff is completely pointless but fun, that's why TV shows bother to end on cliffhangers in the first place.

That said with a show like Breaking Bad you can't really think more than one step ahead because there'll be another unexpected event along in a minute that blows everything off course. 'Which way will Jesse's loyalties go in the next five minutes?' is more fun to think about then 'will Walt die of cancer or be killed by some other guy in a year or so?'

the cancer gave the show forward momentum and is now a subplot.

The trigger on a gun called Walt that only needed to be pulled once.

What makes predicting things on "Breaking Bad" so much fun is that it's actually predictable. That is, it's bound to some semblance of reality. Versus "Lost," which was all anything can happen metaphysical bullshit.

Regardless, once we've talked about the mot recent episode, what's wrong with spinning wheels, doing some donuts in the parking lot? Walt would approve.

Walt would approve is a ringing endorsement lol

lol

great episode

really hard to see jesse killing gus after that

(if he wanted to right now, well, he has a gun and they're both fucked up)

jesse became my favorite character at some pt & i dont remember when

he's such a fuck nugget

Nah

Xbox McGee

love jesse, bitch

i mean i love him and all but

holy shit

fucking great

WOW.

last shot made me think of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFR5oZQrIVc

really going for broke these last two episodes

that final scene, whoa

i was so nervous when they were driving up to the laundry
also liked the way jesse shuffled off around the corner after hector saw him
beneke and the rug, that was too much
great episode

I'm still super confused by people taking sides on characters in this show

absolutely every character on this show is a complete scumbag, including Holly

FUCK

Reading people talk about the Chekovian rug, but I can't remember it from anything before. Was it a thing earlier?

Why does Ted even need a rug - his floors are heated iirc! (Same as his new Mercedes' steering-wheel)

wow.

two more episodes to go, huh?

THAT WAS INSANE.

How the fuck am I gonna sleep?

BTW, is Ted dead?

They seemed to assume he was. But there was that finger twitch.

Finger twitch = at least another good twenty years.

he'll be like the cartel dude w/ the bell!

so this show is probably going to end up #2 all time for me once it's all said and done. I feel like I can say that unequivocally now.

Me too. Fuck, what an achievement.

I just... wow.

yeah "wow" was like my only reaction to the last 4 weeks. hank's speech to the dea guys; walt/jesse breakup fight; Mexican compound poison clusterfuck; this most recent episode's house of cards collapse. I don't even know anymore. stand back, watch, and breathlessly applaud.

so as long as we're playing the "here's what's gonna happen game": this season kinda HAS to end with either walt or gus dead at this point right? how do you maintain what they've established here otherwise?

Two more, right?

Yeah two more.

I agree that someone has to die, surely the pay-off wouldn't be there for the viewer otherwise. Especially since this show has a history of turning everything upside-down without warning.

Most likely result is that Gus dies (remember Jesse's still got that cigarette somewhere), although no way is he going down alone. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Hank goes.

Being, you know, that the ultimate tragedy for him would be finally recovering from that horribly debilitating bullet wound to just die, or to find himself back at square one.

I'll play devil's advocate here: why not kill walt? he'll likely be in the next season in a ton of flashbacks anyway, Cranston is co-producing the show and clearly involved in its direction and we've established that we don't need him to make an episode hum. We could get a whole season out of what happens when mr. white's gone easy.

like it or not, the show is walter white's story. there just isn't a show without him. i mean I agree that there could be, but that show isn't Breaking Bad.

i dunno, i kind of disagree. i don't think it's an open story without walt but i do think they've established enough characters to get one more great season out of this without him.

idk that's sort of just not how tv works? you're talking about a batman movie without batman in it. or sopranos continuing a year after tony dies.

on a side note, something worth discussing: Cranston was doing the Walt's Cancer Cough quite a bit during the last act of the episode. I'm pretty sure the "Walt's cancer is back" storyline is staring us down.