Shall we anticipate the FIFTH SEASON of the AMC series "Breaking Bad"? I think I may.

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I tried hitting my monitor but it's just getting worse

half measure, you must smash your monitor with a baseball bat

*DING*

*DING*

*DING*

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half measure, you must smash your monitor with a baseball bat

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lol

It was a calculated risk, wasn't it? Mike knows what he's getting into. I only hope the show gives Mike a failsafe, some sort of collateral to use over Walt.

Why do you hope this? Mike is a murderer. I hope he bites the same dust Walter White bites.

― tallarico dreams (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, July 24, 2012 9:29 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

lol you have such a weird view of fiction. "we've watched the crime, now we await the punishment. that's what this is all about, right?"

I think Mike's seemingly-uncharacteristic failure to kill Lydia was suuuuper intentional on a thematic level. It was a half measure, and the ultimate result of that half measure will likely be a tragic reminder of why Mike had sworn off half measures many years ago. Getting into bed with the ticking timebomb by episode's end just further underscores Mike's foregone doom. He ain't gettin' out of this alive because he broke his own code.

― Old Lunch, Tuesday, July 24, 2012 7:11 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark

yeah half measures is partly what i was thinking of in re: laying the groundwork for mike not pulling the trigger

lol you have such a weird view of fiction. "we've watched the crime, now we await the punishment. that's what this is all about, right?"

― nakhchi little van (some dude), Tuesday, July 24, 2012 12:52 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

isnt aero catholic

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u gonna get what u deserve

Because at least Mike operates within a code of honor.

lol

if a guy like Mike kills somebody you love I'm sure his code of honor will really make it easier on you

criminals & their codes, beloved since pre-Godfather

Is that why all the "classic" new shows are about assholes?

it's what the kids are into these days

I think that gets to what bugs me about it, the idea that a shitty moral compass - hey, it's still a compass! prefer an honest sociopath to the hitman with a sudden plot-convenient heart of gold. most of the people a dude like that has presumably killed would have had children, brothers, sisters. just feel like people who walk the straight and narrow have this need for a criminal whose code is somehow romantic, allowing them to kill only people who "deserve it" in some fucked up sense. a guy like Mike is much worse than Walt to me: at least Walt can argue self-interest, a higher good than "well I have this code, see"

those can be good! but admen, meth kingpins, Bushwick girls ... just a wall of misery.

xp

have you always been bothered by the 'killer with a code' thing, aero, or is it just with Breaking Bad that it bugs you so much?

i agree with aero insofar as i don't root for mike over walt or think of him as any more righteous for having some vague code. as a matter of fact, in this messed up world of meth-dealing child-poisoning killers, i want walt to win out over mike for being the colder, more evil dude, and then i want walt to suffer the ultimate cosmic punishment, whatever that may be (walt jr. turning his dad in and deciding that hank is his true father figure?)

you guys must've hated the end of the godfather

im a flag poster w/a code

i wouldn't root for walt over mike b/c of the code, per se, but more b/c mike is a bit of a cliched character. the fact that walt is more disturbing makes him more interesting.

You know who else honors a code? Jedis.

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In a show about extreme moral ambiguities, one is still allowed to pick sides. Hence, Al Swearengen was a scumbag, but better than Hearst. Shane was terrible, but better than Vic. Etc.

This feels almost formulaic at this point w/r/t contemporary cable dramas, not that I don't enjoy it immensely, but, it's like in season 1 of these shows you have your protagonist and your scumbag. And then in season 2, an even worse scumbag is introduced and you develop sympathy for scumbag 1, who eventually becomes this lovable rogue.

can't wait to see the scumbag that makes gus fring look like a lovable rogue

ilx functions on a similar premise

lol how long would the list of shows be using this formula

lol forks

xxp - gus is a scumbag 2!

Well, whoever is at the top, they're bad enough that killing yourself in the restroom with a defibrillator seems like a good route

who is scumbag one

Jesse

i think you have yr formulas mixed up

i think the reason dude killed himself (and who the fuck has that kind of james bond thought process to zap yourself with a defibrillator under your tongue? dude prolly shoulda just jumped off the roof but I guess that's less compelling tv) had nothing to do with being scared of repercussions from a higher up and more to do with the shame of being exposed and spending the rest of his life in jail?

xp - Jesse was pretty scummy at the beginning.

maybe he had a ~code of honor~ that caused him to take the fall

Who is Tuco tu.0

jesse was scummy but his role in the show is completely different than gus or swengn or whoever youre including in this imaginary formula, jesse is walts sidekick not some intimidating adversary, and our view of him was not altered in comparison to gus, because no one ever thought to compare him to gus, because theyre not comparable characters!

yeah I read it as old world type goes out death-before-dishonor style

conversely, when walt's back is against the wall he contemplates suicide but decides to poison children instead

xp to forks

walt is a true player

he was originally positioned as an adversary though. And then the adversaries get creepier and scummier, like it doesn't just go from jesse to gus. It goes from Jesse, to crazy 8, to tuco, and then to gus. Like in Deadwood you go from swearingen to tolliver to hearst.

I don't think Hearst was scummier than Francis Wolcott

who is the badger of ilx

who is scumbag one
the reanimated corpse of pablo escobar

between tuco and gus there's the salamanca brothers

who is the badger of ilx

badger was loveable and liked snacks, right?

he was originally positioned as an adversary though.

― sarahell, Tuesday, July 24, 2012 2:59 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is not at all true! they worked together from the first episode making meth in the rv in the desert, then jesse tried to get away from walt and walt had to manipulate him into coming back, which is the nature of their relationship up to the present day

xp - true, though Hearst Wolcott were boss & henchman. Anyway, it is just interesting to me how Swearingen goes from ubercreep scumbag to lovable rogue in that show. And Jesse goes from creepy dude to almost the conscience of the show?