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

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?

so tired of these worn out tv tropes

I was expecting German guy to put the AED pads on his chest and give himself a shock. Defibrillating a normal cardiac rhythm can trigger VFib, which would be fatal if not reversed (by shocking again). Electrocution is more direct and not subject to reversal from the cops kicking in the door, smart choice.

this is not at all true! they worked together from the first episode

What?! They had an adversarial relationship at the beginning - they were partners, but Jesse was the adversary/antagonist

There's one of those units on the wall about 20 feet from my office. Built in emergency exit.

so they were partners but adversaries

narratively, yes!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad_(season_1) <<<here u go

also http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/narrative

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its the second ) - ilx never catches it

you guys must've hated the end of the godfather

In fairness, Michael's shown to be a lying, dishonorable fuck (killed his bro-in-law, denies it to his wife), and in II even moreso (kills his brother).

yeah, there is absolutely no antagonism between Walt and Jesse in season 1. They are total bros.

jesse is not the antagonist in any season of the show, the have a rocky relationship but he is in fact walts closest ally

you want to see some s1 antagonists:

Maximino Arciniega as Krazy-8 Molina (3 episodes)
Raymond Cruz as Tuco Salamanca (2 episodes)

neither of whom im sry to report ever revealed themselves to be lovable in comparison to gus

eh, I'd say he was Walt's antagonist in the first episode, maybe the first two, until we get to crazy 8, his cousin, and so on.

the antagonist is CANCER

when does cancer become a loveable rogue

it was rough the way jesse was antagonizing walt getting tracked down in his back yard and offered a business proposal

eh, I'd say he was Walt's antagonist in the first episode, maybe the first two, until we get to crazy 8, his cousin, and so on.

Aren't krazy and emilio in the first episode? And they try to kill Walt and Jesse? Like an antagonist might do?

i mean stay out of yr back yard otherwise the poor guy is gonna come try to get to to cook meth w/him in the desert and youre going to do it you monster

okay okay okay i give up, it isn't as tidy as that, but it is related in the sense that as a viewer you are put in a position of moral relativism between scumbag 1 and scumbag 2, except that scumbag 1 is the protagonist, Walt.

you guys must've hated the end of the godfather

In fairness, Michael's shown to be a lying, dishonorable fuck (killed his bro-in-law, denies it to his wife), and in II even moreso (kills his brother).

― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, July 24, 2012 3:15 PM (18 minutes ago)

was thinking more of vito - an old school guy with a code who lives to a ripe old age, dies peacefully

maybe breaking bad will end with mike having a heart attack while playing hungry hippos or feeding his chickens

lag otm re: jesse, can't believe this is even a debate

okay okay okay i give up, it isn't as tidy as that, but it is related in the sense that as a viewer you are put in a position of moral relativism between scumbag 1 and scumbag 2, except that scumbag 1 is the protagonist, Walt.

― sarahell, Tuesday, July 24, 2012 3:34 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i agree it was awesome they way they did it on deadwood but i just dont see it operating much on breaking bad which is more just abt the moral decline of walt - tho i guess you could say if you wanted to stretch it that hes taking baby steps to villianhood by taking a relative view of his past indiscretions

the oh so delicate baby steps of poisoning a child

he took a lot of them to get there

9 according to CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/12/showbiz/tv/breaking-bad-chips-scarface/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EKBerN0vACQ/TpUyHb_p-6I/AAAAAAAAInc/i-nPF_BbRJQ/s1600/aw+hell+yeah.jpg
one of my fave little details from this ep was that the kid's picture on the fridge behind walt when he was trying to pitch mike to help him set up shop included, in child's script, the phrase "blue is good"

as noted by a gazillion redditors too apparently
<img src="http://i.imgur.com/PszAq.jpg";>

ok - so that fucking CNN piece did the same thing everyone here was doing when Walt "Let Jane die".
he had previously handed Jesse a gun and told him to take care of the guys the ripped them off. literally ordered him to kill some people. but everyone flew off the handle later on, when he watched this attractive young girl choke to death on her own vomit; saying that he had "gone too far" and yadda yadda.

just a thing that always bothered me about peoples reaction to this show - letting an attractive girl die is in no way worse than ordering the murder of two junkies, people!

"the guys that ripped them off"

really wish this show never did a musical montage

Q: (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)

A:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/250px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png

ha ha, that was the answer in my head too!

for a second I was trying to remember when the cast broke into song

xps

of all the big HBO/AMC shows from the past decade or so i think only The Sopranos was really adept at using music

and yet The Sopranos had the worst theme song of them all

you had the worst...etc

you woke up this morning and forgot yourself a zing