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

Here's a listicle with a lot of good observations and a few predictions:

http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2012/08/breaking-bad-allusions/

The Holly-always-in-pink thing is interesting.

Walt was always cutting off his own crusts - watching Crazy 8 tear off his own momentarily humanized him in Walt's eyes. IIRC.

I have now come across the Holly-is-going-to-die theory in several places, not least that crazy prominent spitball in the New Yorker:

The audience now waits along with Skyler, as the narrative builds toward a finale in which anything might happen, since there will be no need to keep us watching. (A baby might die, for instance, maybe by swallowing the ricin pellet that’s tucked away in the Whites’ home.)

Does that link there note that several viewers insist Walt was wearing a wire in the season premiere?

i am not sure we care enough / remember enough about holly's existence to care about her dying. but we'll see.

and, that ricin pellet is comprehensively tucked away! in a sealed pack screwed behind an electrical socket!

good listicle, nonetheless

and, that ricin pellet is comprehensively tucked away! in a sealed pack screwed behind an electrical socket!

Because we all know early crawlers never have a thing for electrical sockets ...

http://cdn.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Screen-Shot-2012-08-23-at-9.30.47-AM-650x567.png

Don't get these crazy people started.

remember when walt made a move on the school principal? he isn't exactly smooth with the ladies.

He was trying to get fired. Do you really think he was trying to fuck her out of the blue and just hasn't bothered to try it with any woman since?

if he was trying to get fired I guess that was a win/win play then

i don't remember how that transpired - why was Walt trying to get fired?

it happened in the past year, how can you not remember?

(srs this is why i hate him just turning 51 for four years of storylines. i also can't remember obv.)

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It is without a doubt his best only facial expression.

He was trying to get fired.

Plausible but debatable.

Don't get these crazy people started.

Spanx?

Walt hasn't interacted with any women as hot as the principal in the last year iirc

Walt was kind of a rudderless mess around the time of the principal pass - he was trying to fuck her, he wasn't thinking calculatedly enough at the time. It was less 'trying to be fired' and more 'not caring whether or not he was fired'.

I don't remember that at all. I feel like this programme has been on forever.

i am not sure we care enough / remember enough about holly's existence to care about her dying. but we'll see.

― emo mcgee vs ricky hitler (Merdeyeux), Friday, August 24, 2012 6:25 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

er killing a baby in a piece of fiction tends to get an emotional reaction out of the audience no matter what, especially if it's the child of major characters. you gotta be a cold motherfucker to go "well she didn't have enough screentime for me to care -- she never had ONE memorable line of dialogue!"

Those baby geniuses from Baby Geniuses had some memorable lines

"Something or other about 'diaper gravy'" - that one baby genius

ALL TIME

you gotta be a cold motherfucker to go "well she didn't have enough screentime for me to care -- she never had ONE memorable line of dialogue!"

have you seen this thing called the internet?

i realize that cold motherfuckers exist, yes

Looks like Badger's gonna be on AfterMASH that Office spinoff featuring Dwight. Hopefully they'll include all of those episodes as a bonus disc in the Office complete series DVD set when both shows end next year. He deserves to get some sweet derivative checks for a while.

mike all smh

why did those guys need to know that jesse was the second best cook?

umm........................................ woah..........................................

didn't check the bag = half measure

love love love the reveal "I realized I could get the names from lydia"

Mike is the only one in this show who knows how the story ends.

in a manner of speaking, yes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Heat

todd taking notes on a criminal conspiracy

everything mike said in that speech was exactly what you would expect

walt realized in just that few moments that he could get the names from lydia?

yeah definitely surprised that walt didn't say anything about todd taking notes... seems like a no brainer...

walt realized in just that few moments that he could get the names from lydia?

― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Monday, August 27, 2012 3:10 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

presumably realized it while walking back to his car

Mike is pretty dumb to keep blaming Walt for Gus dying, it's called blowback, bro

todd taking notes on a criminal conspiracy

right but gayle had a whole notebook too right?

i couldn't see how mike was wrong -> if walt had just stuck to his job they all could have made a lot of money.

i suppose todd will turn out to be actually pretty useful to walt in that he will do whatever horrible thing walt tells him to do, right?

and gayle did have a whole notebook! i didn't pay super close attention but i wondered why they let him do that and take it home

if walt had just stuck to his job, meaning let those two dudes kill jesse?

Once Gus decided to stake everything on those two foot soldiers he sealed his fate. All he had to do was give Walt and Jesse a slap on the wrist and move on.

that ep was mad real

just let me die in peace

feel bad for mike, walt is such a weenus

mike's ghost should haunt walt hardcore next season. throwing plates and shit

I lost track of all the intrigue specifics on Walt/Jesse/two random dealers. My overall take on this show (been watching all the past seasons just recently) is that I wish they made it without Walt in it.

I'm not certain that Mike won't get out of this, it was a cliffhanger for a reason. why was he watching "the big heat"?

LOL @ you can do what you want with the bacon cookies gift - that's what they said about the poisoned tequila

My overall take on this show (been watching all the past seasons just recently) is that I wish they made it without Walt in it.

this.... makes absolutely no sense.

It's not complicated, I find every other character a lot more interesting and less annoying than Walt, is just my take on it. maybe the meth heads with the ATM were more annoying than Walt but that's about it?

Mike was watching a particular scene in Big Heat about a police suicide. What was up with that gesture from Hank?

fuck I lost my surrogate son. we used to have so much fun cookin meth. well I guess those days are gone pour out a little methylamine for Jesse P. who was that other guy Todd something? cool you are my son now too! badass this will be fun sorry that you are dumb and unplagued by conscience

Walt's big speech mentioning Gale only in the comment about all the people they've killed, just to mess with Jesse a little extra.
Todd is going to go work for someone else ASAP once he finishes taking those notes?

The thing that I found most unlikely was Mike being willing to let Walt deliver the bag. Jesse woulda been fine doing it and it made no sense for him to talk with Walt involved in any case.
Otherwise yeah, endgame here

maybe he wanted to yell at walt one last time

also walt firing solely out of anger is basically out of character even at this point in the storyline
don't really give a fuck, just sayin