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

Walter = death in Hungarian
also the name of Lincoln's child

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/27/jonathan-banks-of-breaking-bad-discusses-sundays-episode/

Q. You’ve had a long career and other great roles, and then “Breaking Bad” gives you a new opportunity to connect with people and sink your teeth into a good character. When something like that comes along, do you think to yourself, “Hey, I’ve been here all along – why are people only just being reminded of what I’ve done?”

A. I’m going to speak to you directly. Here’s the difference in our ages. I’ve been alive so long that it doesn’t surprise me at all. All the wonderful actors out there that languish, as trite as it may sound, you say to somebody: “You go into this business, you better not go in for the money. And you certainly better not go in it for the fame. You better love it because you love the art.” So at 65 years old, do I feel like, oh, jeez, I wish this, that, dada dada? If I do feel that, it is certainly less than it used to be. And the balm of being able to do “Breaking Bad” and play Mike cures a lot of those feelings. It’s a long-winded way of saying, I’ve been around long enough that I know it ain’t fair.

you should know better than to front on Hungarian in my presence bro lol

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reminds me of similar interview Harris gave after Lane's death on Mad Men

seemed like walt was willing to let mike live if he would just say thank you

― lag∞n, Monday, August 27, 2012 8:42 AM (50 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is so otm. it reminded me of that Mr Wolf scene with Vince in Pulp Fiction - 'Please would be nice'.

That was kind of what I was (unintelligibly) trying to get at by saying Walt has no guile. Sure, he knows how to deceive people moment to moment, but his ego will never let him be say, as calculating as Mike. All you really would have to do to get over on Walt would be to appeal to his ego, to his need to be 'the genius'. I dunno if Todd's that guy but I feel like that's bound to happen sooner or later.

So...can we safely assume Mike is dead? The falling over seems pretty solid symbolically, but I don't know if I can take it for granted until he's been dissolved in acid.

The NYT interview confirms it.

Ah, it was taking forever to load so I skipped it. Guess I'll have to go and read it now.

Sure, he knows how to deceive people moment to moment, but his ego will never let him be say, as calculating as Mike. All you really would have to do to get over on Walt would be to appeal to his ego, to his need to be 'the genius'. I dunno if Todd's that guy but I feel like that's bound to happen sooner or later.

Yeah, this is pretty much in line with my belief that ego is the ultimate downfall of any human endeavor that falls down.

Also, re: Todd, he is neither as dumb nor as genuinely deferential as he appears. Would not be at all surprised to see him ultimately steal the business out from under Walt.

todd is quite clearly a total psychopath

Jesse and Skylar are sort of in the same boat now, both want out but Walt is holding them hostage

Maybe Jesse & Skylar team up & take out Walt? that'd be weird + cool

I mean, you'd need a whole season for Jesse & Skylar to even have a civil conversation but still, it's fun to what if, lol

BREAKING MIKE NEWS
"I had a dreadful, sorrowful production of “Grease” in Australia."

!!!

Did anyone get what Hank saw in the photos of Mike during the DEA meeting?

those were photos of the lawyer, not Mike

Mike was in all those photos, iirc?

the last one Hank lingered on was a picture of Mike at that diner where Mike met Lydia, but I didn't see anything in the photo to indicate that Hank could connect those dots. but maybe he just had a brainstorm about the lawyer? I dunno.

oh sorry I was thinking of the photos pasted up on that board in Hank's office

i think hank was just determined to see some clue that wasn't there.

(for a few seconds at the beginning of that scene i thought it was saul on the video screen, i had no idea what was happening.)

he may have seen a car in the parking lot?

First photo that he kind of ignores:
http://i.imgur.com/j8IHw.png

Second photo that he kind of lingers on:
http://i.imgur.com/Gtd6N.png

Third photo that he really lingers on as ambient soundbed swells:
http://i.imgur.com/hONzX.png

I don't know, its totally possible he's just looking for clues that aren't there. But remember, this is the guy who figured out that Gus Fring had a meth lab hidden beneath a laundromat, pretty much based on a hunch and the electrical hookups.

there's white crosses in all 3 pics. Hank is just thinking for a minute about all the good things Jesus has done for him

although the way the raid was staged seemed a little implausible, that moment when mike decided to abandon his granddaughter in the park was a powerful one

I felt so sad for Mike at the playground...part of me wanted so bad for him to risk saying goodbye to her.

is that third photo anywhere we should know? i don't think it's the place he met lydia.

third photo is the Cake Shop in Brooklyn. Mike was a hipster and Hank was building an air-tight case against him

i assumed it was the diner.

how did Mike get from the playground to the airport

cops were on his car, had him surrounded etc

he walked away fromt he playground to the place where his getaway car was stashed

the cops were on his car but didn't have him surrounded, he was hiding behind a tree (which suggests there was a way out behind him.)

he was hiding behind a tree (which suggests there was a way out behind him.)

so he climbed a tree into a magical getaway car (which looks suspiciously identical to his actual car that the police were standing by) and flew to the airport

when he was behind the tree he turned around and saw cops coming from the other direction (ie from behind him) so yeah idgi

i don't want to ride the nerd train to details town too much here but my guess is he was not in fact actually surrounded and it was a different car.

i am happy to accept that mike is a better magic crime guy than i am.

prediction: jesse kills walt, marries skyler, has face torn off by chimp.

calling it now:

baby shoots Walt

really, really hoping all this baby talk is gonna be way off the mark

for this show... too easy

so he climbed a tree into a magical getaway car (which looks suspiciously identical to his actual car that the police were standing by) and flew to the airport

― The Radioheads are massive in the Man community (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, August 27, 2012 4:25 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol it was a totally different car mr veracity

goddamnit when is Walt gonna say what the fuck and try his own product? Has he ever drank a Coca-cola?

it's possible that all boxy black 4-door sedans look alike to me

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Coke Inc. can't be too thrilled that their product got compared to meth last night.

ya but it was the best meth

counterpoint: crystal pepsi

btw theres no way this declan guy is planning on honoring his deal w/walt is there

Anyone care to speculate about what Walt is gonna use the big gun for?