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

oh man I would so watch that

walt has to off the lawyer. but not before getting his hands on the payoff money. at which point he thinks, fuck these guys, who cares if they flip, i'm going to set up a meth lab somewhere far, far away. he's got no family any more anyway. saul can hook me up with a new identity, he knows a guy.

and all I said was that the DEA already know Hank and Mike work together/for the same company. which is true.

OK I have totally missed something here

yeah I know that was supposed to say Lydia duh

or WAS IT

I've said too much

Come on, that was obvious though. I called the Hank/Mike connection in s01e01.

and I wrote it down in my diary

Yeah. The Curb Your Enthusiasm music on blackout would have worked even better with this episode, something tremendously comic about how thoroughly Walt fucks everything up

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, August 28, 2012 6:50 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u0PpE8MCmU

loool

A+

I love this meme.

Saul as wacky neighbor

That's pretty much already his function on this show, isn't it? Easy transition.

hipster doofus lawyer

so great.

hipster doofus lawyer

he's goofy, but saul is actually the voice of reason compared to walt's irrationality. so it's actually kind of an inversion of the jerry/kramer dynamic.

Fair point.

But then again, everyone on the show is the voice of reason compared to Walt, so by that measure, Saul can just be filed under the general category of "not Walt".

Easy to forget and maybe I have, too, but I could have sworn way back when that Walt (and Jesse but really Walt) had to forcibly conscript Saul into service way back when!

Oh, I just realised that Todd's connections inside prison will be useful for offing Mike's guys. That was probably obvious, but I couldn't think of a way for Walt to get to them. D'oh.

But then again, everyone on the show is the voice of reason compared to Walt, so by that measure, Saul can just be filed under the general category of "not Walt".

yeah definitely, which is also kind of a funny inversion of a show like seinfeld if you think about it. instead of the straight man surrounded by a cast of unreliable wackos, the protagonist is the irrational, unreasonable weirdo. or at least that's how it has ended up. wasn't that way in the tuco days.

Tuco still the best antagonist.

pfft

unless you count Hank

gus

Tuco still the best antagonist.

I kind of agree although I know the cult of gus has made that claim seem like a challop now.

TYRUS 4 LYFE

Tyrus

now you're just making up names

Tuco.

Oh, I just realised that Todd's connections inside prison will be useful for offing Mike's guys. That was probably obvious, but I couldn't think of a way for Walt to get to them. D'oh.

Good spot, I hadn't twigged to that

wk otm, the only people who remember Tyrus are ilx thread-trolls

i'll have you know Tyrus came in ahead of walter white in a board-wide poll

I am keenly aware of this "poll"

the look on tyrus' face was never not funny

I remember his laundry-hamper one-liner quite fondly.

t/s: two-face gus vs. tuco's grill

I think maybe you could divide the show into two distinct sections.

Act 1: WW the controlling, nerdy chemistry teacher tries to create order within the chaotic meth trade
Act 2: Now way out of his depth, WW's unpredictable actions bring chaos to the rational and highly organized upper echelons of the drug trade

The introduction of gus might have been the dividing line? And your take on tuco vs. gus might have something to do with which of those stories you find more compelling? Or this is more crazy monday morning screenwriting?

Tuco was such a one-note character, dunno what anybody loved about that guy. Gus was kind of interesting, I guess, would've liked to have known more about his Chilean background (and why he was spared by whatsisname from Scarface)

Tuco was not a one note character. I'm not sure Tyrus even had a note.

I thought Walter trying to explain what's going on with him by claiming to have a gambling addiction was, effectively, accurate. I miss Gus! he had style and was so entertaining, like when he's overly, excessively polite to people he completely hates

It seemed like the Chile thing was not thought out at the time and maybe they won't bother going back to it, I can't see what it would add to the show where it is right now - maybe it's better to leave it with, that's likely not his real name and there's no record. but the backstory that I guess they have to fill in is the reason this German conglomerate is involved in the drug trade and connected to Gus' operation and to what extent and how that came about?

i think we're better off not knowing. like you say, how much could that really add to the story at this point to find out how Gus hooked up with Madrigal, built his empire, etc. we know enough about Gus more or less

I was thinking of it more in terms of - hmmm huge drug lord wouldn't kill Gus when he was nobody because he "knew who he was", implying bigger powers-that-be at work, ie, people who might come after Walt for killing Gus.

ie, Gus not the top of the pyramid

but I'm just idly speculating, entirely likely/possible/reasonable that this is just a thread left dangling out there

for one thing, it's a little late in the narrative to introduce an even bigger villain, so that's probably not going to happen

tite tite tite

yeah kinda weird that we've gone 7 episodes without learning jack shit about how madrigal really works

Madrigal: the truth is out there

still wanna know what was so scary to that dude who killed himself