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

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kind of funny that this just got posted on another thread:

Loved that last shot of Walt punching his reflection at the end of the "remission" episode, and next week his hand's all bloody. It totally sums up this kind of thing you get when you prepare for the absolute worst, are convinced that it will happen and then doesn't. And even though you've felt worried, depressed, upset, there's also a sense of anticlimax - like you've geared yourself up for this terrible situation that doesn't come.

― This Is... The Police (dog latin), Monday, September 3, 2012 10:31 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Felt physically anxious all through the penultimate happy families scene. Then boom, that's the way you do a cliffhanger.

One suspects that they knew how Hank would find out way back when Gale gave Walt the book. If so, that is the most extraordinarily patient piece of storytelling.

why would the supply go away?

also ww is nowhere near where he started. his wife hates him, that didn't just go away because they had a bbq. he's worth untold millions. oh and a major dea head has cottoned on to him being involved in criminal activity.

also do they even know who jesse is? by name even? they have todd, with his notes, its cool.

idk if creepy Todd can just keep producing for them without Walt. And I get that he has millions, but it's sitting in a locker and he can't do anything with most of it, so what good is it? I'm aware there are all these loose ends in the background, just that he's there in his same suburban home with the same people as when he started. A little nicer car and a new water tank now.

I assume they're going to flesh out exactly how Walter got out of the business. Because it probably wasn't as simple as Walt saying "I'm out" and everyone else involved saying "Okay stay cool bro".

I kind of assumed he wasn't really quitting but just said that to Skylar. like in Walt's mind he would be the new Gus, not directly involved on a day to day, looks respectable to the community, but still runnin thangs.

Yeah I was thinking that too. For a moment I wondered if he meant he was out of the relationship rather than meth, lol

killer ep

I liked that city panorama shot of the stripey tents popping up

in the murder montage - hadn't they talked about killing the lawyer? or was it just Lydia wanted to but Walt didn't think they had to

lydia is so hot imo

they did kill the lawyer, he was the guy by the phones

those series of ratatatatatat shankings were really fucking disturbing

they did kill the lawyer, he was the guy by the phones

ah ok

those series of ratatatatatat shankings were really fucking disturbing

not as disturbing as lighting dude on fire though

Nah, stabbings were way worse imo

I miss the chaos the show use to thrive on - things just kinda seem to fall into place now.

yeah but they've spent years setting up chekhov's gun cabinet

Todd being connected to/leader of (?) a gang of neo Nazis seems to have passed by unnoticed in all the reviews on this episode. I was actually shocked when you saw who Walt was meeting with - the show just kind of glossed it over

ha, yeah, somehow all of the other criminal scumbags he'd been consorting with seemed quite savoury.

Todd being connected to/leader of (?) a gang of neo Nazis

I think Todd's uncle was meant to be the leader

awesome episode. excellent montage. stabbings were pretty rough. and i think we're beginning to see a little bit of the side of lydia that made mike so eager to kill her peeking through.

i think we all saw why he wanted to kill her... what we saw with this ep is why she was worth keeping around!

I was actually shocked when you saw who Walt was meeting with - the show just kind of glossed it over

Nothing about Walt's depravity or complete lack of a code surprises me anymore.

i think she was operating less on understandable self-preservation and fear this ep and more on cold-blooded business acumen. at least i thought i sensed a slight shift.

omar otm

Todd being connected to/leader of (?) a gang of neo Nazis seems to have passed by unnoticed in all the reviews on this episode. I was actually shocked when you saw who Walt was meeting with - the show just kind of glossed it over

― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Monday, September 3, 2012 1:23 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark

it didnt surprise me, because when todd started talking about how he had prison connections that could help distribute drugs - well, it wasn't gonna be the Bloods

his uncle the ponzi scheme convict

i think she was operating less on understandable self-preservation and fear this ep and more on cold-blooded business acumen. at least i thought i sensed a slight shift.

Yes, thus far we've only seen a Lydia who doesn't work well under pressure (or at least threat of imprisonment/death). Now we're seeing the other high-functioning, type A pole. I mean, I assume there's a reason she's some sort of executive at this multinational, yeah?

Nothing about Walt's depravity or complete lack of a code surprises me anymore.

It doesn't surprise me that he does this, it's seemed pretty clear for several seasons what Walt is, but I was surprised that the show didn't pause to remark on it either? for me when characters show up with those associations it's particularly shocking and horrible, and it seemed to me that even though Walter rationalizes away anything, the show itself usually spends time making you think about implications, consequences - but not here.

i think the way the camera lingered on their nazi tattoos counts

most def; his murder of ten men (including one guy who is effectively a civilian) comes immediately after he swears up and down that no one else is ever getting hurt now that he's in charge. Then: nazis.

Yeah, I mean...Walt found some ex-cons to murder a bunch of people for money. Kinda figures that they're, y'know, shitty people. I don't know that having one of them waving a Nazi flag in the background while another of them told Walt how much he loved Hitler would've really hammered the point home any more.

I was a bit confused (though maybe it was intentionally ambiguous) about what Jesse was referring to when he said "Saul told me." to Walt: Killing Mike (seems unlikely, getting 'out', Czechoslovakia?

Czech, is my guess

i thought it was killing mike. the way he said 'it had to be done'

I thought it was the killing of the 10 guys. Thus making Jesse "safe." But of course Jesse's thinking he's just the next guy on the list of people Walt needs to get rid of.

I don't think Jesse or Saul would "know" what happened to Mike with any certainty if Walt sticks to his story that Mike "escaped."

yeah jesse was thinking of the prison killings

OTOH they're probably thinking like Lydia, if Mike were still alive Walt would never move against those guys

has anyone mentioned that todd's unsavory uncle (or maybe uncle's friend?) was jason street's wheelchair friend (whose name i forget) from FNL?
i thought that was kinda lol casting, considering

haha did not notice that. but did notice that Todd is in The Master.

Todd being connected to/leader of (?) a gang of neo Nazis seems to have passed by unnoticed in all the reviews on this episode. I was actually shocked when you saw who Walt was meeting with - the show just kind of glossed it over

― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Monday, September 3, 2012 1:23 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

is it weird that i'm kind of blasé about prison neo-nazis, from what i've read it's just another prison gang, ppl join them for protection, not because they love hitler

they're not REAL nazis

jesse definitely doesn't know mike is dead
he was referring to the prison killings
that was enough to freak him out to get the pistol
if he thought for sure he killed mike there's no way he's letting him in

I loved the book ending (I was going NO NO NO NO NO all the way through partly because I couldn't stand the tension of not knowing what terrible thing was going to happen at that bbq).
To anyone else the inscription could be willed away as it's kind of ambiguous. But Hank KNOWS.

JESUS

otm about the bbq. i was actually shallow breathing a bit in anticipation of something horrible. i did hope they'd break the tension with hank having a sudden deluge of diarrhoea after his discovery.

my gut was telling me that walt jr was going to tumble into the pool with holly even as my head told me how ridiculous that was.

lydia is so hot imo

this too

xpost i was thinking more an explosion of some kind. love the way they had all the conversations in the same mix of sound.