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

Keep in mind that only weeks have passed since Gus's demise.

Goddammmit. I hate this time thing.

How long did Jane's dad take off before coming back to work? 16 hours?

Several months have passed since Gus's death now. Albuquerque does seem remarkable light on drug gangs though.

They're not selling in ABQ though are they?

I mean that was the brilliant part of their setup, all the risk shunted off to the Phoenix boys and overseas

you've got the white gangster world of The Sopranos

this is wrong btw

as is boardwalk empire as well as the notion that hell on wheels and the killing are crit faves (or that deadwood or justified - both of which are/were pretty integrated - apparently aren't). note sure how you leave downton abbey on the table there either. or for that matter girls though then you'd have to acknowledge that crit fave comedies tend to be more diverse than the norm and (coincidentally let's hope) much lower rated.

uhhh deadwood was not that well integrated, san francisco cocksuckers lol

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lol INTENSE

Needs more ruching, yo.

are they dating or did he just get some of the sickest assigned seating ever

im pretty sure hes married

wtf is up with sparkly suit

I like the fact that Walt ends of killing the people Hank would if he could even though they are on opposite sides

I love SKylars littel "ditzy acountant" act - lol

that was brilliant

i don't think Hank wants to kill anyone, even the bad guys.

but that is a good point - that Walt has killed alot of the guys Hank is or would have been after (Jesse being a huge exception).

makes me wonder now, if that trend holds true - will Walt kill himself at the end? the very first episode he literally tried to blow his brains out.

i don't think Hank wants to kill anyone, even the bad guys.

Yeah, this was pretty explicitly underscored at the end of this season, given his reaction to the prison murders.

i think his reaction to the prison murders was more "oh shit there goes my case!" on the other hand, he did throw tuco's grill into the river - i read that as, for all his bravado he can't look at taking someone's life as a frikkin joke.

that's an interesting angle... if push came to shove hank would prolly hesitate pulling a trigger on walt, but walt has proved his standards are pretty low when it comes to self-preservation.

I've been rewatching from the beginning and I know we've discussed the time frame of the show and vince gilligan has said he tries not include any time references but there are some real obvious ones in season 2. Lots of dialogue like 'oh that was about a month ago' etc. The most obvious being Janes death. When Walt and Janes dad are talking in the bar the night before, janes dad mentions he has a daughter turning 27 next month. when the medical examiners are taking out her body he says he DOB is 4/4/82 so we can assume jane died in march 2009. from other time references I'd say that was about 3 months from walts 50th which we could maybe place in tyhe second week or third week of january (since school winter break probably takes up the first week of the year). Also empty pool so probably winter. BrBa detective work up in here.

are we to assume Walt it responsible for Jane's death? I can't figeru that one out - was she save-able when he was with her? THen again if he didn't, she was blackmailing him, so maybe he had his reasons to let her die

Yeah, he totally could've saved her.

and he totally had his reasons

http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/10/22/greg-smith-goldman-sachs-worse/?iid=Lead

reading things like this - Walter could have gotten rich through evil ways yet remained within the law

perhaps, but i think a key part of his character is that he likes to "create" things of his own, salesmanship and money management don't seem up WW's alley

but yeah, scary real life villains

it's just a show guys

you're just a show

Jane was passed out on her side; Walt accidentally rolled her onto her back while trying to shake Jesse awake. I'd say he's pretty culpable. xxxpost

he didn't roll her, but he could have rolled her back

Pretty sure he did roll her (accidentally).

yep

completed s4 - here comes s5!

one thing i like about BB is that it is on a pretty much constant upswing. i've liked every season better than the one prior... tho there are stand out moments of course
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For me season 2 has the edge for being when the show found its voice with breathtaking aplomb, but there's not much in it.

No bit has felt quite as exciting and WTF as when they fight it out with Tuco out in the desert.

no way... s3 and s4 are untouchable. s3 is scintillating by the end.

Yeah, the last few episodes of Season 3, from Hank's battle with the twins onwards, is the most tension-filled TV I've ever seen.

I still haven't found another moment as shocking as Jane's death... It's the fulcrum of Walt's moral arc.

it's possibly cos i've watched the first four series over the space of just a couple of months, so I might be desensitised to certain bits. The Tuco bit, especially the line "We tried to poison you because you are an insane degenerate piece of filth and you deserve to die" was the first time I physically punched the air and whooped.

Yeah, the last few episodes of Season 3, from Hank's battle with the twins onwards, is the most tension-filled TV I've ever seen.

otm, it'll never hit these heights again, and that's not a harsh criticism.

End of S3 is so clearly the peak of the series.

i vehemently agree. it could only go down after that, and again, that's not even to say it's not still brilliant tv. it was week after week of them hammering the audience with brilliance.

yeah i had been watching the show before that and loving it and praising it but the last few eps of season 3 were when i felt the need to start calling up friends after finishing an episode and just start shouting 'OMFG YOU NEED TO WATCH BREAKING BAD'. i'm not someone who would ever call breaking bad the best tv drama of all time etc (though obv it'd be in the conversation), but that level of tension is something none of its peers have approached imo, nevermind w/ such regularity.

"We tried to poison you because you are an insane degenerate piece of filth and you deserve to die"

as good as "I AM THE DANGER"

I guess most people he kils do deserve to die from a "live by teh sword die by the sword worldview"

I was stunned when he ran over the dudes in his aztec and shot the one to make sure he was dead - it was like "thats it, I'm bad"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXJ-jaCrNcY

DO IT

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