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

through the whole eps I was like this is a whole bunch of set-up, not a lot of payoff, then the garage scene oof

Did anyone watch Low Winter Sun after?
I got overwhelmed by it trying so hard in the first five minutes, I turned it off - but then I felt like maybe I should have just stuck with it in case it turns out to be good.
Felt like the screenwriter took that Billy wilder "grab 'em by the throat and never let 'em go" adage a little too seriously.

xxposts haha s1ocki I was hoping the same thing!!

i thought it was a bit ridiculous

so many ppl glaring at each other

so many ppl acting super guilty in front of each other

so much "flawed violent male hero" shit, just felt like it was made because that's what ppl want tehse days

(low winter sun)

I don't mind Mark Strong as the occasional bad guy in a movie but i'm not really clamoring for him to carry a show

yeah beyond the bookends it was kinda standard premiere stuff, check in w/ everybody and let the audience know where everybody is right now. though i'm glad that things are relatively out in the open there was a part of me that was looking forward to knowing and watching hank build his case while walt went on w/ his life smugly thinking he'd gotten away w/ everything. also (really just stupid nitpicking now) but if hank had wanted to confirm that that was gale's handwriting but not tip walt off he could've just snapped a picture w/ his phone and left the book there. it's not like the book as a piece of evidence is that super vital.

I watched it until the 1st commercial so I could see the "scenes from next week's BB" bit, which had zero payoff, so I'm not bothering with it anymore.

I like how Hank can't go after Walt without making himself look like a total idiot in the process

wild guesses here but if it turns out I'm right buy me a cola or something: walt eventually gets caught by hank, he rolls over and helps them get the guys behind gus, DEA gives him witness protection flyout to NH, walt can't run from his sins, bad stuff happens, he returns to NM to settle score w/ big gun, something something walt bitch more breakfast

― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Monday, July 16, 2012 12:53 AM (1 year ago)

rolling BB lol predictions but I guess walt ain't rolling over and between madrigal, the cartel, and hank he's got a lot of enemies to choose from

todd is def gonna play a roll tho, guy's got the aw shucks greenness of jesse and the ice water of walt in his veins, and he knows enough to sink everybody at this point

xpost re: low winter sun - agree, Slocki, that's definitely the stink it gave off in the first 5 mins

yeah beyond the bookends it was kinda standard premiere stuff, check in w/ everybody and let the audience know where everybody is right now. though i'm glad that things are relatively out in the open there was a part of me that was looking forward to knowing and watching hank build his case while walt went on w/ his life smugly thinking he'd gotten away w/ everything. also (really just stupid nitpicking now) but if hank had wanted to confirm that that was gale's handwriting but not tip walt off he could've just snapped a picture w/ his phone and left the book there. it's not like the book as a piece of evidence is that super vital.

― balls, Monday, August 12, 2013 12:24 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

i was thinking about that but...

1) dude was in mega-shock, could have made a mistake
2) dude might have wanted to hold on to the evidence before walt could dispose of it

my assumption is that given Walt's left town and seems to be in hiding, his cover has been completely blown and everybody knows that's Heisenberg's house and that the people who tagged it like that are the same people skating in the pool

really do think it's awesome that they got that confrontation out of the way tho, dont really see any advantage in drawing it out

tho now that hank knows, maybe he's got more incentive to work w/ the dea if push comes to shove? the horse is out of the barn, the barn door is open, etc

I am very disappointed that the internet tumblr gif worldwide computer has not yet provided me with a garage door gif, yes aero I am part of the problem

so as far as timeline goes, from the time Walt takes on the new kid and starts supplying Madrigal to the time when Skylar takes him to the big pile o cash -- that's about three months, right? i feel like that was said that somewhre....

socki (s1ocki)
Posted: August 12, 2013, 4:27:38 PM
really do think it's awesome that they got that confrontation out of the way tho, dont really see any advantage in drawing it out

ya it was p awesome as mentioned upthread that the ep wasn't all set up

o yeah s1ocki i totally agree which is why i had that 'stupid nitpicking' caveat. if it had been me i probably would've ran out of the john w/ my pants around my feet, waving the book around, and going 'holy shit you're heisenberg! you're heisenberg!'. i can't imagine hank wanting to make a deal no matter what w/ walt but i could imagine his superiors overruling him, esp since it ain't like this whole thing is likely to make hank look good even if hank is the one who catches him.

next eps cold open will be a crazed hank spray-painting HEISENBERG while the white family attempts to eat breakfast

whatcha doin uncle hank?

socki (s1ocki)
Posted: August 12, 2013, 4:27:38 PM
really do think it's awesome that they got that confrontation out of the way tho, dont really see any advantage in drawing it out

ya it was p awesome as mentioned upthread that the ep wasn't all set up

― lag∞n, Monday, August 12, 2013 12:32 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark

what's with the weird way you're c&ping posts? is that how it does it on the iphone app or sth?

ya im on zing atm

I am very disappointed that the internet tumblr gif worldwide computer has not yet provided me with a garage door gif, yes aero I am part of the problem

best I can do for you right now.

http://i.imgur.com/2Mlqexx.gif

yeah it was awesome they went from walt has first clue, gets confirmation, has the unspoken 'i know you know' dance w/ hank, and then the confrontation all within the span of like fifteen minutes or so. could've easily been several episodes (and i wouldn't entirely have minded if it was, i do miss how slow and methodical this show was in the first few seasons) and it's a pretty easy way to build tension. at this point they've set up so much they're just knocking over dominoes.

lol xp

I don't think hank's superiors will be too happy about him trying to reopen the heisenberg case, everybody treats him like don quixote whenever it comes up. I like that it's hank's moral dilemma now, since walt isn't backing down.

mentioned this upthread but it kind of blew me away that he pulled out the tracking device, such an unexpected and crazy move

and kind of the ultimate walter white thing to do, like, he knows hank is on to him, his best move is to do something totally unexpected and freak him out

reminds me of marty mcfly and 'chicken', walt can't stand the possibility that someone somewhere might think they're outsmarting him for even one second.

part of the magic of this show/cranston/the character is whenever he does something so crazily out of character they manage to sell it

xp

i thought it was a bit ridiculous

so many ppl glaring at each other

so many ppl acting super guilty in front of each other

so much "flawed violent male hero" shit, just felt like it was made because that's what ppl want tehse days

― socki (s1ocki), Monday, August 12, 2013 12:22 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah. its too bad cuz mark strong's one heck of an actor

2) dude might have wanted to hold on to the evidence before walt could dispose of it

― socki (s1ocki), Monday, August 12, 2013 12:26 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

that's a good point. i couldn't figure out why he was swiping it, but that makes sense

getting hank-walt confrontation out of the way reminds me of when they just came out and had walt tell skylar what he was doing. i thought they might've kept putting it off until the end of the show

best move would be some gus fring shit, if he could sneak into a school and poison a kid he could easily find some non-suspicious way to off hank. the only problem would be hank wouldn't know that walt beat him.

yeah it reminded me of S1/S2 when the biggest fear of walt's was having skylar find out xp

tho having skylar find out that walt told hank is another level of how exactly is that shit gonna hit the fan

Walt killing Hank would be pretty o_0

reminds me of marty mcfly and 'chicken', walt can't stand the possibility that someone somewhere might think they're outsmarting him for even one second.

― balls, Monday, August 12, 2013 12:45 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

that was the weirdest thing to add to that series

a cool low-key surprise in this ep: walt actually telling skyler who lydia was

yeah. its too bad cuz mark strong's one heck of an actor

ya, still one of my favourite movie scenes int he last few years is in zero dark thirty when mark strong comes into a boardroom and yells at everybody and then leaves the movie

best move would be some gus fring shit, if he could sneak into a school and poison a kid he could easily find some non-suspicious way to off hank. the only problem would be hank wouldn't know that walt beat him.

with the ending of this ep it seems somehow surprising that the ricin pellet hadn't been used to off Hank.

at the moment the cartel has finally captured walt and they're about to brutally torture him for some information they desperately need he's going to keel over and say with his dying breath "I took ricin 48 hours ago because I anticipate... bitch"

yeah i do wonder what walt or hank say to their wives. haha very very doubtful they do it this way but would love it if skylar found out hank knows thru marie lording yet another thing over her.

i half expected him to ricin Jesse

wait nvm

i need coffee

Am I the only person who thinks Walt isn't jumping at the idea of killing Hank? He's trying (even if failing), at reestablishing some sort of normalcy. Wants to leave his family wealthy and happy. Obviously he'll do what he has to do to protect his money and immediate family, but I don't see him, as cold as he is, being totally excited about the idea of offing Hank.

i don't think he's jumping at the idea but i think he'd more readily off hank than say jess

walt combines the ricin with mercury fulminate and kills 3 sq blocks of albuquerque residents, gets arrested by homeland security as terrorist, leaves the DEA wringing their hands on the sidelines, hank ends up mute in a wheelchair with a lil purple bell on it

He's trying (even if failing), at reestablishing some sort of normalcy

it did feel like Walt's ice cold hardman act at the end was him trying to compensate for having no idea how to deal with the situation at hand. As it always is, I suppose.

if walt kills hank it'll finally make me hate him

walt would not hesitate to kill hank, imo. i don't think family or normalcy gives him any pause - that's just the crocodile tears sob story he wants his inner circle to believe. he's a sociopath who loves playacting as a tool of manipulation. if hank is in his way, he'll off him, no question

there is no walter only zool