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

no reason he can't be a known criminal and presumed dead

we shd poll like % chance u think theyll fuck it up. i agree, p low imo

what's the InTrade on "Breaking Bad ends appropriately & satisfactory according to the majority of critics and fans."

Is Carol the same neighbor he used to check his house for bombs or whatev?

seems weird to me that anyone, neighbor or not, would be aware of the intricacies of a criminal enterprise, no matter how well reported. seems more likely she thought he was dead imho, but we'll see.

Pretty clearly set up that neighbor loses her shit because Walt is a known criminal. Also, I'm a little confused - was someone arguing upthread that the cancer did not come back? Because that's just nuts.

fence around the house family gone might ask a few questions, might be the talk of the neighborhood, might be a big local news story

Like, the derelict house has his nom de guerre sprayed on it. Walt's secret identity is public record. Unless he plays it off as payback from kingpin Hank ... hmm. And fakes his death ... hmmm.

the derelict house has his nom de guerre sprayed on it

why is everyone making such a big deal of this, it's on the INSIDE of the house

conjecture in this thread is ridiculously out of control

it just means people know

if Jesse is shown spraypainting that on the living room in the next episode I am going to lol @ all of you

exactly. currently the cancer only comes up as weapon against others, not as something that's impeding walt in any obvious way. what this means remains to be seen, and I guess you can place your over/under on it if you please, but that's not what i'm doing.

― da croupier, Wednesday, August 28, 2013 4:58 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

gilligan says in the latest post-show podcast that they went into 5b completely against the idea of walt's cancer returning because it was too easy a way out. "oh look at all this chaos i created. well, late!" but then they changed their minds on it and i cant recall the specifics of why. maybe because it brings walt back to his original reasoning highlighting the contrast between season 1 walt and season 5 walt. also walt can use it in the most assholish way possible to manipulating everyone and everything as weve already seen. like i said above there is actually a scene of the oncologist telling him his cancer is back in a bad way but that scene will have to wait for the bluray.
Anyway, I certainly didnt get the feeling that the cancer is going to be what gets him in the end.

and it will be well deserved xp

if Jesse is shown spraypainting that on the living room in the next episode I am going to lol @ all of you

― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, August 28, 2013 7:00 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

jesse spray painting could easily lead to people knowing, i mean why is the house fenced off, why is the neighbor tripping balls

The main thing about the cancer being it allows Walt to persist with the delusion that he's doing this all for his family. Regardless of how bad he gets, you get the feeling Walt does actually believe his own bullshit.

i really wish we'd gotten the news of an excised scene with walt's oncologist before i had to have my "witnessed cancer treatment" bonafides questioned for daring to suggest walt might not be giving everyone all the information he has. where did they reveal this outtake, sunny?

― da croupier, Wednesday, August 28, 2013 5:42 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Gilligan and editor Kelley Dixon have been doing a post show podcast since the beginning of season 2. lots of guests including cast, producers, writers, music supervisor, etc that usually relate to that particular episode e.g. Dean Norris was on for the 'One Minute' after show. The source music guy was on after the 'crystal blue persuasion' ep. I love it because they really go into what the character is going through mentally and emotionally at that moment without ever giving away spoilers for future shows. I also love it because they go into detail as to why a certain scene was written, why it was shot in the way it was, all the crazy shit they had to do to get certain shots and i find that stuff interesting. Some of them are pretty funny too. They record these podcasts in post-production so its all still pretty fresh for them.

Anyways, it's called 'Breaking Bad Insider Podcast' and is released on the Monday evening or Tuesday after the Sunday Night BB ep airs.

Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-bad-insider-podcast/id311058181?mt=2

why is the neighbor tripping balls

those were oranges.

man, i'd love to hear that stuff later but i so don't want to be let in behind the curtain mid-show

I'll ask my real q again: how many episodes are left?

5, right?

Yeah we've done 3, so 5 episodes are left -- season is 8 episodes long

7

∞

Ok thanks. For some reason I was under the impression that there were only 5 total and we had seen 3/5. Glad to be wrong! Carry on.

8 last season, 8 this season. You're safe for now :)

Are we counting Todd and Uncle Jack's Christmas special "Dreaming of a White Power Christmas"?

I think I saw that on Jerry springer circa 1994

Guys we had a few coincidences Sunday daytime before 'confessions' aired.
We went to a family members place because they were out of town and we were invited to use their pool. Where had they gone? ALASKA
While swimming in the pool I realized it was fiberglass just like Whites. Like a fiberglass shell tossed in a hole rather than a concrete pool poured into the ground. After we dried off we sat at a table for a while when I realized not 10 ft from us was a potted Lily of the Valley. WOAHS.

why is everyone making such a big deal of this, it's on the INSIDE of the house

― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, August 28, 2013 10:58 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

a house that presumably will be on fire soon

The recent re-emphasis on the WW/Jesse father/son dynamic; WW's success in retaining his children in his home, first by using the cancer as a persuasion with WW Jr, and then by making the DVD FAO Hank and Marie; and Jesse's pouring of the petrol (in anger at realisation that WW poisoned Jesse's potential "son" Brock) - all of this might combine to mean bad news for WW Jr.

Unless it's to be a WW Jr / Jesse "Home Alone" prank-fest.

Is Carol the same neighbor he used to check his house for bombs or whatev?

Nah, that was an older lady. (IIRC she was played by Vince Gilligan's mom.)

why is everyone making such a big deal of this, it's on the INSIDE of the house

Yeah, a house that is vandalized and overrun by skaters. Anyway, did anyone answer upthread? Was the house in the premiere merely vandalized or post-fire? Is there any sign it was actually burned in the flash-forward season premiere? I can't remember. Regardless, I think if someone spills gas all over your house you pretty much have to get out and close it off anyway.

didnt look burned

the gasoline all over the house comes in the same episode that skylar insists to her sister that her kids are back home because they're safe now

I seem to remember there still being carpeting on the floor when FutureWalt broken in. And no signs of fire damage.

xp

i think maybe a mild spoiler to that point can be found if you look in the guest actors for the next ep

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabid_Dog

hah walt shows up w his gun i guess

maybe he gets caught by walt jr as he kills jesse

hey dad whats going on *confused face*
oh nothing son just giving jesse here a little massage *blood everywhere*

I think the description to the penultimate episode is the most interesting:

Events set in motion long ago move toward a conclusion.

And apparently Gilligan has said (though I can't locate the source for this) that something/someone most viewers have forgotten about will come back before the series is over. I wonder what this could be? A relative of Krazy-8 will try to avenge him? Jane's dad escapes from prison? Ted Beneke decides to talk to the cops?

Those synopses are almost as meaningless as 'Next Week on Mad Men'.

"Things heat up for Walt in unexpected ways."
"Everyone copes with radically changed circumstances in different ways."

ya I looked at those the other day, I think the biggest spoiler they offer is that Walt doesn't die for at least another couple of episodes.

Jane's dad didn't go to prison, he shot himself.

was sent to prison for shooting himself iirc

that move is called the plaxico

I think he shot himself but was never confirmed dead? By jove, we've got it.

Yup:

After Jane dies from an overdose, Donald returns to work as an Air Traffic Controller while still distraught and unwittingly causes a mid-air collision of two airplanes. A pink stuffed animal from the plane crash falls in Walter's pool. Shortly after the incident, Walt hears via his in-car radio that Margolis is rushed to hospital after a self-inflicted gunshot wound; however, Walt turns the radio off before Margolis' fate is revealed.

Would be very interested indeed to see those characters come face-to-face again actually, and it would probably be the catalyst for Jesse finding out about Jane.

the only way he could find out about Jane is if Walt tells him. there's no witnesses and no evidence.

If Jesse was smart enough to put this convoluted ricin thing together, including the poisoning of his girlfriend's son, he's at least paranoid enough to suspect Walt offed his former girlfriend.

Be very lame if the show pulls a "Carlito's Way"* and has Walt shot by some minor character we forgot about.

* I think this how the movie ends.