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

Or so it will seem...until you remember the ricin cigarette.

thats like a sitcom move *realization of what he's done slowly dawns on walt's face as everybody laughs*

"b-b-but it was me! i really was heisenberg!"

"oh walter you old ninny!"

Jesse confessing to being Heisenberg would benefit precisely one person and that's Walt. It's a dumb theory.

Plus everybody who matters in the story who knows that Heisenberg exists already knows that Walt is definitely the guy. Lydia & Madrigal, Todd & the Nazis, Skylar, and Hank & Gomie all know Walt is Heisenberg - so who would Jesse be fooling if he confessed to being Heisenberg? Meth-heads? The general public of Albuquerque?

Big Head Todd and the Nazis

I know that Walt's real home is his sense of empire and security, but I'm not sure what could break that other than ripping apart his family or getting rid of his store of money. Maybe sabotaging his relationships with Lydia/Saul/Todd's family.

Jesse's gonna open cheaper car washes.

dang, dan. you might be on to something.

maybe Jesse's gonna become an EVEN better/more successful meth cook than Walt. that'll learn 'im.

He doesn't even want those relationships. They were only means to ends. Skyler/Junior/Holly and the money to take care of them after he's dead are the only things that matter to him. It all goes back to S1E1 (and it's nice that Gilligan never loses that focus.) xxxp

I know that Walt's real home is his sense of empire and security, but I'm not sure what could break that other than ripping apart his family or getting rid of his store of money. Maybe sabotaging his relationships with Lydia/Saul/Todd's family.

As far as I'm aware, Jessie a) doesn't know that Walt's buried the money in the desert, b) doesn't know that Skyler's been involved and complicit for ages and c) doesn't know there's been a bloody coup in the meth operation. Pretty fucking big gaps in his knowledge. So it could be any of these and all of them could blow up in his face.

The end he needs right now is protection and economic security! If he didn't have Saul's network in the last two episodes, he'd have been fucked. Walt likes to think he's an island (or has built an island for his family with his economic security) but he's needed Jesse so many times.

He could tell Skyler/Walt Jr I guess. The second part of that would prob complete the ripping apart of family task.

Anything that facilitates another Jesse and Skyler scene is fine with me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MVOpBNCrz4

^^^ Hall of famer IMO.

I thought Walt's pump explanation was A+. I laughed more at the most recent episode than any episode for a long time.

"all over my... groin"

I know BB doesn't conform to Occam's Razor much - but the simplest interpretation of Jesse's threat to "hit you where you really live" seems like he plans to reveal the truth about Walt to Walt Jr.

This works plot-wise too because presumably Jesse has to convince Hank to be in on his plan, and Hank wants to get Walt Jr away from Walt so he would go for this.

I reckon that's what's going to happen too, although I suspect he's going to go direct to Skyler rather than Junior. I can't remember if Jesse and Walter Jr have ever been in the same place at the same time.

Not sure Skyler and Walt Junior have ever been in the same place at the same time. At least not since breakfasts in season two.

for all we know about walt jr he could be running his own meth empire.

Also Todd and the Nazis trying to kill Jesse but going over-the-top with it and causing some tragic blowback for Walt is almost a given, I think.

"Sorry I had to shoot your baby, Mr. White, but she saw everything."

Would Walt Jr wear a wire though? And wouldn't Walt just tell Jr his story about Hank being the meth kingpin?

Also Todd and the Nazis trying to kill Jesse but going over-the-top with it and causing some tragic blowback for Walt is almost a given, I think.

100 per cent. I said already I reckon it's going to be Hank and Marie getting wasted in this showdown, poss Walt Jr too.

I think Junior's sympathies might lie with whoever is straight with him (finally, for once in his life) first.

Walter Junior totally idolises Hank though, he just wouldn't believe that. Also Walt had that weird breakdown in front of him last season, coupled with a shitload of other unexplained weird behaviour.

Someone at work pointed out that Walter Jr was wearing a hoodie like Jesse in the last episode so there could be a case of mistaken identity. I'm pretty sceptical about that given Todd has never seen Jesse being, y'know, obviously disabled, but that would be pretty fucking horrible all round.

what if they mistake the baby for jesse

oh god please lets not have walt holding walt jrs dying body after a tragic kwinkydink and having a "for what is a man profited..." moment

Is Flynn supposed to be kind of hopelessly naive at time or actually kind of dumb? I feel like the writers are kind of lazy sometimes and take the fact that he's disabled means he's somehow an idiot, too

Did Jesse tell Hank about Gale, I wonder?

― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, September 2, 2013 8:37 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i think so, only because hank referred to him as a 'junkie murderer' out on the balcony. murderer would have been a pretty big thing to assume/throw around otherwise.

Is Flynn supposed to be kind of hopelessly naive at time or actually kind of dumb? I feel like the writers are kind of lazy sometimes and take the fact that he's disabled means he's somehow an idiot, too

It took Hank four and a half seasons to work it out and he was obsessively looking.

Yeah, I didn't mean the meth kingpin thing, just his general intelligence. Pretty average teenager, I guess.

oh god please lets not have walt holding walt jrs dying body after a tragic kwinkydink and having a "for what is a man profited..." moment

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would be great if the season turned out to be an extended homage to godfather 3

show ends with walt falling out of a chair by a trailer in the desert

i can't really think of too many situations off hand where flynn is being stupid rather than a little green when people play to his vanity - the "Save My Daddy" website, Walt buying him cool cars, flynngate, etc. lots of kids know something's fishy with their parents but don't "figure it out," and this guy's parents are having ish far outside the usual realm.

walt's flashback during the chair collapse would have to breakfast, obvs

be breakfast, damn my lack of proofing

now I'm wondering if my dad was a drug kingpin. sure would explain the '93 lebaron...

nothing explains a '93 lebaron

maybe the twist is walt jr learns the truth but stays loyal to his dad, in keeping with his relationship with his dad so far, and somehow tragically tries to help walt sr

by cooking up his own adorable teenage attempt at meth?

he tries the shake-and-bake method but drops the container and can't get out before it blows up

"I learned it by watching you, dad! I learned it by watching you!"

tries to make ricin, makes rice-a-roni

"hey dad, i know it tastes funny! your friend jesse helped me play the rice-in-cigarette trick on you! dad? dad? DAAAAAAAAAAAAD!!!!"

by cooking up his own adorable teenage attempt at meth?

it turns out to be 99.3% pure. tensions develop.

i'm sure walt jr will survive, word is he'll be the huggy bear on Saul's upcoming nawlins PI show

Least satisfying possible turn: Jesse tells Skyler, who then in turn kills Jesse. Skyler corrupted, Jesse dead, Walt hands to heavens, yelling "noooooooooooo!"

right now my money is on a "noooo!" followed by a "say hello to my little friend!"

Hank will put breakfast on an exploding turtle

so has anyone heard about this "real life" Breaking Bad case? this shit is insane (my bro just sent this to me)

http://www.pe.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20110917-san-bernardino-professor-pleads-not-guilty-in-meth-case.ece

www.pe.com/local-news/san-bernardino-county/san-bernardino-county-headlines-index/20120821-san-bernardino-breaking-bad-professor-preliminary-hearing-dates-set.ece

http://www.sbsun.com/general-news/20130812/three-defendants-remain-in-cal-state-professors-alleged-drug-case

They've repeatedly shown that Walter Jr is mean to be pretty smart for his age - doing well at school, building that Help Walter White website etc.