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

i mean hes acting all weird they go and check it out and hes been arrested and now they have to kill cops

( Alfred, there'a a whole origin storyline, referenced when his ex showed up; he was a chemistry whiz who left his original enterprise, because his partners wouldn't bow down)
They must have been following Walt for a while, to get there so quickly. But--unless they were waiting near the carwash--may have had some tracking equipment--taken from HQ or local spy shop. not hard to find those in the citay nowadays. Anyway, I was thinking a couple of reasons whul Walt despairs as soon as he sees them: he figures they may well have recorded his freak-out, maybe co-ordinates too, and could have emailed this stuff (counter to the "confession" video). Even if they didn't, which would fit this ep's whole heat-of-the-moment theme, where nobody's capable of chess moves, apparently; still, Hank has informed THE LADY In PURPLE OMG

I doubt that it will come down to Walt trying to save Jesse, not after he's gone far enough to put out a hit on him.

yah they couldve thrown a tracking device on his car right before calling him

xpost x2, regardless of all that, he's caught. There's nowhere to run or hide.

basically he needs to stop wearing the Heisenberg hat to return to normal

xpost although they still wouldn't have proof. But he realizes that he lead them to the money.

Alfred, there'a a whole origin storyline, referenced when his ex showed up; he was a chemistry whiz who left his original enterprise, because his partners wouldn't bow down)

I know but you'd think Germans would look at this guy's uh CV since 2008 and realize he's more trouble than he's worth.

next week's epi ("ozymandias") is directed by rian johnson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4TA4QCxq3U

really cool behind-the-scenes clip about the making of the shootout scene (no spoilers that i can tell)

in terms of just straight up technical direction, this sequence was completely flawless

A bit worried that it'll come down more to bang-bang than character, but no ending could ruin this show.

walt is on a spaceship to mars; he wakes up

The final shot is of the entire cast, who break the fourth wall and say "Scene!" in unison.

i really enjoyed junior grinning at saul

The final shot is of the entire cast, who break the fourth wall and say "Scene!" in unison.

― Shart Week (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, September 9, 2013 10:54 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

camera zooms out into a wide crane shot -- it is being directed by the kid from rushmore

uh-oh just remembered that when Charlie Rose interviewed Gilligan, he mentioned that he (Rose, not Gilligan) was in an upcoming ep. Gilligan didn't like/deny this.

if the last episode closes on a montage with the Flaming Lips "Do You Realize?" playing I do think that would invalidate all the good work the show had previously done

yeah, Walt Jr being starstruck seeing Saul was funny. ABQ must be really low on celebrities.

ozymandias is an hr long c rose roundtable discussing the works of shelley prob xxp

Phil Collins head singing "Something In The Air Tonight" while having turtle race w Walt, Jesse and Assad heads.

walt is drowning but phil will not lend a hand

"don't drink and drive but if you do, call me" is a pretty awesome thing for a lawyer with a smashed up face to tell a teenager

the internet sez charlie rose is in the penultimate ep -- id guess somehow the cartels, etc have become huge news

it also sez rose isnt necessarily playing himself but cmon

Hopefully the epic "Bitch!" Aaron Paul talked about is directed at Charlie Rose.

Charlie Rose gets his car washed at A1, and Junior's all "You're that guy from the TEE-VEE!"

i really want a gif of Todd in the shooting

I laughed out loud at how bored and awkward he looked

lol @ episode ending on actual gunfire exchange rather than standard tense guys-pointing-guns-at-each-other (a trope I have come to loathe)

http://cdn.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dammit-todd.gif

see also
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=1SkB2UV3Ohg#t=28

"yeah whatever guns big woop can I go play xbox now"

He looks like he's picking up something gross, like dog poop.

he has the expression of a man milking a cow.

I don't think they had GPS tracking on his phone, all they mentioned was a wire (many xposts)

well they've got him on record confessing to at least four murders so Walt is fucked and we can assume somehow he gets out of the shootout and goes on the lam/new identity etc. seems unlikely that anybody is actually going to die in the shootout, I would expect some weird parity is achieved - Nazis grab Walt, Hank/Gomie/Jesse get away.

in terms of just straight up technical direction, this sequence was completely flawless

― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Monday, September 9, 2013 10:39 AM (1 hour ago)

I dunno, I really liked the eps, hearkened back to the zany pace of earlier seasons when walt was flying by the seat of his pants, but the gunfight was kinda ridic. I'm no firearms expert but a guy with a pistol standing behind a truck going against a bunch of dudes w/ machine guns... seems like that battle is not going to rage for very long.

OK - what can we be pretty sure of from the season-opening flash-forward?

- Walt is 52 (or imagining his 52nd birthday) - so we're about 1 year from "now"
- He has a full head of hair and beard and looks like shit
- He's using Skyler's maiden name as his alias, Mr. Lambert
- He's driving a car with New Hampshire plates
- He buys a big fucking gun
- He returns to ABQ
- His house looks to have been uninhabited for a long time
- Heisenberg graffiti inside the house
- He retrieves Ricin
- Neighbour Carol's reaction means he's notorious and/or presumed dead

This feels to me like the opening, more or less, of the final episode. So what has to happen in the next episode to get Walt to the beginning of the flash forward?
maybe:
- big gun = we needs to kill a lot of dudes at long range - the nazis?
- ricin = he needs to kill an individual he can get close to without leaving a trace

it hasnt! xp

felt like f'kn forever

how many rounds per second is that machine gun firing? perhaps they were blinded by hank's dome

I did think it was stupid that so many rounds were flying and yet no one was being hit

all the neo-nazguls were standing stationary like a firing line, it's not like they were ducking and taking cover from hank n gomey's fire, and hank was basically standing out in the open

I'm assuming these guys are not amateurs at shooting at things, well maybe todd

I dunno, I really liked the eps, hearkened back to the zany pace of earlier seasons when walt was flying by the seat of his pants, but the gunfight was kinda ridic. I'm no firearms expert but a guy with a pistol standing behind a truck going against a bunch of dudes w/ machine guns... seems like that battle is not going to rage for very long.

oh, totally. i guess i was thinking more in filmmaking terms - first there's that awesome low-angle shot of walt dropping the gun, then the way they establish dimension (and more) with those great dolly zooms during the standoff, the way they framed walt within the tahoe, even the squib fx - it's all just blocked and filmed so beautifully considering how complicated the scene actually is

yeah, even I was like "uh Hank, yer kinda exposed out there bro".

I mean if this had happened during a game of cops and robbers it would have erupted into a "GOT YOU!" 'NUH UH!' argument real fast.

actually I guess we do know that todd is good at hitting small targets

I did think it was stupid that so many rounds were flying and yet no one was being hit

― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, September 9, 2013 12:17 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it made me think of city of god where one of the plot points is how the criminals have terrible aim

yeah it was crazy. i mean gomie looks like he has a nasty chest/stomach wound but hank seemed pretty unharmed.

xxxxxposts tbf his 51st birthday was a while ago, even in BB time.

i mean gomie looks like he has a nasty chest/stomach wound

wait waht did I blink and miss something? cuz I thought the episode ended with no one hurt

i couldnt tell if gomie was grimacing from being hit or just from being in a tight spot, i dont think you could see any wound

anyway imho the shootout was just kinda one of the pulpish not terribly realistic things that the show is known for

episode next week is gonna begin with the Nazis and Hank/Gomie at TGI Fridays laughing and drinking margaritas, reliving the firefight ("man, you were a hard target, bro!"), until Hank realizes that both Jesse and Walt aren't with them.