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

everyone will be shocked by charlie rose's surprisingly authentic Czech accent

da croupier
Posted: September 9, 2013, 6:49:51 PM
Never seen Sopranos

you simply must, please do not delay

Yeah, there's no indication everyone knows Walt is Heisenberg by the end.
I'm betting Walt Jr paints the Heisenberg graffiti. The writing's all goofy.

or the nazis do it. or Jesse does. or Marie. This whole speculative "the media exposes Walt!" thing seems really farfetched (and stupid) to me.

Walt painted it. It's for forwarding his mail.

the graffiti plus the fenced off house plus the neighbors reaction plus walt on the lam are the evidence for him having been exposed

there are simpler/more plausible explanations for each of those beyond THE MEDIA

not really sure what you mean by that but ok

oh plus charlie rose

various people have suggested on this thread that somehow Walt's identity becomes public knowledge - to his neighbors, to the skaters, to whoever spraypaints the graffiti - that's what I'm disagreeing about.

the Charlie Rose thing is a little o_0 tho

there could be other explanations but walts criminality being exposed is actually the

simplest

yeah, how many peeps watch Charlie Rose anyway? Here's a lazy question--I could burrow into AMC's official recaps---does the Czech connection's concern with purity (assuming it's their concern, and not just Lydia's own possibly meth-tinged compulsiveness/fear) have to do with an international smuggling operation, or just reputation/price-control in the USA? If the former, seems like somebody in Europe could handle the wizardly cooking. If the latter, as Jesse long ago pointed out, "We have some of the least picky customers ever."
(Concern w purity also seems like why Gus never should have bothers w Walt in first place, except he saw a way to leap past his xth place rivalry w cartels and the lord who killed his original cook/partner)

lydia's lifetime moment
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7439/9713194592_802fcb2616_n.jpg

neighbour's reaction could just be that he's disappeared, possibly presumed dead, his family is gone and the house has been taken over by skaters and he suddenly shows up looking like travis bickle with cancer

charlie rose is trickier to discount - but it could be anything, not necessarily hank being national news (and if that was it, why charlie rose? someone talking about a high school chemistry teacher turned meth king seems like an unlikely charlie rose interview subject)

I dunno the show constructing a realistic media narrative around Walt would mean having to admit that tons of Walt's story is wildly unrealistic/implausible - cuz why else would the media run with such a story except for the fact that it's so bonkers. which would just be a) shitty writing imho and b) a clumsy way to maneuver all these other vague pieces ("the public") against Walt

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I think by the end everything has blown over and Walt is back to tutoring local teens, using the walls of his living room as a blackboard (this week's lesson is on Heisenberg). At recess his students skate in the back yard.

i really enjoyed junior grinning at saul

this was cracking me up so bad

so youre saying everything the media covers is wildly unrealistic, like in real life xp

Walt ironically hailed media star--Associated Press: " 'In the future', Andy Warhol predicted, 'Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.' "

i really enjoyed junior grinning at saul

this was cracking me up so bad

― kinder, Monday, September 9, 2013 8:09 PM (36 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

totally setting up walt jr being on Saul's Fair, I'm telling ya.

also Jesse
"big ORANGE flames"

So do the Nazis know who Hank is? They could use some leverage to force Walt to cook - they know he cares for Jesse, but I can't remember if they know Hank is family or what, or if they think they're helping him by killing Hank.

and the irony is that Walt's home free because he didn't say 'yes' he understands the miranda rights. That's what I learned from the TV show 'Dexter'.

I was joking about charlie rose btw

so youre saying everything the media covers is wildly unrealistic, like in real life

just think about what a media story about Walt would read/look like

I can see Marie being purple with rage over these developments.

underappreciated post, imho

the reasoning Walt gave the Nazis for having Jesse killed was basically Saul's Old Yeller bit, right?

^^^

yeah that was funny

i don't think the nazis need "reasoning" beyond "here's some $$$"

if only Walt had given Huell's disappearance a little more thought, he might not have taken the bait

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I like that Walt was still defending hime. "He's not a rat!"

They've barely got time to close off all the existing narrative threads without setting up and playing out a whole new angle about the media and Walt being exposed. Everything from here on in has to be life-or-death stakes . Walt's going to die - and we know pretty soon he's running around with a big fucking gun and some ricin. What Carol or the skaters or ABQ knows isn't important to any of that so they won't waste time on it.

^^
they've had their fun with the media with Jane's dad

What Carol or the skaters or ABQ knows isn't important to any of that so they won't waste time on it

^^^ this. I think we have a tendency to assume that every minor detail shown in the opening flash-forward is significant, when a fair amount of it is actually completely incidental/only there as a backdrop. I mean when season 3 opened with all the detritus in the pool did you immediately ascribe some significance to the teddy bear eyeball or whatever it was...?

The next episode is called "Ozymandias" and is directed by Rian Johnson. Should be a fun one.

Then comes "Granite State" (aka New Hampshire). Charlie Rose guests.

The last episode is "Felina", written and directed by Vince.

Felina may refer to:

Felinae: scientific classification for small cats
Lontra felina: scientific name of the marine otter
La Felina: aka Gail Kim, professional wrestler
Feleena: heroine of Marty Robbins' song "El Paso"
Felina (Oz), the cat of Princess Ozana of Storybook Mountain in The Magical Mimics in Oz
Felina Furr: secret identity of Alley-Kat-Abra (DC Comics)
Professor Felina Ivy: character in Pokémon
Felina (singer), a reggaeton musical artist.
Felina: Prinsesa ng mga Pusa, a 2012 Philippine television drama on TV5.

My money's on reggaeton lady

hoping for Marty Robins and/or pokemon

http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzmjqhKSYq1r36opgo1_400.jpg

I AM THE ONE WHO KNOCKS

I miss Felt Eyebrows. Hope he comes back to retake his carwash in the violent finale.

http://images.wikia.com/marvel_dc/images/9/97/Alley-Kat-Abra_001.jpg

I'm wondering what Jesse has planned, cuz he clearly was slowly exiting the vehicle at the end. does he maybe have a huge fucking magnet or something that he's gonna take the baddies guns with.

Alley Kat-Abra kindof looks like Marie, maybe Marie wins

michelle mclaren directed the hell outta this ep

she has directed some stuff for Game of Thrones too -- she's p awes

polyphonic disambiguating

btw am i the only one who was delighted to see the arrival of the nazis? (awkward sentences.) it was fairly obvious it was going to happen but just curious as this made me realise i basically want walt to win at any cost. in this case, even more than he does.

― myonga vön bantee (cozen)

wtf?

btw am i the only one who was delighted to see the arrival of the nazis? (awkward sentences.) it was fairly obvious it was going to happen but just curious as this made me realise i basically want walt to win at any cost. in this case, even more than he does.

― Wantaway striker (LocalGarda), Monday, September 9, 2013 5:02 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark

i was terrified, but when they started firing 100s of rounds without hitting anything the tension kinda dissipated for me

did anyone notice todd's hilarious shooting technique

someone gif'ed it upthread, so awesome

ive been resisting engaging in any speculation or predicting, but every time i try to imagine the end game that gets walt & that m60 back in albuquerque i just end up picturing the wishbone episode of The Odyssey, where todd & the nazis are the suitors terrorizing skyler & walt jr's penelope & telemachus... and walt is wishbone.