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

they might even fear Walt is immortal. the last thing you want is a guy who cannot be killed pissed at you for trying to kill him.

anyone else notice that Jack did the same finger snap in front of Walt after shooting Hank that he did when Walt was spacing out whilst figuring out the prison murders?

not that i think there's anything to it....

I don't know if this theory was advanced upthread (or how much it really matters), but is it possible that the Nazis' plan all along was to kidnap Jesse rather than kill him? It makes sense inasmuch as they want someone who can show Todd the meth ropes and Walt has been pretty adamantly unwilling to go back down that road.

seems like Jesse the Meth Slave is more of a Todd solo project

with Frank Frazetta album cover art

Big Head Todd and the Meth Slaves

Tyra shows up in the next episode and Todd gets distracted

There's upside for the Nazis of letting Walt go - better to have Heisenberg on the run, being hunted by the DEA. Points anyone looking into blue meth away from them.

do the nazis get high on their own supply? Jesse might be able to kill them if so, maybe? more obvious answer is "walt comes back with rocket launcher to kill nazis" but I'm just thinkin

Jesse completely ruined Walt - from Walt's POV he would have been out free with his family intact if Jesse hadn't betrayed him - so Walt saving Jesse seems out of the question imho

"There's upside for the Nazis of letting Walt go - better to have Heisenberg on the run, being hunted by the DEA. Points anyone looking into blue meth away from them."

otm
Jack is clever enough to see angles like that in live situations, don't forget the whacking of 10 guys in different prisons within a 2 minute window caper that both Hank and Kuby attributed to Heisenberg was his incredible organisational brilliance. I reckon his act of charity to Walter was a clever criminal move rather than an appeasing his nephew move or honour amongst thieves move.

he may have to save Jesse if he wants to kill nazis - sometimes there's collateral redemption when you're killing speed nazis

guys what if Walt returns because he finds out that Walt Jr. is hooked on blue crystal

we've probably already said that, I guess

Guess we'll never see Walt sample his own product, like I once hoped

guys what if Walt returns because he finds out that Walt Jr. is hooked on blue crystal

With all due respect, this one's right up there with the "what if his new identity is Hal Lambert with a son named Malcolm" theory.

i too know someone who has an answering machine fwiw, some people are prob just habituated to call screening is how i break it down

― lag∞n, Tuesday, September 17, 2013 1:54 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

now that you mention it, it is kinda crazy that answering machines have this whole feature of being able to listen while someone leaves a message and decide whether to pick up and nobody who makes smartphones has thought to let people do that. it'd be hugely popular!

That's because there's this thing on smartphones called Caller ID.

I've complained before about the answering machine, how it picks up so fast, and the fact that there isn't 6 seconds between the rings.

I also realize it's a television show.

while i don't think i have the commitment to do it myself, i'd love to see someone map out the evolution of the the white family's phone bills, and sketch out which characters call which phone

shhh!!

dude has two cellphones and a landline! pretty sure skylar has a cell too. then saul shows up with HIS desk full of phones.

would also like to know if jesse ever changed his message

wasn't any respect due, pp

ran across this in the comments on one of the innumerable reviews of this episode and it seems kinda good actually:

My guess is Jesse makes his escape using the phosphine gas trick from Season 1 while cooking. We were already teased last week with Jack refusing to wear a mask in the cook room.

i too know someone who has an answering machine fwiw, some people are prob just habituated to call screening is how i break it down

― lag∞n, Tuesday, September 17, 2013 1:54 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

now that you mention it, it is kinda crazy that answering machines have this whole feature of being able to listen while someone leaves a message and decide whether to pick up and nobody who makes smartphones has thought to let people do that. it'd be hugely popular!

― Jean-Claude Brand Ambassador (some dude), Tuesday, September 17, 2013 7:48 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That's because there's this thing on smartphones called Caller ID.

― pplains, Tuesday, September 17, 2013 7:49 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is a really good idea imho, caller id serves roughly the same purpose but its really not the same

One day I'll tell my kids

http://img0120.popscreencdn.com/165158636_bell-sonecor-be50ld-large-display-caller-id-box.jpg

This thing was amazing for, like, six-and-a-half years!

using the phosphine gas trick

"Yeah! Science, bitches!"

So what kind of GPS do they have on unmarked Fed SUVs these days anyway?

btw i feel no shame for this delightful stand-off in the desert, better use of time than rating how hot the characters are imo

― da croupier, Sunday, August 25, 2013 5:44 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Wha happen

― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Sunday, August 25, 2013 5:44 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lagoon eye rolled at anna gunn's whining about trolls, and a few people scoffed back, which interrupted the whole "i give hank a 6" discussion

― da croupier, Sunday, August 25, 2013 5:47 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I am just catching up with this thread and should just read on like a brave soldier, but I can't go on without saying WHAT THE FUCK, IS NO THREAD SAFE FROM AERO MANSPLAINING FEMINISM TO EVERYONE?

JESUS CHRIST.

*high fives lagoon*

*curtseys*

there is no thread safe from mansplaining from anyone anywhere on ILX, let's be real

the no boys allowed thread?

just saw this ep, dag. It was like some feel bad horror movie condensed. I know they're setting Walt up for some sort of redemption, but I have no idea if that is even possible given what's transpired. I guess he can save Jesse, but that's not much consolation given he's a wanted criminal who is responsible for the deaths of many, had most of his fortune stolen, lost his entire family and oh yeah still has cancer.

Stuff with the nazis, I mean, like I said before, fuck a deus ex Nazi, but I suppose they exist in this show as a standard of true evil to Walt's conception of cerebral "rational" evil. They are truly remorseless. They don't have to scheme because they have no fears, unlike Walt.

i have an answering machine btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5hDZIiuAbU

idk, answering machine for walt seems right...you look around the house and their butt-ugly car is the most modern thing about them. simple folk, etc

i've always been impressed with the perfect gloominess of their house.

me too!

i have an answering machine, and I have it to screen calls. we have voicemail I guess but I don't know how to access it or use it. I guess its quaint we even have a landline.

surprised the White household doesn't use Vonage

Their DSL sucks

so what's gonna happen to the carwash now

dirty cars

serious answer: probably a serious audit and depending on how well skyler cooked the books and whose name the place is in, probably repo'd by the feds
although i forget: did they make a big deal about A1A being in skyler's name?

hopefully Walt made another video about how Hank forced him to launder money through his carwash

i have an answering machine. voicemail is for cellphones

Hey did anyone catch walt's pants from the pilot laying out in desert as he rolled the barrel?

I've forgotten why Walt didn't just put them back on again. I've never rewatched the first season.

I watched this again. When Todd comes to get Jesse from his cage Jesse's blubbering and saying something like "just go! just go there, you can get him! nobody knows! i swear, nobody knows but me and his partner!" What is he talking about? Maybe I misheard? I dunno, made me feel pretty Tuomas-y.