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

walter under the... bitch

would liked it better if the "Aunt"'s voice was supplied by Walter doing a female impression

http://i.imgur.com/2jfnIoL.jpg

I am so excited for the new episodes!

lol xpost

the whole calling the cops thing was a calculated gambit to focus attention on NH, he wants a head start traveling to the last place they expect to see him, NM, prolly half the ppl working his case are en route to NH now

rural places do tend to have a one road in / one road out layout tho, this is a suspen of disbe situation we got here

― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Monday, September 23, 2013 8:37 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is nonsense. he calls the cops and then sits and waits and watches tv... why would he do that if he was setting a trap and then planning to run away

so tbh i'm not quite sure what we're supposed to be left with, motivation-wise, for walt at the end of the episode.

nothing indicates he's motivated to go back and find some nazis.

he gives himself up. then watches charlie rose. then visibly gets upset when the schwartzs disavow him.

then he seemingly changes his mind and bails.

are we supposed to believe he's going after them now for disrespecting him one last time?

what other interpretation is there?

i think its just more he found his muse again generally

how walt got his groove back

well he literally has nothing to live for anymore, might as well just blow up some shit

ya but it's literally 4 minutes after he finally, totally, gives up... i dunno

yeah I agree with you, was just goofin

dont goof this is a serious thread

I am the one who goofs

"Flynn, I have been an exemplary schoolteacher for the last 20 years. A good citizen. A father. A family man. A husband. I would never under any circumstances do anything to harm my brother-in-law unless I was doing it as a goof!"

love the little detail of lydia asking for more stevia, perfect. so many of these characters are so brilliantly fleshed-out, could easily hold shows/films of their own

still crossing my fingers that instead of a "prequel," better call saul will be about a cinnebon manager in Nebraska trying to climb his way back into riches

(gazillion xposts about the extended theme music)

played out a little weird too--like it was Walt's superhero music. "he's back!"

felt like this about the 'holding aloft the heisenberg hat' scene too. trying not to be too cynical about this show because it really is the greatest thing i've ever seen but i dunno, part of the fun is picking over it all afterwards.

does anyone even have any sense as to what the tone of the resolution will be, kinda crazy theyve got us here not knowing what way theyre gonna go with it, not plot wise but thematically morally etc

not a clue and haven't over the past few episodes. really disagree with the comment way way way upthread about the narrative arc for this series being 'predictable'. believable or feasible yeah, but definitely not predictable.

hat scene = RDJ in Chaplin

i know it would have made for dull drawn-out tv but i'd liked to have seen how jesse managed to open the grate. looked v difficult, he'd have to shove it up while dangling from one arm? can't picture it as he struggled enough holding on with two. have the writers/producers mentioned about filming this whole sequence in the podcast or anything?

also, can someone explain 'opie' for a britisher

young ron howard's character on andy griffith

so like a wholesome all-american simple well-mannered kid?

because andy griffin means nothing to me. all we got was the beverly hillbillies and knight rider.

*griffith

looked v difficult, he'd have to shove it up while dangling from one arm?

the whole time I was watching this all I could think of was "why doesn't he work to swing his legs up and hook his feet through the bars, then it will be easier to support his weight while he picks the lock"

but no

so like a wholesome all-american simple well-mannered kid?

"opie-looking" = "looks like opie from the andy griffith show." you're on your own from there.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9a/Teen_Opie_101.JPG

Opie is a very polite young boy.

he didn't say 'opie-looking' though, just curious about the characteristics of an opie

xpost, thanks

s1ocki, Walt decided to cook meth to get just enough money for his family to survive, but after interacting with the Schwartzes he started to have higher aspirations -- wouldn't let them pay for his treatment, and was insulted by it, and that was the seed of him wanting an empire, imo.

If anything, seeing them sitting on their cash and using it to contribute to a cause that's reparative to the damage meth does to the community is making him want to sit back on the top of his own empire -- his cash. Which is now with the nazis.

I mean, really what does Walt have left other than his money?

hat

cancer is his only friend

shit forgot about the hat

even though he was completely emotionally wrecked he still called himself into the fbi in the coolest way

"this is walter white" * drops phone*

willing to bet they get a million hoax Walter White calls a week. good thing the cops were all like "SEEMS LEGIT"

its not like a real police station

The blue meth is his, he won't let anyone else produce it.

If anything, seeing them sitting on their cash and using it to contribute to a cause that's reparative to the damage meth does to the community is making him want to sit back on the top of his own empire -- his cash. Which is now with the nazis.

― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Monday, September 23, 2013 7:58 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that does seem as elemental and compelling and urgent as this show tends to be, tbh

Do you think that's the last we'll see of Saul? Looked pretty final but they could have given him a better final scene if so.

agree on this. too rushed and not enough explanation of what brought saul there and what happened to him. i know it's walt's story not saul's but it felt too dismissive of one of the best characters in the show. loved the scene of him and walt in the room together, could have happily watched a full 'rope' style episode of this this. or at least one of those little in-between-seasons web-only videos the producers made a few years back.

and the shot of jesse being busted climbing the fence was one of the most gutting moments ever put to tape/video. up there with that bit in funny games.

agree on this. too rushed and not enough explanation of what brought saul there and what happened to him. i know it's walt's story not saul's but it felt too dismissive of one of the best characters in the show. loved the scene of him and walt in the room together, could have happily watched a full 'rope' style episode of this this. or at least one of those little in-between-seasons web-only videos the producers made a few years back.

― NI, Monday, September 23, 2013 8:32 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

did you guys forget the part where they're doing a whole tv show about him

I on the other hand like those abrupt farewells. Wouldn't at all mind if that's the last of Saul.

I think it's fine that we don't really know everything about why Saul has to leave, because it's completely plausible that there's enough blowback here for him to be forced out

xpost yeah but saul show is set pre-bb era, i'm talking about the events of this episode

This episode was Rocky II and Gretchen and Elliott were Adrian in the hospital bed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPgPrtOxvK4

xpost yeah it's definitely plausible, not flagging as a plot-hole or anything, just a personal preference

plus the final episode hasn't aired yet and we don't definitively know it was the last of him, anyway (though wouldn't be surprised if it was, being that he's in Nebraska).

I liked how Walt's public outing and the subsequent media storm were only alluded to, and they avoided the standard montage of TV anchors reading headlines. Brilliantly paced episode.

So how long was he in the cabin for, 3 or months? My first thought was 'shit, I hope he remembered to pack a book'.