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

Found it more implausible that Walt would give up so fast just because Flynn went off on him. Dude's been telling him to just fuckin' die already forever now.

I think it wasted clear that it'd be very difficult, yes. But there's still the Walt's versus heisenberg's business thing

wasted = was made

Dude's been telling him to just fuckin' die already forever now.

Flynn? Isn't this the first time?

It's not the coincidence that bothers me, it's the general looseness of the action in what is otherwise a pretty flawlessly tight show

Every single action leading up to this has felt urgent and necessary. It's disappointing that the show seems (and who knows, I could be wrong, I'm still waiting to see what happens next) to have run out of that insane narrative steam at the last minute

Naw, this ain't the first time. Hell, the fact that him going by "Flynn" is no big surprise supports that.

i have a feeling that when we find out what happens next it's not going to feel quite as loose as it does now. i mean cliffhangers do need to have an indeterminate element to them (other than "will X happen or not")

Listen, I'm no stan for this show. Shit like the plane crash has rubbed me wrong too. But - if there's any way to get this guy out of a cold little cabin in the woods, to go back on the run and meet up with whatever destiny and fate have in store for him, it's this Gray Matters business. You can make a valid point that Oh yeah? His former partners are on the damn Charlie Rose program two seconds after he decides to give himself up? But calling that the root of his motivation is no stretch. If there was any fire left in the smoldering pile of coal that's Walt's soul right now, it was his hatred, his supposed betrayal by GM that spurned this whole run on in the first place.

- phone dangles
- cops close in
- walt turns to bartender and says "that TV show just made me think of a tremendous way to launder my money. excuse me, i need to leave before the police show up"
- BWOWNGG.... DONK-AH BWOWNGG.... BWOWNG BWONGGGGGGG

i guess that would be a win/win for him, huh? either he successfully launders his money through the foundation somehow, or it's discovered that their foundation is funded by the very person that they're trying to disassociate themselves from and their reputation is shot?

So you guys think part of the last episode of this show is going to be about a money laundering scheme?

See in a weird way I would be more ok with that than Walt just being reminded he is mad and proud and going on a nazi rampage

it wouldn't take very long to throw in there, they have to deal with GM at the money (post-nazi rampage?) somehow.

Why do they have to deal with the money?

Wait, what? Money laundering?

because it seems to be a big part of his motivation/sense of pride, probably even if he accepts that he's not really doing this for his family? and a big part of the reason the phone call with flynn was so crushing to him is that it seemed like there was finally no use at all for the money, until hey, maybe there is something he can do with it after all (and thus a reason to go kill the nazis for it like he wanted to do in the first place)?

idk man, i'm just hoping to be surprised by the finale.

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dudes i was razzing s1ocki about his wish for walt to telegraph and overdetermine his next move in what was supposed to be a cliffhanger, not actually speculating!!

I am squirming with excitement with this new season!!! My friend from camtogays is waiting for it to appear on netflix! we are the best buddies ever!

ha i know but as soon as you said it i was like "ohhh, that is interesting and could totally make sense..."

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my friend from camtogays is pretty excited too

Dude's been telling him to just fuckin' die already forever now.
Flynn? Isn't this the first time?

― polyphonic, Thursday, September 26, 2013 7:30 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

somewhere in season 1 or 2, when walt's talking to skyler about how he doesnt want to bankrupt the family trying to combat the cancer when he could end up dying anyway and leaving them in debt, flynn shouts across the room SO JUST DIE ALREADY and then turns back to watching tv

i feel like were all in too deep

spend so much time shouting so just die already at the tv, I don't think we should read too much into this

This show has been so tightly-plotted and unpredictable up until now. It's just a shame that I suddenly have clear and unfettered precognitive access to the mess of shoddy plotting and unconvincing motivation that is the final episode. Sorry to spoil it for you all.

As snapped by a friend of mine in Colorado just now:

https://scontent-a-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/935972_10202037639369399_1923662318_n.jpg

i havent read this thread since the last ep so i still need to catch up.(sidenote: that ep was so packed i didnt even remember andrea getting shot until wednesday!)

also this post is so season 3 (or maybe 2?) but I found a close up of the divorce papers skylar filed which helps clarify the time line of this show a little better being walt's birthday is sept 7th. Also, am i crazy or does question 7 of Part B say 'If born outside Australia, date you started living in New Mexico" ? Whaa?

http://images.wikia.com/breakingbad/images/c/c8/Divorce_papers.jpg

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/26/heroin-krokodil-flesh-rotting-arrives-us-arizona/2879817/

"Gangrene and amputations are common, and the toxic mix dissolves jawbones and teeth, much like the methamphetamine that Walter White cooks in Breaking Bad."

haha

As snapped by a friend of mine in Colorado just now:

What's that parked in the lower left-hand corner of the photo? Why, it looks to be a Volvo 240, the same car driven by the guy he bought the huge guns from.

It's all a rich tapestry.

If Walt's birthday is sept 7th and he arrives in New Mexico on his birthday, why is there still snow in New Hampshire just before he leaves? Or does a whole summer pass between the moment he leaves the bar and when he ultimately goes back (I was there last summer, it's a nice place to visit in the summer)? Or did he decide to do that bacon thing on his fake id birthday?

walt incepted all of us

If Walt's birthday is sept 7th and he arrives in New Mexico on his birthday, why is there still snow in New Hampshire just before he leaves? Or does a whole summer pass between the moment he leaves the bar and when he ultimately goes back (I was there last summer, it's a nice place to visit in the summer)? Or did he decide to do that bacon thing on his fake id birthday?

― silverfish, Friday, September 27, 2013 3:49 AM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I guess it's just a goof, it'd be really out of left field if there's 6 months between the bar scene and the bacon

that seems like a pretty heavy flub tho

Does he show his fake ID to the waitress on his birthday?

from what I'm reading the season (or second half-season) began about 16 months from the starting point so I guess it really does add up that there is a gap in time here, presuming that Walt only spent about 2-3 months in NH before the bar scene. It seems like this is a reasonable presumption since Forster was still getting the hang of the IV, skyler's trial still in a holding pattern etc.

don't they say at one point 'it's been a month'

Forster had made like four monthly visits.

compare the beards!

bar:
http://i3.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/article2295124.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/BreakingBadGraniteState-2295124.png

gun buying place:
http://media.portable.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Walt-breaking-bad-season-5.png

alright. i'm still not sure.

hahaha

i mean if we're being strict about it he also appears not to have changed shirts between new hampshire and the diner

I think that's intentional, in the flashforward at beginning of season 5B we see his shirt is stained and grimy. I guess at this point apperance isn't a priotity to him anymore?

This didn't get the props it deserved:

BWOWNGG.... DONK-AH BWOWNGG.... BWOWNG BWONGGGGGGG

it's the same freak late summer snow storm that killed Osama Bin Laden in 2009

somehow totally missed that it was andrea's brother killed combo

also forgot how walt's not always been the sole mastermind behind his criminal enterprise. skyler gave him both the gambling cover story & carwash idea

Reluctant to actually link to Slate for any number of reasons, but they recently ran a (fair and favorable) comparison between "The Shield" and "Breaking Bad," basically summing up their parallels (right down to the central casting against type) but concluding (thus far) that the final season of "Breaking Bad" is doing as well as the final season of "The Shield," and perhaps better.

I see the parallels, but the Shield showed you that the Commish was a cold blooded cop killer in the first episode. There was no journey.