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

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.

But he did it for his family!

Anyway, Walt was cooking meth in ep one, which ends with him killing those dudes. You have to set the moral bar pretty low for that to get a pass. Walt's tragic journey is that it all gets so much worse despite numerous chances to turn back (fatal flaw!). Vic's story is equally, classically tragic: nothing he does can undo the events of that first episode.

xpost Ha. I just meant it's ugly as fuck right now and so stupidly compulsively contrarian ("You're Doing It Wrong!") that I don't want to encourage them.

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

bow-chicka-bow-bow?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkBajjNE9y4

slate was founded by fucking kinsley and had mickey kaus as their most prominent blogger for a number of years. if anything it's less contrarian now.

#slatepitch

Slate's Not More Contrarian Now. You Are.

my favorite Slate challop:

Grab Me a Warm One
Don’t believe Coors and Budweiser—cold temperatures ruin good beer.
By Mark Garrison

slate, the website of people who are unbearable at parties

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

― erect, sporadic, notorious, genitals (forksclovetofu), Friday, September 27, 2013 1:57 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this reminds me, has anyone else half expected to hear The Wire's episode-ending hi-hat tap in the last few eps

my favorite Slate challop:

Grab Me a Warm One
Don’t believe Coors and Budweiser—cold temperatures ruin good beer.
By Mark Garrison

this is mostly true! just probably not with watery bud/millers/coors stuff.

i also sometimes prefer warm beer. don't want to be told to by an article though

You're Reading It Wrong.

i haven't read it

That's the worst way to read it, duh. No wonder.

seriously. coors has to market their beer for it's coldness because it is a shitty excuse for an alcoholic beverage. i don't know who these guys are - but they're right!

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/line9-27-3-620x930.jpg

crap...

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/line9-27-3-620x930.jpg

nice

Gilligan says walts been at the cabin 4 or 5 months so if walt is shooting directly to an ABQ dennys and its his birthday doesnt that mean its been snowing ALL SUMMER???

Maybe the winter in summer is a metaphor for walts world being upended

could take awhile to drive across the country in a stolen car but I dunno

maybe it wasn't his birthday and that's just how he likes his bacon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjfHn-vkpUI

maybe the writers of breaking bad just assumed it's always cold in new hampshire

could take awhile to drive across the country in a stolen car but I dunno

― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, September 27, 2013 12:52 PM (36 minutes ago)

another interesting bit in that cold open, waitress asks how far a drive is NH, walt says "30 hours if all you do is stop for gas"

― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Monday, July 16, 2012 1:18 AM (1 year ago)

I've totally forgotten the cold open, so remind me why he shows her his driver's license at all...?

ha, I was just trying to remember the other day and couldn't

maybe he was getting the bday discount

He says it's his birthday and she says breakfast is free on your birthday. So he has to show the id as proof.

also he was getting iced tea and they need to see you're 21 or older or the cops will shut your denny's down

http://i.imgur.com/JU4SXAr.png

so he got a fake id with his actual birthday on it?

yeah idgi

I had a fake ID with my actual birthday on it. Made it easier to remember in case a bouncer questioned me about it. Of course, that was a bogus NJ driver's license that I used to get into bars in a college town and not a bulletproof new identity that I paid for to escape federal drug prosecution for my activities as a notorious meth cook and distributor.

he didn't get the fake id to buy booze or anything, why wouldn't the fake id have his real birth date?

xp

i'd want a diff. one if i was a fugitive. maybe too cautious

But that's just what they'd be expecting

this reminds me, has anyone else half expected to hear The Wire's episode-ending hi-hat tap in the last few eps

Haha, yes me too. Especially since I keep looking up crazy shit like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VokKJolBqU

Wonder if this show has the cojones by leaving us hanging, letting Walt die or be killed before he gets his vengeance.

that twinkies ad is amazing

<3 badger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppzgB0Oq2_c

it won't happen but it would be a BB-style move to have Walt get killed by some unrelated accident in the first 10 minutes and have the rest be fallout.

Is there any chance that the ricin-getting scene is AFTER all of the shit going down that we assume is going to happen?

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Beat you to it, Ned.

Alack. (But it deserves a second appearance.)

Different finales of hit series filmed, with actors and even Sony executives unaware of version that will be used

really hoping the fan service is minimal in the finale

I draw the line at one "bitch"

I hope they make an overt attempt at turning memorable phrases from the show's past into obnoxious catchphrases.

Skyler working out feverishly at the gym, Marie says, "Hey, Sky...tread lightly."

Badger and Skinny Pete working as door-to-door salesmen. Pete approaches the door, and Badger stops him short: "I thought we agreed: I'm the one that knocks."

Flynn in home ec, his partner warns him that he's mixing up too much cookie dough, Flynn turns and says with a grin, "No more half measures."

Ad nauseum.