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

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haha nice

I dont get it - why woudl the dea not seize money given to walter jr by gretchen shwarz? surely it would be suspicious??

It doesn't really matter because we'll never know if it worked or not.

until saul and hurley spinoff anyway

I dont get it - why woudl the dea not seize money given to walter jr by gretchen shwarz? surely it would be suspicious??

― Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Tuesday, October 1, 2013 2:48 PM (11 minutes ago)

Not necessarily, because Gray Matter is swimming in money.

I wonder if it's even worth it for them to try to deposit Walt's tainted meth cash instead of just burning it and writing a cheque?

they can't do that for fear of laser pointers

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xpost yet another reason it's hilarious people think he's got things wrapped up all nice & tidy any more than he did when they bought a car wash.

Vince Gilligan told a batshit story on the Breaking bad podcast this week about the episode he pitched to the studio early in the pilot days of the show, as a 'this is what could have happened'

A crazy badass drug-dealer has killed Jesse, or tortured him horribly, and so to take revenge Walt has him in his basement, tied to a chair, and tortures him each day; he's rigged up to a gun that can fire and end it all if the bad dude so chooses. But the bad dude won't give in, and Walt's forced to torture him over a series of weeks. Eventually Walt Jr goes down to the basement and finds the tortured dude there and takes pity on him. Bad dude figures out that it's Walt's son, and pulls the trigger killing himself AND WALT JR

of course all the studio ppl thought he was totally fucked up for even writing it and that that there was no way that that would ever happen on the show. lol

hearing about all the directions Gilligan thought about going before he had a writing staff is just crazy. that dude has some seriously dark places behind that 'good old Dad' facade

jesus

I don't think anyone thought the car wash scheme would work, which is perhaps why it was brought up at least a couple of times that the car wash scheme would not work, ie, "we are making too much money to launder."

but... the car wash scheme pretty much did work

it gave them a cover story

Yeah, but they ended up with more money than they could launder, right?

josh, my point wasn't that the car wash was a good idea, but that the "threaten rich people with penlights to look out for my kid" ain't much better

Yeah, but they ended up with more money than they could launder, right?

eh just bury it in the desert, problem solved!

Walt jr will reject the money -he will not want it

the funniest thing to me is the edict that they not use any of their own money. since they ain't paying Walt in cash, they can technically spurn his desires by just writing a check from their account and never doing anything with his money.

I'm sure it's been mentioned before, but I love all of the moments when we see that Walt could be successful at any number of other things (Partner in a company that ultimately makes billions! Flourishing car wash! Pretty quick at devising a winning poker strategy!). Not to mention his wide variety of scientific knowledge and handicrafting skill. Tons of signs that the dude could've been a superman in the straight world if only his brain wasn't all fucked up.

idk why WAlt didn't just offer his assassin services. Given his ingenuity, he could kill people without ever being seen. Who wouldn't want that level of stealth?

Walt's always been naively short-sighted about what he has to do to fix a situation - it's been a major thread throughout the whole season. 'if I can just explain', 'if I can just convince him', 'if I can just remove the immediate problem of [Tuco, Jesse, Gus, whatever]...' It's totally clear that his efforts in the finale are along the same lines, obv some now successful. He always brings out these kind of magic tickets that he thinks will solve everything but just get him to the next problem. I don't think we're meant to view his scheme with the money or the co-ordinates as any different, particularly?

I did feel the lack of Jesse over the past few episodes, but I don't know what they could've done with him that wouldn't have been tacked-on.

btw haven't posted in this thread yet since watching it so can I just remind everyone: Todd's Lydia ringtone LOOOL

"whatever happens to me, know that two of the most successful hitmen west of the mississipp' got 100k each to make sure you don't use a CENT of your money when giving millions to my kid. And even if I'm dead, they're going to do this, because it's the assassin's code."

It's totally clear that his efforts in the finale are along the same lines, obv some now successful. He always brings out these kind of magic tickets that he thinks will solve everything but just get him to the next problem. I don't think we're meant to view his scheme with the money or the co-ordinates as any different, particularly?

otm, this is pretty much how my father solves financial issues these days *facepalm*

xpost "and if Walt Jr refuses the money from you...they'll kill him."

jesse's artisanal box making fantasy was very iron chef chairman kaga reverie

I did feel the lack of Jesse over the past few episodes, but I don't know what they could've done with him that wouldn't have been tacked-on.

wasn't the first time

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integral part of arc iirc

It was Walt at the hospital for a long time and JESSE DON'T YOU LEAVE THE LAB for like three or four episodes.

Walt Jr. will receive the money in a blind trust from generous family friends. He will have no reason to suspect his dad. Unless Walt broke the poor lil' guy forever. Certainly they couldn't say it was gambling winnings.

they'll organize a school spelling bee with a purse of 9 million dollars and rig it so he wins. airtight.

Folks desperate to distance themselves from Walter White give NINE MILLION DOLLARS to the children of Walter White, nothing weird there.

they'll organize a school spelling bee with a purse of 9 million dollars and rig it so he wins. airtight.

"Your word is: breakfast."

Just because his dad was a criminal, that doesn't mean Walt Jr and Holly shouldn't go to college. Hence, nine million dollars.

College is very expensive.

it's already bad, god knows how expensive it'll be in 20 years

i always thought they might show walt jr. having inherited some of his parents' capacity for evil but maybe holly is the bad seed

"I am the one who noshes!"

did marie say "truce" when skylar first picked up the phone?

yes

Skyler's prob been acting all high and mighty about Marie's shop-lifting.

yeah, I'm fairly sure Marie probably stopped talking to her after she found out Hank was dead.

xpost lol

i'm sure they could find a lot to fight about.

Have to believe that APBs must be extremely ineffective in whatever town in NM that Skylar lives in.

can i just say how much i loved walt knocking the snow off his window like he was the fonz or something? so good. a bit like with the keys falling from the visor, it's like hey - this is a show, remember? let's get into this thing.

it was kinda funny how the scene with jack & walt played out both in cliched fashion ("wait, don't shoot, let me insult your ego to buy myself time") followed by the opposite.

Walt jr will reject the money -he will not want it

― Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Tuesday, October 1, 2013 4:37 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

cmon walt junior will remain a naive schmuck long after discovering the truth abt his father

I haven't read every single comment here, but another way it didn't all work out for Walt was that his family is left believing he killed Uncle Hank. And not that his unintended actions, his unleashing the Nazis on Hank killed him. But he wanted Hank killed and it happened.

ha I don't know why I just called him Uncle Hank

he tells skyler what really happened, didn't he? in the kitchen?