Thread: Breaking Bad

Originally Posted by lobstahmeatwad

This is my most favorite tv show ever. have been freaking for the new season but up until last episode I was under enthused.
So it was fonzy that jumped an actual shark eh? weird.
"hes got nice form!"

When I was in fourth grade, I had a Fonz poster on the wall, it was the best show on TV, I watched it every week, until years later, when he jumped the shark: I can recall thinking, "That's stupid, he's never water skied before, and now he jumping a shark, yeah, right." I might have said those exact words to my brother, as I was disgusted, and prone to commenting to any person present, or to the TV, couch, or any other object in the room.

Breaking Bad hasn't got there yet.

I loved the train heist until the kid got capped, ouch. But there's the rub. Todd seemed like a likeable character until then, and now he's the horror; this show tears at you, and surprises you, because everything is plausible, if not actual. You feel like it could be real even though you know it isn't, or is it?

Originally Posted by Rasputin

When I was in fourth grade, I had a Fonz poster on the wall, it was the best show on TV, I watched it every week, until years later, when he jumped the shark: I can recall thinking, "That's stupid, he's never water skied before, and now he jumping a shark, yeah, right." I might have said those exact words to my brother, as I was disgusted, and prone to commenting to any person present, or to the TV, couch, or any other object in the room.

You just didn't have enough faith in The Fonz. The Fonz can do anything.

I'm really hoping Todd doesn't get taken out next episode. Up until the last couple seconds he was a helpful puppy-dog. Remember when he sheepishly told Walt that there was a baby monitor in the house? I love how he smiled and waved at the kid right before he shot him in the head. I'm not saying it's cool he shot the kid, but wow - what a psycho. Tuco was an out of control wildman, Gus was pretty cold and calculated, but Todd now seems to be Anton Chigurh with a pleasant personality.

I also like how Jesse is increasingly providing the brains this season.

OK - so now Todd's back to "just want to help" mode. I found it odd that he referred to the methylamine hiest as a "mission".

I think with the direction BB is going it's going to turn into nobody trusting anybody else. Not that they do now, but I think it's going to go to a whole new level. I also now think Jesse's going to end up dead.

I'll have to check the DVR tonight but I believe that Saul called Gomez "Fonzie" in the most recent episode. Coincidence? I think not.

Todd is a confirmed psycho. He very much appeared to be looking at the tarantula like a trophy.

Where did they get all the hydrofluoric this time? Surely concentrated HF is controlled substance? The "Shit, we have a body to deal with, I'll grab the acid and a barrel" schtick is getting a bit tired.

I have a hard time believing that cord would have kept arcing that long with popping a breaker, but that was a pretty hardcore escape nonetheless.

Walter's meglomania has reached dizzying heights.

You knew Mike's dead drop was a fake, and it was still awesome.

So Walt's plan is to keep cooking, use Todd's prison uncle's connections to distribute the meth, and pay off Mike and Jesse with the profits? Seems like the most obvious explanation but I have certainly been wrong before.

The cliffhanger at the mid-season break is going to be massive.

All those years doing this stuff and Mike didn't think to tie up BOTH of Walt's hands with something more than a ziptie???? Come on.

New theory... Todd ends up killing Walt.

Originally Posted by Dantheman

So Walt's plan is to keep cooking, use Todd's prison uncle's connections to distribute the meth, and pay off Mike and Jesse with the profits? Seems like the most obvious explanation but I have certainly been wrong before.

Just watched the sneak peek for next week. Looks like Walt may be making a play to become the new cook for the guys who wanted to buy the methylamine. Solid!

Originally Posted by funkendrenchman

All those years doing this stuff and Mike didn't think to tie up BOTH of Walt's hands with something more than a ziptie???? Come on.

Thing is, those zip cuffs usually come in pairs. Meaning they are one unit - you can't separate them into singles (although I wasn't watching real close - maybe he used the other cuff too attach to the radiator?). But even with just a single - yeah. Mike's always got his bases covered, it would have taken 1/2 second to restrain both hands.

If Walt goes in with the guys who want the methylamine won't that kinda shoot his dream of total control in the ass?

Don't get me wrong. I am a huge fan of the show, maybe even believing it to be in the best tv I have ever watched. However, "I'm in the EMPIRE business."?

I can get over the fact that their building seems to have no panel box, among hundreds (albeit fewer than most shows) of impossibilities made convenient to the story line at the sake of the show believing I'm stupid and easily fooled, but WTF? It's not jumping the shark by any means, but that moment was some stumbling cheezey bad writing. Maybe "Legacy business" would have been better. We didn't need Walter's hubris shoved that far down our throats. I think everyone clearly has the picture of Walt's dizzying heights of power lust.

If BB were 100% realistic it would still be an interesting show, but nowhere near what it is now. All in all, they keep it pretty real. I can't complain. Plus - it's always fun to pick out the mistakes and unbelieveable stuff.

Can anybody name a single action movie in the past two decades that was 100% believeable?

Originally Posted by Jer

If Walt goes in with the guys who want the methylamine won't that kinda shoot his dream of total control in the ass?

Yeah, but the total control he currently has is an illusion anyway. Without Mike's connections for distribution he has nothing. He could justify it to himself somehow, he may be even better at cognitive dissonance than he is at cooking meth. I could be way off too, the clip was just them driving up to what looked like the same guys way out in the desert somewhere again followed by Mike saying, "Your move Walter." I figure it has to be the same guys.

Originally Posted by Jer

Can anybody name a single action movie in the past two decades that was 100% believeable?

City of God since we're talking drugs. But I still get your point.

That dinner scene was awesome.

Originally Posted by Tuckerman

That dinner scene was awesome.

this, loved the look on Jesse's face after Skyler dropped the affair thing

Originally Posted by Obstruction

I'll have to check the DVR tonight but I believe that Saul called Gomez "Fonzie" in the most recent episode. Coincidence? I think not.

I thought it was hat tip to tarantino...

Hmmm....didn't expect Mike to retire like that.

Originally Posted by Rasputin

Hmmm....didn't expect Mike to retire like that.

definitely not.

the look on Walter's face when he shot Mike was kind of shocking. He's spent so much time being a hardass drug makin' bad guy that to see him actually look vulnerable for the first time in many many episodes caught me off guard.

So do we think the DEA seized Mike's safe deposit box he was keeping for his granddaughter? I'm assuming they did.

Todd is an interesting enigma wrapped in a puzzle wrapped in a vest. He seems kind of dumb, a bit of a psycho obviously... but he's connected. Almost like Tommy in Goodfellas.

Originally Posted by Rasputin

Hmmm....didn't expect Mike to retire like that.

I expected him to retire like that, just not now.

Todd does appear kinda dumb, but I think that's really just a manifestation of his complete and total psychosis. I truely believe he is going to end up being the superfreak of all superfreaks. Tuco was a methhead maddog, Gus was a businessman seeking revenge, Mike was a pro looking to provide for his granddaughter. Todd doesn't have any motive for anything - he doesn't need one. He's psychotic.

Wow, what an episode.....that episode alone prob secures another emmy for BC - looks like some future locking of horns for Jessie and Todd, who Walt will groom like a lapdog. Is this this season the end of the series?

I bet they use Todd's connections in prison to try and wipe out the 9 loose ends from Mike's gang. Was kinda shocked Mike went out like that, sucked I wanted him to get away.

Originally Posted by NoPostholio

Is this this season the end of the series?

Kind of. It's a short Season 5 only one episode left. "Season 6" starts back up in late winter after a short break with another 8 episodes and that's it.

I really hope they off Skylar. She's the only one left who's got it out for Walt and could tip off the DEA, I bet she dies in the mid season finale.

Kinda had a feeling Mike was going to die, once the DEA nabbed him he was going to talk or get killed off. It wouldn't be very dramatic if he got out and kept his mouth shut.

I disagree on Todd. Todd is just a kid who wants to fit in. The spider in the jar was just like the kid at the beginning of that show. Mission - want to belong to the unit like in the army. Walt is like a father figure. Todd will end up doing anything at Walts command. Totally amoral. Just like walt has become.

Agreed on Bryan Cranston being amazing with his reaction after shooting Mike. Few actors could have pulled off the conflicted mix of emotions like that.

Did anybody else notice the weird camera angle when Gomez walked in on Hank and Walt in Hank's office? Almost like it was from the viewpoint of a surveillance camera. I would think a smart fella, if he were involved in any sort of nefarious activity in or within 50 yards of any building, would automatically assume that he was on camera.

Then again it may very well have been creative cameraplay on the part of the director. Like Anton Chigurh waiting behind the door at the crimescene when he wasn't actually waiting behind the door. It's gonna suck when this all ends....