Breaking Bad

No.

Just to be totally clear, our heros just dissolved a child's body in acid. Wow. I'm gonna go ahead and say that's the worst thing ever done by a TV protagonist.

Walt isn't in the TV Protagonist business. He's in the Empire business!

Could someone please put a quote under Walt Jr.'s picture?

Great episode tonight. EXCEPT— Walt killed Mike because Walt is an idiot.

I'm not quite sure I can handle watching this show anymore :(

Everything's going straight to hell.

I always knew the series would have to end tragically, and it looks like we're starting. Poor Mike...

this is the only way I can feel better about what happened (spoilers of course).

Aaron Paul is less of a meth addict on Breaking Bad than he is on The Price is Right—

http://youtu.be/gNZPWBZarmE

Did Mike just forget that Gus was going to kill Walt as soon as he figured out how to make the blue meth?

Yeah the only issue I have with Mike tearing down Walt like that is that the basis for it is a little shaky.

Mike knows the reason Walt and Gus's relationship went sour is because Walt acted impulsively to save Jesse and Gus decided that made him too much of a threat to stay alive.

Mike knows Jesse, he knows that kid is worth saving. Either he has to admit that Jesse was compliant in fucking things up or he has to realise that Walt and Gus's mutual hatred was just a sad part of the business. Not to mention his half measures speech that was partially responsible.

There are plenty of reasons to hate Walt but blowing everything to save Jesse isn't one of them.

In fairness to Mike, everything was going perfectly for him. He was really making a future for his family and ensuring they'd be okay. Ultimately, Walt is just one guy, and because of what he did the future Mike made was shattered and hundreds of lives were ruined. He's obviously going to be a little irate because of it.

Well, gosh.

Really wish we'd heard a "Plop!" on the Vince Gilligan credit.

I love the music choices in this episode. "Crystal Blue Persuasion" indeed.

And then Hank had the most intense shit ever.

EDIT: Also did anyone else find themselves freaking out during the last two minutes when Walt, Skyler, Marie and Hank were just chatting? I knew something was going to go down and I was just on the edge of my seat and racking my brain as to what could be going on

edited 3rd Sep '12 2:28:00 AM by ShadowScythe

I felt the same way.

I'm sure that was the writers fucking with us.

I don't remember, did we see Gale giving him the book or the dedication inside it?

That bugged me a little, but a few episodes earlier Walt was seen moving with it.

Walt's Empire Business: http://youtu.be/me0hoAJl2Gg

From what I've seen on Wikipedia, the writers had intended to make Walt slowly and surely become a villain. Season 5 is supposedly going to be the final season of Breaking Bad (I never thought the title would mean "to raise hell"). Still, there are claims that there may be a Spin-Off starring a lawyer character named Saul Goodman (How many shows starring a lawyer are there?).

Who would have imagined that a pink teddy bear would have a load of symbolism? Maybe it's Lotso's cousin!

edited 20th Oct '12 4:03:29 PM by TiggersAreGreat

Roommate recommended me this show and I surfed through 4 seasons. Really good. Walt is becoming such an asshole. I'm halfway through season 5a. Mike is going to die because of walt for pissing him off isnt he?

rhubarb rhubarb

That was me mouthing the answer at you.

I found the Fifth season to be fairly weak over all. Some great episodes, but I was wrestling with my frustration over the half season structure, which deflated a lot of the tension for me. Plus, I thought the show struggled a bit with the new cast members. Laura Fraser ended up being pretty great, but Jesse Plemmon's Todd was frustrating. I figure the character's meant to be a lump, but it meant that everything the character did never managed to hit home for me. Oh, he shot a kid. Well of course he did.

One character grace note I did love was his attempts to prove his usefulness just post the kid shooting, mentioning the friends he has in prison. Cue everyone misinterpreting that as a threat and freaking out.

(Spoilers up until... episode 5 I think)

I spent a lot of time in the second half of the season wanting more time for Skyler as well. Poor Skyler.

edited 29th Nov '12 5:33:32 AM by Nicknacks

I thought Todd was supposed to feel awkward and kinda out of place, to show how he disrupts the dynamic between Walt, Jesse, and Mike.

And I love the fifth season so far. It's getting a lot done (while season 4 kinda dragged up until the end), without rushing anything else.

Though, honestly, y'all just want to rewatch this sequence again, right?

edited 28th Feb '13 4:50:13 AM by Nicknacks