Breaking Bad Season 5 - Official Discussion Thread

[SheHateMe]

Handwriting expertise and linking the note found at Gales apt that was addressed to WW as well.

Hank didnt have a warrent to search Walt's house, he was going through his things and found the book when he normally wouldnt have. Unlawful search and seizure....

I don't think Walt will even let it get that far anyway.

 

[darkxshade]

Hank didnt have a warrent to search Walt's house, he was going through his things and found the book when he normally wouldnt have. Unlawful search and seizure....

Just for the sake of argument, you're still wrong. That's why police ask if they can come into your house if they suspect anything. Once you say yes, what they find inside is fair game. Walt invited Hank over for dinner... unlawful not found.

 

[anyusername]

I can't decided if I am pissed because they split the season in two or if I am delighted by how good this season was. Maybe both.

 

[waterjug]

O.

Also wondering how Walter ended up with that book in his house, I thought it was police evidence.

Spoiler

Also sad to see Mike go without being able to support his grand daughter like he wanted to, was basically why he did all the work that he did. Maybe as a final gesture to mike, Walt will give mike's granddaughter 10million or so. He didn't even have to kill Mike, after all

You saw the giant pile in that safety deposit box? Remember that one was full so he couldn't leave any more; when the lawyer got caught it would only be for the hush money drops.

 

[Phokus]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=33893759&postcount=518

Also, i'm wondering about Todd's 'connections' that he hinted at before after he killed that kid. Maybe Walt's going to use them to kill the 9 possible snitches.

Hey, guess who called it last week? :awe:

 

[BladeVenom]

Maybe it's Fring's Chilean buddies. I've always thought they kinda just brushed over Don Eladio's comment about how "the only reason you are alive...is because I know who you are."

It'd be awesome to see Hank, the DEA, Fring's peeps and disgruntled dealers that can't get pure meth to be after Heisenberg at the same time.

That never went anywhere. They brought it up a couple of times that they couldn't kill him, but never gave his story. I would like some resolution on who Gus Fring actually was.

 

[darkxshade]

That never went anywhere. They brought it up a couple of times that they couldn't kill him, but never gave his story. I would like some resolution on who Gus Fring actually was.

My knowledge is a bit hazy on his background but if I remember correctly, he did have a story. He's supposedly a Chilean national who fled to the States under the alias of Gus Fring(a refugee?). But in actuality, Gus Fring does not exist in the Chilean database or something. I think they mention him having ties to general Pinochet and the Chilean army. And I think that's why he was untouchable. It was there he recruited Gale I think.

 

[MetalMat]

So Walt can just quite the drug business anytime he wanted to? He is not going to get any pressure from his overseas business, the pest control guys, Todd to continue? I can see how Saul and Jessie are done, but I find it hard to believe that Walt could just up and quit that easily.

Also I do like the comment about how a light just went off with Hank and it will be easy for him to connect the dots. Makes sense.

The whole prison shanking seemed a little too easy to pull off. Was quick and done.

 

[Smoblikat]

So Walt can just quite the drug business anytime he wanted to? He is not going to get any pressure from his overseas business, the pest control guys, Todd to continue? I can see how Saul and Jessie are done, but I find it hard to believe that Walt could just up and quit that easily.

Also I do like the comment about how a light just went off with Hank and it will be easy for him to connect the dots. Makes sense.

The whole prison shanking seemed a little too easy to pull off. Was quick and done.

The prison thing was quick, but I think with the right connections and powers it could easily be done that way.

I hope hank doesnt automatically KNOW that walter is hiesenberg, but I do think that he should start being vvery suspicious and questioning.

I was wondering the same thing about how he could be out THAT quick. How does he break it to the chileans that hes done cooking, the only answer I can think of is that he put todd in charge of his operation and is taking a cut of the profits. That way he can still have his empire, keep ean eye on todd so he doesnt go freelance with his recipe, and not get close to any of his product.

 

[RocksteadyDotNet]

You saw the giant pile in that safety deposit box? Remember that one was full so he couldn't leave any more; when the lawyer got caught it would only be for the hush money drops.

Err, the cops got that when they busted the lawyer.

Geez man, did you even watch the show?

 

[MonKENy]

no that was the drop after he deposited the huge chunk for the grand daughter. Remember he comes out and makes a comment about her needing more room or something?

I think that Walt left his recipe w/todd and is willing to walk away from all that now. As long as the methlamine is available they can still cook. And Obviously Todd can cook well enough since they made a shit ton and Todd was able to get paid. His quote was "we can talk money when I get this down"

It took alot of $ and timing to get the hits right. Im not surprised it was doable.

 

[Newbian]

The hospital sure has to buy a lot of paper towel containers.

 

[Miramonti]

As BrokenVisage posted earlier, The Candy Lady in Old Town Albuquerque is selling meth candy (blue rock candy) for $1/bag, available online +$10 shipping.

local story

If there are enough takers I'd be willing to take orders for people here via PM and paypal, go pick the contraband and ship them to people at cost - $1 per bag +tax +bubble envelope or box +usps postage.

Send me a PM if interested with how many you might be interested in. No promises yet, as it will depend on interest warranting the time/gas investment. I'm not over there often, altho ironically passed by them today. Once confirmed it would require paypal pre-payment before making the purchases.

Only condition...you have to have previously posted in this thread to qualify (or atleast be a previously established member of this forum). I'm not looking to run a non-profit meth candy operation for the intarweb's Breaking Bad fan base.

(fwiw heatware)

 

[MonKENy]

Thats cool of you. If I knew more ppl here that watched it I would prob buy some for them but as is only my GF and Myself watch and im not a big candy person so meh.

 

[Anubis]

no that was the drop after he deposited the huge chunk for the grand daughter. Remember he comes out and makes a comment about her needing more room or something?

I think that Walt left his recipe w/todd and is willing to walk away from all that now. As long as the methlamine is available they can still cook. And Obviously Todd can cook well enough since they made a shit ton and Todd was able to get paid. His quote was "we can talk money when I get this down"

It took alot of $ and timing to get the hits right. Im not surprised it was doable.

i think most people assume that the bank lady told the DEA about all the boxes including the 1 he put the large sum in for her. granted she only opened it once but she may have remembered the number

 

[Booty]

Maybe it's Fring's Chilean buddies. I've always thought they kinda just brushed over Don Eladio's comment about how "the only reason you are alive...is because I know who you are."

It'd be awesome to see Hank, the DEA, Fring's peeps and disgruntled dealers that can't get pure meth to be after Heisenberg at the same time.

This would be cool. I know they followed up a little bit on Fring's past, but there's still definitely more to know about him.

For any comments questioning whether the dedication in the book proves anything - I re-watched the episode last night and the inscription specifically mentions working together. So, maybe the Gretchen excuse still works if her maiden name turns out to start with a 'B', but I doubt it. There's only 8 episodes left... not enough time for Hank to NOT realize it's Walt. Maybe an episode or two of him making sure he's right and then deciding what to do about it, then the last 6 or so of the fallout.

I have faith that there will be no loose ends. I can't think of any glaring ones to this point...

 

[eits]

I must be missing something because Google is telling me her last name is Schwartz, unless Black was her maiden name

it was

 

[SheHateMe]

Just for the sake of argument, you're still wrong. That's why police ask if they can come into your house if they suspect anything. Once you say yes, what they find inside is fair game. Walt invited Hank over for dinner... unlawful not found.

No, he searched Walts house under false pretense according to your argument. Hank didn't come there to search his house, nor did he have the intent to do so...he came over for dinner, that is not the same thing.

 

[SheHateMe]

That Aryan Brotherhood stuff in prison was crazy!

 

[airdata]

So Walt can just quite the drug business anytime he wanted to? He is not going to get any pressure from his overseas business, the pest control guys, Todd to continue? I can see how Saul and Jessie are done, but I find it hard to believe that Walt could just up and quit that easily.

Also I do like the comment about how a light just went off with Hank and it will be easy for him to connect the dots. Makes sense.

The whole prison shanking seemed a little too easy to pull off. Was quick and done.

I was thinking that his cancer has returned and he made a decision to give it up...

Could be wrong though. That's the only thing that made sense to me of why he changed his mind w\ Jesse and why he told skylar he was out.

 

[MetalMat]

I was thinking that his cancer has returned and he made a decision to give it up...

Could be wrong though. That's the only thing that made sense to me of why he changed his mind w\ Jesse and why he told skylar he was out.

Yeah I have no doubt Walt wants to quit but there is no way it would be that easy just to drop everything and leave the meth business high and dry, especially when he was supplying stuff that was leagues ahead of what they had in the Czech Republic. He would be getting some sort of pressure from both sides of the distribution ring.

It's not like the most people save their money, invest it and have a 401k in the illegal drug business. People in those rings would be making it rain nightly strip clubs with all that money and as soon as the well dried up there would be repercussions.

I love the progression of Walter White from a soft hearted kinda geeky chemistry teacher to the monster he has turned into throughout the show. It was done great so far, if you would have told me in season 5 that Walt turns into a stone cold killer by season 5 I would have laughed at you.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I thought this partial-season finale was another stellar episode. The two musical montages (the prison killings and the cook with international shipping) were both typically great, and as much as it was kind of a relief to hear Walt say "I'm done," I loved the cliffhanger that ended the episode. It was unusual having Hank audibly flash back to his prior discussion with Walt about the Walt Whitman passage, but I guess that was necessary for more casual viewers to make it clear why this was a cliffhanger. I think we can safely assume that some combination of the DEA, the Chileans, the Mexican cartel, Declan, Lydia/Madrigal/the Czechs, cancer and perhaps even Todd's uncle and/or others will be converging on Walt next year.

I hope (and fully expect) that Gilligan will bring this show to a suitably grand conclusion.

 

[airdata]

Yeah MetalMat...

I probably need to re-watch the finale since I obviously missed some details in there. I thought at the end they were @ hanks house and he was just having a premonition about the book.

Also, the way they broke up the season is pretty amazing for suspense. The season opened w\ Walt I believe a year later @ his birthday w\ full head of hair meeting a guy to buy huge machine gun.

You have to figure they have some amazing plans for the last episodes of the series.

 

[Anubis]

i really dont see the cartel or the Chileans being involved they seem to have been totally written out of the show. its gonna be DEA, the Brand and some eastern european mafia most likely

 

[Skel]

I was thinking that his cancer has returned and he made a decision to give it up...

Could be wrong though. That's the only thing that made sense to me of why he changed his mind w\ Jesse and why he told skylar he was out.

Personally I thought it was more of a case of while he’s gained his empire, he’s lost everything that mattered to him. When you remove the reason he was doing it in the first place (his kids are living somewhere else, his wife wishes his cancer back) it’s not hard to see him realizing he needs his life back.