Breaking Bad Season 5 - Official Discussion Thread

[MetalMat]

Ending of the episode was great, I was not expecting the show to get down and dirty that quick.

 

[MetalMat]

Great episode. I thought they would really make the hank finding out last a while. So glad they went straight into it.

Me too

 

[WaTaGuMp]

We now have to wait 7 fucking more days, this is the definition of torture.

 

[Rudee]

We now have to wait 7 fucking more days, this is the definition of torture.

Oh, I think there are better definitions of torture than having to wait 7 days to watch a TV program.

 

[KaOTiK]

Fantastic. I normally wait till I have a few episodes to watch back to back, but man this show just compels me to watch it asap.

 

[Udgnim]

Lydia will die before she undoes Walt

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Watching it right now but can someone give me a refresher about where that book came from and what was that that Hank compared it to?

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Oh, I think there are better definitions of torture than having to wait 7 days to watch a TV program.

But its Breaking Bad. :biggrin:

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Watching it right now but can someone give me a refresher about where that book came from and what was that that Hank compared it to?

The book came from Walts bathroom. He is comparing it to details of the Gale murder.

 

[mugs]

Lydia will die before she undoes Walt

Probably true. She is a threat to Walt, and we saw what happened to those 9 guys who were a threat to Walt. She has dodged death twice, but her luck has run out.

 

[KaOTiK]

Watching it right now but can someone give me a refresher about where that book came from and what was that that Hank compared it to?

The book was a gift from Gale to Walt. It had the same/close to the same hand written message in it as was found on Gale's lab notes that were found when he was murdered. That message clicked in Hank's head and then went and compared it to the evidence from Gale's apartment and he matched up letters of the handwriting to see if Gale wrote the message in the book he found at Walts house.

 

[nageov3t]

Watching it right now but can someone give me a refresher about where that book came from and what was that that Hank compared it to?

 

[Zeze]

Wasn't impressed (spoilers):

-Slow paced as hell. The first 40 mins were pretty much nothing. The slow 10-minute opening for the sake of being 'artistic' was lame. But I also understand they have 8 episodes to fill.

-Whiny Jess seems forced and out of character just to use him as a plot device.

-Skylar's character makes absolutely ZERO sense. I still don't get wtf she wants. She was mad at him for being the biggest druglord of the Southwest. But she's okay because he pulled out? And they live happily ever after with the blood money? She knows Walter killed Gus Fring, that headline hospital explosion. That means she must also know Walter directly killed no less than 10 people. WTF? Very very inconsistent.

-Why would Walter go out of his way to give a heart-felt 'I didn't kill Mike' talk to Jesse? He could've just shrugged it off. It feels like another forced device where Jesse can explode on him.

Season 1-3 was the best. Everything made perfect sense back then and his slow corruption & his efforts to dodge his family were amazing.

 

[Anubis]

whiny jessie is not out of character he has been this emo before IE when his GF died, when he kicked his addiction ect. he cant live with the guilt of what he has done

skyler just wants peace until Walt dies to cancer. she has stated this before. Walt being out means no real immidiate threat of being wacked at any time and the return to a somewhat normal life. Im sure she realizes what he has done but feels it will all go away when he is dead

to keep jessie form doing stupid things to draw attention to anyone

 

[techs]

Bryan Cranston in the greatest role of his career.

 

[PottedMeat]

Was the song during the star trek pie eating contest story Armagideon Time?

 

[ultimatebob]

Bryan Cranston in the greatest role of his career.

Holy crap, I had no idea he was on Babylon 5. Seinfeld I knew.

 

[waterjug]

whiny jessie is not out of character he has been this emo before IE when his GF died, when he kicked his addiction ect. he cant live with the guilt of what he has done

skyler just wants peace until Walt dies to cancer. she has stated this before. Walt being out means no real immidiate threat of being wacked at any time and the return to a somewhat normal life. Im sure she realizes what he has done but feels it will all go away when he is dead

to keep jessie form doing stupid things to draw attention to anyone

yeah, this. Thought pacing was fine. Opening scene....wow. Next 25 minutes or so was a tad slow but they're setting up for the final episodes. I can't believe Hank came right out like that..wow

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I thought the flash-forward was great, and obviously the final scene was awesome - I literally cheered when Hank grabbed that garage door opener remote. For the most part I liked the rest, though angst-y Jesse was a little tiresome after a while (I do not agree, however, that his behavior was out of character - he has long been the moral center of the show, and has been crushingly depressed for a long time, particularly since the death of Drew Sharp). In general the episode just confirmed what I already thought - we are going to be in for a stellar final mini-season.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Oh, I think there are better definitions of torture than having to wait 7 days to watch a TV program.

Having to wait 8 days?

 

[Spineshank]

For those that are saying the show was slow..i forgot this show is called Fast and Furious.

 

[purbeast0]

yeah the only way i can see people calling this episode slow is if they have either never watched breaking bad before, or they were one of the lucky people who did not find out about this show until a few months ago and they had the luxury of marathoning through this awesome show, which would make "slow" episodes not really seem slow because you could just go right onto the next one.

 

[jman19]

Wasn't impressed (spoilers):

-Slow paced as hell. The first 40 mins were pretty much nothing. The slow 10-minute opening for the sake of being 'artistic' was lame. But I also understand they have 8 episodes to fill.

-Whiny Jess seems forced and out of character just to use him as a plot device.

-Skylar's character makes absolutely ZERO sense. I still don't get wtf she wants. She was mad at him for being the biggest druglord of the Southwest. But she's okay because he pulled out? And they live happily ever after with the blood money? She knows Walter killed Gus Fring, that headline hospital explosion. That means she must also know Walter directly killed no less than 10 people. WTF? Very very inconsistent.

-Why would Walter go out of his way to give a heart-felt 'I didn't kill Mike' talk to Jesse? He could've just shrugged it off. It feels like another forced device where Jesse can explode on him.

Season 1-3 was the best. Everything made perfect sense back then and his slow corruption & his efforts to dodge his family were amazing.

This post makes me wonder if you've been paying attention. My guess is... no.

 

[Anubis]

zeze has made posts like that berfore where i questioned if he was even watching the show

 

[JBT]

Missed the first 15 minutes due to an extra hour of traffic and no DVR... Going to have to catch that.