Breaking Bad Season 5 - Official Discussion Thread

[Chiropteran]

Skyler being a bitch

 

[purbeast0]

hank working with jesse!

 

[PottedMeat]

...maybe hank 'going out for a walk' means he's going to confront walt but runs into jesse instead.

fuck yeah :awe:

 

[MH2007]

In my opinion Walt is going to use a sweeper (a la Saul) and know that Jesse is wired

He's going to implicate Hank while Gomey is watching and filming

EDIT: not sure if Hank showed Gomey the tape yet but IMO he hasn't

 

[AdamK47]

And it's on between Walt and Jesse.

 

[Anubis]

Todd's uncle end up taking out Jesse but gets hank in the process
walk goes nuts and takes them on which is why he has the m60

 

[MH2007]

Well messy would be an understatement at this point

EDIT: you knew that guy was a red herring but when it seemed like he was looking at Walt afterwards I kinda wondered

 

[raasco]

Todd's uncle end up taking out Jesse but gets hank in the process
walk goes nuts and takes them on which is why he has the m60

Wow, I can buy that.

 

[Robert Munch]

Walt Jr. is going to kill Hank.
Just saying ahead of time.
Oh and Walt's cancer is bullshit, duh.

 

[PottedMeat]

Todd's uncle end up taking out Jesse but gets hank in the process
walk goes nuts and takes them on which is why he has the m60

prison hits - no prob

public hit - gonna be messy


here's bryan cranston on babylon 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEhWjI0OFlM

 

[Udgnim]

ideas on what is Jesse's plan to expose Walt?

 

[Udgnim]

In my opinion Walt is going to use a sweeper (a la Saul) and know that Jesse is wired

He's going to implicate Hank while Gomey is watching and filming

EDIT: not sure if Hank showed Gomey the tape yet but IMO he hasn't

probably hasn't but it would be stupid not do so

Hank has Jesse who is an eye witness to everything and Jesse can say Hank has not been involved in any of the meth dealing

 

[Wingznut]

what disc was that?

Nothing significant, except that it had drug residue on it.

 

[Craig234]

If Walt poisoned the kid with the plant - apparently life-threatening - didn't the doctors tell Jesse the poison was valley of the lilly and not ricin?

 

[Murloc]

I had to do some research to understand the whole brock thing.

 

[PottedMeat]

If Walt poisoned the kid with the plant - apparently life-threatening - didn't the doctors tell Jesse the poison was valley of the lilly and not ricin?

this pretty much explains everything: http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=35422651&postcount=1181

 

[TeeJay1952]

I just got up at 5am to watch last nights BB. While watching I was struck by 2 things.
First is how amazing this show is. I am trying to quantify its excellence so I can use the show as "How to do it!" Either the group as a whole is on top of their game or the show-runner is the best at letting everyone do the job. Direction is snappy and clever. Writing is true, emotional and surprising. The acting is superb with everyone in the cast hitting high notes. I should look up their names but will use their characters. Jessie shows what Mr Whites sees in him by stopping being a victim and becomes Heisenberg Jr. Marie has 2 good scenes and fills in years of back story to her character with the therapist and then the coffee. Hank Jr does the heartstrings yank thing very well. Skyler breaks bad, it was Shakespearean in the Lord's Castle (Holiday Inn) Plotting, pressuring and pushing to protect the family line. Saul as both Rosencrantz and Guildenstern muttering in the wings. The twisted machinations of Hank which are both tragic and comic. Like the Warner Brothers Coyote ever hopeful and always fails. Finally Mr White, who should have sang with the Spinners in the 70's. Go left, go right. Tuck and roll, lying to all. Amazing. When in the back seat talking to Saul and telling him to lay off Jessie, He grew and filled the back seat with menace. It was the total Heisenberg. One of a kind.

Second is how can the networks fall so far behind? Perhaps quality programming is a niche prospect and the "numbers" won't allow shows to develop.

Sorry to run on so long but, Man I like that show!
Tee Jay

 

[Wingznut]

First is how amazing this show is. I am trying to quantify its excellence so I can use the show as "How to do it!" Either the group as a whole is on top of their game or the show-runner is the best at letting everyone do the job. Direction is snappy and clever. Writing is true, emotional and surprising. The acting is superb with everyone in the cast hitting high notes.

That's pretty much it... It's a perfect combination, which is so incredibly rare.

What strikes me about this show which rises it so far and above the others, is how reasonable every reaction is. I'm not saying that it's absolutely perfect, but pretty much every response from every character makes sense. You can step back and say "I could really see that happening."

There are too many shows (and movies) where a character says or does something, and you are filled with nothing but disbelief and disappointment, left to wonder why the writer could think that was a good idea. (Not to mention every other filter it has to go through... You have to imagine that sometimes the actor says his/her line, then looks at the director and goes "Really?!?!") The shows with a really interesting premise, but awful writing, frustrate me to no end. (i.e. Under the Dome, Falling Skies, etc.)

 

[Udgnim]

confirmed Walt gay for Jesse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWrRPohom3I

 

[Zeze]

I just got up at 5am to watch last nights BB. While watching I was struck by 2 things.
First is how amazing this show is. I am trying to quantify its excellence so I can use the show as "How to do it!" Either the group as a whole is on top of their game or the show-runner is the best at letting everyone do the job. Direction is snappy and clever. Writing is true, emotional and surprising. The acting is superb with everyone in the cast hitting high notes. I should look up their names but will use their characters. Jessie shows what Mr Whites sees in him by stopping being a victim and becomes Heisenberg Jr. Marie has 2 good scenes and fills in years of back story to her character with the therapist and then the coffee. Hank Jr does the heartstrings yank thing very well. Skyler breaks bad, it was Shakespearean in the Lord's Castle (Holiday Inn) Plotting, pressuring and pushing to protect the family line. Saul as both Rosencrantz and Guildenstern muttering in the wings. The twisted machinations of Hank which are both tragic and comic. Like the Warner Brothers Coyote ever hopeful and always fails. Finally Mr White, who should have sang with the Spinners in the 70's. Go left, go right. Tuck and roll, lying to all. Amazing. When in the back seat talking to Saul and telling him to lay off Jessie, He grew and filled the back seat with menace. It was the total Heisenberg. One of a kind.

Second is how can the networks fall so far behind? Perhaps quality programming is a niche prospect and the "numbers" won't allow shows to develop.

Sorry to run on so long but, Man I like that show!
Tee Jay

Personally I'm having an okay time watching this final season.

The best breath-taking parts of BB are season 1-3, imo.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Skyler being a bitch

This is the first time in a long time that Skyler's actions are reasonable. She sees the danger of Jesse and wants him whacked. For the first time in forever she's trying to actually get something done to protect the family.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

hank working with jesse!

Called that after last weeks show. As of this moment they're the two people who most want to nail Walt. Jesse's inside info and Hank's expertise on the other side of the law make them the perfect team beat the mighty Heisenberg.

 

[Rudee]

Told you few weeks back to keep your eye on Skylar, as she is going to Break Bad this season. And it's going to get much much worse.

 

[PottedMeat]

http://podcasts.sonypictures.com/tv_VAM/breaking_bad/Breaking_Bad_Insider_512.mp3

512 is up, not on amc

 

[Craig234]

Told you few weeks back to keep your eye on Skylar, as she is going to Break Bad this season. And it's going to get much much worse.

Skyler or Jesse killing Walt would not be a surprise as having the 'one person the villain trusts' turn on them is a pretty common plot decision.

Seems a little sick to me that that's how it is, but that seems the most common plot choice, unless there's some hero like James Bond, which there defintely isn't in this show.

An even darker choice would be to have his son kill him - a dark plot would be to have him having to pick between his parents who were trying to kill each other.