Breaking Bad

[KLin]

Kind of a slow episode. I'm looking forward to next week's though.

 

[slayer202]

How did walt know he was the original target?

 

[chin311]

How did walt know he was the original target?

cuz he saw how the mangled twin reacted when he saw him in the hospital?

 

[brxndxn]

Yeah seemed like a random bullet Hank just slid into the gun.

There's an inconsistency where the bullet dropped, cuz when the guy reloaded he was a car length away from where Hank was lying down. Then when he goes to get the axe, the bullet is next to Hank's gun.

I'm just nitpicker'ing.

The bullet wasn't from the twin reloading.. It was the bullet he put in his pocket when the redneck gun dealer tossed it to him.

 

[ScottFern]

Kind of a slow episode. I'm looking forward to next week's though.

Kind of helps make the action episodes that much better. If every episodes was a drug cartel shootout it would get old fast I think.

 

[Patranus]

I really hate where the Skyler character is going.

 

[Perknose]

I really hate where the Skyler character is going.

You are supposed to. The writer's have truly done their job, and gotten you (and the rest of us) emotionally involved!

She's one of the ticking time bombs. Jesse is another.

 

[K1052]

I think Jesse is going to be history soon, he's unable to see the big picture like Walt is and is reverting to his old habits.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

I think Jesse is going to be history soon, he's unable to see the big picture like Walt is and is reverting to his old habits.

And Walt is going to be the one to take him out. He admired the way Gus handled things to seize control of the southwest meth trade and he wants to be more like that. The more that Skylar turns into mega-bitch the more Walt will go towards the dark side. I can see Walt training another guy to cook so that he can move up the ladder and work with Gus on the business end of things. Then, in another season or two, Walt will fight Gus for control.

 

[DayLaPaul]

And Walt is going to be the one to take him out. He admired the way Gus handled things to seize control of the southwest meth trade and he wants to be more like that. The more that Skylar turns into mega-bitch the more Walt will go towards the dark side. I can see Walt training another guy to cook so that he can move up the ladder and work with Gus on the business end of things. Then, in another season or two, Walt will fight Gus for control.

I can see Walt taking out Jessie, but part of the reason for that would be to keep his recipe a secret. We already saw how fast he canned Gale, when it appeared that Gale had mastered his technique. I just don't see him sharing it with anyone else.

His recipe is his ace in the hole. In order for him train someone new, he would have to have ascended so far up the ladder that this relatively risk free $15 mil/year is no longer worth his time.

I also think that two seasons (assuming 1 season = 1 year of elapsed show time) is far too soon for Walt to challenge Gus for command. While Walt is perhaps Gus' intellectual equal, we already know it takes a lot more than brains to succeed at this business. You need all the connections, the muscle, the infrastructure to handle nationwide distribution, all things that Walt isn't even close to having yet.

We've all seen how clumsily Walt has handled non-cooking related problems.

 

[KLin]

I can see Walt taking out Jessie, but part of the reason for that would be to keep his recipe a secret. We already saw how fast he canned Gale, when it appeared that Gale had mastered his technique. I just don't see him sharing it with anyone else.

His recipe is his ace in the hole. In order for him train someone new, he would have to have ascended so far up the ladder that this relatively risk free $15 mil/year is no longer worth his time.

I also think that two seasons (assuming 1 season = 1 year of elapsed show time) is far too soon for Walt to challenge Gus for command. While Walt is perhaps Gus' intellectual equal, we already know it takes a lot more than brains to succeed at this business. You need all the connections, the muscle, the infrastructure to handle nationwide distribution, all things that Walt isn't even close to having yet.

We've all seen how clumsily Walt has handled non-cooking related problems.

That's how anyone becomes better at anything. Do it, learn from your mistakes, and do it better next time.

 

[coldmeat]

I just watched this entire show in about 3 days. It's pretty good but I'm not really a fan of how the emotional and family bits seem to be taking over the show.

I really like the characters in this show, especially Saul. That guy makes me laugh every time, and his character is perfect. I'm starting to not like Jesse much anymore, although I'm pretty sure I'm not supposed to. Cranston's great in it too. I wouldn't really have expected it, but that's probably cause I've only ever seen him in Malcolm in the Middle.

 

[Perknose]

And Walt is going to be the one to take him out.

Way too crude, you don't get the scriptwriting gig, NEXT!

Walt won't take out Jessie, unless it's by accident in a rage. But there WILL be serious plot driven strife between them, on this you can count.

It's been purposely set up that way.

 

[Mike Gayner]

Wow this latest episode sucked incredibly hard. This current season is so hit and miss for me. Season 2 is definitely the superior season, so far.

 

[Ksyder]

Wow this latest episode sucked incredibly hard. This current season is so hit and miss for me. Season 2 is definitely the superior season, so far.

I have mixed feelings about this episode. Spent too much time on the fly thing. Major letdown overall but the ending was interesting.

 

[fleabag]

The point of the fly thing is to prove that Walt is losing it.

 

[Mike Gayner]

The point of the fly thing is to prove that Walt is losing it.

Wow thanks for your insightful, in depth analysis. What would we do without the genius that is fleabag

Don't you have some tyres you should be inflating to sidewall?

 

[Ksyder]

Wow thanks for your insightful, in depth analysis. What would we do without the genius that is fleabag

Don't you have some tyres you should be inflating to sidewall?

Fleabag might be right about Walt losing it though.

 

[slackerinabox]

Wow this latest episode sucked incredibly hard. This current season is so hit and miss for me. Season 2 is definitely the superior season, so far.

My wife hated it but I really liked it - it's sorta one of those high concept, stage play like episodes that are stripped down and show lots of character development (remember Heroe's top notch "Company Man" episode?). Not particularly exciting but well executed. Also, Walt going crazy aside, watch the first shot again (close up of fly while Skylar sings nursery songs). It's a flashback to the night Walt watched Jesse's gf die - the fly (at least to Walt) is the all seeing eye of god, and represents his blossoming sense of guilt. Remember, Walt never owned his involvement in the death of Jesse's girl, the passengers on the flight, or the users of his drugs. By the end of the last episode he acknowledges that everything is connected, and that he's making poison. Walt is finding humanity, and it's driving him crazy.

 

[Platypus]

I hated the episode up until Walt started talking at which point it became awesome, if only for a brief few moments.

 

[Ksyder]

Apparently I missed the whole section when Walt falls off that catwalk- my dvr freezes up during the part where he steps over the rail and then goes right to a commercial. My friend said that was his favorite part and I didn't even see it.

 

[Platypus]

Apparently I missed the whole section when Walt falls off that catwalk- my dvr freezes up during the part where he steps over the rail and then goes right to a commercial. My friend said that was his favorite part and I didn't even see it.

It was very Mr. Magoo-esque there for a while... almost ruined the entire ep.

 

[MrMatt]

My wife hated it but I really liked it - it's sorta one of those high concept, stage play like episodes that are stripped down and show lots of character development (remember Heroe's top notch "Company Man" episode?). Not particularly exciting but well executed. Also, Walt going crazy aside, watch the first shot again (close up of fly while Skylar sings nursery songs). It's a flashback to the night Walt watched Jesse's gf die - the fly (at least to Walt) is the all seeing eye of god, and represents his blossoming sense of guilt. Remember, Walt never owned his involvement in the death of Jesse's girl, the passengers on the flight, or the users of his drugs. By the end of the last episode he acknowledges that everything is connected, and that he's making poison. Walt is finding humanity, and it's driving him crazy.

I agree; I just feel like the episode dragged. You can see him slowly coming to this realization over the last few episodes. The problem I have with this past episode is that it dragged on and on. The part about "I've lived too long..." that part was great. I just felt like they didn't need a full epi to get this point across. It was tortuously boring for the first 25 minutes.

 

[slackerinabox]

I agree; I just feel like the episode dragged. You can see him slowly coming to this realization over the last few episodes. The problem I have with this past episode is that it dragged on and on. The part about "I've lived too long..." that part was great. I just felt like they didn't need a full epi to get this point across. It was tortuously boring for the first 25 minutes.

I agree with you, it did drag. But another show I liked had the problem of never slowing down - Dexter season 3. Every episode tried to have an "OH MY GOD!" moment, and it eventually became numbing and silly. This episode was a nice breather that show's Jesse and Walt getting a better understanding of each other, and Walt cracking. They're slowing down the pace a lot, but I wouldn't want the show to turn into a chase/action show either.

Walt currently has nothing to lose - that'll become boring. I think they need to humanize him and make the audience care about him again, so that there's something at stake. Heck, I know everyone hates his (ex)wife but I think it would be really interesting if she accepts him back, maybe from money lust or maybe due to love - the family dynamic is really more interesting to me than the mexican twin story line as of recent.

But I don't like Jesse skimming, it's too easy and I thought he evolved from that last season. I was hoping that he would turn into the moral center of the show, somewhat ironically, but he seems to be returning to old habits.

 

[BrokenVisage]

I started watching last week based on the good things I read here and other forums. I've watched everything and am current. All I can say is WOW. I've never watched a show that I got so emotionally tied to. When Walt is in trouble, I end up feeling guilty - seriously - for like an hour after I watch. I've never had a show that made me feel like that. And the hate I have for Skyler - wow, not healthy.

Couldn't have said it better myself and I feel the exact same way about Walt/Skyler, plus I never get emotionally attached to TV shows/characters either but it's almost impossible not to with BB. I didn't think I'd be into the show at first but I gave it a shot because of the love it got all around and because I really liked Bryan Cranston in Malcolm in the Middle. I'm all caught up except for the last 2 episodes and I'll bang those out tonight most likely, but here's my thoughts through season 2 that I originally put in the TV/movie review thread..

"I breezed through the 2nd season in two days and have proclaimed it one of the most riveting and attention-grabbing seasons in TV history, I literally had to make myself stop watching in spots so I could get things done and let the story digest a little. The episode where they cook meth in the middle of a desert for 4 days straight was like nothing I've ever seen. Then Saul the crooked lawyer comes in and basically changes everything, what a great character he turned out to be. Gotta love the clean-cut Pollos manager being involved with the cartel and finding his way into the DEA to keep an eye on things too. So many other dynamics that I wish Jesse stayed hooked and the charade with Walt and his wife continued, but of course that wasn't going to last. There was so much comedy I didn't expect either, every episode made me literally LOL in some way."

So yeah, pretty much am in love with the show now even though season 3 isn't as good as season 2.