Breaking Bad - Page 4

stevew · 09-08-2011, 03:47 PM

Btw, loved that they used Steven Bauer as the head baddie. I'm unsure if his character is still alive, but I hope so.

Ronnie Dobbs2 · 09-08-2011, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by stevew

I'm unsure if his character is still alive, but I hope so.

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Schmidty · 09-08-2011, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Radii

oh god this show makes me so happy

I love the show, but "happy" isn't a word that I would use after watching an episode, particularly this one. Riveted, yes, but happy, no. Disturbed, intrigued, a little depressed, and entertained are also words I would use.

Radii · 09-08-2011, 06:45 PM

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I love the show, but "happy" isn't a word that I would use after watching an episode, particularly this one. Riveted, yes, but happy, no. Disturbed, intrigued, a little depressed, and entertained are also words I would use.

Hah, I typed that at the exact moment that Mike pulled up next to the SUV that Walt and Hank were in at Los Pollos Hermanos. I was laughing non stop that entire scene. It was riveting and intriguing too but the whole situation was absolutely hilarious to me.

Is it Sunday yet?

stevew · 09-12-2011, 12:43 AM

Seasons 1-3 are now on streaming.

Radii · 09-12-2011, 02:03 AM

(blasphemy)If they keep this up this is going to top season 4 of the Wire as the best single season of a television show ever.(/blasphemy)

I'm completely speechless after the ending to that episode. Just wonderful stuff. More later maybe, mind is currently blown!

gi · 09-12-2011, 12:35 PM

Just finished watching it, some of the best work on TV right now.

Schmidty · 09-16-2011, 06:32 PM

Just watched, and just really didn't enjoy that episode at all. Kind of thinking about bailing on it after all this time.

RainMaker · 09-16-2011, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by stevew

Seasons 1-3 are now on streaming.

Just noticed this. Finishing up Season 1 right now.

jeff061 · 09-16-2011, 08:20 PM

I can't remember the last time I've seen a single show just ace every single episode like they've been doing this season.

jeff061 · 09-16-2011, 08:38 PM

Just because.

stevew · 09-16-2011, 08:55 PM

There's like 4 episodes left this season?

Doesn't leave a ton of time left.
-I'm assuming that Skyler will either run off with her boss, or use him to launder money.
-Walt is spiraling out of control. He needs to make a stand.
-I wonder if one of the DEA guys is on the take. Hank's medical care has to come up as an issue.

Radii · 09-16-2011, 10:14 PM

Replying to stevew's post, using spoiler tags since I put in a bit more detail, just in case there are new people in here b/c of the on demand thingy.

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stevew · 09-16-2011, 10:34 PM

I don't think I get Gus on some level. He has virtually unlimited resources, yet apparently lives a humble life. He has to maintain virtual secrecy in order for his operation to work. Yet he deals with street level dealers in season 3, and continues to work with Pinkman. I really want to know more about him.

stevew · 09-18-2011, 11:02 PM

Holy fuckin shit.

Radii · 09-19-2011, 02:17 AM

"I speak English" ... "oh good, so you know what the word asshole means"

Radii · 09-19-2011, 02:59 AM

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Holy fuckin shit.

yeah, this. Jesus. How does this get better every week?!

mauchow · 09-20-2011, 10:08 AM

Skyler is an idiot.

Jesse saved gus and mike. We'll see what that does for him.

Walt walt walt...

Good episode!

LloydLungs · 09-20-2011, 10:48 AM

More awesomeness. I did have a hard time believing this Don Eladio character would still be around and in the same position of power 20 years later, in the same house, with the same pool, etc. You'd think something would have happened to him at some point before this, given the nature of the business.

This show has a way of making me perfectly happy to suspend a little disbelief, though.

AENeuman · 09-20-2011, 12:21 PM

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More awesomeness. I did have a hard time believing this Don Eladio character would still be around and in the same position of power 20 years later, in the same house, with the same pool, etc. You'd think something would have happened to him at some point before this, given the nature of the business.

This show has a way of making me perfectly happy to suspend a little disbelief, though.

Yep. It seems to me that the lawyer could have directly paid off the irs debt.
still by far best show around

Butter · 09-21-2011, 08:56 AM

So very interested to see where this goes the final 3 weeks. I now remember why I used to save all the episodes and watch them at once the last 2 seasons. So very hard to wait.

gi · 09-21-2011, 09:50 AM

I'm enjoying the depth they gave to Gus this season. He is now my favorite character, moving pass Jesse.

mckerney · 09-21-2011, 03:38 PM

Just watched the latest episode and one of my first thoughts afterwards was wondering if the video of Jesse cooking in Mexico would ever make its way to the DEA.

Butter · 09-21-2011, 03:48 PM

My first thought is this seems to set Gus up to not need Walt anymore, seeing as Jesse basically ran the Mexico project all by himself.

gi · 09-21-2011, 03:51 PM

With the added complexity that Jesse said Gus would have to kill him if anything happened to Walt....and then the interesting twist of the Walt/Jesse relationship.

Butter · 09-21-2011, 04:00 PM

Yes, but Jesse said that before he and Walt had their fight last week. Wonder if that changed anything there. Clearly Walt has some regret, but we haven't seen the response on Jesse's side yet... which is what I imagine we have coming up.

mckerney · 09-21-2011, 04:12 PM

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My first thought is this seems to set Gus up to not need Walt anymore, seeing as Jesse basically ran the Mexico project all by himself.

He ran that cook, but I think it also showed that Jesse still probably needs a chemist working with him. As Jesse stated, he knew how to cook it by starting with the barrel with a B on it. If in Gus' lab they ever needed to synthesize any ingredients, make any changes based on what was available, or deal with anything going wrong he'd still need a chemist there, and best case one who knows Walt's formula.

stevew · 09-21-2011, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Butter_of_69

My first thought is this seems to set Gus up to not need Walt anymore, seeing as Jesse basically ran the Mexico project all by himself.

Jesse only made 96% meth, Walt was still making 98%. This was the whole Gale vs Walt thing all over again.

mckerney · 09-21-2011, 05:28 PM

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Jesse only made 96% meth, Walt was still making 98%. This was the whole Gale vs Walt thing all over again.

Wasn't Gus happy with what Gale was making but Gale insisted on learning from Walt?

Radii · 09-21-2011, 05:42 PM

I think the idea of troubleshooting is enough to keep Walt safe for now. Jesse can only follow the recipe, if anything goes wrong he'd need a chemist to figure out what happened and fix the problem.

Radii · 09-21-2011, 05:42 PM

dola, I see McKerney already said that. +1 then!

stevew · 09-21-2011, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by mckerney

Wasn't Gus happy with what Gale was making but Gale insisted on learning from Walt?

I took that as Gus was obsessed with quality, but I may be reading too much into it.

stevew · 09-25-2011, 11:05 PM

Skyler is so dumb. Happy to see Bill Burr get some work. The Ted Scene was hilarious.

Radii · 09-26-2011, 12:03 AM

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Happy to see Bill Burr get some work. The Ted Scene was hilarious.

He was, and it was, hah.

This season started before they got more episodes didn't they? I wonder if this was all written as a series finale just in case?? This is some serious endgame no way out stuff.

stevew · 09-26-2011, 12:12 AM

I was thinking that maybe Gus was just going to out Hank's financials instead of killing him. There's no way they could actually put another hit on him, I'll have to rewatch that part.

Radii · 09-26-2011, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by stevew

I was thinking that maybe Gus was just going to out Hank's financials instead of killing him. There's no way they could actually put another hit on him, I'll have to rewatch that part.

Oh very interesting, I like that thought.

Is Skyler about to freak out and out Walt to Marie on the phone?

LloydLungs · 09-26-2011, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Radii

This is some serious endgame no way out stuff.

My thoughts exactly. This episode made me want to double-check whether they're sure they're doing another season. It's hard to see where it's going from here, but I have complete faith in this show's writers. Another incredible episode.

Incidentally, this show also continues to do funny incredibly well in the midst of some unbearably grim stuff.

"Huell, are you happy?"

"Reasonably."

All in the delivery.

Radii · 09-26-2011, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by LloydLungs

My thoughts exactly. This episode made me want to double-check whether they're sure they're doing another season. It's hard to see where it's going from here, but I have complete faith in this show's writers. Another incredible episode.

Yeah, I agree completely.

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Incidentally, this show also continues to do funny incredibly well in the midst of some unbearably grim stuff.

"Huell, are you happy?"

"Reasonably."

All in the delivery.

haha yeah, that was so great. Also.. "does the laundry have to be dirty!?" ... long pause from a guy who almost never speaks... "No."

stevew · 09-26-2011, 07:59 PM

Does Hector have any allies left? Possibly Juan Balsa's cop brother? I kind of think Hector, if at all possible, aligns with Walt's interests cause the enemy of the enemy is a friend

jeff061 · 10-01-2011, 10:25 PM

That last scene and especially that last camera shot(Walt dead in a coffin?) was just epic. I think they can write their way out of this without much difficulty, but I don't know if they'll ever be able to repeat the magnitude of that scene.

So I'm going to just start lowering my expectations for next year. I just don't think there is anyway they can maintain this, so I'll ride out season 5 content with mastery of season 4.

Radii · 10-02-2011, 11:16 PM

The tension this entire hour was incredible.

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stevew · 10-06-2011, 08:25 PM

Really good interview with Cranston on the WTF podcast today. Worth a listen.

stevew · 10-06-2011, 08:30 PM

RE: Gus

I think he's been presented as one step ahead for the whole show. I don't think it's a stretch that he could be suspicious that Jesse lured him to the hospital. Plus then the realization that the car was unattended.

Radii · 10-06-2011, 08:59 PM

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RE: Gus

I think he's been presented as one step ahead for the whole show. I don't think it's a stretch that he could be suspicious that Jesse lured him to the hospital. Plus then the realization that the car was unattended.

Probably so and there's 100 reasonable explanations I'm sure. But they usually offer a line of dialogue or something to explain it. I just felt like the way it was presented didn't jive with what they usually show us. Not a huge deal at all. Cannot wait to see how they end it. I'd hate for this to be it for Gus.

tarcone · 10-06-2011, 09:07 PM

I just started watching this on Netflix. I remember when it 1st came out on SAT. I never got into it. But I saw this thread pop up regularly. So I thought I would start watching it. Wow. What a great show. I cant stop watching. I am on episode 10 right now. Ive watched it for about 3 or 4 days. Cant stop.

mckerney · 10-06-2011, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Radii

Probably so and there's 100 reasonable explanations I'm sure. But they usually offer a line of dialogue or something to explain it. I just felt like the way it was presented didn't jive with what they usually show us. Not a huge deal at all. Cannot wait to see how they end it. I'd hate for this to be it for Gus.

Hopefully it will be explained next week, my guess is that Gus is monitoring Walt and Jesse's phones. Could also explain Brock being poisoned with ricin if Walt is right that Gus is behind that.

stevew · 10-06-2011, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Radii

Probably so and there's 100 reasonable explanations I'm sure. But they usually offer a line of dialogue or something to explain it. I just felt like the way it was presented didn't jive with what they usually show us. Not a huge deal at all. Cannot wait to see how they end it. I'd hate for this to be it for Gus.

If Gus didn't poison the kid, wouldn't that make him uber suspicious?

Radii · 10-06-2011, 09:47 PM

Just listened to Cranston on WTFPod. His vague description of a couple emotions/moments form the finale have me on edge, hah. Dear god its only Thursday.

Radii · 10-06-2011, 09:50 PM

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If Gus didn't poison the kid, wouldn't that make him uber suspicious?

I dunno. Would it? I think if he did it but Jesse didn't ask him if he did it that would arouse more suspicion. Probably lots of angles to look at there.

Like I said I don't doubt there's a reasonable explanation. But its not like Breaking Bad to pull any sort of visual tricks or leave out a detail to manufacture suspense. It just felt... un-breaking bad like.

stevew · 10-06-2011, 09:51 PM

Yeah, spoiler-ish. I thought the part about Jesse only being originally a 3 episode character was cool.

09-16-2011, 06:32 PM	#158
Schmidty Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Early, TX	Just watched, and just really didn't enjoy that episode at all. Kind of thinking about bailing on it after all this time. __________________ Just beat the devil out of it!!! - Bob Ross

09-16-2011, 08:20 PM	#160
jeff061 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MA	I can't remember the last time I've seen a single show just ace every single episode like they've been doing this season. __________________

09-16-2011, 08:38 PM	#161
jeff061 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MA	Just because. __________________

09-21-2011, 08:56 AM	#171
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	So very interested to see where this goes the final 3 weeks. I now remember why I used to save all the episodes and watch them at once the last 2 seasons. So very hard to wait. __________________ My listening habits

09-21-2011, 03:48 PM	#174
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	My first thought is this seems to set Gus up to not need Walt anymore, seeing as Jesse basically ran the Mexico project all by himself. __________________ My listening habits

09-08-2011, 03:47 PM	#151
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Btw, loved that they used Steven Bauer as the head baddie. I'm unsure if his character is still alive, but I hope so.

09-12-2011, 12:43 AM	#155
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Seasons 1-3 are now on streaming.

09-12-2011, 02:03 AM	#156
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	(blasphemy)If they keep this up this is going to top season 4 of the Wire as the best single season of a television show ever.(/blasphemy) I'm completely speechless after the ending to that episode. Just wonderful stuff. More later maybe, mind is currently blown!

09-12-2011, 12:35 PM	#157
gi College Prospect Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Berkley, MI	Just finished watching it, some of the best work on TV right now.

09-16-2011, 08:55 PM	#162
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	There's like 4 episodes left this season? Doesn't leave a ton of time left. -I'm assuming that Skyler will either run off with her boss, or use him to launder money. -Walt is spiraling out of control. He needs to make a stand. -I wonder if one of the DEA guys is on the take. Hank's medical care has to come up as an issue.

09-16-2011, 10:34 PM	#164
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	I don't think I get Gus on some level. He has virtually unlimited resources, yet apparently lives a humble life. He has to maintain virtual secrecy in order for his operation to work. Yet he deals with street level dealers in season 3, and continues to work with Pinkman. I really want to know more about him.

09-18-2011, 11:02 PM	#165
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Holy fuckin shit.

09-19-2011, 02:17 AM	#166
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	"I speak English" ... "oh good, so you know what the word asshole means"

09-20-2011, 10:08 AM	#168
mauchow Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Murfreesboro, TN	Skyler is an idiot. Jesse saved gus and mike. We'll see what that does for him. Walt walt walt... Good episode!

09-20-2011, 10:48 AM	#169
LloydLungs College Prospect Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ponchatoula, LA	More awesomeness. I did have a hard time believing this Don Eladio character would still be around and in the same position of power 20 years later, in the same house, with the same pool, etc. You'd think something would have happened to him at some point before this, given the nature of the business. This show has a way of making me perfectly happy to suspend a little disbelief, though.

09-21-2011, 09:50 AM	#172
gi College Prospect Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Berkley, MI	I'm enjoying the depth they gave to Gus this season. He is now my favorite character, moving pass Jesse.

09-21-2011, 03:38 PM	#173
mckerney Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Just watched the latest episode and one of my first thoughts afterwards was wondering if the video of Jesse cooking in Mexico would ever make its way to the DEA.

09-21-2011, 03:51 PM	#175
gi College Prospect Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Berkley, MI	With the added complexity that Jesse said Gus would have to kill him if anything happened to Walt....and then the interesting twist of the Walt/Jesse relationship.

09-21-2011, 04:00 PM	#176
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	Yes, but Jesse said that before he and Walt had their fight last week. Wonder if that changed anything there. Clearly Walt has some regret, but we haven't seen the response on Jesse's side yet... which is what I imagine we have coming up. __________________ My listening habits

09-21-2011, 05:42 PM	#180
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	I think the idea of troubleshooting is enough to keep Walt safe for now. Jesse can only follow the recipe, if anything goes wrong he'd need a chemist to figure out what happened and fix the problem.

09-21-2011, 05:42 PM	#181
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	dola, I see McKerney already said that. +1 then!

09-25-2011, 11:05 PM	#183
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Skyler is so dumb. Happy to see Bill Burr get some work. The Ted Scene was hilarious.

09-26-2011, 12:12 AM	#185
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	I was thinking that maybe Gus was just going to out Hank's financials instead of killing him. There's no way they could actually put another hit on him, I'll have to rewatch that part.

09-26-2011, 07:59 PM	#189
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Does Hector have any allies left? Possibly Juan Balsa's cop brother? I kind of think Hector, if at all possible, aligns with Walt's interests cause the enemy of the enemy is a friend

10-01-2011, 10:25 PM	#190
jeff061 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MA	That last scene and especially that last camera shot(Walt dead in a coffin?) was just epic. I think they can write their way out of this without much difficulty, but I don't know if they'll ever be able to repeat the magnitude of that scene. So I'm going to just start lowering my expectations for next year. I just don't think there is anyway they can maintain this, so I'll ride out season 5 content with mastery of season 4. __________________

10-02-2011, 11:16 PM	#191
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	The tension this entire hour was incredible. Spoiler I'm not quite comfortable with Gus fairly magically deciding that continuing to walk to his car is a bad idea. Seems a bit much.

10-06-2011, 08:25 PM	#192
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Really good interview with Cranston on the WTF podcast today. Worth a listen.

10-06-2011, 08:30 PM	#193
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	RE: Gus I think he's been presented as one step ahead for the whole show. I don't think it's a stretch that he could be suspicious that Jesse lured him to the hospital. Plus then the realization that the car was unattended.

10-06-2011, 09:07 PM	#195
tarcone Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pacific	I just started watching this on Netflix. I remember when it 1st came out on SAT. I never got into it. But I saw this thread pop up regularly. So I thought I would start watching it. Wow. What a great show. I cant stop watching. I am on episode 10 right now. Ive watched it for about 3 or 4 days. Cant stop.

10-06-2011, 09:47 PM	#198
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Just listened to Cranston on WTFPod. His vague description of a couple emotions/moments form the finale have me on edge, hah. Dear god its only Thursday.

10-06-2011, 09:51 PM	#200
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Yeah, spoiler-ish. I thought the part about Jesse only being originally a 3 episode character was cool.

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