Television Breaking Bad

I honestly felt like it was wave after wave of phwoaaarr with that episode..... :lol: I didn't find it boring at all, it's developing immensely.

They absolutely nailed the family scenes, above all - Skyler/Hank at the cafe and Marie/Skyler back at the house made for fantastic television. Skyler was great in general in that episode, actually.

Liam147 said:
Had to put up with is as my netflix ran out and I can't renew.


The sync was out so I had to get another stream up, and play the audio from one and video from another. We're 15 minutes in and we've had two ad breaks.
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You can easily find HD links almost the second the episodes finish, unfortunately. Definitely worth the wait if you're that sort of disgusting criminal.
 
Shane88 said:
It felt like there was another ten minutes or so left.

feck!
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Liam147 said:
That's it?! You can't leave it there! Son of a bitch. Another quality episode although I imagine most people will think it was a bit slow and roundabout compared to last week's. But it's setting things up so well. Cannot wait for next week.
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:lol: Feel exactly the same.
 
bosnian_red said:
Thought it was a pretty boring episode, but you can't expect fireworks every episode really. Not sure how this will play out because hank seems like he's gonna do everything to get Walt.
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You do wonder if there will be a trip to Belize involved.
 
The people who complain about this episode probably love Michael Bay films.
 
But definitely like earlier Breaking Bad I'd assume.

I'm getting the idea that making Season 5 16 episodes was a bad move, not that much of a bad move, but sometimes, even on a rewatch of the first half of season 5, it could of been slightly shortened. Easily infact.
 
I'm ten minutes into the new episode (Buried, S5E10) and it has the potential to be the best episode yet.​
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feck me, it's gripping. I just took a break there to re-heat my tea. I hadn't touched it since the show started as my jaw is still wide open! :lol:​
 
I'm a bit confused about Skylar's motivations. Not so long ago she hated Walt and wanted him dead, now it seems to be Skylar and Walt vs Hank and Marie. Flipping on Walt and protecting herself would have been the best option for her.
 
I assume it's because she is an accomplice to Walt's crimes now- with the laundering side etc, at this moment she knows that Hank doesn't have evidence because he's come to her- admitting it all will mean prison time for both of them (although she'd be able to bargain down due to cooperation), she's trying to protect herself and her children.
 
I just thought she could become their star witness and get herself immunity; or at least explore that option.

Also, did anyone catch mustache man? Magnificent.
 
Pretty typical Breaking Bad episode, slow burner with good scenes which ends very well. It's all building up for a big ending.
 
ArmchairCritic said:
Pretty typical Breaking Bad episode, slow burner with good scenes which ends very well. It's all building up for a big ending.
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I agree, I don't mind fillers as long as they still have a meaning when it comes to the main plot. Hopefully by the next episode Jesse will snap out of this pussy mode he's been in for a while now.
 
It's doing The Shield/Sopranos route with it's ending.....but both of those final seasons(though the Shield ended up actually splitting them in official purposes rather 6a and 6b) felt too long imo, this will too. I mean all things considered, still 3 of the best final seasons ever(I can only assume with BB), but just being nitpicky, because why not?
 
nahealai said:
I'm ten minutes into the new episode (Buried, S5E10) and it has the potential to be the best episode yet.

feck me, it's gripping. I just took a break there to re-heat my tea. I hadn't touched it since the show started as my jaw is still wide open! :lol:
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Yep, thought it was amazing. Was giddy in those opening 20-30 minutes. :D
 
I don't think it feels too long at all. If anything, these last eight are almost definitely going to feel too rushed compared to Breaking Bad's normal pace. The amount of shit they have to get through in these last eight would have normally taken them 2-3 seasons going by usual Breaking Bad standards.
 
I don't really see how it could really go any faster, to be honest. It's the second episode and we've already had some huge confrontations between the two sides of the family, with the danger of Lydia also becoming abundantly clear. To top it off you've got Hank in an interrogation room with Jesse with both having good reason to see him locked up. A lot of people anticipated a slower build up with Hank/Walt but it's already out in the open and the shit has hit the fan massively. The sheer significance of what is already happening blows any 'slow build up' stuff out the water, for me.

kps88 said:
I just thought she could become their star witness and get herself immunity; or at least explore that option.


Also, did anyone catch mustache man? Magnificent.
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I think there are a couple of motivations at hand there; primarily, she'd be admitting wrongdoing before necessarily having to in that situation, leaving her open to judgement from Hank/Marie and prosecution from the police. There's no guarantee in her situation that she'd escape that, meaning that she could destroy the family and still go to jail even if she were to pre-emptively confess. Most importantly though, she's probably still trying to hide the whole thing from Walt Jr. and stop any fallout whatsoever from their activities. She perhaps realises now that Walt is too integral a part of the children's lives and that turning on him in this way would obliterate her relationship with Walt Jr.
 
KingEric7 said:
I don't really see how it could really go any faster, to be honest. It's the second episode and we've already had some huge confrontations between the two sides of the family, with the danger of Lydia also becoming abundantly clear. To top it off you've got Hank in an interrogation room with Jesse with both having good reason to see him locked up. A lot of people anticipated a slower build up with Hank/Walt but it's already out in the open and the shit has hit the fan massively. The sheer significance of what is already happening blows any 'slow build up' stuff out the water, for me.



I think there are a couple of motivations at hand there; primarily, she'd be admitting wrong doing before necessarily having to in that situation, leaving her open to judgement from Hank/Marie and prosecution from the police. There's no guarantee in her situation that she'd escape that, meaning that she could destroy the family and still go to jail if she was to pre-emptively confess. Most importantly though, she's probably still trying to hide the whole thing from Walt Jr and stop any fallout whatsoever from their activities. She perhaps realises now that Walt is too integral a part of the children's lives and that turning on him in this way would obliterate her relationship with Walt Jr.
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I agree. I'm really enjoying it. It's going to be very interesting to see what happens between Hank and Jessie
 
Vato1979 said:
I like Skyler a bit more, I think I don't want her on a trip to Belize anymore after that episode.
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I felt the complete opposite. Just as I was getting on her side over the last few seasons, she goes and makes a complete about turn into bitch again for slightly unclear reasons.

Well, unclear character wise. Narrative wise it's so the episode points towards the person you thought would turn wont, and the person you thought wouldn't, might. It's a bit flip floppy for me.

I thought it was quite a good episode though. There might not have been a lot of dramatic action, but there was a lot of character drama. The scene with Skyler and Marie for example. Dean Norris was terrific again.
 
Kinky Melinky said:
I agree. I'm really enjoying it. It's going to be very interesting to see what happens between Hank and Jessie
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They're killing me with these cliffhangers... can't remember the last time a show had me anticipating its next episode so much! Hopefully Jesse well step up a bit from this point onwards because that's all it's really lacking at the moment. His character is a bit tedious currently, whilst others have really upped the game. The argument between Marie and Skyler was top notch.
 
nahealai said:
I'm ten minutes into the new episode (Buried, S5E10) and it has the potential to be the best episode yet.​
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feck me, it's gripping. I just took a break there to re-heat my tea. I hadn't touched it since the show started as my jaw is still wide open! :lol:​
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You horrible cnut! Just make another cup! :)

Thought it was a great episode myself. As was said, some great confrontations and Skylar has started to redeem herself. Yeah she's probably worried about being jailed herself and worried about Walter Jr finding out and yes maybe the thought of losing all that money is just too much for her but I also get the feeling that she wants to protect Walt. I know she has said she is just waiting for the cancer to return and for him to die but now that their bacs are against the wall it's kind off them against the world. It's like your friend that's a cnut that you'd love to punch every now and again, but if someone else punched him, you'd stand in for him. He's a cnut, but he's your cnut.

I think we're going to see Jesse come back into form from here on out too. He's going to realise that Hank suspects Walt now and Hank doesn't realise how much Jesse is involved so I reckon Jesse will do everything to protect himself and in turn Walt now. Can't wait for that showdown in the next episode.

I also get the feeling Lydia is going to get in the middle of things too. She said her buyer in the Czech Republic isn't happy with the quality of Meth and wants Todd to take over seeing as he learned from Walt. But he only did two cooks on his own and they were only 74%(?) and on the third cook he started a fire, so he's hardly competent. So if things go wrong with him Lydia is probably going to come back to Walt and with Hank watching him it's going to cause trouble.
 
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Also, this may have been the best scene in the entire series.
 
Huell:lol: What a character!

Not much in the way of drama in this episode but a necessary episode nonetheless with all the family stuff packed into it. The ending was cruel though:( Be very interesting to see how Hank proceeds with his questioning
 
I'm not really sure what Jesse is going to do. His opinion of Walt isn't exactly at an all time high but I don't think he's ready to stitch him up just like that. I'm not sure what Hank can offer him either as Jesse clearly isn't bothered about his own well-being at this point.
 
P.S I think Todd's uncle's posse are going to have a big effect on where this series is heading. I would not be at all surprised if they are the ones that Walt is pursuing in those flash-forward scenes with the guns and ricin (guns for the gang, ricin for Lydia?). Maybe the gang threaten/kill a member of Walt's family in order to get him cooking again? Maybe the gang find out that Hank is the only obstacle between Walt and prison so they kill Hank, which provokes Walt into retaliation?

Stranger things have happened!
 
Mockney said:
Are people actually rooting for Walt at this point? I'm full on team Hank by now.
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I want Hank to "win" but I think what was interesting last night was when Walt said he'd turn himself in he again showed his true motives, it may have been greed but all he does want is a future for his children and a life for them to not struggle in, it did show the original character of Walter White rather than the character of Heisenberg he has become.

I liked last nights episode, a lot has happened over the 2 now which I didn't expect, it actually has progressed really quick really. Walt has been found out, everyone knows about it (well, by next week I assume Jesse knows about Hank) and it is set up to be a really good finale. I'm probably also one of a few but I like the Lydia stuff as well, think it will be interesting how the 2 stories wrap up together which I assume may be the direction it takes.

What I liked about last night is they didn't leave themselves in any potential plot holes, not like they ever do. The stuff about Hank losing his job for example was good as it shows they actually did think about it. It kind of sets the show up for a really dark ending. Hank losing his job, Walt and maybe even his family dying and also something may happen to Jesse (who I'm finding ridiculously tedious to watch at the moment so hopefully the Hank stuff makes him more interesting) the only person who may actually get some kind of good ending is Saul!
 
Scrumpet said:
I'm not really sure what Jesse is going to do. His opinion of Walt isn't exactly at an all time high but I don't think he's ready to stitch him up just like that. I'm not sure what Hank can offer him either as Jesse clearly isn't bothered about his own well-being at this point.
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Jesse is clearly suffering from depression, and he doesn't care what happens either way IMO. That's why I was annoyed when it finished. He has no reason not to tell Hank everything, but I can't see a way he will.

Mockney said:
Are people actually rooting for Walt at this point? I'm full on team Hank by now.
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Pretty much. I still see the cancer-ridden under-achieving school teacher who had little choice to do anything else. But I just want the series to end well most of all. Hank killing Walt is better than Walt riding off into the sunset cancer-free.

But as he said last night, "Please don't let this all have been for nothing." I really hope some good comes of it. The work he's done, the things he's done and put himself and his family through, there needs to be some benefit to it.
 
Liam147 said:
Jesse is clearly suffering from depression, and he doesn't care what happens either way IMO. That's why I was annoyed when it finished. He has no reason not to tell Hank everything, but I can't see a way he will.
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Yeah I agree he is suffering from depression right now but Hank's visit might actually awake him. As much as Jessie has a conscience I doubt he fancies a long jail term. Right now I don't think the two detectives have got much on him other than the fact that he was throwing away money. Suspicious but not enough to keep him in jail surely?
 
akash02 said:
Yeah I agree he is suffering from depression right now but Hank's visit might actually awake him. As much as Jessie has a conscience I doubt he fancies a long jail term. Right now I don't think the two detectives have got much on him other than the fact that he was throwing away money. Suspicious but not enough to keep him in jail surely?
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Until he can give a good explanation as to why he had a couple of million dollars in his car I assume they can detain him. But I don't think he'll turn on Walt either way.
 
I'd be appalled if anyone has a link to a bittorrent download for this episode to the extent that I'd report it if someone sent me one, since I can't seem to find any of a quality worth reporting.
 
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