Television Breaking Bad

JohnLocke said:
And at the same time there was a good sprinkling of old Walt in that episode to make you remember how it all started and what he's being doing these things for.

He's still a cnut, but I think they may reign him in a bit in the next couple of episodes before he goes loco in the last few.

I watched a couple of season 3 episodes earlier, and I think the turning point for Jesse was killing Gayle.
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I can't wait to see how he reacts to finding out about Mike and how he responds, he really liked Mike...
 
He hardly would, would he?

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Maybe if / when he finds out about Mike he could do it. It would be a sort of shot at redemption for him. Plus he doesn't have to go to jail.

But I suppose they only really have him on the money and nothing else. Until next week....
 
That mutual benefit is looking a bit like a trip to Belize, currently. Jesse doesn't look like he wants to live and Walt could do with him dying.
 
This is very, very good. Long-winded, yes, but there's tonnes of great scenes that had to be included. It's great seeing the transformation of each character from S01 to S05.

Also, it's kind of poetic justice that this video is a montage of the entire series to date considering the show uses montages itself more than any show I've ever watched.

 
Nialler said:
I can't wait to see how he reacts to finding out about Mike and how he responds, he really liked Mike...
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He does know already though really, right? The scene where Walt told Jesse that Mike was alive, it looked like Jesse was just telling Walt what he wanted to hear when he said he believed him because he's afraid of Walt/just doesn't care anymore/is so sickened by Walt blatantly lying to him.
 
Watching that video I posted above got me thinking. Which episode/scene of Breaking Bad, upon watching it, got you thinking that this is a special television show? Which one made you sit up and take notice? For me, it was actually pretty early on. I got into the show much later than everyone else (series 4 had just aired) and I was hearing all sorts of brilliant things about it.

Naturally, I was a little sceptical whether it would live up to the hype but I was convinced it would when Walt killed Krazy-8 in the basement. That entire episode was brilliant. The fact that Walt was still a man with morals and was going to let him go. The way he drew up the 'pros and cons' list when debating whether to kill him (Just the one 'con': "He will kill your entire family"). And then the best scene of them all was when Walt realised there was a jagged edge of plate missing from the broken plate and deduced that Krazy-8 had it and intended to kill Walt. That was the scene that changed Walt in my eyes, and it set the tone for the rest of the series. Pretty special television and from then on I was hooked.
 
Yeah I remember a conversation a few pages back where we were discussing the slow start to the show, it's quite a few of those episodes that really hooked me right from the get go, I remember notably being quite impressed by the 'pillow intervention' scene that you wouldn't necessarily see in another show. It took its time, it was well written, each character had his/her importance (back when Marie wasn't just the person you wanted to shut up and Walt Jr. actually had a personality other than just being associated with breakfast) and it was incredibly touching. I love that scene, I don't know if it THE ONE that completely changed how I perceived the show, but it's one that's stayed with me.
 
That was a really good episode.

I think I liked it from the outset but the major bits I liked early on were; when they are trying to get rid of the bodies; the bit you mentioned; and the real selling point was Walt blowing up Tuco's hideout.
 
Wonder Pigeon said:
He does know already though really, right? The scene where Walt told Jesse that Mike was alive, it looked like Jesse was just telling Walt what he wanted to hear when he said he believed him because he's afraid of Walt/just doesn't care anymore/is so sickened by Walt blatantly lying to him.
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Yea, that was my reading of it. Jesse sees right through Walt's lies, but is just completely apathetic by that stage.


JohnLocke said:
That was a really good episode.

I think I liked it from the outset but the major bits I liked early on were; when they are trying to get rid of the bodies; the bit you mentioned; and the real selling point was Walt blowing up Tuco's hideout.
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That, and the following scene where he just went mental sat in the car alone, was brilliant.
 
One of my favourite scenes is the "A robot?" one in season two when they're stuck in the desert, and apparently that was actually improvised. I burst my gut laughing at it.
 
nahealai said:
Watching that video I posted above got me thinking. Which episode/scene of Breaking Bad, upon watching it, got you thinking that this is a special television show? Which one made you sit up and take notice? For me, it was actually pretty early on. I got into the show much later than everyone else (series 4 had just aired) and I was hearing all sorts of brilliant things about it.

Naturally, I was a little sceptical whether it would live up to the hype but I was convinced it would when Walt killed Krazy-8 in the basement. That entire episode was brilliant. The fact that Walt was still a man with morals and was going to let him go. The way he drew up the 'pros and cons' list when debating whether to kill him (Just the one 'con': "He will kill your entire family"). And then the best scene of them all was when Walt realised there was a jagged edge of plate missing from the broken plate and deduced that Krazy-8 had it and intended to kill Walt. That was the scene that changed Walt in my eyes, and it set the tone for the rest of the series. Pretty special television and from then on I was hooked.
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For me it's a bit like trying to pinpoint where Walt became Heisenberg. You didn't know when it was happening, you just knew that it had happened. Killing Krazy 8 was good, blowing up Tuco's place was also a very good episode (considering what he said at the start - no more bloodshed - then Jesse's in hospital, and Walt's walking away from an explosion, bald, with a sack of money and a nosebleed). Then there's when Tuco kidnaps them, Walt letting Jane die, Sunset/One Minute, Half Measures/Full Mesaure, Box Cutter, Crawl Space etc..

It just grew stronger and stronger right up to the end of Season 4 where it finally got to its peak. But I'm not sure I could put it down to just one scene.
 
It all rolls into one a bit because of how quickly I watched it, but it was pretty much right from the offset for me (in terms of when I thought the show was special). Was just absolutely hooked by the premise right away, although I imagine Walt at Tuco's would've been one of those moments. Said it earlier in the thread but that bit with him in the car is absolutely amazing acting.
 
I would've thought the bit at the store where he puts the hat on and tells the kids to "get off my territory" was the first time he truly accepted and believed in it.
 
I love the endings of Half and Full Measure. Shows what Jesse and Walt would do for each other, both brilliant scenes.
 
Wonder Pigeon said:
He does know already though really, right? The scene where Walt told Jesse that Mike was alive, it looked like Jesse was just telling Walt what he wanted to hear when he said he believed him because he's afraid of Walt/just doesn't care anymore/is so sickened by Walt blatantly lying to him.
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Yes you're quite right as underneath he really does know especially after what Walt did to the guys in the prison but when Hank cranks it up during his interrogation of Jesse its sure to drive him even more over the edge. Its difficult to know where they'll take this because as you've said, Jesse doesen't care anymore. Walt will try and get into his head and manipulate the situation like he always does and is brilliant at doing and that is the beauty of this show as its sometimes so difficult to predict what will happen next.
 
I think he probably does know that Mike is dead. The scene where Walt says "you have to believe me" could be taken as a way of Walt saying, "if you don't believe me, you're going on a trip to Belize".

So if he knows Mike is dead then he could spill it all to Hank, but he hates Hank too, and "the great Heisenberg" could probably get him knocked off before he could testify. Providing the cancer doesn't get him.

But then Walt said to Skylar that he would confess to it all.

feck, I don't know! Roll on Monday, bitches.
 
kouroux said:
A few days ago we were discussing about possible plots on the show. Like how Walt would develop the same habits of the people he killed
You have this gif for instance
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Go back and read the previous pages
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I know all that, I don't see the link. Walt kills someone and adopts their traits. It isn't done before he kills them. And I still don't seem much of a similarity between the pictures. They're wearing similar shirts, that doesn't mean that Gomie's going to kill Hank. Maybe if he started wearing these shirts after he killed him you'd have a point.

What you've said makes no sense. To me anyway.
 
Only entered this thread for the first time as I didn't want to be spoilered.

What a show though. Finally caught up with the latest episode and the wait until next week is a pain.

How do you all think it will end?
 
Jaap said:
Only entered this thread for the first time as I didn't want to be spoilered.

What a show though. Finally caught up with the latest episode and the wait until next week is a pain.

How do you all think it will end?
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With a few of the main cast dead and Walt still alive, wondering what it was all for.
 
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