Breaking Bad (Warning, contains spoilers)

[Spindles]

That's why I tend to avoid such shows myself. Genuine surprise is one of the factors that really keeps the show gripping for me, moments like Walt's "confession" video, discovering why Jessie hadn't burned the house down, that is what makes the show great. I love to speculate, but hate actual spoilers.

[When Jokers Attack]

I watched and have actually forgotten what he even said.

Bryan Cranston, Don Cheadle and Giancarlo Esposito are the guests on it next week.

[t8yman]

Fucking awesome having Cranston on. Im hoping the spoiler was a bit ambiguous but knowing how the show goes, nothing would surprise me.

[When Jokers Attack]

I didn't think Cranston would be on Talking Bad until the finale. Hopefully for the finale the whole cast and Gilligan is on it.

[G-Stud]

Stay away from IGN, one of their headlines is, I'm assuming, the spoiler that was given away in this weeks Talking Bad. FFS.

[Jackmypie]

Walt Jr is a legend, you can see how much he loves the show and how much he's into it.

I hope what he said at the beggining of talking bad wasn't true. I think he was joking about it though.. he did say at the end of the show 'do you REALLY want hints?'

[t8yman]

Wow, awesome again. And what a cliffhanger!

I hate waiting a week!

[Jackmypie]

Indeed, was amazing. I sorta knew that was going to happen at the end though.. Those guys are crazy. (Trying to be as vague as possible for the people who haven't seen it.)

[G-Stud]

That cliffhanger!!

[philipsteak]

That cliffhanger!!

Up to a point, but we know Walt is OK though

Still a great episode and ending

The discusion taking place here

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/tv_club/features/2013/breaking_bad_final_season/week_5/breaking_bad_recap_season_5_episode_5_to_hajiilee.html

is generally pretty interesting

[Ed209]

Think Hank and Agent Gomez are going to die. That call to Marie where he told her he loves her was the kiss of death I fear. Marie of course is the only person not at the scene who knows Walt has been arrested. If Walt turns up somewhere without Hank then she's going to know somethings gone wrong.

[Spindles]

I'm thinking pretty much the same. Although considering about 8 people opened fire on him when he was out in the open with an assortment of heavy weaponry for quite a while before he got behind the car, he seems to be bulletproof.

Mind you, nazis are a terrible shot, war films have proven this time and again.

[G-Stud]

Better Call Saul spin-off looks like it's coming together

Edited September 12, 2013 by G-Stud

[Purple Monkey]

Would have been slightly better cutting to black just as you see a close-up of a finger pulling a trigger. That kind of firepower wielded by those people at that range would have floored Hank and his pal in an instant, and the contents of the car would have been a Walt smoothie.

Edited September 13, 2013 by Purple Monkey

[ThomThomDrum]

Yeah it was done wrong IMO. They should have been near large rocks and got behind them. Out in the open like that and not one bullet hit them was a bit much...........I know its a TV show and one sometimes needs to suspend belief but that was a bit much considering how BB has been shot and directed up to now.........

[Purple Monkey]

Yeah must agree. And using cars as cover is such horseshit and must admit I was trying my best to suspend disbelief (a first for Breaking Bad). They're more air than metal, and they're designed to crumple like paper and every bit of material-waste has been culled to the last penny for production. They aren't armoured tanks capable of protecting anything, especially squishy things like humans and especially from bullets fired from those insane guns, which are designed to tear through pretty much anything. If there's holes in the metal then it's safe to say it's made it through the rest of the much-softer parts of the car. Was a bit of a clash there between the realistic trappings of the show so far and conventional Hollywood logic. The realistic thing there would have been a second of gunfire and most if not all of them all going down like sacks of shit. The really realistic thing would have been those automatic weapons in the hands of the Nazis being fired first and downing both cops with headshots/body trauma almost immediately before either cop knew they were even fired. There is literally no way five(?) heavily armed well trained psychopaths at close range wouldn't have made mincemeat out of two exposed, hesitant cops.

My heart sank when Hank called Marie and they were smiling about wrapping up the mess once and for all - it just screamed DOOOOOOM! To be honest I thought he was going to get a bullet in the head from a sniper along with his mate, so there's hope.

Please don't kill Hank. Don't rate his colleagues chances at all this week.

Edited September 13, 2013 by Purple Monkey

[Jackmypie]

Almost time for the new ep

Edited September 15, 2013 by Jackmypie

[Spindles]

Another episode filled with amazing moments and stuff that you always thought (or dreaded) would happen. It was pretty clear that Walt knew what he was doing with the phone call.

[Purple Monkey]

FUCK!

This is Shakespeare!

Edited September 16, 2013 by Purple Monkey

[bunique]

Phone call was excellent. Redeeming himself when I couldn't dislike him more! Two left right?

[Spindles]

Wikipedia says 16 episodes, so yeah

At the pace it has been going in the second half of this season that should give just enough time to finish with a flourish and close the various characters' stories.

How it all works out for Jesse is what it is all about for me now.

[Ed209]

fairly slow episode

[G-Stud]

Holy shit!!

[Jackmypie]

So pretty much everything has gone to shit! Next ep will be based on Jessie I reckon and of course a certain funeral.

Oh and did anyone else realize Walt rolled past his old trousers?

Edited September 16, 2013 by Jackmypie

[swede]

fairly slow episode

Your kidding me right, probably the best episode of breaking bad yet, so many amazing moments and symbolism throughout. Vince Gillighan is an absolute genius as is Bryan Cranston.

Walt telling Jesse that he watched Jayne die was just chilling. Then you had Hank buried in the hole where.

It was pointed out in another forum I go on that Walt was laid in exactly the same sort of position when Hank was shot as Gus was when his partner was killed by Hector.

The knife fight was epic. Just how real the actors make these things seem compared to other shows is unbelievable.

Then theres the phone call. Walt knew the police would be there, he snapped his phone after the call as he knew it was traced, but it that one call he absolved Skyler of her wrong doing, taking all the blame himself and came out sounding like a monster when on the other end he was actually in bits, amazing stuff.

Two episodes left and even if Walt does die I hope he lays waste to the nazis and hope Jesse gets to kill Tod. If Jesse is still a hostage in the last episode, which I guess will be where the flash forward in episode 1 of this season was, he will have been a meth cooking hostage for near on 6 months so def deserves some revenge.