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General => Movies and TV => Topic started by: FlyingBIZKIT on September 30, 2013, 12:13:25 AM
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I had planned to do this for a while now, and figured I'd start right after the show ended. I have my list together, but it's late right now, so I should be able to start it off tomorrow afternoon! If anybody else is interested in doing a list as well, send me a PM and I will edit this post for you guys. I didn't want to do this within the actual Breaking Bad thread because of people who may not be finished with the show. Thanks!
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Will be following. Bring 'em on. :)
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Is there anything DTF won't rank? :P
I'll be following too, though, don't worry. I'll be interested to see which episodes were the standouts for all of you.
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#20. Box Cutter (Season 4)
"Get back to work."
(https://i.imgur.com/LlQK22x.png)
In the opening scene of "Box Cutter" , a flashback takes place in which Gus decides whether or not Gale would make a good partner to Walt. He has his doubts at first, saying the two wouldn't make a nice pair, but Gale says otherwise. He then persuades Gus to hire him. Good fucking job, Gale. You just signed your death warrant. Afterwards, the episode starts to take place right where the end of "Full Measure" left off. Victor arrives to find Gale dead and beyond. He then finds Jesse just sitting in his car. He doesn't try to run, as he is shocked. Later, Skyler has another funny scene, in which she tricks the locksmith into letting her into Walt's apartment. Hank, however, is not the spotlight of this episode. Still recovering from the gun wound, and even worse: dealing with Marie's horse shit.
"Box Cutter" is a bit of a slower episode, but it doesn't fail to deliver one of the most memorable scenes in the show's history.
Favorite Scene: The drawn out scene with Gus killing Victor with the box cutter takes the cake. What's great about this scene is that nobody saw it coming. Walt and Jesse are definitely thinking they are done for, but Fring pulls a 180 and kills the annoying fuck rat, with no reaction. He just goes on his way, taking his precious time. Hell, even Mike is showing fear. That's a rarity, considering he's usually the one putting fear in others. This is definitely one of the most chilling scenes in the show, and it displays how menacing Gustavo really is.
EDIT: Also, Victor dying was great. I hated him.
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Yep, that scene would easily be top 5 on the "OMG, did that really just happen?!" scale. Going back and watching it again, once Victor reveals to Mike that he was seen at the scene of the crime (Gale's murder), his death becomes a lot more obvious, but on the first view, it wasn't at all. I mean, I didn't think Gus was gonna kill Walt or Jesse, but I didn't know what was gonna happen. That is great writing.
Overall though, I do think the parts with Skyler trying to find Walt make the episode lag a bit, and that pulls the episode down a notch, so I am not sure I would call it top 20 for me, but even the least best BB episodes are really good, so I am just splitting hairs. :biggrin:
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Yes, my list probably isn't going to be very surprising, as I think the show got better with each season. And I agree, I felt bad leaving episodes out of this :lol
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Since I brought up the "OMG, did that really just happen?!" thing, my top 5 of those would be:
-Gus killing Victor.
-"Run."
-The cousins trying to kill Hank in the parking lot.
-Hank dying (even though we knew it was coming, it was still shocking when it happened).
-The whole scene with Walt, Skyler and Flynn in Ozymandias, from their fight over the knife to Flynn calling the cops on his dad to Walt leaving with Holly.
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The remaining 4 of those could possibly be in this list :biggrin:
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That was a good episode, albeit a bit on the slow end of things.
Definitely a top Gus scene.
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#19. Pilot (Season 1)
"Fuck you! And your eyebrows!"
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What’s a good list without the pilot, right? Well, I’ve seen some pretty shitty pilots of shows in my past, and this isn’t one. This is where you meet the characters that will be with you for seasons to come. Walt finds out he has lung cancer, as told by the mustard shirt doctor. I didn’t think there would ever be a show where I’ve bonded to the characters so quickly. He’s working two jobs, and his dickbag student finds it hilarious for some reason. You can just tell at this point he is not doing what he really wants to do (as you can expect). Walt and Jesse form a partnership, and this is only the beginning of that relationship. This is also where we see Hank cracking his usual terrible jokes. I seriously thought Hank was going to be like this the whole time. Though, bringing Saul in did kind of shift the comedy factor away from him. It’s funny thinking back when I first saw this. Skyler and Walt Jr. grew on me, because I was in the majority crowd who was like “Oh, look, a bitch wife!” Walt Jr, I thought was kind of a prick when it came to the breakfast side of things. By the end of the episode, my reaction was as follows: “Holy shit, this teacher is cooking meth! How could this get any bigger?” Yes, the stakes aren’t very high at this point. There’s no Gus or Tuco in the picture just yet, but you do have Emilio and Krazy , who are big threats at this point. This episode is what started it all, and that, I think, gives it a permanent spot in my favorites.
Favorite Scene: Emilio and Krazy 8 force Walt to show them his method, and in the process, he produces a deadly gas and flees quickly. He has his back on the door of the Winnebago as the two inside shoot at him. This is only a sliver of Walt is capable of doing. The pair of pants flying in the air was beautiful as well.
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It's been so long since I've seen this. I wasn't hooked as early as you were, but I still do remember enjoying the pilot a great deal. Maybe I'll rewatch it some time in the future.
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I absolutely loved the pilot! It sucked me in from the start; I was immediately engrossed in the story. Not only was the story compelling from the very start, but I loved the directing: the opening shot of the pants falling, the POV angle when Walt notices the mustard on the doctor's shot, the zoom away when we reconnect with Walt in the middle of the road with the gun drawn, etc. As much props as the acting and writing both get, and deservedly so, the directing was always top notch as well (which I think I said already in this thread or the other...cannot remember :lol).
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#18. 4 Days Out (Season 2)
"Smoking marijuana, eating Cheetos and masturbating do not constitute 'plans' in my book"
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Maybe a surprising pick for my top 20, but this episode stands out because it’s different. Walt tells Skyler he’s going to visit his mother, but he actually means he’s going to cook up a big ass batch of the blue with little Jesse. They rack up a big amount of potential cash too. Walt claims that’s enough to get them nearly $700k a piece, just for two days of cooking. However, just when things seem to be going better than ever, the RV will not start. Jesse leaving the keys in the ignition might have been the cause of it, and he only makes the situation worse from there. He spills gas on the generator, setting it ablaze, and as a result, he pours the remaining drinking water on it, when Walt was about to use the handy dandy fire extinguisher. What other option do they have now? Ah, they can call for help! Well, Jesse’s phone can’t pick up a signal, but Walt’s is sure to work. So he gives Jesse his phone so he can call Skinny Pete, who isn’t the brightest of the bunch. Hours later, he ends up being lost, and then the phone’s battery is drained. Now, they have no contact, no water, nothing. Jesse displayed an insane amount of stupidity in this episode, but he did generate the great idea of making a homemade battery, along with a dune buggy, a homing device, and a robot. Luckily, they get it started, and head home. Later, Walt finds out his cancer is in remission and his tumor shrunk greatly.
What I love about this episode is how laid back it is. It’s simple, straight-forward, and actually very funny. Looking where the show was the last few seasons, it was nice seeing traditional scenes with Walt and Jesse, where they’re actually getting along. This is an episode I truly appreciate, after watching the dark, more serious episodes later in the show.
Favorite Scene: The very end, when Walt starts punching the towel dispenser. At first, I didn’t think much of it, and didn’t understand it. I mean, why be so angry when you hear great news about your health? In Walt’s mind, hearing that he’s less likely to die is truly upsetting. He told all these lies and cooked all this meth for his family, because he initially thought he was not going to live long. It’s a really simple scene, but a lot can be learned from it.
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I love that episode, but goddamn did Jesse go full retard in it!
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That was a very funny one. Great quote too. Two thumbs up my ass :tup :tup
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Great review, very well written. I would highlights two things from that episode:
- The "a robot?" scene still cracks me up.
- This is the episode where Walt realized that living on was unbearable for him, and one of the first episodes where we see his angry in full rage. My explanation for his anger is this: he was ready to die. If he would get bad news that day, he would die as a hero: Jesse would give the money to his family, they would recognize what a great guy he was, he was in good terms with almost everybody. Living on suddenly meant that he had to live with himself, with all the lies, the anger, the blood and the bad conscience. He couldn't bear living with himself. That's why in the next 2-3 episodes we see him acting like a total jerk: the realization that he had to try to go back to his family and "normal" life was a nightmare to him.
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BTW, the pilot is possible in my Top 2 list. No other episode has ever made me want more and more from a TV show. It's a masterpiece, and it sets many themes of the show early on: the amazing opening sequences, the unpredictability accompanied by the "a-ha" moments, the action-pack episodes (it is amazing how much they can cram in 45 without it feeling rushed), the bleak atmosphere with delicate touches of melancholy and a desperate sense of humor, the emotional roller coasters, the cliffhangers and the end, and the ambiguity of our feelings towards most of the characters.
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"A robot?" :lol :lol :lol
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Yeah! Science, bitch!
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#17. Cornered (Season 4)
"I am not in danger, Skyler. I AM the danger!"
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There is so much in this episode to love. The 2009 Challenger Walt Jr receives (and a breakfast scene!), Walt's awesome monologue, Bogdan's first dollar being used in a vending machine and TUCKER! This is a big point in the show where Jesse and Mike are starting to have, almost what you could call, a friendship. Walt doesn't like that and realizes Gus is trying to turn Jesse away from him. Of course the prideful and egoistic Walt claims all this is about himself, and Jesse doesn't deserve the spotlight. When does he ever acknowledge Jesse as any thing more than a side kick? Walt claims he needs Jesse, but we all know the truth, he just hires three women to do his cleaning for him. Mike and Jesse head out to TUCKER!'s house, where they try and retrieve the Los Pollos "batter" bucket. Mike thinks they should take a cautious approach, and wait for the junkies in the house to leave. Jesse thinks otherwise, and knocks on the door. After a failed attempt, he goes back to the car and grabs a shovel out of the trunk. After the marvelous "shovel camera" shot, Jesse starts digging a hole in their front yard. Then, the infamous TUCKER! walks out and switches shifts with Jesse. He then goes inside the house and a more dangerous junkie with a shotgun approaches him, talking a bunch of nonsense. After a noise distraction, the junkie looks away, and Jesse takes him out with a bong. There's no better way to take out a junkie than with his own bong. They get what they came for, and leave. Mike is impressed. Hell, even Gus is impressed. Gus told Jesse "I like to think I see things in people." That's a compliment if I ever heard one, especially from a man with that power. Tyrus ruins the fiesta, and sends the women to Honduras. Walt is annoyed. If anyone should be annoyed, it should be Walt Jr. He had his car, for one damn episode (it may return later)
Favorite Scene: Walt's speech to Skyler. It's one of the most famous moments from the show, and even people that haven't seen the show know this scene. He leaves Skyler speechless and afraid, and it's awesome. This made me say, "Damn Walt is one BAMF."
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Walt's "I am the one who knocks!" speech was epic and one of the most memorable moments of the series, but I don't think this episode as a whole would rate nearly this high for me. Again, every BB episode was nothing less than really good, but this one rates for me as just very good, while many others range from great to magnificent.
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Walt's "I am the one who knocks!" speech was epic and one of the most memorable moments of the series, but I don't think this episode as a whole would rate nearly this high for me.
Seconded. I absolutely loved that scene, but honestly can't remember much else from this episode.
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Yeah, there's a lot of episodes I really wanted to have in here, but I feel pretty good about my placement. ;D
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Fly for #1.
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Fly really is outstanding. The first time through, I liked it, but I didn't like the fact that the storyline came to a screeching halt for that episode, after always moving at such a rapid pace, but having gone back and watched it again, it is pretty great. Definitely one of the funniest of the series, too.
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Walt's "I am the one who knocks!" speech was epic and one of the most memorable moments of the series, but I don't think this episode as a whole would rate nearly this high for me.
It is also has provided perhaps the most wildly misinterpreted quote in recent pop culture history.
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Fly for #1.
I hope not. That episode really pissed me off. Sure it's well acted, and it helps us delve deeper into the characterization of Walt, but which episodes aren't, and don't? And most of them manage to succeed in both regards while being a hell of a lot more entertaining.
Just my 2 cents
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Fly is #1
No it isn't
Yes it is
No
Yes
Who Knows
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It should be number 1.
As for entertainment, I know I've watched it more times than any other episode.
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#16. Grilled (Season 2)
"Ding! Ding!"
(https://i.imgur.com/3TPoCcC.jpg)
Grilled was my favorite episode for a LONG time, but that was before I watched the latter half of season 3. This episode was so tense, and my nails were pretty much gone by the end of it. At the time, Tuco was the main antagonist (excluding Hank) and he was bat shit crazy. He pretty much kidnaps Walt and Jesse, and takes them to his uncle, Hector Salamanca. Hector is a mute bell ringer, but he has an eye for suspicion. Tuco wants his cousins to smuggle Walt and himself into Mexico. He wants Walt to cook meth for him, all day, every day. He doesn't care one bit about Jesse, who he used to simply get Walt. Walt and Jesse are being held hostage, and made to sit on the couch, close to Hector. Jesse, with his wisdom, claims the new meth they made (which is actually poison) has a new secret ingredient: chili powder. Tuco says he hates chili powder. Tuco 1, Jesse 0. Tuco starts to cook a meal for them all and explains they have a long road ahead of them. Suddenly, a news report on the tv shows Gonzo and the other guy, both dead. Walt nervously changes the channel in fear that Tuco will think he ratted him out. When the food is done, Jesse and Walt head to the dinner table. As Tuco talks to Hector and brings him to the table, Walt attempts and successfully places the ricin in Tuco's burrito. Hecta knows. He rings his bell and tries to warn Tuco of the wrongdoing, but Tuco just thinks he's being greedy. They switch plates, and Hector knocks his plate off the table, while pointing at Walt. Tuco gets pissed, and gets even more enraged when he realizes Walt and Jesse are trying to play him like a fool. He takes Jesse outside holding the assault rifle to his head, when Walt admits he tried to poison him. While Tuco is distracted, Jesse hits that fucking asshole in the head with a rock. A big ass rock. Jesse grabs Tuco's pistol and shoots him. They go to Jesse's car, but don't have the keys. They then see a car approaching, they run because they think it's Tuco's cousins. Thank God it wasn't. After reaching a safe place, they watch a gun fight between Tuco and someone else. It's Hank, and he's here to save the day. He guns Tuco in the head, as Jesse and Walt flee.
Also, thanks, Marie, for the second cell-phone idea. Bitch.
Favorite Scene: When Jesse smashes Tuco's head with a rock. The excitement just ran through me, because it was nice seeing Jesse stand up and do something for himself. Tuco treats everybody like shit, but especially Jesse, so it was nice seeing some revenge.
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One of the best episodes, for sure. I loved Jesse yelling, "Who's the bitch now?!" at Tuco while he was kicking him. After Tuco basically treated him like a rag doll, it was nice to see Jesse get a bit of revenge there.
However, this was the first tragic mistake made by Walter White: "Let him bleed." Had Hank not come by and killed Tuco, a surviving Tuco would have come off after Walter and Jesse with everything he had, once he recovered from the gunshot wound. Walt and Jesse lucked out that Hank took out Tuco.
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Also, I loved the tension in this episode. I was literally on the edge of my seat for most of it, which was really a first at the time for this show.
And a great moment was Jesse telling Walt that he should be all sacrificial.
"So, I'm gonna be dead soon anyway, so my life is worth less. THAT's your point?!"
"Uh..yeah."
:rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin
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It should be number 1.
As for entertainment, I know I've watched it more times than any other episode.
"You know what they put in hot dogs? Pig lips and assholes. But hey, I say, 'Have at it, bitches," cause I love hot dogs."
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This is a great idea.
I haven't really done an official favorites episodes list or anything yet, but I can see any one of these being on there (especially "Pilot" and "Grilled") except for "Cornered." Good episode but it's kind of a typical Season 4 episode in that it's a bit overly drawn out. Good, memorable scene with Walt though. :)
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It should be number 1.
As for entertainment, I know I've watched it more times than any other episode.
"You know what they put in hot dogs? Pig lips and assholes. But hey, I say, 'Have at it, bitches," cause I love hot dogs."
And who can forget the timeless: "Yo! Gatorade me, bitch!"
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Grilled is one of my favorite episodes from any tv show. The amount of suspense you're feeling when walt puts the ricin in the burrito is insane. I wish I could go back and watch it for the first time again.
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Sorry for no updates past few days, super busy weekend. I have not forgotten.
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Boooooooo to these infrequent updates. :(
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Tomorrow at noon my friend, I promise! Sorry :P
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Sorry for the absence of posts, I had a busy weekend, and school has actually started to take a hold on me. But, it's Breaking Bad, so that's no damn excuse! Carrying on..
#15. Granite State (Season 5)
"It's over"
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After the climactic "Ozymandias", this episode takes a bit of a breather, and sets the basis for the finale. This episode is slow-paced, but it's very well made. Jack and Co. stole Jesse's confession tape from Marie's house, and when they see that Jesse admits Todd killed Drew Sharp, Todd lets out a grin that is full of pride. It's very bizarre and creepy that he finds enjoyment out of killing that kid. Jack begins to question why they even need Jesse anymore, because they already have a shit ton of cash. Plus, they don't trust Jesse. Jack then heads to the cell where Jesse is held, but Todd convinces him not to kill Jesse. Jack then realizes it's because Todd has this thing for Lydia (but Lydia surely doesn't have a thing for Todd). Todd has actually spared Jesse on two occasions, yet he hurts the people he loves. Jesse uses a paperclip to get out of his handcuffs, and he attempts to flee the scene. He doesn't get very far, and claims he will not cook for those "psychofucks". Todd then responds by killing Andrea, leaving Jesse devastated. Earlier in this episode, Todd breaks into the White residence and threatens Skyler. Walt Jr is at his brutha-from-anotha-motha's house. Todd gets Skyler to promise she will not say anything about Lydia.
Meanwhile, Walt and Saul have the same plan: GTFO. In the basement of the vacuum store, Walt commands Saul to give him a list of names of hitmen he could use to take out Uncle Jack and his Neo-Nazi gang. Saul refuses, and leaves to Nebraska. Later, Walt is taken to his new home in the beautiful Granite State, New Hampshire. It's nothing fancy, and it's actually quite nice. It's very secluded, which is the most important thing. He has literally nothing to do at the house, and he can't leave, if he wants to stay hidden. Ed, the vacuum disappear guy, heads to Walt's new home once a month to deliver anything Walt needs. A couple months pass, and it's just like a normal routine. Walt has lost weight, and he's having homemade chemo-therapy. As Ed is about to leave, Walt politely asks if he could stay for another hour or two, and that he will pay him ten grand just for doing it. This signifies Walt's loneliness, and even after all the corrupt shit he has done, I still feel bad for him right here. Walt soon decides he wants to leave, and he wants to send what money he has to his family. He goes to a bar, and calls Walt Jr at the school. He offers the money, but Flynn gets pissed and repeatedly yells "YOU KILLED UNCLE HANK" like a maniac. The last thing he says to his dad is that he needs to die already. How sad. Walt then calls the DEA and feels he's done, and wants to turn himself in. He takes a drink, and finds the Schwartz couple being interviewed on television. Walt watches, and flees.
Favorite Scene: The very last scene, when Walt is watching Gretchen and Elliott talk down on him. They basically say he had nothing to do with the success of Gray Matter, and that he is forever gone. Walt clenches his fists, and you can just see all the bad thoughts run through his head. Just when you think Walt is done, he gets his Heisenberg mode back on. He then leaves, with a plan. I always wanted the theme song of the show to be played in an episode, and it was. It fit the mood perfectly, and it just made me even more excited for the finale.
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This is a great episode. Nice pick!
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It was a good episode, like nearly all of them, but I don't think it would make my top 20. Maybe it's because it had to follow up Ozymandias that I didn't enjoy it as much...
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It was really good, but it wouldn't make my top 20 (the episodes before and after it both would).
I loved that they used Robert Forster as the disappearing guy. Great casting!
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This episode should be much higher, IMO.
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I know my updates are slow, but I have two major tests tomorrow and I just need to get those out of the way. Thanks for your patience.
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Any Breaking Bad fan knows how to wait v.nowfollowing
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True :lol :metal
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#14. Full Measure (Season 3)
"I saved your life, Jesse, are you gonna save mine?"
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The season 3 finale packs quite the punch. This episode is pretty straightforward, and really keeps its focus throughout (as all of them do). Walt realizes Gale has come close to mastering the cooking sessions, and as a result, that means Gus simply won't need Walt anymore. They don't trust Walt, and believe he is a major liability, considering his brother is a DEA agent. Not only that, but Walt is stubborn and defiant, and he always wants his way. Gale is much more simple than Walt. Gale is simply a follower and he remains very loyal to Gus. The two G's get along quite nicely, and that always helps in the business field. Early on in the episode, Gus threatens Walt, but Walt gives him a few reasonable options. He says you can kill me, and search for Jesse. The other option is just to forget it and move on. Gus thinks otherwise, and wants Gale. Walt and Jesse find a secluded place to discuss the issue at hand, and Walt wants Jesse to "take care of" Gale. Jesse doesn't quite understand and he wants Walt to find another way, such as turning himself in. Walt has too much ego and worth to just give up. Jesse refuses to kill Gale, so Walt then takes the responsibility. He does, however, want Jesse to obtain Gale's address so he at least knows where to find him. Walt is on his way to kill Gale, and before he can leave his house, Victor claims there's something wrong in the lab, and he needs to be there. It turns out he's going to be killed, and Mike is going to be the guy who does it. Walt begs for mercy and wants to find another solution. He does, as always. He tells Mike he can find Jesse and turn him in, but he needs to hold a meeting with him somewhere. When he calls Jesse, he quickly states that he has a head start and they are about to kill him. Mike and Vic point their guns at Walt, not knowing what the Hell is going on. Walt tells them " you might wanna hold off, your boss is gonna need me." They learn that Jesse is on his way to kill Gale, and they don't know what to fuggin' do. Jesse arrives at Gale's house. He points the gun at him and starts crying. Gale is confused and afraid, and out of nowh..BAM!
That's one hell of a cliff hanger. I didn't catch up in time to watch season 3 while it was airing, as I finished it a couple months before the start of 4. Thank God, I don't know how I could go that long on a cliffhanger like that. Well, 5 was pretty damn big.
Favorite Scene: Walt's phone call to Jesse. Just when you think Walt is screwed, the tables turn and Walt is in control. It displays the brilliant mind of Walt, and how he thinks on his feet.
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this would be in my top 5 definitely. Suspense at the end is incredible, and then walt is just like "5454 wantaboe aptmt 6" and it's so badass. Great episode!!
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"I'm gonna need some assurance."
"I assure you, I could kill you from over here."
Awesome episode. :tup :tup
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#13. Confessions (Season 5)
“Just drop the whole concerned dad thing and tell me the truth … Just ask me for a favor. Just tell me you don’t give a shit about me, and it’s either this -- it’s either this, or you’ll kill me the same way you killed Mike.”
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Jesse and Hank have another encounter, though this time it's a little more peaceful. Hank tells Jesse that he already knows about Walt, and he needs more information so he can be put behind bars. Saul crashes the party and informs Walt about what's going on. At the White residence, Walt Jr insists that he goes to Hank and Marie's to help with a computer problem. Walt already knows they're onto him and that they are trying to take his family away from him. Walt tells his son that his cancer has come back. An upset Flynn stays home to support his dad. Walt and Skyler create a confession tape, claiming that Hank was responsible for everything: Killing Gus, threatening Walt, and obtaining that amount of money. The tables have turned, as Walt is in full control. Hank has to be careful of his next actions because he has little to no credibility. Walt, Jesse and Saul meet in the desert. Jesse informs Mr. White of what Hank knows, and that he's trying to get more info. Walt encourages Jesse to get away and start a new life. He goes on and on about the wonderful possibilities he has. Pinkman catches on, and finally tells Walt to stop "working" him. He gets very emotional and yells at Walt, saying everything is about him, and not about himself. Jesse knows that Walt is manipulative, but just can't seem to escape it. Later, Jesse heads to Saul's office and says he wants to go to Alaska. After everything is set up, he goes to meet the mysterious mover guy, and comes to a sudden realization that Walt told Saul to have his ricin lifted from him when Brock was poisoned. Jesse leaves and returns to Saul's office, enraged. He threatens to kill Saul, but Saul claims that he had no idea of Walt's intentions. Jesse steals Saul's car and drives furiously to Walt's. Saul then calls Walt and reports to him of Jesse's next moves, so Walt grabs a revolver from the soda machine at the car wash. Jesse drives up to Walt's house, and vigorously pours gasoline throughout the house.
Favorite Scene: So many contenders here, but the confession tape is the most powerful scene. At this point, you think Hank has an advantage, and can get Walt caught at any moment. After they view the confession tape, it is completely different. Hank looks like the villain, and Walt appears to be innocent. It isn't going to be this easy for Hank. He'll have to think carefully from now on.
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The tape bit was brilliant. Really unexpected development, but made a lot of sense. Wish season five had gone more along those lines.
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Another excellent episode (well let's face it, they're all good)
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That was an excellent episode, and the tape bit was likely a top 3-5 scene from the entire series, for me. Probably my second favorite from the final stretch, behind Ozy.
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#12. Fly (Season 3)
"I'm saying I've lived too long"
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This is the most controversial episode of the entire series, no doubt. It's either among people's favorites, or among their worst. For me, it's one of the best. Not quite THE best, but it's up there. It's the most unique episode of the whole series. The only two characters seen in it are Walt and Jesse. The big reason for this type of episode was the fact that they didn't have the budget to make an episode with more cast members and locations. Ironically, it's one of the best. This episode contains much of the humor found in the early episodes of Breaking Bad, but by the end, it turns out to be a very meaningful and significant episode. During the whole episode, Walt has this strange obsession with killing a fly that somehow entered the lab. He calls it a "contamination", and Jesse ponders his insanity. There's a bond between this two, something along the lines of a "father and son" relationship. This is an episode that I appreciate even more, now that the show is over. Anyway, Walt and Jesse continue searching for the fly, and Walt makes daredevil attempts just to remove it. Walt hasn't slept in days because of this ongoing obsession, so Jesse puts some sleeping pills in his drink. The pills work, as Walt is starting to talk nonsense and is close to falling asleep. Jesse tells Walt about how an opossum was living under his Aunt's house. Then even when the opossum was gone, his aunt still insisted it was there. Jesse says it's a sign that her cancer has spread. Walt then says he is in remission, and that he missed the perfect moment. Jesse is confused at what seems to be a good thing. Walt wanted to die when he had already gotten the money for his family, and now that his health has improved, he feels like he has to explain everything, and he simply does not know how to. Walt mentions to Jesse that he is sorry about Jane, and you start to think he is going to admit he let her die. He doesn't. Walt passes out, and right after, Jesse successfully kills the fly. Even Jesse is excited and he knows Walt will be proud of him. There's a lot to this episode, more than just a fly.
Favorite Scene: I look at the episode as one big scene. All of it is just great.
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"Even the government doesn't care that much about quality. You know what is okay to put in hot dogs? Huh? Pig lips and assholes. But I say, 'hey, have at it, bitches,' 'cause I love hot dogs."
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when did it become opossum? I remember when we just called them possums.
Jesse is hilarious in this episode
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when did it become opossum? I remember when we just called them possums.
Jesse is hilarious in this episode
Read that as Jesus.
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when did it become opossum? I remember when we just called them possums.
Jesse is hilarious in this episode
I don't know. I thought it was always opossums. Weird word, anyway :lol
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This show was simply fantastic. I watched all five seasons in little less than a month and I can't say I've watched a better drama. It's actually like one, big , long movie, really. The beginning, middle, and end all wrapped up properly...completely satisfying.
Enjoying your write-ups, FlyingBIZKIT! :tup
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My goodness I have an absolute shitty memory :lol
I will do my next tomorrow :metal
And thanks! :tup
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This thread is the biggest tease ever. :lol
I could have made my list and gotten it done already. :biggrin:
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I'm in Florida this weekend! ;D
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I'm in Florida this weekend! ;D
Where in Florida?
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Tallahassee for the FSU game :hat
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Rats, far from Orlando it is
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Yeah, unfortunately . I haven't been down to Orlando in years!
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Sorry, been a rough few weeks for me..carrying on..
#11. To'hajiilee (Season 5)
“I gotta go. May be a while before I get home.”
(https://i.imgur.com/gowRnYr.png)
Some might say this is a little high, and while the episode is on the slower side, the last half of it is amazing television. How in the hell was I going to wait a week after what happened?? I did, but it wasn't easy. Jesse has a plan, and because it's Jesse who came up with the idea, of course it won't work. It sure looked like it would, and he even made Walt look like a fool (a rarity). However, as soon as Walt gave Jack the coordinates, I knew right then things would not work in Jesse's favor. Walt drives furiously to the To'hajiilee reservation, where he and Jesse first cooked. Things have changed significantly since then.. Walt tries to retrieve the money he buried out there because Jesse fooled him into thinking he found his barrels and was going to burn his money. Keep in mind, Jesse knows about Brock, and this is why he's so set on getting Walt. When Walt arrives, he already realizes he was tricked. He hides as Hank, Gomie, and Jesse arrive at the scene. He then calls Jack and tells him to hold off on killing Jesse, because Hank is there with him. Those stubborn dickfucks don't listen and head out there anyway. Hank arrests Walt, and this is the moment he has been waiting for, to finally get Heisenberg. He calls Marie, and little does he know, that's the last conversation they have. Jack and his crew arrive and then a gun battle ensues between them and the two lone DEA agents.
Favorite Scene: Walt being tricked, because it's probably the first time he has ever been fooled THAT bad. It shows his vulnerability
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:metal I've been waiting for this to come back.
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Yeah, sorry about that. I'm not very reliable.
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Finally an update :tup :biggrin:
And once again another awesome episode. One of my favorites from the final season.
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I'll post the next 10 in a few months ;)
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^ Shit, I wasn't kidding. :lol
I'll get on this tonight. :metal
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Mother of bumps!
Looking forward to it! :tup
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Great thread! Get on to it tonight gahdam gahdam.
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Tonight probably means April :lol
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Okay guys..
I'll be in Florida the next few days. No can do :rollin
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HEY. I'm here to finish what I started. I took an 8 month break to do the second half of my list (About the length between the two halves of season 5) and let's just say I did that on purpose. ;)
I know Breaking Bad is over now, so maybe some interest in this list will decrease, but I'm here to give you the rest :tup
#10. One Minute (Season 3)
"Two men are coming to kill you. You have one minute."
(https://i.imgur.com/K9zpytj.png)
What a fucking ending! Okay, let's rewind a bit. At the beginning of the episode, Tuco's cousins, Leonel and Marco, are shown in a flashback. Hector nearly drowns Marco to make a statement that family is all they have. In present day, it is shown that the cousins are going after Hank. Meanwhile, Hank's priority is beating Jesse's ass for being tricked into thinking Marie was in the hospital. Can you blame the guy? He really, really pulverizes Jesse, and he makes him looked like a bruised grapefruit afterwards. However, Jesse has the upper hand. He plans to press charges against Hank. Also, Walt is upset that Gale isn't the partner that Jesse is. Walt demands to have Jesse back, and Gus approves. Walt visits Jesse, who is very upset. He doesn't want much to do with Walt anymore, but he is finally convinced to come work with Walt at the lab. Hank is suspended and his gun is taken away, unfortunately. On the bright side, Jesse decided not to press charges, so at least something is going his way. The last scene of the episode is such a big one. Hank is out shopping and when he gets back in his SUV, he receives a mysterious call, informing him of the danger ahead. The voice says that two men are coming for him, and he's got one minute. He thinks it's a joke at first, but starts panicking when Gomez doesn't answer. One of the cousins, Leonel, is now standing behind his SUV and starts shooting. Hank floors it in reverse, but takes a shot in the arm. He pins him up against another car, disabling him. At the same time, Leonel shoots him in the side from the driver's window. Hank escapes from the SUV, and grabs the Leonel's gun. He then finds Marco and shoots him several times. However, he's wearing a bullet proof vest, so nothing is working. He then shoots Hank twice. This is 4 times Hank has been shot, and he's finally on the ground. He could have been killed right there, but Marco wants to be gruesome about it, so he goes to get the ax from his trunk. Hank finds that bullet close by and tries to load it before Marco returns. As he has the axe in the air about to slam down on him, Hank shoots him right in the head. DEAD. When this episode ended, the thought that Hank dying wasn't out of the question.
Favorite Scene: The parking lot scene, of course. My brother watched this before I started the show and he kept telling me that this episode was gonna be good. I just couldn't wait to see it. By the time it had nearly reached it's end, I was thinking, wow, it's good, but wasn't something big supposed to happen? Then this happened. While Hank is technically an antagonist to Walt and Jesse, he's the guy you cheer for here, obviously. Watching this scene just gave me chills, especially when he's about to receive an axe through his skull. This scene proved that Hank was in fact, a fucking badass.
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Tonight probably means April :lol
Looks like I underestimated you :P
But this is one of my favorite episodes. The amount of suspense at the end was crazy.
I look forward to seeing #9 in November :lol
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Tonight probably means April :lol
Looks like I underestimated you :P
But this is one of my favorite episodes. The amount of suspense at the end was crazy.
I look forward to seeing #9 in November :lol
:lol No no no, I'm doing the rest in a short span.
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As bad ass as that last scene is - definitely one of the biggest HOLY SHIT scenes of the series, especially at that point - this is the episode where Aaron Paul's improvement as an actor really stood out. His speeches near the beginning (about how he will own Hank) and near the end (about why he is turning Walt's offer down) are both magnificent, and really showed off his acting skills. :tup :tup
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Yes, he just kept getting better and better :tup
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Great review, very well written. I would highlights two things from that episode:
- The "a robot?" scene still cracks me up.
My favorite part about that is that in the finale that's exactly how Walt saved them.
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#9. Half Measures (Season 3)
"Run."
(https://i.imgur.com/zjMG71q.jpg)
Jesse is very upset about the two men using a kid to kill his buddy, Combo. Jesse wants nothing but revenge, as he plans to kill them with Ricin. Walt, however, claims it isn't worth his time and effort, because it was only a territorial issue. Jesse is bullheaded and says he is going to do it anyway. Walt and Saul plan to get Jesse arrested for his own protection, but Mike gives Walt a speech demanding that there should not be anymore half measures (Jesse). Gus wants Jesse and the two thugs to compromise. Jesse tells Gus that they used kids and that it's a shitty way to do business. Gus then says, "No more kids." Well gee, thanks Gus. They took it literally (and I'm sure you meant it literally you little rascal) and actually killed the kid, who was related to Andrea. This pushed Jesse over the edge. He now plans to fuck those men. Up, of course. He finds them and sits in his car, and contemplates. He grabs his gun and starts walking over there. Well, Jesse clearly didn't think this through, so if someone doesn't intervene, then Jesse is probably going to end up like Combo, just more skinny. VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM. Walt suddenly appears and plows them both with his tank of a car, a Pontiac Aztek. He killed one with his car, but the other is still alive, barely. He sends a bullet through his head with no hesitation, and looks at Jesse. He says, "Run.", because he's badass and he's probably freaked out.
Favorite Scene: The end. It was such a tense moment, and Jesse looked like he might have been done for. This is probably the first "HOLY SHIT!" moment for Walt. He just went balls to the wall, and didn't chicken out. At the same time, you start to see how different he is becoming. He surely isn't the same man we saw in the pilot.
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Mike gives Walt a speech demanding that there should not be anymore half measures. He's referring to Walt holding Jesse back from going after those guys. If those men don't go down, they're likely to get more people killed, and things will get worse.
Huh? I think you completely misread that. Mike telling Walt that was his way of saying, "No more trying to reason with Jesse (hence, a half measure); it's time for him to be put down."
That aside, "Run" was definitely one of the most bad ass and biggest HOLY SHIT moments of the entire series. :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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You're Goddamn right.
I did misread that. It has been a while since I've seen the episode, thanks for the correct interpretation !
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Another one of my absolute favorite episodes. The end was just incredible, and mike's speech was really cool as well
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The last 30 seconds of that episode was definitely in my top scenes. That, and Walt saying Gale's address as Mike is about to kill him.
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Re-watching the series for the third time as we speak so I will definitely be following the rest of your list. Awesome reminders of some fantastic scenes and episodes coming up for me.
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#8. End Times (Season 4)
"No more prolonging the inevitable."
(https://i.imgur.com/LB29rHj.jpg)
In the penultimate episode of Season 4, the White family is panicking because they hear of the death thread and they head to Hank and Marie's house. Walt tells Skyler that he is the one that is being searched for, and sends them off for their own good. Skyler and Jr. tell Hank that Walt decided to stay at the car wash. Hank, of course, has no idea what Walt is up to. Gomez heads to the laundry facility to search for anything fishy, but comes up short. Jesse and Tyrus are nervously waiting in the lab as the search is going on. Gus then calls Jesse to tell him that Walt isn't trustworthy because of the extra baggage (Hank) he carries. Jesse is summoned by Saul and is patted down by Huell, who secretly steals the ricin located in Jesse's cigarette pack. Saul plans to get the hell out of there because he's afraid of Gus. Later on, Jesse is at home and receives a disturbing call that Brock is in the hospital . He then gets there as quick as possible. When he leaves the hospital for a smoke break, he realizes the cigarette that contained the ricin is missing. He tells Andrea that he has been poisoned, and he flees. Meanwhile, Walt is at his house camping in the living room. He's paranoid, as he's waiting for whoever to come in there and kill him. Jesse knocks on the door and Walt invites him in. Walt relaxes after a bit, and sets the pistol down. When Walt isn't looking, Jesse picks it up and points it at him, because he thinks Walt poisoned Brock with the ricin. Walt nearly shat his pants at this point, and he finally convinces Jesse that he didn't do it, and that this was all part of Gus's brilliant plan. Walt then persuades Jesse to help him take Gus out. Back at the hospital, Jesse waits and waits, fearing that Brock could lose his life. Walt is back at home preparing a pipe bomb to destroy Gus. At the end of the episode, Walt sits at the top of a building relatively close to the parking garage of the hospital where Gus is parked. Gus and his men head to the car, but Gus stops. Walt has the pipe bomb under Gus's car and plans to detonate it when they get inside. Gus realizes something isn't right, and leaves the scene. Walt fails. Wow.
Favorite Scene: Jesse confronting Walt is huge. Jesse has a soft spot for Brock, so he's seeking vengeance. The whole scene is extremely intense. Jesse is feeling nothing but rage as he presses the gun against Walt's forehead. Walt knows Jesse won't kill him. Walt tells Jesse he didn't poison Brock. However, we do find out later that Walt poisoned Brock after all, just not with the Ricin.
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I always wondered if Walt had planned or anticipated Jesse reacting that way and as a result was faking having to be scared.
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Three things that are easy to miss in this episode, because we didn't know yet that Walt had poisoned Brock:
1) Walt's third spin of the gun, which pointed at the Lily of the Valley berries, whereupon Walt looks forward again and you see the wheels turning in his head as to what he is going to do (poison Brock).
2) We didn't realize it until the the end of the next episode, and Jesse didn't realize it until Confessions in 5b, but Jesse was pretty much right about almost every thing he said to Walt when he was accusing him, except motive; Jesse thought it was to rip his heart out one more time before he was dead and gone, when, in reality, Walt did it so Jesse would think Gus did it, and Walt knew he needed Jesse's help to kill Gus.
3) Gus realizing something was not right. The first time, we thought Gus was just that much of a bad ass where he could sense something wasn't right, but really, he had just come from Jesse telling him about Brock, and Gus likely was thinking about it and knew something wasn't right, especially since he likely knew about their history of poisons (when Walt told Gus of Jesse's plan to kill the two drug dealers in Half Measures...we don't know how much he told Gus). Did Gus know that a bomb was under a car? Not likely, but he knew something wasn't right enough to not take that chance.
Very awesome, and I agree about it being one of the best. Walt's speech to Skyler at the beginning - "I have lived under the threat of death for a year now..." is beyond incredible. Great dialogue and Cranston's acting is just off the charts magnificent. :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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Right. I just love how smart this show is. It's written really well.
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I always wondered if Walt had planned or anticipated Jesse reacting that way and as a result was faking having to be scared.
I think he knew that he could talk Jesse into thinking Gus did it, if Jesse did jump to the "Walt did it" conclusion, which of course he did.
Also, it's interesting to note that Bryan Cranston has said that he had not yet read the script for Face Off when they did End Times, so when he acted in the scene where he denies poisoning Brock, he didn't actually know that Walt would eventually be revealed as having done it.
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I just find it funny he can be a great liar until Skyler is involved :lol
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Haha, that's a great point. Whenever he lied to Skyler, Walt always had this specific tone, like he was being overly dramatic with his storytelling, that made it so obvious that he was full of shit.
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Haha, that's a great point. Whenever he lied to Skyler, Walt always had this specific tone, like he was being overly dramatic with his storytelling, that made it so obvious that he was full of shit.
https://www.vulture.com/2013/09/breaking-bad-walter-white-five-types-of-lies.html
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#7. Felina (Season 5)
"I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And, I was really... I was alive."
(https://i.imgur.com/bUfkYh6.jpg)
This is it, the final episode. It's the episode we were all waiting for, but somewhat dreading for it to come as it was the end of this great show. Many people wondered whether Breaking Bad was going to get a proper ending, considering there was a lot of things that needed to be tied up in just one episode. Personally, I don't think it could have ended any better. It didn't feel rushed, and it was a satisfying ending. I wasn't too nervous awaiting the finale, because I knew Vince Gilligan could finish strong. Anyway, let's get to it. The episode begins with Walt sitting in a random car in New Hampshire. The police are around, but they don't find him due to the snow. He decides to head back to New Mexico. Later on, he arrives at a gas station, and goes to a pay phone, in which he gains access to the Schwartz residence. Walt heads to their home and scares them. He threatens them by saying they need to give Walter Jr. the 9.72 million dollars located in Walt's trunk. He wants Jr. to use the money for college and the family. Suddenly , two lasers are pointed at both Gretchen and Elliot. Walt is serious about this. It turns out these lasers were actually no threat at all, as it was only Skinny Pete and Badger. I was glad they made an appearance at the end. They tell Walt that the Blue is still being distributed, which means Jesse is still out there cooking. Walt gives them both ten thousand dollars as they part ways for a final time. Meanwhile, Jesse is shown cooking the meth, basically a slave. The scene that was shown at the beginning of season 5 is now in present day. Walt acquires the M60 from Lawson (Idgit!). He then goes to his abandoned home to retrieve the ricin. Walt then shows up at the cafe to see Todd and Lydia. He arranges a meetup with the Neo-Nazis. Meanwhile, Walt has something up his sleeve. He creates a robot, well, a gun turret triggered by the trunk opener on the car keys. At Skyler's apartment, Marie calls Skyler to inform her Walt is nearby. Walt is already standing in the kitchen with Skyler. He tells her that he cooked because he was good at it, and that he felt alive. He tells her goodbye, and reveals to her the burial site of Hank and Gomie. He then tells Holly goodbye. When he leaves, he sees Jr., but decides to let him be. Walt heads out to see Jack and his crew. He parks in a convenient spot next to the building so his plan is still intact. They take Walt's keys away and reveals that his plan is to eliminate Walt. Walt accuses him of partnering with Jesse, whom he ordered Jack to kill. Jack tells his men to bring Jesse out. Walt is surprised when he sees Jesse as a slave. The two look at each other, and Walt tackles him. Todd tries to separate them as the other men laugh. Walt activates the M60 in his trunk with his keys. Everyone dies except Jack, Todd, Walt, and Jesse. However, Jack and Walt both received wounds. Todd looks towards the car like a dumbass as Jesse strangles him from behind with his handcuffs. Walt grabs Jack's pistol and shoots the bastard right in the head, showing no mercy. Jesse and Walt both look at each other, as Walt slides Jesse the gun. Jesse tells him he will kill Walt if Walt actually wants it. He says he does, but he appears to already be growing closer to death with the bullet wound from the M60. Jesse puts the gun down and goes outside. Todd's phone goes off, so Walt answers. It is Lydia, who is seriously ill from the ricin. Walt informs her of what he has done and tells the bitch goodbye. The two men nod to each other as a sign of their final goodbye. Jesse drives off crying and laughing at once. It's such a beautiful moment, because Jesse finally catches a break. Walt then walks into the lab. Even though he will be dead within minutes, he looks happy. He wants to die in a place he loves most. He falls to the floor as the great Walter White is dead. The police arrive and look at the scene.
Favorite Scene: The final scene. Tons of needed deaths. So much revenge. The only way Todd's death could be satisfying is if Jesse kills him. It happened. Walt also killed Jack and Lydia in the best ways possible. I love this part because I feel like Walt is himself again in these final stages. He doesn't necessarily make up for all the bad things he has done, but he goes out in a positive way. Jesse driving away..just great. No character deserved freedom more than him. Walt died content. Even though about everyone died, the ending felt somewhat happy, because everyone seemed to get what they wanted. Fuck, I'm going to miss this show.
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I said at the time that this was the most satisfying ending to anything I've ever watched, and I stand by that opinion. The final shot of Walter looking up as the camera pans upward away from him as he dies is just so damn perfect, it still gives me chills just thinking about it.
Also, Walt's final scene with Skyler was just an acting clinic by Cranston and Anna Gunn. The way he said, "May I see her?", when asking if he could see Holly one last time before he died was just so heart-wrenching.
As much as I would have loved more of this show, I am glad they ended the way they did and when they did. Perfection.
:hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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I feel weird not ranking this one higher honestly
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Couldn't think of a better way to end the series. Everything about it was perfect. I love how Skinny Pete and Badger made one final appearance. They crack me up.
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I think the end was good but a bit disappointing (especially after an episode like "Ozymandias").
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I'm not sure I could actually ever build a ranked list of my 20 favourite episodes, but I don't even think this episode would make in it if I did. It's certainly not an offensive finale at all, but I think it's too safe. They resolved everything with a neat bow on top, crossed the T's and dotted the I's, but that's it. There's nothing exciting or daring about it; no risks were taken at all to try and elevate it above simply being suitable. There were also no surprises here at all, really. For me, that makes it a good finale since they didn't fuck anything up, but it also prevents it from being a truly great series finale.
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I feel weird not ranking this one higher honestly
7th seems about right. As perfect as the ending was, there were a handful of episodes I would call better overall.
I'm not sure I could actually ever build a ranked list of my 20 favourite episodes, but I don't even think this episode would make in it if I did. It's certainly not an offensive finale at all, but I think it's too safe. They resolved everything with a neat bow on top, crossed the T's and dotted the I's, but that's it. There's nothing exciting or daring about it; no risks were taken at all to try and elevate it above simply being suitable. There were also no surprises here at all, really. For me, that makes it a good finale since they didn't fuck anything up, but it also prevents it from being a truly great series finale.
There weren't supposed to be any surprises. Ozymandia was the climax of the series, and the last two episodes were in essence the aftermath. Throwing in a surprise or two just for the sake of it would have came off well. There were no surprises left. Walt was dying and he took care of business before he did so. In context, it was perfect.
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Couldn't think of a better way to end the series. Everything about it was perfect. I love how Skinny Pete and Badger made one final appearance. They crack me up.
Yeah, who would have thought they'd eventually become master assassins after their early episodes?
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#7. Felina (Season 5)
"I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And, I was really... I was alive."
*snip*
Walt then shows up at the cafe to see Todd and Lydia. He arranges a meetup with the Neo-Nazis. Meanwhile, Walt has something up his sleeve. He creates a robot, well, a gun turret triggered by the trunk opener on the car keys. At Skyler's apartment,Marie calls Skyler to inform her Walt is nearby.
*snip*
I love this so much. Mainly because in the scene where Jesse and Walt were stranded in the desert, Jesse asks Walt if he was going to build a robot. At the time, as a viewer, I thought "Wow. What a ridiculous thing to say. Stupid meth head". Who would have thought then that Walt would eventually build a robot to save them.
Jesse Pinkman: Okay. You need to cut out all your loser cry-baby crap RIGHT NOW and think of something SCIENTIFIC.
Walter H. White: Something scientific? Right.
Jesse Pinkman: What? Come on! Man, you're smart. You made poison out of beans, yo. Look, we got, we got an entire lab right here. Alright? How about you pick some of these chemicals and mix up some rocket fuel? That way you could just send up a signal flare. Or you make some kind of robot to get us help, or a homing device, or build a new battery, or... Wait. No. What if we just take some stuff off of the RV and build it into something completely different? You know, like a... Like a dune buggy. That way, we can just dune buggy or... What? Hey? What is it? What?
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Walter H. White: And, and bring me, bring me brake pads. The front wheels should have discs. Take them off and bring them to me.
Jesse Pinkman: Alright, brake pads. Okay. What are we building?
Walter H. White: You said it yourself.
Jesse Pinkman: A robot?
Walter H. White: A battery. MOVE!
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Haha, that was a great scene for sure. Funny thing too is Jesse, even early on, was always thinking of things that Walt wasn't thinking of, like just throwing the battery idea out there, or when he was bitching about them only getting 1.5 million to Gus' 90 million, he said in the middle of his rant, "And what happens after the three months?" You can see the look on Walt's face there, like, "uh oh, I hadn't thought of that," and in light of the attempt on Hank's life, which Walt correctly deduced was originally meant for him, it led to Walt addressing the situation with Gus and their agreement being extended to not only a year, but open-ended.
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There was also the scene when Hank sent Walt the pic of the barrel buried in the ground and he said something like "Jesse thought you'd recognize that the dirt was the wrong color".
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The best part of that scene is Jesse's childlike wonder and amazement when he asks, "A robot?"
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Yes! SO sincere. :lol
It was just so...like it all clicked; as if he redeemed himself for not saying 'copper' whenever Walt previously asked him what makes a good conductor for the battery and he said 'wire'! 'A robot!?' It gets me every time.
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#6. Say My Name (Season 5)
"You're goddamn right."
(https://i.imgur.com/Ijpbri5.jpg)
The beginning of this episode really shows Walt at his most arrogant. Walt, Jesse, and Mike meet with Declan and his crew in the desert to discuss business. Walt wants to keep cooking but Jesse and Mike feel like they no longer want to be part of the business. Walt is just being greedy here. He tells Declan he wants to keep his Blue Sky in production but he can buy out Mike's one-third share. AND FUCK this is the episode where I just hate Walt the most. Anyway, Mike gets his five million and leaves. Meanwhile, Dan, the lawyer of the 9 henchmen is putting money into nine different safety deposit boxes at the bank. More on that soon. The DEA head to Mike's house to search, but they come up short. Jesse heads to the Vamonos HQ to ask Walt about his share of the money. Walt tries to convince Jesse to keep cooking with him, but he refuses. In return, Walt says Jesse will not be getting his money. Jesse doesn't seem to care. Since Jesse is out of the business, Todd takes his spot and starts cooking with Walt. Todd isn't even close to what Jesse is as a cook, but he puts a lot of effort in. Soon after, the henchmen's lawyer gets caught. Unfortunately, Walt overhears that he is going to flip and give away Mike. Dan calls Mike and asks him his location, and Mike tells him he is at the park with his granddaughter. Right after, Walt calls Mike to inform him that the police are on their way to bust him. Mike hesitantly slips away, and he doesn't even get to say goodbye to his granddaughter. Mike calls Saul at his office to see if he can get the bag that is in the trunk of Mike's car at the airport. Saul is worried he might get caught, so Walt offers to do it. In the bag is cash, a passport, and a gun. Mike is set to leave. Walt and Mike meet at a distant location in the woods near a river. Walt wants the names of the 9 henchmen so he can eliminate them, just in case they all flip. This greatly decreases the likelihood of Walt getting exposed. Mike doesn't care what Walt has to say and he takes the bag from him. They both start arguing as always, and Mike accuses Walt of getting all of them into this mess. He tells Walt if he had just listened to Gus and kept his mouth shut, everything would be fine. Mike then gets in his car and opens the bag only to find the gun missing. He looks over and Walt shoots him in the stomach out of anger. Mike drives off but crashes moments later. He gets out and tries to leave on foot. Walt follows his trail and he begins to realize what he just did. He arrives at Mike, who is on the verge of death, sitting there looking at the river. Walt tells Mike that he could have just gotten the names from Lydia and that he is sorry. Mike responds with, "Shut the fuck up and let me die in peace." Mike then falls over and dies.
Favorite Scene: The final scene with Walt and Mike. As much as I hate it, it really is a good scene. Walt is impulsive and fucking stupid at times. There was no reason to kill Mike. There's always an alternative but Walt clearly chose the wrong fucking way. I remember being so pissed after this episode ended. It made me stop watching Breaking Bad...well, not really.. but still. Vince sure did a good job of making the audience REALLY hate Walt after respecting him so much early on. Rest in Peace, Mike. You were one hell of a man.
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For as much as I knew he was already gone for a while, the moment he goes back to kill Mike...perhaps even the moment he took the gun, he was no longer redeemable. Mike wanted his, he genuinely wanted out and for Jesse and even Walt to get out alive and in peace but knew that was never going to happen for Walt, and by extension, Jesse... It's sad and it's the final nail in Walt's moral coffin. I don't think even saving Jesse redeems him from this act.
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Honestly, even though I loved Mike's character, and agreed with everything he said to Walt in their last heated conversation ("You just had to be the man!"), a part of me was happy that Walt took him out. Considering the way Mike always bullied and physically intimidated him, Walt being the one who took him out felt like poetic justice.
The conversation between Walt and Jesse in this episode is one of my favorite Walt/Jesse arguments ever (and there are A LOT to choose from :lol).
Overall, I wouldn't rate this episode this high, but it is still pretty fantastic.
It does, however, have one of my two favorite Gomez moments ever:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bPCIAblngQ
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I hated Walt so much by this point already, and then he goes and kills one of my favorite characters. I was pissed after watching this episode for the first time. Looking back on it it is a great episode though.
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Lol, you all thought this was #4!
Expect another update tomorrow. Been with a lot of friends lately, and I'm dealing with an ear infection which is giving me a great headache, and I don't like writing when I have a headache. Plus, that's just who I am, I'm inconsistent with my updates. :)
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Lol.
And we're back.
#5. Dead Freight (Season 5)
"What if we can rip off that train, and no one ever knows it got robbed?"
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I'm not going to go into so much detail in this review, considering this is a really straight-forward episode. This one was most definitely a nail biter. Basically, Lydia is about to be killed, but she tells the Three "Amigos" (Walt, Jesse, Mike) that she can get them an "ocean" of Methylamine, which is located on huge tank on a train. Jesse comes up with the marvelous plan of robbing the train without the conductor even knowing. Meanwhile, Hank wants to watch Heat on Bluray with Walt Jr. Anyway, the three men get help from some of the Vamanos Pest guys, in which Todd is included. The three plan to siphon the Methylamine from the tank on the train into an underground tank they buried. Then they fill the tank on the train with water from the other buried tank. This is necessary because the train has to go to a weighing station or whatever and they'll suspect it was robbed if it doesn't have the same mass. Anyway, as the train arrives, Kuby gets into a truck and parks it right on the tracks, stopping the train. He claims it won't start, and since it's such a large truck, they have trouble moving it. This buys Walt and co. time to get the Methylamine. However, a man shows up and beings to pull the truck off of the tracks with his own truck. Kuby can't really say no to that, so the process really needs to finish. Walt's greedy ass tells Jesse to get more and more, even as the train is moving, and he's under it. Todd is on top of the train filling the tank with water. This part is so tense and fun at the same time. Luckily, nobody is hurt, and the job is done. Everything is okay. Suddenly, there is another person there: a kid on his dirt bike. This is the kid seen at the very beginning of the episode. He's just a harmless and innocent kid who arrived at the wrong time. He waves at them. Todd waves back and shoots him dead. Jesse yells and the episode is over. This really shows how heartless Todd is if he can just shoot a kid with no hesitation. The kid may or may not have reported them, but I mean really, how much could he have done to trash their whole organization? He's a fucking kid who has no idea what's going on.
Favorite Scene: The train heist. Everything about it was great, and my nails were gone by the end of it. :lol
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Awwwwww yes, shit my pants watching this episode.
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My head exploded when Todd shot the kid.
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Loved that episode. But in writing about it, you brought up my least favorite thing about the series: Lydia. I hate the way she talks.
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My head exploded when Todd shot the kid.
Yeah, me too. I never saw that coming in a million years, with todd being so unassuming and everything. But shocking to see how he was actually a psychopath.
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Loved that episode. But in writing about it, you brought up my least favorite thing about the series: Lydia. I hate the way she talks.
She's beautiful when she doesn't talk.
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Hmmm, I always thought her OCD & paranoid personality somehow made her more attractive. It's like she was always nervous about something, which made her even more attractive than the actress herself already is. But that's me.
But yeah, great episode, with a shocking ending to say the least, yes.
I love the part where Walt talks to Lydia alone, asking her why she tried to kill Mike, and when she tells him that she had to add Mike to the list of people to off because he was protecting his nine guys, Walt's response was basically, "Yeah, I would have done the same thing," which he did non verbally and without saying a word, and then he moved on in the conversation. Great moment.
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If I had to pick a favorite episode of the series, it would probably have to be the final episode. It was a satisfying and somewhat believable conclusion to the story.
Anybody got a WORST episode?
Mine would have to be when Hank and Steve got killed. It was sad and a little bit too contrived at the same time.
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Buscuit:
Amazing episode. Perhaps my favorite for a few reasons. I love that Walt took complete charge of the operation and you could really see his..."Clyde" mentality take over. A true criminal mastermind. I love it. Also, the music. Holy shit that industrial beat whenever they initially start the process of attaching the hoses to the train; the song itself sounds like a train and it's so fuckin' groovy and catchy. All around everything about the episode is right on track (AHHHHHHH NUGZ).
But yes...that damned ending. It's horrible and horrific but it set a lot of things in motion, mainly the leaving of Jesse and the end of the relationship/partnership of Walter and Jesse. It was one of the biggest moments in the series and anyone that says they could see it coming is probably talking out their dirty little ass. It was, in every sense of the word, FUCKED. It was one of those moments where after it's over, you realize your mouth is agape. That usually looks so awkward and unnatural if I see it on TV or in a movie but I definitely had to close my mouth after a minute or two of seeing that... So utterly fucked.
...But then it's not over...In the next episode, we see he's taken the goddamn tarantula...some kind of trophy or token of the kid. I wished death on Todd the moment he pulled the trigger, but when I saw him inspecting the tarantula like it was a prize...I wanted him chopped up into little pieces, but not after someone has shoved a soldering iron up his ass.
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Well Tio, you kind of got what you wanted in that final episode.
Todd's death was NOT exactly pleasant.
Also want to mention that maybe the funniest episode was the one where they used the giant magnet to destroy all of the evidence in the police lock-up.
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Oh definitely, it was supremely satisfying; made all the better because it was Jesse committing the act...with his handcuffs. I clapped. It's the only time I've done that douchey act, and I'll proudly admit it. I stood up and clapped and said 'SCIENCE BITCH'.
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Anybody got a WORST episode?
My gut would say "Felina", just because of how much it harms the series in retrospect. But there are a couple episodes in mid-seasons 2, 3, and 4 which are kind of filler-y.
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I'll probably regret asking this, and I'm not looking to start up a big discussion; but how did Felina 'harm' the series? I'm just wondering what you mean by that.
Missed that question, and...
My immediate answer would be Peekaboo despite me loving the overall feeling and seeing Jesse bond with that poor little dude... But in comparison to some episodes it pales and is definitely 'filler' when considering that almost nothing impactful happened.
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I'll probably regret asking this, and I'm not looking to start up a big discussion; but how did Felina 'harm' the series? I'm just wondering what you mean by that.
Breaking Bad spent its entire run building up very specific themes about morality, principally by deconstructing the actions and mentality of Walt. It presented a universe that wasn't just or karmic, but nevertheless had a very firm sense of what was wrong and what was right, and what would happen to people who decided to abandon doing what is right for whatever reasons. It's right there in the title.
Then "Felina" comes along and reverses all of that by indulging in what was essentially Walt's fantasies for the entire finale, bizarrely presenting him as a noble hero and implicitly justifying a lot of the awful shit he did. It's a really strange episode that runs completely opposite to the entire rest of the series, and it's really tonal whiplash considering it comes just two episodes after its polar opposite "Ozymandias."
I think I've mentioned it before, but the entire episode makes more sense thematically if it were just the dying fever dreams of Walt in a snowed-in cabin. But that's not the case.
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Damn... I must discuss. Beautifully said... I don't see it all too differently, but you're more than likely right in what the creators had in mind, I think. It was definitely a 'HEY GUYS WE KNOW HE'S HORRIBLE BUT CHEER FOR WALT' episode.
All that's presented, but I viewed it kind of how Walt would be thinking that as he died. I saw the 'reality' of the show as pretty by-the-numbers when it comes to the show's take on comeuppance and setting things not straight but...simply what the consequence of actions are. Walt desperately attempting to right a few very dark, twisted wrongs in an equally twisted way (condemning Jesse to something worse than death, and abandoning his family) and failing completely but in one very small way: To save Jesse's life.
Except, in what I think is true BB fashion Jesse is, in every sense of the word, broken. He is still going to be living a tortured life. Not as tortured as he was but he is royally fucked mentally, emotionally, even physically scarred now. I took that final shot of Jesse as them saying he's 'alive' but he may as well be in hell. Then you have Walt's family...despite his final attempt at reconciliation, Jr. spat in his face and wished death upon him (after offering what Walt himself would once call 'pennies') and Skylar, for as neutral as she was (and kind in letting him say bye to Holly), certainly had no problem with him finally dying; she seemed to be crying for what was (AND CAUSE SHE'S A PUSSY ASS BITCH) and not for the sentiment of Walt. It depicted him as a pretty vile creature still at the end, for as obvious as it got that this was Walt's last hurrah.
The way I see it, it was quite the appropriate ending...Walter did eventually get to die thinking all of those things...but I didn't see that as the reality of what happened. If that makes sense... But anyway, I do NOT regret asking. :P Sleepy time. Dream of me.
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I thought he best part of the finale was the last 30 seconds. He puts his hand on the big boiler thing and smiles. That's what he loved (chemistry). In the very first episode, while teaching his chemistry class, he said something like "chemistry is the study of change, matter changing from one form to another". I thought those final moments were very symbolic and brought the whole story full circle.
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mater changing from one form to another
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GuineaPig, I see what you are saying, but I don't agree; I think the finale was absolutely perfect.
Yes, Walt ultimately got what he wanted - his family being secure financially - but look at the price he had to pay: he went to his grave with a destroyed reputation, his entire family hating him, and he died alone. Like the first line of Baby Blue says, he more than got what he deserved.
It's easy to say that they made him look like the good guy, since he was never nearly as bad as Jack, Todd and their crew, but I think the difference is that Walt was a "the end justifies the means" type of person, while guys like Jack and Todd were just mindless thugs who seemingly had no redeeming values whatsoever. I am not saying Walt wasn't a bad guy. He was. But on the sliding scale of badness, he wasn't nearly as bad as Jack, Todd or even Gus.
Take him poisoning Brock. Yes, that was an absolutely despicable act, but I think that was another case of him thinking the end justified the means. While Gus was cold and calculated and emotionless, like when having that kid shot down in the street and showing no remorse whatsoever, Walt at least looked incredibly relieved, almost to the point of tears, when Jesse told him the news that Brock was gonna make it.
I thought the finale did an excellent job of towing the line of both the good and bad in Walt.
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Anybody got a WORST episode?
Mine would have to be when Hank and Steve got killed. It was sad and a little bit too contrived at the same time.
Whoa! That's crazy to me that it could be someone's least favorite episode. Ozymandias is far and away my favorite episode of the show. It was the climax the whole show was building up to. Dead Freight and Peekaboo would be in my top 10 as well.
I don't think Felina would make the cut for me, but I still don't think it's anywhere close to a bottom-tier episode. I couldn't even pick out a least favorite as I'm sure it's one of those unmemorable episodes in the middle of seasons 2, 3, or 4 as GuineaPig mentioned.
Edit:
Actually after looking back through plot summaries I think I'd pick the Season 1 finale.
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Ozymandias is far and away my favorite episode of the show. It was the climax the whole show was building up to.
Best hour of television ever.
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I guess it's just that Hank's death was such a HUGE disappointment for me.
He was one of the few truly "Good-guy" characters in the series, and I hated seeing him go.
on the other hand, I guess just having him "take Walter in" would have been rather anti-climactic.
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He was a good-guy in a sense, but he was very much a vigilante in spirit. He was more like Walter than he'd like to admit in the end. He let his pride kill him. I'd say that's a big part of Walt's character's flaw as well as Hank. But yeah, it was sad because for as foolish as he was, I think he was still good at heart. I can't say the same for either Jesse, Walt, Skylar, hell...most of the cast, minor or major. But Hank was pretty damn resolute, I'll give him that. Even if it did get him killed.
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Ozymandias is far and away my favorite episode of the show. It was the climax the whole show was building up to.
Best hour of television ever.
Yeah, i thought the only way they could surpass Face Off was doing the best TV episode ever.
They did it.
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Longest fucking Top 20 ever :lol
#4. Face Off (Season 4)
"I won."
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The finale of the fourth season was out fuggin standing! The ultimate plan to take down Gus was pure genius. Gus had a weakness, and that was Hector. He visits Hector just so he can fuck with him basically. Gus can't get over his past, and he likes making Hector his bitch. Can you blame him? Well, Walt convinces Hector to help him bring Gus down. He tells the bell man to meet with the DEA for no reason. Tyrus is keeping an eye on Hector and realizes he might be giving the DEA information about Gus and other matters. Gus decides he needs to finally kill the old man, and he heads to the nursing home. Gus has his guard down at this point, as his main focus is just to avenge his former partner's death. Underneath Hector's wheel chair is the bomb that Walt had previously planted under Gus's car in an unsuccessful attempt to kill him. The bomb is triggered by the bell. Gus has a syringe with something in it, and he plans to inject Hector with it and kill him. As he is about to do it, Hector gets this awful look on his face, and as a viewer, I was like, AW :(. Then he started getting that evil looking face and began ringing the bell which sounded awfully weird. Gus panics and quickly realizes he's done for. The bomb goes off. Tyrus and Hector are immediately killed. Gus then walks out the room, and he appears to be okay, until the camera pans around to his face. Half his face is completely gone, hence the episode title "Face Off". And because Gus is a champion, he adjusts his tie before he falls on the floor. Good job Walt! You did it! After this, Walt heads back to the lab to rescue Jesse from the two guys. He shoots and kills them both. He then informs Jesse that Gus is dead, and soon after, they destroy the lab and "think" they get rid of all the evidence. The final scene is where the two meet at the parking garage, and Jesse is relieved that Brock is going to be better and that the ricin wasn't what poisoned him, but it was actually a flower called "Lily of the Valley". Skyler calls Walt and asks if what happened at the hospital was his doing, and he says "I won." :metal This is actually a super happy ending to a very dark season, until of course it is revealed that Walt poisoned Brock.
Favorite Scene: Gus getting killed. At first, I hated it, because I loved Gus. But, he had to die. It was what needed to happen. Just a very epic scene and I was not expecting Gus to walk out of that room. I almost thought he was a machine and he was just gonna walk away. :lol
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Fantastic episode that's definitely worthy of the placement. The suspense when Gus was walking into the nursing home was like nothing I've ever felt before.
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The Lily of the Valley reveal is quite possibly the greatest moment from a series that had a staggering number of great moments.
This episode would probably be number 2 if I did a list of the best BB episodes. It was the perfect culmination to the Walt/Gus arc. Just masterful. :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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Would you guys be interested if i finish this? I completely forgot about it.
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Would you guys be interested if i finish this? I completely forgot about it.
Go for it bud!
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The Lily of the Valley reveal is quite possibly the greatest moment from a series that had a staggering number of great moments.
Definitely my favourite moment of the entire show.
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The Lily of the Valley reveal is quite possibly the greatest moment from a series that had a staggering number of great moments.
Definitely my favourite moment of the entire show.
Yeah. That was definitely a top-3 moment
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#3. Salud (Season 4)
"Fill your pockets and leave in peace. Or fight me and die!"
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What a fantastic one. There's so much that happens in this one and it will always remain one of my favorites. Jesse, along with Gus and Mike head to Mexico to go cook in the awesome dirty ass super lab. The head guy there mocks Jesse in Spanish for not knowing simple things but Jesse calls him out and he responds in English. Jesse then takes control and shows the man who's boss. I love this because Gus and Mike almost manage to crack smiles. They are actually really impressed with Jesse. It's almost like there was some Walt in him right there, controlling, bossy, direct. It turns out that Jesse's batch of meth is way better than the other guys could have possibly dreamed of making, however it's still not quite as pure as Walt's. They then celebrate and say it's going to be the first of many. Jesse is confused and realizes they want him to stay. Later, Mike tells Jesse they are either all staying, or going back to the U.S. Also, we get to see more of Ted's dumbass. Skyler finds a way to get Ted to pay off that debt he really needs to be paying off. So she and Saul do some planning. Saul brings Ted into the office and tells him that his long-lost Great Aunt had left him a little over six hundred thousand dollars, awfully close to what he owes. Oblivious to logic, he goes and gets a a fucking car and tells Skyler the business is opening back up. Skyler then tells Ted the truth. Idiot. Meanwhile, Walt Jr., in his badass new cruiser, heads over to his dad's house. Walt looks like a mess, after getting his ass kicked by Jesse, he's sitting at the house in his underwear. Walt then breaks down in front of his son, claiming that it was all his fault. Of course at this point, Jr. is still oblivious to what's really going on. Jr. then puts his dad to bed, and Walt then softly says "Jesse". I kinda felt bad right here because Walt Jr. just doesn't even know, and also it kinda looks as if Walt views Jesse as a son, as he spends a ton of time with him. The next day, Walt apologizes to Jr., who had stayed the night. He tells his son that he doesn't want him to remember him this way, in such a low state. Jr. then tells his dad that he actually would rather see him this way than how he had been before, because he actually looks "real".
In the last portion of this episode, Gus, Jesse, and Mike are taken to Don Eladio's residence. Gus has nothing but revenge in his mind right now. Don Eladio meets Jesse and is impressed by the results of his batch. They all celebrate, as Gus offers Don Eladio a gift, tequila. Don Eladio looks a bit suspicious, because he's receiving a gift from the man he put through hell when he killed his partner back in the day. It turns out the tequila was poisoned, so all the people that consumed it, Gus, Don Eladio and all his henchmen, are fucked. Luckily, Gus gets a good bit of it out of his system when he goes to the bathroom and forces himself to vomit. He comes out, and Don Eladio knows what he has done. Mike strangles Gaff, which was badass. After all of them are dead, Gus, poisoned, yells and threatens the rest of them. They then leave. On the way out, Mike is shot in the stomach, but they all manage to make it out alive, thanks to Jesse.
Favorite Scene: Gus avenging his past partner's death. The way he did it was fucking classy. No bullets needed, just kill him internally. This was Gus's best moment, I think. He has always been one of my favorite characters and this was his best episode to me.
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Have you seen any Better Call Saul, Biscuit?
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Part of the pilot episode. How is it?
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Part of the pilot episode. How is it?
Better than BB season 1.
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Rly?
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In my opinion, it is. I don't know if it has as high a ceiling though.
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This episode is top 5 for me too.
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Part of the pilot episode. How is it?
Better than BB season 1.
In my opinion, it is. I don't know if it has as high a ceiling though.
Yo.
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#2. Crawl Space (Season 4)
"Skyler, WHERE IS THE MONEY?!"
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Just thinking about this episode gives me chills. The beginning of this episode is basically the aftermath of Salud, where Gus and Mike are being taken to Gus's doctors by Jesse. They only seem to care about giving Gus the medical help since he is the one paying the doctors. Jesse does not approve, considering him and Mike have a bro thing going on. Later, Gus tells Jesse he is impressed with his work and that he is capable of running a lab by himself, meaning that Walt is completely out of the picture. Jesse tells Gus if he kills Walt, he will not cook. Period. Meanwhile, lame ass Ted is giving Skyler a very hard time, as he still will not use the money she gave him. She obviously only wants him to do this so she can keep her nose out of trouble, considering that if Ted is investigated, she will be too, revealing details that should not be revealed. Soon after, Hank tells Walt that he has more leads on his huge investigation, and he asks Walt to drive him to the laundry facility. We all know Walt is a great liar, :yeahright, but Hank doesn't let up. So Walt goes the extra mile and swerves into another vehicle as they approach the laundry facility. This postpones the investigation for Hank, as his neck is surrounded by a brace and he eats yogurt. Later, Saul sends his goons to Ted's house, basically forcing him to write the check. They plan to stay there until the check clears. Ted tries to escape but trips on his shitty ass rug and dives headfirst into a cabinet. Oranges fall on him. Funny. Walt heads to the lab and notices Jesse had been cooking on his own. Walt then goes to Jesse's house and tells him not to cook because if Walt is "useless", he will be murdered. Jesse, angered, responds saying that Walt is a risk because of Hank, and that he keeps getting close to revealing them. Tyrus then tazes Walt and is kidnapped and taken to the desert. Gus knows that Hank is becoming a threat and then threatens to kill Walt's entire family, including his daughter, if he were to interfere. We always knew Gus had some bad spirits in him, but damn, he is taking it too far. He is willing to kill someone's entire family. This is where one of the most intense moments of the show begins. Walt panics and calls Saul and tells him that he needs the disappear dude ASAP, he also needs to inform the DEA that there is a hit on Hank, and that he wants to ensure the safety of his entire family,. Saul says it will cost at least half a million dollars. Walt scrambles back to his home and goes into the crawlspace only to find out that the money he needs is gone. Skyler nervously tells him that she gave it to Ted. Walt screams, and starts crying. Suddenly his cries turn into laughs. The phone rings, and it's Marie, and she's terrified. Skyler talks to her. Walt is shown lying in the crawlspace, as if he almost looks dead.
Favorite Scene: The end. Everything about this scene is uncomfortable. Walt's screams. His crying, his laughing. The music that is being played. It scared me when I first saw it, and this was my favorite scene of anything film related, ever, at this point. I don't know if I've ever gotten chills this bad when watching something. It's surreal. At this point, you just know Walt is completely fucked because he cannot leave. It's very symbolic in a way because it almost seems as if this is where Walt really died. The rest of him throughout the show is Heisenberg. The way the episode ended with it just zooming out was so haunting. Perfect.
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Love that laughing. One of my single favorite moments in the entire series.
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So, I just realized I never posted my #1. :-\
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do it
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Okay, sometime this week. :corn
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Any danger of this being finished?
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Slowest moving top whatever thread ever :lol
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Guys read my last post I said sometime this week :lol
I don't post much on the forum anymore and completely forgot about this. It will give me incentive to watch my favorite BB episode and do a write up on it. I'm sure the choice is obvious!
Also I was hoping half life 3 would be out by now
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inb4 Ozymandias then :corn
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Here ya go:
20. Grilled
19. Confessions
18. Phoenix
17. Full Measure
16. Blood Money
15. 4 Days Out
14. Salud
13. Say My Name
12. I See You
11. Hermanos
10. Sunset
09. Dead Freight
08. End Times
07. Better Call Saul
06. One Minute
05. Felina
04. Crawl Space
03. Half Measures
02. Face Off
01. Ozymandias
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Beyond Ozymandias for my own personal #1, I have no idea how I would rank the rest. There were so many fantastic episodes in the entire series and so many moments that made me go 'Whoaaaah!' that I'll have to rewatch them in order to get some idea of how to rank them.
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I'm (5) episodes in. If i can watch three a night it should only take me 20 days to watch the series. Reallly enjoying it thus far....I can't wait to watch these characters and story grow.
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Beyond Ozymandias for my own personal #1, I have no idea how I would rank the rest. There were so many fantastic episodes in the entire series and so many moments that made me go 'Whoaaaah!' that I'll have to rewatch them in order to get some idea of how to rank them.
I kind of spitballed that list off the top of my head while glancing over the episodes on wikipedia, although that top 5 would pretty much be set in stone.
I'm (5) episodes in. If i can watch three a night it should only take me 20 days to watch the series. Reallly enjoying it thus far....I can't wait to watch these characters and story grow.
:tup :tup
Sidenote: the cold intro of the 6th episode of Season 1 is in the conversation for "Best Breaking Bad Cold Intro." No one does foreshadowing better than Vince Gilligan. :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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Just hammered out six straight hours! Through the first two seasons. I'm going to bed
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Nice.
Pretty awesome, isn't it?
And it just keeps getting better!!
Also, in case you didn't catch which episodes had the cold openings featuring the foreshadowing of the plane crash, they were titled:
Seven Thirty-Seven
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ABQ
How cool is that?
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Nice.
Pretty awesome, isn't it?
And it just keeps getting better!!
Also, in case you didn't catch which episodes had the cold openings featuring the foreshadowing of the plane crash, they were titled:
Seven Thirty-Seven
Down
Over
ABQ
How cool is that?
Yeah. This show is great. Needless to say the acting is top noch, the foreshadowing and ways everything ties together is executed so perfectly.....small example is in the same episode Jimmy compares Walter to Don Corleone....Walter has no idea whom that is....then later Walter and family get the news of his remission and Hank quotes The Godfather movie of 'Just when I thought I was out they pull me back in'
Small things like that happening all over. I find it odd that I'm ticked off at Skylar for kicking Walt out despite Walt essentially deserving it.....yet it's pretty clear she's been laying the foundation of a grade A affair with her old boss (love interest?)
It's strange seeing Saul after learning about his character from BCS before ever watching BB. Can't describe how that feels yet? Gus and Mike seem the exact same obviously but Jimmy has definitely changed.
Anyway....still (42) episodes to go.....season 3 starts tonight around 9:30. :lol
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I think Walt knew who Vito Corleone was; he was just taken aback at the comparison (since Vito was a man amongst men, while Walt is still pretty small time at that point in time).
BTW, when Walt and Jesse kidnap Saul because of Badger's arrest, Saul immediately thinks they were sent by someone else, and the name he says is Nacho's real name (cannot remember the exact name, but I know it is him). Just something to think about...
Jane's death remains, to me, one of the most shocking in the history of TV dramas. And yet when you go back and watch the build-up, it seems so obvious that it was coming.
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Jane's death was to me a turning point in Walt's character. The fact he didn't (try to) save her is a really Heisenberg thing to do. It was definitely a sad scene, especially since Jesse is such a likeable person.
And Nacho's real name is Ignacio :)
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I agree about Janes death and that was a defining moment for Walt. His initial 'Walt' reaction was to save her but when he realized her dying would protect him...well.
Also, the fact that Jane told Jesse to lay on his side in case he threw up was great foreshadowing again...and the fact that Walt is the one who basically flipped her on her back when he was trying to arouse Jesse was creepy also.
My wife just took the boys to the in laws...she's gonna be gone a couple hours so it looks like season.3 is about to begin :tup
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Just rattled off the first 9 episodes of season 3. You can accomplish so much when there are no kids in the house.
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Impressive. :tup :tup
You might beat my record. Back in the summer of '13, I blew through Seasons 1-5a in less than two weeks. For those 10-11 days, if I was home and awake, I was watching Breaking Bad. I literally could not stop watching.
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Impressive. :tup :tup
You might beat my record. Back in the summer of '13, I blew through Seasons 1-5a in less than two weeks. For those 10-11 days, if I was home and awake, I was watching Breaking Bad. I literally could not stop watching.
I have a ton to do this week so it's TBD to see if I can keep this pace up. :lol I WANT to, just don't know if its realistic.
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Sounds like it's time to take a personal day at work.. :lol :lol
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Three seasons down....two to go.
Dang Jesse....
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"Run."
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"Run."
That was an awesome moment!
I get the sense from the 'fly' episode that Walter really wants to tell Jesse the truth about Jane....but I have a feeling if he does it's not going to be good. He will either be a dick about it being that he already treats Jesse like crap or he will try to do it nicely and Jesse won't have anything to do with that approach and just get ticked.
Still curious as to how Hank is going to tie back into all of this.
This money launderimg debacle...how to do it....is seeming more and more like the avenue that's gonna bring Walter down for some reason. It was/is a big topic right now with competing ways of execution.
This truly is a great series.
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I think just reading your posts is now making me go rewatch the series for the 5th or 6th time. You're already seeing how the series is evolving between seasons, it just keeps getting more and more intense as the show progresses.
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My brother tells me that the 4th season is 'brutal' in his words. I'm gonna have to wait until this weekend to start it because I'm simply losing too much sleep at this point. It's impossible for me to watch an episode or two. I think the least I've watched in a row during one sitting so far has been (5).
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I get the sense from the 'fly' episode that Walter really wants to tell Jesse the truth about Jane....but I have a feeling if he does it's not going to be good. He will either be a dick about it being that he already treats Jesse like crap or he will try to do it nicely and Jesse won't have anything to do with that approach and just get ticked.
Hmmm, I got the sense, more of less, that Walt almost admitted the Jane thing because he was so out of it thanks to the drug Jesse gave him, making it almost slip out by accident.
This truly is a great series.
The greatest. :tup :tup
My brother tells me that the 4th season is 'brutal' in his words. I'm gonna have to wait until this weekend to start it because I'm simply losing too much sleep at this point. It's impossible for me to watch an episode or two. I think the least I've watched in a row during one sitting so far has been (5).
Not sure brutal is how I would describe Season 4, but while the first half of the season is great, the latter half of it is simply out of this world amazing.
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I get the sense from the 'fly' episode that Walter really wants to tell Jesse the truth about Jane....but I have a feeling if he does it's not going to be good. He will either be a dick about it being that he already treats Jesse like crap or he will try to do it nicely and Jesse won't have anything to do with that approach and just get ticked.
Hmmm, I got the sense, more of less, that Walt almost admitted the Jane thing because he was so out of it thanks to the drug Jesse gave him, making it almost slip out by accident.
Oh, I agree the sleeping pills had something to do with it. But in that moment I think that Walt was unguarded...even emotionally. He had been describing that 'perfect moment' he wished he had died...and I think the reflection on that made him realize that had he died and not went to the house then Jane wouldn't have died (that night)....and he wouldn't have ever crossed that line he's been unable to go back across. Walt definitely changed in that moment that he watched Jane die....so, I do think he was sincere in his apology to Jesse even if it was a drug induced one.
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I'm gonna have to wait until this weekend to start it because I'm simply losing too much sleep at this point. It's impossible for me to watch an episode or two.
I lied. Just watched first two of season 4.
WTF Gus? Poor Victor. I guess with him being seen at the scene Gus was being cautious and sending a message?
Curious as to if the 'lab notebook' will come into play? You'd figure it'd be found by authorities.
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Ah yes, Gus killing Victor. I love those "holy crap, did that really just happen?" moments. :tup :tup
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(2) Episodes to go in Season 4....the last one I watched last night...err...this morning? was when Walt was going to make him and his family disappear only to find out Skylar has given Ted $620k
I find myself starting to really dislike Walter and am cheering for pretty much all the other characters. Despite coming off as a good off jack leg, Hank is a really good Cop and has basically figured it all out....he just needs something to tie it all together. I'm not a big fan of how Walt treats Jesse. I 'understand' that Walt is an very intelligent person and probably looks down on Jesse a bit but he doesn't have to be such a Dick....and now his treatment of Jesse has kind of come back and bit him in the butt. But yet...at least thus far...Jesse still remains loyal and is the only reason Walt isn't dead. Kind of ironic being that the only reason Gus didn't kill Jesse was because of Walt.
Mike is awesome, so is Saul and I even like Gus who even in the face of having things seemingly start to crumble around him he's formulated a plan, executed it and is now still on top.
Gonna definitely hammer out the last two of season 4 tonight and probably get 2 or 3 episodes into the final season before my body makes me go to sleep.
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I love how Gomez is always quick to shoot down Hank's theories, which usually turn out to be right. :lol :lol
I never disliked Walt, even when he was doing thing that could have made him unlikable. His treatment of Jesse is interesting. He definitely treats him like an idiot at times, but he genuinely cares about him (notice his concern for how Jesse was doing following Gale's murder). I think in Walt's mind, he wants Jesse to know his place. Jesse always insists that they are 50/50 partners, but in Walt's mind, his formula and savviness is why they are now rich, and Jesse should be grateful and know his place, so when Jesse gets a little big for his britches, Walt has to smack him down and keep him in what he thinks is his place. Now, saying that Jesse should go to Mexico and wind up in a barrel somewhere was an awful thing to say, but, in that moment, Walt felt betrayed, like Jesse was starting to side with Gus over him. Not justifying a remark like that, but saying where it probably came from.
Also, the end of Crawl Space, with Walt laughing hysterically in the crawl space, is still a moment that gives me goosebumps every time I watch it. That literally made me say wow out loud the first time I saw it. :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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Only four episodes to go.....will finish it off tomorrow, I'm too tired to even try to discuss the last seven episodes I watched, so much awesomeness.
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I didn't see it mentioned recently so far - but since everyone, more or less, is recounting the awesome moments, let me remember Face Off, and the scene where Gus walks into the retirement house.
The music is AMAZING. From the moment Gus gets the call in his office and especially when he descends from the car and walks alone into the house, this stops to be a TV show and becomes a western movie of epic proportions.
The music is a sendoff to Gus, he's the villain but a kind of villain we loved, you know he's finished and the music is waving goodbye to him while with his steady resolve and his icy glare walks into the trap Walter had for him. We don't know yet what's gonna happen (at least I didn't know - don't know what the general consensus on the scene was, I sincerely didn't figure out Walter's plan, I found it out right the moment Gus did), but we know it's Gus' last. And it's a wonderful scene, one that makes you feel for the villain.
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I wouldn't say I felt sorry for Gus - I couldn't wait for Walt to finally get over on him and take him out - but I agree that the music is amazing. In fact, I can't think of a better use of music on the show. I love how as the scene goes from Gus walking to showing him entering the room and the music segue ways into just a pounding drum that gives you an erie case of foreboding. Totally awesome.
I still can't believe how awesome the end of Season 4 is. From Hermanos to Face Off is the most ridiculous run of episodes in television history. :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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DONE! I completely understand the love for this series now. Such a great show! I've got to really decompress from this now and take it all in
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Did you actually watch ALL of Breaking Bad within a week? :lol
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Did you actually watch ALL of Breaking Bad within a week? :lol
No, it was 2 weeks on the nose. That took dedication, and a few LATE nights. :lol Glad to have it out of the way, such a cool show. So much great writing and acting.
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How did you feel at the final scene when Baby Blue started? when the screen went black I had a big smile on my face and I gestured an applause to the screen. Such a fitting and satisfying ending.
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How did you feel at the final scene when Baby Blue started? when the screen went black I had a big smile on my face and I gestured an applause to the screen. Such a fitting and satisfying ending.
Perfect song for the moment, because Walt truly got what he deserved. I was smiling because it really was a perfect ending to a series.
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Kudos on finishing the series. Just imagine the torture those who saw the last half of the finale season live went through. Every week was a huge pain in the ass to have to wait for. It's honestly one of the most satisfying shows I've watched with one of the best ending imaginable.
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Indeed, I still consider Breaking Bad having the best series finale of anything I've seen so far.
(Scrubs would come close as a second however).
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To me, the finales of Breaking Bad and Six Feet Under are neck and neck for best ever (BB is the best show ever, while 6FU is top 5 for me).
Yeah, Walt got what he deserved, but he was still easy to root for until the end (largely because Jack and especially Todd were so much worse).
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Yeah, Walt got what he deserved, but he was still easy to root for until the end (largely because Jack and especially Todd were so much worse).
I've been really thinking about this. Because honestly, I was really bothered at Walt's transformation. Initially I was 'on his side' so to speak, but as 'Hisenberg' grew....I came to enjoy the supporting cast of characters more than Walt. I liked, Gus....LOVED Mike...I found Hank to be awesome. Never really cared for Skylar one way or the other. I think that actress did a fine job but that character never did anything for me. I wavered back and forth on Jesse at times but was 'on his side' for pretty much the last two seasons. He really was not that smart...but then at times he was. I mean he came up with two of the best ideas on the show....steal the Methlamyne from the train and lure Walt out of hiding by threatening his money and at the same time had so many chances to just get out of it all together but didn't. BYW...him having to watch Brocks mom get murdered....BRUTAL!!! :omg:
But for me, Walt's ego began to get to me. I've always had a chip on my shoulder when it comes to 'cocky' personalities and near the end that's where Walt's 'Hisenberg' ended up. He was certainly smart, crafty and to be feared but something just rubbed me the wrong way about him and I think it was essentially what Mike said to him right before Walt killed him. They all had a good thing going, making a ton of money in a 'safe' manner with really no worries but Walt's ego tore it all down. BUT...that's what I loved about the last episode. When Walt finally realized that he wasn't doing all that for his family...he did it because he enjoyed the power and control. I liked that he saved Jesse after spending the better part of two years just treating the dude like $hit.
Oh yeah...Hank getting killed was just a brutal scene as well. his last words to Walt about him being the smartest man I know, the tone of the way he said it was endearing actually....because he wasn't an idiot either and I'm sure he pieced it together that it all kind of got away from Walt, so he knew Walt still loved him as he pleaded for his life yet knew he was a dead man...so when he addressed Walt his tone changed and it was calm and endearing....such a well done scene but heck....you could say that for basically every scene in that show :lol
That song selection and first line of 'Guess I Got What I Deserved' was just so perfect. In the end it was good to see Walt orchestrate his own demise while taking down the remainder of the 'loose' ends. Poisoning Lydia, killing all the Nazi gang dudes....essentially assuring that his kids will actually be taken care of with the 'grant' money....it was cool to see.
I think this may be the first time something that I was late to the party on that had been hyped so much actually lived up to and exceeded expectations.
Now I'm just curious about Better Call Saul and how many more seasons they'll go with that....where they'll leave off/lead into?
And, could they ever pull off a spin off of what ever came of Jesse Pinkman or would that ruin that special, uniqueness of the finale episode? Is it better left to speculation or could they catch lightning in a bottle again?
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...and...I'm assuming that Saul used the 'vacuum relocation' guy because he was ears deep in Walt's business and was just trying to avoid the fallout from that? It wasn't that he feared for his life from Walt? Or both?
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I think once the shit hit the fan with Walt being outed (following him taking Holly), Saul knew the jig was up and it was only a matter of time before his connection was discovered by the feds, so best to err on the side of caution rather than wait and see.
Yes, everything Mike said to Walt in their last convo was true, but I think the whole Gray Matter backstory did a great job of explaining why Walt's pride often controlled his actions. I really think it was more about pride than ego (although ego was definitely a part of it).
I think it was brilliant writing that Hank went to his grave knowing that Walt was willing to give up all of his money just to save his life.
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Yes, everything Mike said to Walt in their last convo was true, but I think the whole Gray Matter backstory did a great job of explaining why Walt's pride often controlled his actions. I really think it was more about pride than ego (although ego was definitely a part of it).
You know...I think you're more on point with this. Walt's Pride was a centerpiece of the story line. But as I mentioned....there was a run there when he was full on Heisenberg...especially after they met and included Jack and Todd where his character really got to me. And they did a great job of creating an atmosphere around the Jack/Todd crew that even early on you knew they were going to be major trouble.
I think it was brilliant writing that Hank went to his grave knowing that Walt was willing to give up all of his money just to save his life.
It really was. One of my favorite scenes of the entire series.
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There was a collective roar and fist pump from the entire BB universe when Jesse killed Todd. Todd had to die, and Jesse had to be the one to do it.
Also, the scene near the end of Ozymandia when Walt realizes that he needs to give Holly because she keeps saying momma, that was unscripted. The baby's real mom was on the set just off camera, so the baby is calling for her real momma, and Walt's reaction was totally improvised on the spot by Cranston. I love that.
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Also, the scene near the end of Ozymandia when Walt realizes that he needs to give Holly because she keeps saying momma, that was unscripted. The baby's real mom was on the set just off camera, so the baby is calling for her real momma, and Walt's reaction was totally improvised on the spot by Cranston. I love that.
That's cool.
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Best example, show-wise, of Walt's ego: the "Say my name" cold opening. That was badass.
Worst example: when he JUST DID NOT SHUT UP when Hank was figuring that Gale was Heisenberg, because he just could not let someone else take the merit for his action. I was almost shouting at the screen, "What the hell are you doing? shut up! just shut up!!!", Gale was the perfect fall guy but NO, Walt couldn't live with the idea of someone else being outed as Heisenberg, he had to say to Hank that Gale was just a follower. So stupid on his part.
And I agree about Hank's death being masterfully done. The scene, the dialogue, everything was top notch and one of the best dramatic moments of television.
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1. Ozymandias