Please don't let Flynn get hooked on the blue ice and Walt have some bullshit reflection. Breaking Bad is a better show than to offer some predictable cliched parable on morality. I see Hank lifting the prints to find Gale's, Skyler being caught money laundering and setting up Walt in exchange for immunity, and Walt dying of his Cancer before anyone gets to him.
Just took a look at the Wikipedia page, the last episode is entitled "Felina." I wonder if thats a reference to the country song "El Paso." My grandparents used to listen to old timey country songs, and the Marty Robbins song El Paso is basically about a guy who kills another guy over a woman named Felina and leaves town. Eventually, he realizes he has nothing left to live for and decides to go back to El Paso to see the woman, knowing hes going to be gunned down in a shootout when he does. I guess this could go in line with the prologue at the beginning of this season where he has a New Hampshire drivers license and is buying an M60 machine gun right outside of ABQ. Interesting. EDIT: Looks like someone else had the exact same idea, but they explained it better.
Is there somewhere I can watch the first half of S5? Netflix stops after S4 and I really wanna keep going after than finale. Have internet and Netflix but no cable if that matters.
Any predictions for tonight? I have avoided any article online about the new "season" but I know it'll be good TV. I think Walter paid Saul to disappear his ass to New Hampshire but gets drawn back for some kind of showdown, why else get the heavy artillery?
Re: Re: Breaking Bad: Season 5 That was..... Just damn good TV, Cranston directed it if I am not mistaken.
Now that Ive had some time to digest it... That might have been the best episode of the show so far, if not at least in the top 3. The flash forward was absolutely awesome. As soon I as figured out where those skateboarders were, I felt a chill down my spine. And when he broke in and saw the big HEISENBERG graffiti on his living room wall, it suddenly hit that at some point over the next 7 episodes Walts identity will be well-known. This was sealed up by his neighbors reaction when she saw him. (Im assuming he fakes his death at some point). Hanks reaction to Walt was really well done, and Dean Norris really stole the show this episode. That confrontation in Hanks garage was fucking tense to say the least. Im glad they didnt drag it out an episode or two like most shows would do.
Walt's ability to flawlessly lie and play innocent, and almost offended while doing it, is really impressive. But then switching to that sinister undertone at the end was just incredible. Everytime Cranston does that in a scene, its just amazing television. Not plot related, but can any of the more TV/movie inclined people here speak to it. Did anyone ever have any idea Bryan Cranston could become this epic of a character portrayal? I mean, his filmography is a mile long, but he's never stood out in anything dramatic that I could tell. I mean hell, when Breaking Bad first started, I remember hearing good things and being like "eh, its that guy from Malcolm in the Middle." This isn't like Jon Hamm who was struggling and finally got a big role and crushed it. Cranston has been consistently working in TV and movies for almost 30 years.
Yeah I know I agree. I remember watching Malcolm in the Middle and still cant believe the contrast he brings to the two characters. I read a pretty funny theory that Breaking Bad is a prequel to Malcolm in the Middle whereby Walter turns states evidence, goes into witness protection and becomes the bumbling idiot of Hal with a purely unrelated family all under the program as well.
Yeah Dean Norris can absolutely kill tense or emotional scenes. This was one of them and the dude really deserves supporting actor emmy . I won't lie I've always liked his execution more than I have Aaron Paul's for Jesse. I was a little surprised Walt turned around and confronted Hank a the end. They could have extended the tension without being too cliche about it but this is a great move. I'd have to think Hank will have to prove some solid evidence with Walt's connection before he can take it to his superiors. In reality you'd have to believe there is probably tons of direct evidence no one would connect the dots to but I could see him having trouble in the show. Jesse has become a solid downer. He might be the lynch pin for Hank's case if he can get him to flip (exposing Mike's death to him if Walt didn't dispose of his body, did he?). Walt might have to end up killing Jesse just to save his family's legacy if he does. Cranston just turned out to be insanely versatile as an actor. He absolutely crushed as the dad in Malcolm in the Middle. I didn't seem him turning it on as well as he did for a drama role but it's not surprising seeing as how well he pulled of a wacky character.
I remember an interview with Vince Gilligan where he talked about how nobody was sure that Bryan Cranston would be good for the role of Walt as everybody saw him as the dad in Malcolm. I guess he did an episode of X-Files where he showed that potential. He played a bad guy that you felt sorry for when he died. That work on that one episode convinced everybody, justifiably now, that he was right for the Breaking Bad role. A sympathetic bad guy capable of a very wide range.
I just got on the Breaking Bad bandwagon about 4 months ago, after I burned through all of the episodes on Netflix and Amazon Prime. I also enjoyed last night's episode. I thought that season 5 had been kind of slow (like season 4) past its first two episodes, but I like that Walt figured out right away that his copy of Leaves of Grass was missing and he confronted Hank. This will hopefully lead to all 7 of the final episodes being suspenseful. Also, this may not mean anything, but its seemed very stupid of Jesse to give money to the homeless guy when he had that whole bag of cash laying on the seat. I can't help but wonder if the homeless guy will become a witness against him later on. It seems like the thing with Jesse throwing away the money should lead to something bigger.
"If that's true, if you don't know who I am, then maybe your best course would be to tread lightly..." That's all I got to say about that.
So pretty much all of the Heisenberg evidence is in Hank's garage. Is there any chance it doesn't get destroyed?
I haven't watched many dramas, let alone every single episode of a drama series many times each, but holy fuck this is the greatest drama ever. Stating the obvious, I know, I just need to gush sometimes. Dean Norris is KILLING it, from the last on-the-crapper shot of 5A to his entire look in the last episode. He's still got his super cop abilities, but you can tell he's cracked, if not broken. Know I'm not the first internet theorist to make this prediction, but I totally think he's gonna end up killing himself. Actually saw what I consider to be some heavy-handed foreshadowing in episode seven. When Hank brings the warrant and officers to Mike's place, he just watches a black and white movie that the camera (our perspective) focuses on for a second (some kind of crime scene). Then the camera goes tight on Hank and the movie's dialogue says, quite loudly, "when a cop kills himself they want a full report". I kinda hope I'm wrong, because I like surprises, but the audio was pretty loud, and this isn't a show that just throws in random shit. Oh and I heard that someone or some people on Twitter are somehow ruining the ending, so heads up.
Badger's Star Trek script needs to have an extended version when the season comes out on DVD. Both him and Saul were in their prime last night.