Breaking Bad

[Qalbert]

yeah I loved Fly

[grantlogan]

I wasn't bored either so to assume everyone is bored because you were is retarded.

[Myrrh_Quetz]

How do people find anything in this show boring?

[Doombear]

I find that odd as well. Slower than some other episodes? Sure. But never boring.

As for the point of that whole thing with Mike and Jesse I am still not sure. At first I kind of thought boss man was trying to show everyone how much worse it could be if they ALL don't stop moping about and get their shit together.

Now I am not sure. It is possible that it was all for Jesse.

[Trichocyst]

I think it was absolutely all for Jesse. Gus is turning him from a liability to an asset, possibly just to spite or gain leverage on Walt.

[Doombear]

I also thought for a minute that Mike was going to drive his ass all over the GD state for days... detoxing him. In a way that is what he did I guess.

[Blackice]

I think it simply comes down to not allowing Jesse to have free time, thus keeping him more or less out of trouble and less of a liability to Gus' operation.

[Souj]

FYI, I never said I was bored during that scene. Someone said they were bored, then someone else replied that you were purposely supposed to feel bored, and I retorted with what I said.
What I was saying previously was that I thought they were overusing the long shot quiet scenes where nothing happens to build tension or get their point across, making it feel like DBZ filler

[Insanecyclone]

http://screenrant.com/breaking-bad-s...-mcrid-128095/


‘Breaking Bad’ Renewed For 5th & Final Season
‘Breaking Bad’ will stay on AMC for fifth and final season. The network has announced an extended 16-episode season 5 order, along with news that the series will conclude afterwards.

AMC announced the renewal of its acclaimed series Breaking Bad this weekend, adding that the 5th season would be its last. Throughout its run, the show has garnered critical and viewer acclaim, and has been instrumental in AMC’s rise in the original programming scene.

Breaking Bad‘s fifth season will consist of 16 episodes – three more than we saw in seasons 2 – 4 (season 1 was only 7 episodes) . The extended order should give the writers some extra room to wrap up the series. The final episodes will begin airing in mid-2012.


The show has been a critical hit, winning six Emmy awards in three years. Series lead Bryan Cranston (who plays mild-mannered-school-teacher-turned-ruthless-meth-maker Walter White) has won Outstanding Lead Actor for an incredible three years running. The Season 4 premiere on July 17th scored an impressive (by cable standards) 2.6 million total viewers.

Creator Vince Gilligan had this to say on ending the successful series:

It’s a funny irony — I’d hate to know the date of my own last day on earth, but I’m delighted to know what Walter White’s will be (episodically speaking). This is a great gift to me and to my wonderful writers. It’s knowledge which will allow us to properly build our story to a satisfying conclusion… I’m lucky to get to work with them on sixteen more episodes, and I will always be grateful to both AMC and Sony Television, who from the beginning, believed in our show and supported me creatively and professionally. We have been able to take risks with Breaking Bad which would not have been possible on other networks.

If the drama onscreen has been compelling, it’s been nothing next to the behind-the-scenes events at AMC as of late. Budget issues led to rumors of a network change for Breaking Bad earlier this month. This followed a protracted negotiation for AMC’s flagship series Mad Men and a scandalous shake-up for The Walking Dead‘s production team – both reportedly due to AMC’s wishes to lower costs.

Some may balk at ending such a well-received show after only five years, and it would certainly be possible to extend it for at least another few seasons. The decision probably sprung somewhere between AMC’s continually tightening purse-strings and Breaking Bad writer/producer/director Vince Gilligan’s desire to end the series on a high note.

As a fan of Breaking Bad and its characters, I must say I’m excited to see the series end on a definitive and intentional timetable. Too many excellent shows are drawn out long past their sell-by date, ending on a protracted and sour final season. In the case of Breaking Bad, at least, viewers will be treated to a complete (and hopefully satisfying) story.

Breaking Bad is five episodes into its fourth season at the moment. The season 4 finale should air in mid-October.

[Myrrh_Quetz]

Fucking tits on season 5. I can't even begin to wonder what that season will be like and who will be involved.

As for the Jesse and Mike thing. Gus isn't setting Jesse to be the new Victor(I think someone said something like that in this thread). He's giving Jesse a false sense of security. Think about how scared Jesse was after Gus slit Victors throat. My money is on Gus trying to make it easier to kill Jesse in the long term. Prolly for something in the Season Finale. Maybe Walt catches wind of it and stops it somehow. That's my theory anyways.

It's really the only reason I can see Gus doing this. By finding a way to take out Jesse once Walt is done then it'll be easier to take out Walt. Of course, now with Season 5 confirmed I'm pretty positive neither will die but I'm sure they'll come close.

Isn't speculation fun?!

[Fryte]

To me, this season is about a role reversal between Jesse and Walt. Once where Jesse was the liability, Walt is becoming one with his constant paranoia and unprofessionalism.

[Souj]

The show ends with Walt being the head of the Cartel. Walt's been going higher and higher in the drug distribution ladder since the beginning. Gus is probably in some kind of war or struggle or w/e with whats left of the Cartel, and soon Gus or the Cartel will come out ahead and Walt will be a cook directly under the cartel. Then Walt kills the lead guy or something and becomes head guy. Then he dies or gets caught.

[Olo401]

After watching the episode again and that scene at Hank's house, I can't help but feel that Walt got a little too drunk this time. Hank had this look on his face when Walt started gloating about Gayle being an amateur.. as if it finally clicked in his head that Heisenberg has been right under his nose the whole time.

[Krazy]

To me it seemed more like Hank felt stupid he pinned Gayle as a genius instead of an amateur.

[hexagram23]

I think he was drunk and unintentionally revealed way too much. However, this can easily be turned into a beneficial situation for Walt. If Hank is the #1 guy on that case it keeps Walt in the loop. Also, even if Hank does find out that Walt = Heisenberg there ain't much he can do since all his bills lately have been paid up with meth money. It would be career suicide at best.....at worst they might even assume he knew all along.

[Gryffes]

We've seen Walt being an ass when drinking before though, eg the Pool scene where he gets aggressive with Hank and acts in a similar way.

[Fiddle Sticks]

To me it seemed more like Hank felt stupid he pinned Gayle as a genius instead of an amateur.

This is what I got from that scene, I didn't get the impression that Hank suspected Walt at all.

[Doombear]

I took it to be more of a realization... that the closure he had finally found was gone. That his obsession with Heisenberg was not at all behind him, and I think he was feeling a bit stupid too of course. But over all I think he was just hit with the overwhelming sense that it was not over like he had assumed/hoped/believed it was.

[Myrrh_Quetz]

Ya, I could not see him suspecting Walt at all. Walt made valid points about Gayle when he was drunk. Hank isn't super smart or a teacher so he'd have easily missed that shit about the notes. Makes perfect sense to me, honestly.

[Anomander]

I would have to agree, I didn't at all get the sense that Hank suspected Walt. He valued Walt's point of view when they looked at the notes earlier. It seemed to me that what Walt suggested never actually occurred to him, but now that the idea was laid out in front of him by Walt it seemed very plausible.