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Breaking Bad - Season 5, Part 1 - Sundays on AMC

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Wow - what an episode...!

Not sure if it was mentioned or not, but instead of being "Yessir" and "Nossir", Todd now knows Walt and Jesse's real names.
 
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i love the internet

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we all know that was walts reaction on the inside...
 
I liked the previous episode more due to the pool scene, the bedroom fight with Walt and Sky and the ending scenes. this episode was cool more due to the fact that it setups the next episode to be even better. But the visuals this season have been amazing.
 
I liked the previous episode more due to the pool scene, the bedroom fight with Walt and Sky and the ending scenes. this episode was cool more due to the fact that it setups the next episode to be even better. But the visuals this season have been amazing.
cinematography has always been amazing on this show. Way beyond any other TV show.
 
cinematography has always been amazing on this show. Way beyond any other TV show.

I don't know, Treme is a pretty strong competitor in that regard. It's not as experimental, but the lighting in particular is extremely strong on Treme.

Oh, and Luck was a visual masterpiece. Too bad about that one.
 
I'm mixed on this ep.

The lead-up was fantastic. The ending was one of those clunky BB twists that kind of drive me nuts (e.g. plane crash and Brock poisoning).
 
I do have to say, I'm really glad that (at least so far) they've avoided making Madrigal the next big baddie in Gus's absence. After Tuco, the cousins, and Gus, it would've been a bit formulaic to go that route and before the season started I was worried that that was where they were going.
 
We need less Mike, he's just the same action movie or detective show hard ass that we've seen a million times. We need more Saul, more Sky, more family dynamics in general, and for fuck's sake more Jesse.
 
One of my favorite episodes so far but why would walt plant the bug without gloves? his fingerprints are all over them, in hank's office

Wondered that myself. Pretty clumsy move on his part. My guess is that it'll quietly be forgotten about, but that seems really clumsy for a show as meticulous about details as this one.
 
Has anybody mentioned Walt's hat? Sorry if this has been discussed.

Walt’s hat, the one he wears when he is Heisenberg… doesn’t the DEA have a sketch of an alleged Heisenberg which includes the hat and looks like Walt?. I feel as if it was in one of the earlier seasons, involving Hank and the DEA, just when the name Heisenberg was becoming a player in meth.

Am I wrong?
 
Wondered that myself. Pretty clumsy move on his part. My guess is that it'll quietly be forgotten about, but that seems really clumsy for a show as meticulous about details as this one.

He'll probably go back for it next episode, that's what I'm assuming.
 
I dunno man, unless we see some shit tie together really good in the future this one kinda feels like a filler ep to me atm. Of course it was very great to watch, but still

I wonder what else he has in his Mad Props folder.
That's the user name :lol, I bet Jesse made it
 
I wonder if Vince chooses all one syllable, simple names for most of the male characters because he likes it, or because of some deeper meaning.

Walt, Hank, Mike, Gus, Todd, Flynn, Saul, Ted, Gale, Brock

The big exception is Jesse, of course, with minor characters like Badger, Combo, Victor, and debatably Skinny Pete.

These are simple names, you know what else is simple? ...Being bald. :P

Next episode can't come soon enough. There will probably be lots or arguing, hopefully followed by a lot of Walt's one liners that we all love.
 
cinematography has always been amazing on this show. Way beyond any other TV show.

I was talking about the visuals, like the colors and lighting and whatnot. I've always loved the camera work in BB.

Does Top Gear UK count? Best in my opinion. The cinematography and lighting is great in Breaking Bad no doubt. Except last episode where they did that cheesy Car showoff in the driveway with the dubstep. I like how high contrast Walt... Heisenberg is lit up most of the time, strong key, strong rim and a softer fill giving him a harsh front shadow that splits his face.

This season is pretty great. 2 more episodes left until a long wait. :|


Below: Oh, thought Dead-Freight was episode 6, lol. Thanks!
 
Does Top Gear UK count? Best in my opinion. The cinematography and lighting is great in Breaking Bad no doubt. Except last episode where they did that cheesy Car showoff in the driveway with the dubstep. I like how high contrast Walt... Heisenberg is lit up most of the time, strong key, strong rim and a softer fill giving him a harsh front shadow that splits his face.

This season is pretty great. 2 more episodes left until a long wait. :|
That car scene with Walt and Jr was the first time I absolutely hated a song choice from BB, how do you go from Alexander Ebert's Truth to playing some shitty dubstep crap?
 
One thing about the finger prints on the receiver: First you have to assume that they would even be able to lift usable prints off of it which, considering smudging and possible degradation, is a long shot in itself. Then you have to match the prints against something. Any prints they get would be useless without being able to match them to prints on file, and why would Walt's finger prints be on file?

He's never been arrested, so it wouldn't be in a police database. He was likely printed when he was working at those high security labs back in the day, but it's unknown if the DEA would (a) have access to those files, or (b) would think to check them.

My point is that it's a bit of a loose end currently, but not a large one in the real world.
 
One thing about the finger prints on the receiver: First you have to assume that they would even be able to lift usable prints off of it which, considering smudging and possible degradation, is a long shot in itself. Then you have to match the prints against something. Any prints they get would be useless without being able to match them to prints on file, and why would Walt's finger prints be on file?

He's never been arrested, so it wouldn't be in a police database. He was likely printed when he was working at those high security labs back in the day, but it's unknown if the DEA would (a) have access to those files, or (b) would think to check them.

My point is that it's a bit of a loose end currently, but not a large one in the real world.
He got arrested once when he got pulled over and popped off on the cop over the whole plane crash thing in season 3. I'm not sure if he was processed though since Hank got him off the loose pretty quickly.
 
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I feel like that whole train speech and the climatic train robbery sequence was a foreshadow for walter whites meth empire. Sweet perfect success but with a very bitter sad ending.
 
FInally able to get back online....WOW what an episode eh?

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I feel like that whole train speech and the climatic train robbery sequence was a foreshadow for walter whites meth empire. Sweet perfect success but with a very bitter sad ending.

This reminds me of the teaser:

Jessie: Are we in the meth business? or the money business?

Walt: IM IN THE EMPIRE BUSINESS

I was laughing for about an hour when I heard that, the way he said it was too funny
 
FInally able to get back online....WOW what an episode eh?



This reminds me of the teaser:

Jessie: Are we in the meth business? or the money business?

Walt: IM IN THE EMPIRE BUSINESS

I was laughing for about an hour when I heard that, the way he said it was too funny
Lol, he did say it very "no shit, dummy" like.
 
Could it be said that, if Walt had told Todd and Jesse to finish it up as soon as Mike ordered, the kid would have never been killed?
 
Nope. They would've still celebrated, seen the kid and Todd would've reacted similarly.

Yep unless they got out of there in 2 minutes he kid was going to show up regardless. I'm guessing they needed to pick up the gear with the truck so they would've been there for a while.
 
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