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

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Jack Scofield said:
Wait, has there been talk of a Breaking Bad film, or is this just random speculation with no basis? I haven't been following production.
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Not very likely to happen, but as usual the internet is running with the speculation.
Rolling Stone said:
RS: Cranston hinted in an interview recently at a Breaking Bad movie. Any truth to that?

Gilligan: [Laughs] I've learned a long time ago to never say never, but it is definitely not, in any way shape or form, on my personal radar. We've been given this wonderful opportunity to know exactly when we're going to end and to be able to work toward it. You don't want to be George Foreman and keep coming out of retirement. I'm going to tell every goddamn last bit of story I can possibly get in there with these next 16 episodes. I want it to end with the last 10 seconds of picture on the very last episode and I want– My fervent dream is for this show to end and for people to say, 'Oh my God, that was what I hoped for and I'm going to miss it – now, what's on next?'
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Harry Potter said:
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I busted out laughing when I saw his hair.
 
Jack Scofield said:
Wait, has there been talk of a Breaking Bad film, or is this just random speculation with no basis? I haven't been following production.
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There isn't, it's just an idea that intrigues Gilligan, which is my point. The film, if/when it happens to be a separate, more or less. The last episode of BB shouldn't serve as a segway for a movie.
 
maharg said:
I don't think they are. They haven't even written any scripts for the back half. It's pretty clear that, production-wise, it's two short seasons and the one season thing is just some contract mumbojumbo.

I'd be shocked if we don't catch up to the cold open until the final episode. Early in the back half is my bet.

So hey, did the shot in Hank's office after Hank came back in look like a surveillance camera angle to anyone else? It was a weird shot. Kinda think the dum-dum-DUM moment in the meeting was Hank realizing he must be bugged. Maybe he did something about it.
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I immediately thought that was a surveillance camera POV as well. Specifically when Walt is taking out the bug. Suprised not to see people talk about it.
 
No one caught the foreshadowing of Mike's death when The DEA was searching his home and he was watching a scene were a cop commits suicide? I knew that Mike was going to die when I saw that.
 
Dany M said:
And he stood there and did nothing.

Not passively,he wasn't afraid. He actively did nothing to save her.
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Jane made herself a problem. She extorted Walt, implying she would do it again in the future(and you think she wouldn't if it meant getting a fix?) and she was not only clearly using Jesse, but kicking his addiction into overdrive.

Also, it was her idea to mix heroin & meth. She brought that shit on herself. I felt sorry for her father but Jane can very much go fuck herself. Jesse is objectively better off without her; Walt doing nothing did him a favor.
 
Juancho9 said:
This is the first time Walt has just straight up directly murdered someone right?
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He strangled Krazy-8, shot two people in the super-lab without blinking, ran down two thugs. That's what I remember, at any rate.

So weird how people can't remember Walt killing.


KiNeSiS said:
Perhaps he could have maybe rolled her onto her stomach as to not choke on the vomit
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Not only could he have, he was going to and then decided not to. It's not like he didn't know how to save her. He made a conscious decision to let her die in a pool of her own vomit and let his supposed best-buddy/son-figure find her that way right next to himself in the morning. What a champ.
 
dammit Walt.. just god damn.

but I like that they brought back Walt as the petty loser who really has no idea what he's doing. Since the beginning of the season he's made him self out as over confident, "the boss", etc. But here we have the return of the insecure man who wants nothing more than respect.

Mike saw right through him and wasn't afraid of calling him out, and I think what really tipped Walt in favour of killing him was seeing how Jesse respected him. Walt was watching Jesse and Mike shake hands, and he probably thinks the two decided together that Walt is a psychopath and they needed to bail out. Walt can't handle that his guy Jesse (who I don't doubt he loves like a son) is "abandoning" him.

Walt killed Mike over rage and jealously.
 
maharg said:
He strangled Krazy-8, shot two people in the super-lab without blinking, ran down two thugs. That's what I remember, at any rate.

So weird how people can't remember Walt killing.
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I think people tend to justify the other killings as necessary or in a light of self defense (of himself or Jessie). This one is straight up anger motivated murder.
 
BannedEpisode said:
I think people tend to justify the other killings as necessary or in a light of self defense (of himself or Jessie). This one is straight up anger motivated murder.
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I don't think Walt agrees with you that there was no justification for this murder (at least, before he realized the 'list' could have been gotten from Lydia). But that's what he does, he rationalizes.
 
maharg said:
I don't think Walt agrees with you that there was no justification for this murder (at least, before he realized the 'list' could have been gotten from Lydia). But that's what he does, he rationalizes.
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Rationalization Olympics with Walter White and Vic Mackey. WHO WINS!?
 
Fry8 said:
But let's be honest, most of his actions were justifiable; to kill or to be killed.
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Agreed.

I even say shooting Mike was justifiable in the game the two were playing. No one would have questioned Gus killing Mike after being ran down, disrespected and dismissed like that. He constantly underestimated Walt and never gave him the respect he deserved. Gus wouldn't have let that go and Heisenberg couldn't either.

Flying too close to the sun..
 
Content Roundup:

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Reviews:
- Sepinwall
- Onion A|V Club
- Slate.com
- Alyssa Rosenberg
- Maureen Ryan
- Matt Zoller Seitz
- Ken Tucker
- Rolling Stone
- Salon.com (Willa Paskin)
- Salon.com (Erik Nelson)
- IndieWire
- LA Times
- Grantland


Other Content:
- Inside Episode 507 (youtube vid)
- The Making of Episode 507 (youtube vid)
- Promo for Episode 8 *please spoiler tag any discussion* (youtube)
- Sneak peek at Episode 508 *please spoiler tag any discussion* (youtube)
- Breaking Bad Insider Podcast
- Salon.com interview with Anna Gunn
- Rolling Stone interview with Bob Odenkirk
- Breaking Bad Remix (Seasons 1 and 2) (youtube)
- EW.com interview with Jonathan Banks
- Zap2It talks with Jonathan Banks
- The Wrap with a few questions for Jonathan Banks

Please remember to spoiler tag any and all sneak peek and promo discussion. Thank you.
 
maharg said:
I don't think Walt agrees with you that there was no justification for this murder (at least, before he realized the 'list' could have been gotten from Lydia). But that's what he does, he rationalizes.
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What would be the justification? I think Walt was upset with himself until he realized Mike wasn't the only source of the list. That was pretty much an ego driven rage shooting.
 
If I was Walt at this point I'd leave town to work for Declan. It would mean leaving his family behind, but he'd be able to support them financially. Skyler would get what she wanted.
 
A Human Becoming said:
If I was Walt at this point I'd leave town to work for Declan. It would mean leaving his family behind, but he'd be able to support them financially. Skyler would get what she wanted.
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But that's the thing, he doesn't want to work for anyone any more. He wants to call the shots. So while it would be the smartest, best thing, Walt wants control and won't do it.

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Just watched the episode. Fuck. It wasn't even the finale :( kinda obvious it had to happen, though.
 
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