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[TimeEffect]

Could be that, it does take place a year into the future.

Regarding future Walt, I dont see this show ending up in the blaze of glory of Heisenberg as people think. I think with Mike's death, this is as far as it gets for Walt-- I really do think Todd will screw Walt, and give his recipe to his connections, which results in Walt's sudden loss of power. Having his recipe out in the open is the worst thing for Walt's ego trip. Also, Jesse vs. Todd still needs to happen

Walt maybe runs away because of his recipe getting exposed. Also, notice he had Mike's bag full of money in the flashforward?

 

[tycoonheart]

I actually thought maybe Walt runs away and then catches word that his new associates kidnapped Jesse to be their cook. And then he goes back guns a blazing. Really hard to tell.

This is plausible. But shit has to hit the fan for him to run away and I can't wait to find out what that is. It has to be more than Hank finding out.

 

[snoopeasystreet]

Todd is an undercover cop. The kid he shot was some street rat sent there to help him infiltrate the gang.

 

[TimeEffect]

Walt going back to save Jesse would be great, would redeem Walt in my eyes lol. Maybe the money bag is all the money he has left and he decides to finally pay Jesse? That is too good of an ending though. BB will leave a bad taste in your mouth in the end, ANd that cant happen unless:

-mentally broken, soft Jesse goes to jail with the realization of what happened to Bork, Jane, etc.
-Hank kills Walt, which would devastate the whole White family
-Skylar goes to jail
-Walt Jr is forced to live with Hank, or just moves out and is never seen again

 

[jmdajr]

I feel so alone not having watched that show.

It's like the new Dexter. Everyone has seen it but me.

 

[Entropia]

I feel so alone not having watched that show.

It's like the new Dexter. Everyone has seen it but me.

Time to get on the train!

 

[D4Danger]

I feel so alone not having watched that show.

It's like the new Dexter. Everyone has seen it but me.

power through the box sets. That's the best way to watch these shows anyway.

 

[mooooose]

I feel so alone not having watched that show.

It's like the new Dexter. Everyone has seen it but me.

Dexter has a stellar first season but I'm not too sure about the rest. I did not like Season 2.

Breaking Bad is consistent the entire time. It's almost like one long movie. It's crazy to think they didn't have the entire thing planned out from the start, because it feels seamless.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

They weren't even trying with those "periodic table" logos.

Breaking Bad fan art is a wasteland of half-assed typesetting.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

I bet the show will end the way it started i.e. Walt recording his last message; except for this time: while holding the machine gun.

 

[JaseMath]

I actually thought maybe Walt runs away and then catches word that his new associates kidnapped Jesse to be their cook. And then he goes back guns a blazing. Really hard to tell.

They sort of explored this arch already when Jesse goes to Mexico.

 

[NinjaTehFish]

Stupendous.

 

[Cornballer]

- Sunday cable ratings from TVbtN

Breaking Bad with 2.98 million viewers and a 1.4 in the 18-49 demo, which I think are both series highs. Good to see that more people are tuning in.

 

[Davedough]

I dont think Walt truly feels anything for killing Mike. His ego is too big. He was only nervous and shaken because it was an unnecessary kill and he didn't realize ahead of time that he could have just asked Lydia. I think the actual murder is nothing to him, but the fact that he didn't think ahead is what shook him.

As far as end-game predictions. Jesse dies. As much as I love Jesse's character, I cant see any way around it and the result is directly related to Walt which begins the downward spiral.

Walt sets up Skyler to "protect" her from the Arizona crew who's coming for him. So, he figures out some way to pin something on her and she takes a huge fall. Maybe exploits her attempts at tax fraud or something?

Hank finds out but like a previous post states, its too much for his position. He's relieved of position and the DEA begins their true manhunt without him.

The Arizona crew is after him for some reason, the reason for the heavy guns, but also the DEA knows something is up, so he's on the run from both. He cant get his chemo because he's on the run and hospitals would know who he is, so he's taking prescription pills to self medicate.

 

[Cornballer]

- Sepinwall Interview: 'Breaking Bad' co-star Jonathan Banks on Mike's death and life

Jonathan Banks has had a long, varied career, but he's never had a better role. He's done drama. He's done comedy. He's played good guys (most notably as FBI Agent Frank McPike on "Wiseguy") and heavies. But he's never had a role as nuanced, as memorable, as his gig on "Breaking Bad" as cop-turned-fixer Mike Ehrmantraut.

(Spoilers coming up immediately if you haven't seen this week's episode.)

It's a job that Banks says was "as good as it gets" for his 45-year career, and it's one that came to an end with Sunday's episode. The DEA finally got the dirt on Mike — and for the second time this season, got their hands on money he had intended for his granddaughter Kaylee — and Mike, on the run, asked Walter White to bring him his go bag, only to be shot to death by the gun in that bag.

I spoke with a cheerful, philosophical Banks about the start and end of this role of a lifetime, what motivated Mike, and more.

Interview via the link.

 

[Grimm Fandango]

It would have been better if the episode just ended like this without Mike slumping down.

 

[Aiii]

It would have been better if the episode just ended like this without Mike slumping down.

And then spend the whole year debating wether Mike lives or dies?

No, thank you.

 

[Einchy]

But seriously, guys, Two-Face is still alive.

 

[freenudemacusers]

And then spend the whole year debating wether Mike lives or dies?

No, thank you.

it would be gale all over again

 

[big ander]

it would be gale all over again

the gun wasn't pointed right at the camera!!! Jesse missed!

 

[Davedough]

Does anyone think there's any credibility to Jesse finding out about Mike's death, that being a last straw for him and him going to the AZ guys saying he can cook just as good if they put a hit out on Walt?

 

[smoothj]

Next person dead will be Gomez.

You heard it here first.

 

[th3dude]

Maybe Jesse will decide to become a cop in the final episodes . The richest cop in the world (if Walt decides to pay him of course).

Or maybe it is Jesse that ultimately brings Walt down.

Other than Skyler, only Jesse has the inside knowledge to bring him down now with Mike and Gus gone.

 

[Cornballer]

- THR: 'Breaking Bad' Uses Monkees Song in Key Meth Cooking Scene; Micky Dolenz Weighs In

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

This is plausible. But shit has to hit the fan for him to run away and I can't wait to find out what that is. It has to be more than Hank finding out.

Yeah. And I really don't see why he'd be coming back AGAINST the police. It would take some weird ass scenario to justify that.

It's either to settle something, to help someone or make right, or to get something, or Walt's way of committing suicide. M60 is some serious ass shit. So that indicates he is either gonna shoot a lot of people, or he just needs it to flex nuts against people.

Questions still are: Why does the time jump happen. Where is everyone else during this time. Why would he go back. What did he do with all his money. Why did he finally choose to run away. Why the epic gun. WHY GO BACK.

They have all of the second half to answer that for us. Should be nuts.

- Sunday cable ratings from TVbtN

Breaking Bad with 2.98 million viewers and a 1.4 in the 18-49 demo, which I think are both series highs. Good to see that more people are tuning in.

amazing news

 

[Dany]

- Sunday cable ratings from TVbtN

Breaking Bad with 2.98 million viewers and a 1.4 in the 18-49 demo, which I think are both series highs. Good to see that more people are tuning in.

It is so awesome to see a show GAIN viewers instead of lose then.

 

[polyh3dron]

Started watching from Season 1 3 weeks ago and just finished watching Ep 7 of this season. God damn Walt is a son of a bitch, killing Mike like that I mean what the hell. Next Sunday will be my first one watching on TV.

But yeah what a show... The episode with the train robbery was probably the best single episode of a TV show I have ever seen.

 

[Fry]

Wait, what movie was Mike watching again? I recall people saying it was about a person who commits suicide?

...

Some more foreshadowing, maybe?

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Wait, what movie was Mike watching again? I recall people saying it was about a person who commits suicide?


Some more foreshadowing, maybe?

the movie :

While Mike endures the DEA tearing through his house (and how disappointed does Hank seem that he doesn’t get to use the battering ram on Mike’s door?), he watches Fritz Lang’s The Big Heat, in which, among other things, a crime syndicate unravels when a homicide detective doubts an official verdict of suicide, and finds out the dead man had been living well beyond his means.

That's why I mentioned a bunch of pages ago that my theory about Hank finding out after Walt is dead is now possible!

 

[ZeroRay]

Good news on the ratings front.

Rewatched Peakaboo last night. Top 3 episode for sure, Jesse's visit to the meth house is still really compelling to watch and Walt's attitude and demeanor towards Gretchen fits so damn well with what he is now, adding that much more significance to that scene.

 

[Dany]

Started watching from Season 1 3 weeks ago and just finished watching Ep 7 of this season. God damn Walt is a son of a bitch, killing Mike like that I mean what the hell. Next Sunday will be my first one watching on TV.

LIKE THIS! This is so awesome. You see this in Mad Men aswell, people see the hype and start watching the show between seasons.. Box Cutter of season 4 was the first time I saw it live.

 

[T Dollarz]

I marathoned the first 3 seasons last summer and was caught up by the time season 4 ended. Looking back that was a bad way to do it cause then I had a whole year to wait haha. But yeah this is my first season watching live on TV. Commercials suck.

 

[bonesquad]

the movie :

That's why I mentioned a bunch of pages ago that my theory about Hank finding out after Walt is dead is now possible!

Interesting. So Walt tries to make the scene look like Mike killed himself (as noted, it was in a nice serene spot). Then he doesn't have to worry about Jesse finding out about Mike's death. In theory. Oh course the problem is this time no one is believing Walt's BS...

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Interesting. So Walt tries to make the scene look like Mike killed himself (as noted, it was in a nice serene spot). Then he doesn't have to worry about Jesse finding out about Mike's death. In theory. Oh course the problem is this time no one is believing Walt's BS...

doubt he makes Mike's death look like a suicide. No one who kills themselves shoots themselves in the chest area.

 

[Battersea Power Station]

That's why I mentioned a bunch of pages ago that my theory about Hank finding out after Walt is dead is now possible!

The movie would indicate that Hank will die in an apparent suicide, and Gomie will keep investigating until he finds Walt responsible.

 

[CrunchyFrog]

Pretty,pretty...pretty good.

slowclap.gif

 

[beastmode]

doubt he makes Mike's death look like a suicide. No one who kills themselves shoots themselves in the chest area.

He left town (in a barrel.)

 

[Spectral Glider]

2) When did u guys start watching BB? I've been watching it for a while but have noticed BB and Dexter to have blown up the last 2 seasons.
[/B]

Believe it or not, I've been watching since episode 1. I was looking for something to really get into since the Sopranos was over and the Shield was ending. All the ads on AMC for the first season had me curious because I loved the premise and I wondered if this was another show I could really sink my teeth into. Thankfully it was.

 

[haikira]

LIKE THIS! This is so awesome. You see this in Mad Men aswell, people see the hype and start watching the show between seasons.. Box Cutter of season 4 was the first time I saw it live.

Box cutter was my first live episode too. High five!

 

[Battersea Power Station]

Heh, I'm just going through The Larry Sanders show and Bob Odenkirk made his first appearance as agent Stevie Grant. I can see the genesis of Saul Goodman, although the characters have very different temperaments.

 

[bonesquad]

doubt he makes Mike's death look like a suicide. No one who kills themselves shoots themselves in the chest area.

I know It would be a bit too on the nose anyway for the show to exactly mimic a movie it refers to. But I do think it maybe alludes to not just Hank finding out, but the unraveling of whatever relationship Walt and Jesse still have as well. Basically all aspects of Walt's 'empire'.

 

[Snuggles]

Heh, I'm just going through The Larry Sanders show and Bob Odenkirk made his first appearance as agent Stevie Grant. I can see the genesis of Saul Goodman, although the characters have very different temperaments.

Sleazy lawyers/agents/salesmen are Odenkirk's bread and butter.

 

[Aiii]

Mike was leaving, so Walt will just go "he left" and that's that.

If he really had left, they wouldn't have heard of him either, so it's not a stretch at all.

I can only imagine Walt trying to be a bad-ass and blurting it out as a threat to Jesse at some point... But really, what's the point? They have 8 eps to wrap up Walt and Jesse, Walt and Hank and Walt and Skyler, involving Mike further on seems unnecessary to the story at this point.

 

[CrunchyFrog]

I've just had an idea for a gif but lack the photoshop skills to do it myself. Someone needs to get a high res close-up of gomie's shit-eating grin and shop the word "Bueno" underneath.

 

[Cake Boss]

Gomie got so fat this season.

 

[cacophony]

 

[mattbison]

Walt got a new job: http://www.drivetest.ca/EN/Pages/default.aspx

 

[big ander]

I never thought the best movie ever and the best show ever would ever be combined in gif form, but I see I was wrong

 

[dmshaposv]

Man that opening shot with walt, mike and jesse.

If anything this show should be called breaking bald.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

bwahaha

Walt got a new job: http://www.drivetest.ca/EN/Pages/default.aspx

He killed everyone and moved to Canada? Sounds like BB will have a happy ending afterall?