Breaking Bad - Season 5, Part 1 - Sundays on AMC
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This is getting weirder all the time
Basically this, and they can help identify key elements of a character/characters progress. Like the citizen lain montage which shows Kane and his wife go from lovey Dovey couple to apathy In 3 minutes. I mean think about how boring it would be if you saw that all in real time. A legitimate filler would be the fly episode I think.
I came in all excited about 4 new pages of BB talk. Just to see the debate/list wars
Don't do that to me. ;_;
Don't do that to me. ;_;
Neuromancer
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I miss him and his Subaru.
I think on the Insider Podcast Vince said he asked the prop guys about how much it was and they guessed around $80 million. He then said that the size of the pile was more for effect and less an accurate display of exactly how much Walt had earned.
Cornballer
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The Mana Legend
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The worst part about the Season 5 Part 1 has been the lack of Jesse, particularly in the final episodes. He'd better make a comeback in screen time for the final 8 episodes, or I'll be pissed.
I don't think there's any chance he doesn't.
Twilight Princess
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season ranking is pretty pointless here, because THEY ARE ALL FUCKING AWESOME.
Infinite Justice
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That last decision one of the twins made was their downfall so Hank lucked out during that (though he would have plot armor anyway)
Chuck Norris
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Next season will start like this
Hank: Walt Whitman? ....That sounds just like Walter White
*flushes toilet*
Hank: Walt Whitman? ....That sounds just like Walter White
*flushes toilet*
FantasticMrFoxdie
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SystemShock2
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My version:
Hank: Heh, "You got me." Ya know, Walt's a pretty funny guy.........................
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......ohh. oh oh ohhhh. *farrrrrttttttt*
Good call. I think it's safe to say that BB is one of the most consistent shows out there. There are a few questionable moments like the plane crash, but overall each season has been great. It hasn't hit any major road bumps or declined over time. I would have a hard time ranking them, plus ranking is fucking dumb and boring, but I guess we gotta pass the time somehow.
BobTheFork
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Now it's half past three...
EdibleExplosives
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Was the inscription in the front of the book ever actually shown before the finale? I didn't have a problem with the way Hank found out, but if it was never even shown that Gale had wrote anything and we never saw Gale give Walt the book, it does seem a bit weird.
I can't remember them ever showing it but I've got a feeling they did.
I can't remember them ever showing it but I've got a feeling they did.
No, we saw neither, but for me, we saw enough of Gale, both from the scenes he was in and the shots of his notebook, for me to buy that he'd be enough of a goofy little suckup to give Walt something like that.
Patrick Bateman
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DAT PRISON PART!
Btw: Who was the person that called Walt? And whom did he give the order to do all of it?
Btw: Who was the person that called Walt? And whom did he give the order to do all of it?
tsurugi no mai
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Todd's uncle, who then deployed his goons in prison.
Cornballer
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MidnightCowboy
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1. 4
2. 5.1
3. 3
4. 1
5. 2
Though I agree with the sentiment that each season is awesome.
2. 5.1
3. 3
4. 1
5. 2
Though I agree with the sentiment that each season is awesome.
Patrick Bateman
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Ah, ok. Somehow totally missed that, although I remember the scene where Walt was talking with them.
i wasn't paying attention at the time but were some people seriously saying that the last scene is unarguably not a deus ex machina?
"A deus ex machina is a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem is suddenly and abruptly solved with the contrived and unexpected intervention of some new event, character, ability, or object."
"A deus ex machina is a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem is suddenly and abruptly solved with the contrived and unexpected intervention of some new event, character, ability, or object."
Cornballer
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- AMC Interview: Vince Gilligan Answers Fan Questions (Part I)
Anton Sugar
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I was utterly fucking terrified when Jesse was about to open the bags.
The book isn't a 'new object'.
Didn't appear more than once throughout S3 and S4, only cameos in S5, is now a gift from Gale, turns out has an incriminating description, is found while going to the bathroom, is found on the mid-season finale...
SystemShock2
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It's kinda a new object, like there's no reason to really suspect that it would have any significance in the story and it's only been shown on screen a couple of times for a short duration. Before the reveal, it basically played no part in the story. I'm ok with it, but to me it did feel kinda cheap. We need the next half of the season to start to distract us from this debate.
^^^^beat me
^^^^beat me
I don't get it, did anything really foretold that something bad was going to happen? I never thought this for a sec until he started becoming really nervous looking at the bag, they should've build that moment up a bit more IMO. When he said he has something for Jesse it was obviously the money
I think i'd agree with that ranking, but I honestly loved them all. Even 2.
God I miss Jane so much.
Maybe this season cannot end until Hank has started to suspect Walt?
The alternative is some sort of gotcha moment whereby Walt is on the run/detained/about to pull a gun, which would seriously piss off fans who have to wait a year.
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Hank finding Walt's identity wasn't an unsolvable problem. A deus ex machina would be Hank confronting Walt and Walt saying "I have immunity, I've been an FBI informant this whole time!"
Feel free to feel it was a bit fortuitous, but because this was not a new object it doesn't fit being a deus ex machina by definition. Plus I disagree with one of your points. Even when the book first appeared it was implied it was a gift from Gale. I don't see Walt going out to buy that book. Gale was all giddy about Walt Whitman and wanted to share his love of that W.W. with his new friend in Walt.
And your last 'point' about it being found coincidentally on the mid-season finale is a bit ridiculous. This is a fictional TV show after all.
That Hank tells Walt about the DEA's biggest case so Walt can prepare is far less believable than Hank finding a book behind the toilet.
We believe Hank would walk into the house, we believe he might take a crap, and we believe that he's looking for reading material.
The book probably wouldn't be there, but then again, it is the simplest way for Hank to catch Walt without an immediate confrontation ensuing.
We believe Hank would walk into the house, we believe he might take a crap, and we believe that he's looking for reading material.
The book probably wouldn't be there, but then again, it is the simplest way for Hank to catch Walt without an immediate confrontation ensuing.
It's a pretty unsolvable problem by that point in time. Solved by God's sudden love for Hank.
Air Zombie Meat
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I thought it was obviously money because it came right after the scene where Walt had too much money. It's understandable that Jesse was nervous though after learning about what happened to Mikes crew.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
I love Vince Gilligan, but I'm kind of hoping he doesn't get to direct the last two episodes of the show like he wants to. I wasn't very impressed with the final two episodes of season 4 and at least a few scenes needed to be cut because he ran out of time.
Awesome. BB has always had great Cinematography. Oh god, I'm salivating at the thought of this show being in cinemascope.
In what way was it unsolvable? Criminals make mistakes, that's what makes us able to catch them.
Your bar for deus ex machinas is ridiculously low. Unsolvable problem in this context is like "man and woman are in love but are on opposite polls of the earth." Literally a problem unsolvable by anything but direct and obvious divine intervention. Thinking this is divine intervention is like thinking me being able to use the ringer on my phone to find it when it's lost is divine intervention.
Walt having ten guys murdered in prison isn't fortelling enough? Jesse knew that Walt was capable of that, and he was worried that he'd be another loose end that needed to be tied up.
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