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Breaking Bad - Season 4 - Sundays on AMC

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Kuroyume

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Oh, that's right! Fuck... LOL. The entire season I thought that was going to be a scene where Walt snaps and kills someone. A few seconds before that shot you see him pulling a knife from the knife block.
 
Kuroyume said:
Oh, that's right! Fuck... LOL. The entire season I thought that was going to be a scene where Walt snaps and kills someone. A few seconds before that shot you see him pulling a knife from the knife block.
I.S.T.
 
FantasticMrFoxdie said:
LOL I love how these trailers stuffed all the action scenes for like 2 seasons into that 30 seconds.

People see that...watch the show...and then they see The Fly...
Hell, may of the people in this thread were complaining about the pacing of this season's first 4 or 5 episodes.
 
RaidenZR said:
Everything Vince says about subtlety in storytelling and how much ambiguity is appropriate is completely at odds with how overboard they go in the finale. The depiction of Gus' death and the overdone reveals of the "Lily of the Valley Poison Plan" are the antithesis of subtle, really.

You're conflating subtlety in storytelling with subtlety in exposition. Breaking Bad has very very very very very very very very very rarely been subtle in its story telling. Axes, hollow points, blowjobs, forty page monologues, 10 year olds shooting dudes, dudes shooting 10 year olds, getting your picture taken between boobies, planes crashing together, choking to death on vomit, throwing money into passed out dudes' mouths, throwing pizza onto the roof of a house, blowing a up a car instead of returning it, blowing up a car because a dude was mean to you, tripping on a rug and dying, trying to get your friend to get some sleep by spiking his coffee with like eight sleeping pills, trying to deal meth in a support group for drug addicts, crushing someone's head with an ATM machine, dissolving someone in acid, failing to dissolve someone in acid properly so that their remains fall through the floor itself landing in a hallway, poisoning eight drug capos with tequila, cutting someones head off and putting it on a turtle but not before loading that head with explosives, running over two drug dealers and shooting one in the head when he tries to crawl away, shooting a meth cook in the face to avoid potential discomfort, housewives stealing antique spoons, housewives stealing baby tiaras, housewives thinking baby tiaras are a suitable shower gift, wearing purple in literally every scene you've ever been in except one, changing your name to "Flynn," and ignoring God himself telling you to move to Colorado.

Exposition is something completely different.
 
_dementia said:
He was hatless there.


He wore the hat when he was walking toward Gus' house earlier in Season 4.
Also during the last episode of season three when he's walking across the field towards Mike's car.

(As an aside, I absolutely LOVED that shot of Walt, completely over-the-shoulder. I think the scene you mentioned is a direct reference to it, seeing as how they're both nearly identical.)
 
Fansite, registered soon after Madrigal Electromotive appeared in small print in the Los Pollos advertisement cold open during season 3. Best guess is that it's linked to a tour operator in ABQ who does 'Breaking Bad' location tours. Nothing to do with AMC whatsoever.
 
I was at a "high tech" nursing home a few years ago. Girlfriend works as an Occupational Therapist and she was invited to see one of these. I tagged along. All kinds of cool stuff, lots of voice activated stuff through out. Every kitchen had cabinets that could be moved up and down, so it was easier to reach. And oh yeah, 0 cameras.
 

SpeedingUptoStop

will totally Facebook friend you! *giggle* *LOL*
The thing about all these "video" evidence things people keep bringing up is, its all like "straight to jail" evidence, totally unambiguous.
 
Gary Whitta said:

Damn that opening page got me so bad.
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kehs

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xbhaskarx said:
One problem with that: Gus didn't die in 2011, only a year or so has passed since the beginning of Breaking Bad.
"That's what the kids call epic fail."

Walt's driving a new Echo(prius?).


Time Travelers confirmed.
 

Puddles

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When you really break it down, everything that's happened starting with Season 3 is ridiculous.

- Walt wants to work for Gus, but Gus doesn't want to bring him on board because Jesse is too unstable.
- Walt convinces Gus that he can keep Jesse in line.
- Kid kills one of Jesse's best friends.
- Low level bangers working for Gus kill kid.
- Instead of thanking them for killing the little shit who killed one of his best friends and buying them a round, Jesse goes off the deep end and decides he wants to kill the two guys.
- Jesse goes after the two dudes and almost gets himself killed.
- Walt kills the two dudes and saves Jesse's life.
- Gus really wants to kill Jesse now. Decides he can kill Walt too. But his plan is foiled when Jesse kills his replacement chemist.
- Gus decides that now he hates Walt more than anyone else and is buddy-buddy with Jesse.
- Walt gets Jesse back over to his side.
- Gus dies.

It's absolutely ridiculous, but it works because it's done so well.
 

Vlad

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Puddles said:
When you really break it down, everything that's happened starting with Season 3 is ridiculous.

- Walt wants to work for Gus, but Gus doesn't want to bring him on board because Jesse is too unstable.
- Walt convinces Gus that he can keep Jesse in line.
- Kid kills one of Jesse's best friends.
- Low level bangers working for Gus kill kid.
- Instead of thanking them for killing the little shit who killed one of his best friends and buying them a round, Jesse goes off the deep end and decides he wants to kill the two guys.
- Jesse goes after the two dudes and almost gets himself killed.
- Walt kills the two dudes and saves Jesse's life.
- Gus really wants to kill Jesse now. Decides he can kill Walt too. But his plan is foiled when Jesse kills his replacement chemist.
- Gus decides that now he hates Walt more than anyone else and is buddy-buddy with Jesse.
- Walt gets Jesse back over to his side.
- Gus dies.

It's absolutely ridiculous, but it works because it's done so well.

Errr.. all you just did there was list several plot points in semi-chronological order from two and a half seasons of the show completely out of context, making it all seem like it was rushed or something.
 

Vlad

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maharg said:
Gus really was pretty flip floppy on who he trusted. I found his transition to trusting Jesse a little weird, too.

Eh, it's not like he trusted him THAT much. He was good at reading people, saw how Walt treated him, and Jesse passed Gus' test in "Shotgun" with flying colors.
 

dsister44

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They explained why Gus liked Jesse though. He really liked his loyalty. And if there is one word to describe Jesse it's cra... I mean loyal
 

WillyFive

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xbhaskarx said:
One problem with that: Gus didn't die in 2011, only a year or so has passed since the beginning of Breaking Bad.
"That's what the kids call epic fail."

Reminds me when we had to remember that Lost still took place in 2004 (until it didn't).
 
Gus was pretty flip floppy about everything in my opinion. He had no problem throwing his right hand man under the bus but when it came to the lives of those two kid killing dealers he thought it would be worth killing his best cook over.

I liked how they showed him as the most perfect professional only to have us find out he is completely driven by revenge and anger.
 

ivysaur12

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Watching the last episode of season two now. About 15 minutes let. I know nothing else about what happens besides the fact that it continues on. Krysten Ritter's death was huge, but also made complete sense for Walt.

I love this show.
 

The Hermit

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Gary Whitta said:

holy shit!

About the Gus & Jesse thing... Gus was trying to deconstruct Walt and noticed his weakpoint was Jesse. Walt really breaks bad when he looses Jesse. And Jesse got mad recognition when he passed the "test" in Mexico. Also he worked his morale and self confidence that Walt couldn't care less.
Remember when Walt says to Jesse "its all about me" He was right at first, but later Gus saw value in Jesse. So much that he could even substitute Walt in the lab.
 
maharg said:
Gus really was pretty flip floppy on who he trusted. I found his transition to trusting Jesse a little weird, too.

I don't think he trusted Jesse. He pretended to trust Jesse around Jesse since he was the only cook Gus had. He wanted Jesse to feel as though Gus sees something in him and that he trusts him so he would keep cooking blue meth. Having Jesse kidnapped and being forced to cook in the last episode is all you need to know about how much Gus trusted Jesse.
 
maharg said:
Gus really was pretty flip floppy on who he trusted. I found his transition to trusting Jesse a little weird, too.
I don't think he ever "trusted" Jesse. He just used him as a pawn. It was win-win. If Jesse does manage to become a useful asset (which he did prove he can be in mexico), then he gets that, but if he doesn't he still manages to divide Walt and Jesse.

In the end though, Gus always knew Walt was the mind behind everything that has fucked his shit up lately.
 

Grinchy

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tycoonheart said:
I don't think he trusted Jesse. He pretended to trust Jesse around Jesse since he was the only cook Gus had. He wanted Jesse to feel as though Gus sees something in him and that he trusts him so he would keep cooking blue meth. Having Jesse kidnapped and being forced to cook in the last episode is all you need to know about how much Gus trusted Jesse.
I agree, but he was just picked up by the...FBI, DEA, I don't remember which branch. But he was just held and questioned by law enforcement. He was the only cook. At that point, Gus wouldn't have relied on trust anyway. Plus he knew something was up when he found out about the poisoning.
 
ivysaur12 said:
Watching the last episode of season two now. About 15 minutes let. I know nothing else about what happens besides the fact that it continues on. Krysten Ritter's death was huge, but also made complete sense for Walt.

I love this show.
Tread lightly. Lots of later spoilers ITT.
 
ivysaur12 said:
Watching the last episode of season two now. About 15 minutes let. I know nothing else about what happens besides the fact that it continues on. Krysten Ritter's death was huge, but also made complete sense for Walt.

I love this show.

Dude, stay away from this thread. Don't know why anyone would risk being spoiled.
 

Mr.Swag

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So how many people did you guys get hooked on this show? I got like 3 people to start watching it like a month ago. They all caught up to the finale.

Nobody can resist the awesome.
 

Vlad

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Mr.Swag said:
So how many people did you guys get hooked on this show? I got like 3 people to start watching it like a month ago. They all caught up to the finale.

Nobody can resist the awesome.

Nobody yet, and believe me, I've tried. Whenever the topic of television comes up among friends, I always highly recommend Breaking Bad, but not only has nobody ever even heard of the show, they never seem all that interested in it.
 

vatstep

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Mr.Swag said:
So how many people did you guys get hooked on this show? I got like 3 people to start watching it like a month ago. They all caught up to the finale.

Nobody can resist the awesome.
I've been trying since S1 and have only managed to convert one person. He finally listened to me when I talked to him the day after Half Measures aired and I could barely contain my hype any longer (he shared the same sentiment when he finally caught up a while later). A few others know of the show but aren't interested, and even more still don't know what it is. A shame.

Netflix streaming should make it easier for new viewers to catch on now, though. It's the best option for lazy/skeptical people.
 
Mr.Swag said:
So how many people did you guys get hooked on this show? I got like 3 people to start watching it like a month ago. They all caught up to the finale.

Nobody can resist the awesome.
I've gotten 8 people..5 family and 3 friends. Its weird I see the friends I told posting about it on facebook all the time and I think they convinced few people. Lol
 

Fry

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Mr.Swag said:
So how many people did you guys get hooked on this show? I got like 3 people to start watching it like a month ago. They all caught up to the finale.

Nobody can resist the awesome.

One. He's starting season 4 now.

Only recommended this show to that one person, though. All my other friends watch it and one of them got me hooked.
 

Wads

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Vlad said:
Nobody yet, and believe me, I've tried. Whenever the topic of television comes up among friends, I always highly recommend Breaking Bad, but not only has nobody ever even heard of the show, they never seem all that interested in it.

Yeah, same here. One friend even started watching Weeds over this...
 
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