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Breaking Bad - Season 4 - Sundays on AMC

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Cornballer

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I read through Tim Goodman's thoughts on Jesse earlier. Speculation from him:
I think we're going to find, in Ep. 5 and beyond (which I haven't seen and I never watch promos) that Mike/Gus or some other force will shake Jesse back to some semblance of normality. Partly because, as the bullet-riddled chicken truck will attest, Gus' territorial drug expansion has caught the attention of a major rival. To further that storyline, it will be difficult to have Jesse in this state of emotional implosion. And too early in the series to kill him off, though I think Gilligan is unafraid to do anything to any character (plus, I believe Jesse, conventional wisdom's most likey to die first, could eventually be the last person standing, relative to impact, when the series ends; Walt Jr. being, in my mind, the chess piece of death that Gilligan will use to hurt Walt and Skyler when the story demands it).
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dead souls

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Moofers said:
3. You forgot Rubicon. Actually, TWD isn't bad either, its just not on the level of those other 3. So 3+1/2.
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Rubicon isn't fit to be a zit on the ass of either Breaking Bad or Mad Men. I still regret watching the entire season of it. TWD is terrible post-pilot.

AMC hasn't launched a good show since '08.
 
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Granger Danger

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Cornballer said:
I read through Tim Goodman's thoughts on Jesse earlier. Speculation from him:

Walt Jr. being, in my mind, the chess piece of death that Gilligan will use to hurt Walt and Skyler when the story demands it
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That's a great point, especially for Skyler. Shades of what broke Willow and turned her into Dark Willow.
 
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Granger Danger

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Battersea Power Station said:
I don't think they'd have the balls to do this until the very end of the show, if at all. I really hope Walt dies in the series finale, though. It's the only fitting thing.
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I figure we have only one more season left after this one, and the writers would be able to pull off season 5 without him. As much as I would miss him because I love him (in that regard it'll be like Christopher on The Sopranos all over again), but storyline is king and his clock is just ticking.
 
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I still think that Mike is taking Jesse
out in the middle of nowhere to kill that guy who stole from him. And it's probably going to be with a Shotgun.
 
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Flim Flam said:
I dont know if this has ever been posted before, but I was checking out This article about Bevery Hills Cop actors and saw this, and it blew my mind.

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When I first saw Mike, I immediately recognized him as the bad guy in Beverly Hills Cop.
 
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JoJoShabadoo

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Can we stop with the Sopranos spoilers in here? I started season 4 a few days ago, the picture of Adrianna/Syl is already obvious enough. I don't need to know about Christopher's fate as well.
 
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Sean

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16 episode final season of Breaking Bad:

After tense and public negotiations, AMC just closed a deal with producer Sony Pictures TV to renew dark drama Breaking Bad for a final batch of 16 episodes. The episodes are expected to be filmed together but may be split into 2 seasons. The deal comes just as the series was facing two deadlines as its license deal with AMC and the options on its cast were set to expire over the next 2 weeks. The two sides have reached a compromise over the stickiest issue - who will cover the series' budget of $3 million+. I hear both Sony TV and AMC will contribute. With the series renewal secured, Sony TV now has to make a new deal Breaking Bad creator/executive producer Vince Gillighan who doesn't have a contract beyond Season 4. The cast, led by Emmy winners Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, may also renegotiate their deals.
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http://www.deadline.com/2011/08/don...-for-16-episode-final-season-of-breaking-bad/
 
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Cornballer

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Maybe 8 & 8 for the seasons? A little concerning that Gilligan, Paul, and Cranston will be renegotiating their contracts. Hopefully that goes smoothly.
 
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kehs

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Gillian kills everybody off this season and amc spins it off into an episodal series.

I really want this to be the final season, and in hopes that they went balls out.
 
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BigAT

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Personally I'd rather have one final season of 16 instead of two seasons at eight each. I think it would feel artificially and unnecessarily drawn out if they stretch it out over two additional years.
 
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Granger Danger

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BigAT said:
Personally I'd rather have one final season of 16 instead of two seasons at eight each. I think it would feel artificially and unnecessarily drawn out if they stretch it out over two additional years.
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Didn't the same thing happen with The Sopranos?
 
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Cornballer

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- Sepinwall's post about the renewal with some comments from Gilligan:
AMC put out the official statement about the renewal, including this comment from Vince Gilligan:

“It’s a funny irony -- I’d hate to know the date of my own last day on earth, but I’m delighted to know what Walter White’s will be (episodically speaking). This is a great gift to me and to my wonderful writers. It’s knowledge which will allow us to properly build our story to a satisfying conclusion. Now, if we don’t manage to pull that off, we’ve got no one to blame but ourselves.

“‘Breaking Bad’ has been a dream job these past four years. Working with the best cast and crew in television has no doubt spoiled me for future projects. I’m lucky to get to work with them on sixteen more episodes, and I will always be grateful to both AMC and Sony Television, who from the beginning, believed in our show and supported me creatively and professionally. We have been able to take risks with ‘Breaking Bad’ which would not have been possible on other networks.”
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Granger Danger said:
Didn't the same thing happen with The Sopranos?
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sopranos final season had 2 parts totaling 21 episodes

but they were separated by a year gap at the 12 episode mark

i dunno about 16 episodes in a row id rather have 8 and 8 personally .. maybe 8 in summer and final 8 in winter?

i just wonder about the scope of the show.. i dunno how much longer it can go. is walt gonna be like scarface by the end or what
 
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Granger Danger said:
Didn't the same thing happen with The Sopranos?
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It kind of happened to Lost as well. They announced the final 48 episodes of the series and then said they would be shown over three seasons. This despite the fact that seasons prior to the announcement contained 24 episodes a year.
 
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Copernicus said:
Gillian kills everybody off this season and amc spins it off into an episodal series.

I really want this to be the final season, and in hopes that they went balls out.
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Wait, do you mean the season we're currently on or season 5.
Because judging by the post talking about Breaking Bad being renewed for a fifth and final season there doesn't seem to be anyway that season 4 will be the last one.

If I'm misunderstanding anything in your post, I apologize in advance.
 
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kehs

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Mr. Saturn said:
Wait, do you mean the season we're currently on or season 5.
Because judging by the post talking about Breaking Bad being renewed for a fifth and final season there doesn't seem to be anyway that season 4 will be the last one.

If I'm misunderstanding anything in your post, I apologize in advance.
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I'm talking about this season.


I also wear a tinfoil hat that says all the contract negotiations are a ruse to keep people off the trail that they'll be pulling no punches.
 
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Sean

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brianjones said:
i dunno about 16 episodes in a row id rather have 8 and 8 personally .. maybe 8 in summer and final 8 in winter?
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I wouldn't mind this, USA Network does that with their series (Burn Notice, White Collar, etc) - air ten summer episodes with a huge cliffhanger and then the final 6 or 7 in the winter.

I just don't want AMC to air 8 episodes then make us wait a year for the rest, that's artificially stretching it out. I'm pretty sure that's exactly what they'll do too, since it keeps the show on their network for another year.
 
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Cornballer

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Sean said:
I just don't want AMC to air 8 episodes then make us wait a year for the rest, that's artificially stretching it out. I'm pretty sure that's exactly what they'll do too, since it keeps the show on their network for another year.
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Yeah, that makes sense. No reason for them to do 16 episodes in a single season or quickly air them, unfortunately. That would mean fewer years on their network, less dvd money, etc...

Still, two seasons of eight episodes should work ok from a story perspective. They aren't stretching it out unreasonably past where Gilligan wanted it to end. It's just that (possible) year long break between the two shorter seasons that'll be a long wait.
 
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Moofers

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dead souls said:
Rubicon isn't fit to be a zit on the ass of either Breaking Bad or Mad Men. I still regret watching the entire season of it. TWD is terrible post-pilot.

AMC hasn't launched a good show since '08.
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You go to HELL! YOU GO TO HELL AND YOU DIE!
 
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