DEAD RABBIT
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I would like to remind everyone of this observation from the BB season 3 thread, after the episode where Hank got shot.
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FUCKKKKK. Such a great episode.
-Like many others have already said, great to see Hank.
-Jesse had a fantastic episode. That speech near the end was just so amazing.
-This episode balanced all the characters damn near perfectly.
-Walt is starting to get a bit more control, but it will obviously come crumbling down eventually.
Seriously worried for Jesse's and Mike's lives. IMO one of those two will die this season.
-Like many others have already said, great to see Hank.
-Jesse had a fantastic episode. That speech near the end was just so amazing.
-This episode balanced all the characters damn near perfectly.
-Walt is starting to get a bit more control, but it will obviously come crumbling down eventually.
Seriously worried for Jesse's and Mike's lives. IMO one of those two will die this season.
lazybones18
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DEAD RABBIT said:
Wasn't around for the discussion of the One Minute episode, but the idea of the
Hank's boss
Will be interesting to see how this plays out in the next set of episodes
brianjones said:
No way, not happening. Mike and/or Gomez maybe. I think there is a good chance Gus dies at the end of this season.
This season: Walt using Hank to defeat Gus (who uses Jesse against Walt).
Next season: Walt takes over, Walt vs Jesse, Walt vs Hank.
Bookmark that shit.
Poimandres
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Discotheque said:
WiiU version?
Kinect?!
Check out the small print (@ 0:10) in this Los Pollos commercial from last season: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbpmB0orZfA
Alex Connolly
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Terrific episode. Jesse's group speech was great, and it's always nice to see Gus put in a predicament. Cannot wait to see how this Cartel match-up goes. Seeing the Fring empire clash with an equally professional group will lead to rather entertaining things.
fierrotlepou
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This show just keeps amazing me. I would even dare to say that I haven't seen a show that just keeps bringing out high quality episodes consistently.
tycoonheart
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I think people who are saying the Cartel wants Walt is correct, and that Gus is indeed protecting him from them. Walt will end up killing the guy who is protecting him. And next season could be about the Cartel coming for Walt. I don't think Jesse is going to survive past this season.
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I doubt Breaking Bad will go the cliched route of having the DEA boss in business with Gus.
This is all a distinct possibility though:
This is all a distinct possibility though:
smokeymicpot
Beat EviLore at pool.
I have a feeling Jeese will live. Next season will be Walt vs Jesse.tycoonheart said:
Cornballer
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Uno Venova
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Just saw the episode and damn I love Aaron Paul this season.
Cornballer
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dave is ok
aztek is ok
Everything about this shot is amazing.
tycoonheart
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markot said:
Wow.
And I dont think that gus is protecting walt, the old timer wanted him dead, and the 2 twins were trying to do it just for him.
I dont think the cartel cares much, they just want the market back, and gus took that from them.
But things have changed since then.
Gus was going to rely on Gale. Gale's dead, baby. Gus has no one to go to for cooking meth other than Walt. So if the cartel is after Walt, Gus has no choice but to protect Walt from them.
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It actually makes me rethink the whole 'DEA boss is working for Gus' theory because of the way Hanks' walker points at both of them with the whole 'DON'T METH WITH US' being turned into 'METH WITH US'RaidenZR said:
dave is ok said:
DEA connections or not, the whole thing with Madrigal Electromotive was an interesting look into the behind-the-scenes stuff of the Pollos empire. I had always assumed that Gus was pretty much the head honcho of the whole thing: he owned the restaurants, he ran the meth business, and that was that. Now, with the reveal that, at least on paper, Los Pollos Hermanos is actually owned by a much, much larger company, it calls into question Gus' actual place in everything.
RaidenZR said:
That's just it.. we have no idea what the power structure of Madrigal Electromotive is. Gus could be running the whole thing, or he could just be running the Pollos/Meth arm of it, with the larger operations being run by a person (or people) we have yet to see.
I don't know if it's that weird that a company would own multiple businesses in different industries, though. It seems like the kind of thing companies would do if the business to be bought up seems like a good investment.
...which they didn't pay for, implying that the insane amount of money they're making from blue is being funnelled through the parent company. If Walt is making dozens of times too much money for a car wash imagine how much money Gus is looking at. Too much to clean through PollosStet said:
markot said:
Wow.
And I dont think that gus is protecting walt, the old timer wanted him dead, and the 2 twins were trying to do it just for him.
I dont think the cartel cares much, they just want the market back, and gus took that from them.
Great spot in that trailer.
If Gus is 'protecting' Walt from the cartel - and as you say, I'd be pretty surprised if that were the question - it's clearly only for his own ends. Once he has found a meth cook who can do a passable imitation of Walt's work, it's goodbye Mr. White as far as Gus is concerned. Fantastic episode again though, should silence everyone who complains that nothing has been happening in the main storyline. Hank is so damn cool.
Here's my full review and analysis. Thanks to everyone who reads!
-Pyromaniac-
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Yeah, people shouldn't forget that Walt was taken from his home to the laundromat where he was about to be murdered because he was no longer needed by Gus. Gus doesn't give a shit about Walter, he just cares about his business.
Harry Dresden
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RaidenZR said:
Highly-Diversified.
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CiSTM said:
I speculated about this on the page just before last night's episode began and I definitely think it's happening now.
sixteen-bit
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Marie is a fan of the colorYoungHav said:
-Pyromaniac-
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unless walt/jesse saves his life somehow. And although Walt has gone a bit crazy this season I don't think that's indicative of him now and forever being a "dipshit". In the past he has shown that he is a smart/decisive/strategic person.Woo-Fu said:
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harSon said:
Hank's boss has long been the victim of speculation on the internet, for the following reasons:
1. Gave Hank a promotion, shipping him off to Mexico, when he was at the peak of his Heisenberg investigation and doesn't even speak Spanish (fairly convincing)
2. People thought he might be the one on the other end of the phone in One Minute (unconvincing)
3. Clearly knows and gets on well with Gus, has worked with him for some time (fairly convincing)
I don't think there's anything overwhelmingly in favour of him being a mole - the first reason is a little suspicious, but the second and third are dubious. It pains me to say it, but the person who looked most uncomfortable during that final scene was Gomez. If anyone's downloaded it, watch how they keep him in frame during the bit where Hank pretends to admit defeat, and then whips out the fingerprint evidence: Gomez' expression is interesting, to say the least.
I'm not totally convinced either way, and feel that it would be pretty lazy writing to have a DEA mole, but we shall see. Also, I made reference to the German corporation in the Los Pollos commercial last year on either AVClub or Hitfix, can't remember which; so great to see it come up again.
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Yet Gus is the one who almost got Mike's head blown off recentlyWoo-Fu said:
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dave is ok said:
Mike was there as insurance, just in case. Once they knew something was up they pulled him out and put the red shirts in.
Mike has to take those types of risks, he just doesn't have to take them blindly, or because his boss isn't the one wearing the pants at home.
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I expect Gus to boxcutter his own throat btw, or else he is a hypocrite.
SpeedingUptoStop
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Mike's healing factor is no match for Hank's. Hank's gone from bed nearly walking in the time Mike's been wearing that tape on his ear. Maybe he does it to be cool now, like Nelly.
dave is ok
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It's been like 14 episodes spanning months since Hank got shot. On most shows, he'd be hurt for one episode if that.SpeedingUptoStop said:
I really think they moved him from the walker to the cane in one episode just so he could point at the picture and have the cane pointing at Gus and the DEA boss at the same time.
smokeymicpot
Beat EviLore at pool.
This shows time line is a little strange. Isn't it still 2009 or something around those lines.SpeedingUptoStop said:
The RAGE product placement was borderline offensive. It literally felt like I was watching an advert and the show hadn't started.
the rest of the episode was good. Hank's scene at the end when he's piecing the case together is probably my favourite thing all season.
the rest of the episode was good. Hank's scene at the end when he's piecing the case together is probably my favourite thing all season.
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