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Breaking Bad - Season 5 interim thread - the series concludes Summer 2013 on AMC

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digoutyoursoul

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Just finished season 1-4 over the course of a couple of weeks, easily one of the best TV shows I've watched in my lifetime. Going to watch first part of season 5 next week
 
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rekameohs

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shinobi602 said:
You guys weren't kidding when you said it gets better, shiiieeeeet
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lol this always happens. Trust us when we say this is one of the rarest shows in which it gets better every season. And since the first half of season 5 > the first half of season 4, I can't wait to see what happens in the second half.
 
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rekameohs said:
lol this always happens. Trust us when we say this is one of the rarest shows in which it gets better every season. And since the first half of season 5 > the first half of season 4, I can't wait to see what happens in the second half.
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Shit's going down. July is still far away :(
 
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- Onion A|V Club's Random Roles feature: Giancarlo Esposito on Revolution and bullying Vince Gilligan on Breaking Bad

The Breaking Bad parts:
Breaking Bad (2009-2011)—“Gus Fring”

GE: One of the favorite characters that I’ve ever played. I really wanted to be involved in a TV show at the time, but going in to do a read on video for them… at that point and time in my life, I thought, “Do I still have to do this?” But I related to this character, particularly the line “hiding in plain sight.” I also related to the scourge of drugs in our American culture, and I wanted to be a part of something that made a statement about that and brought that to people’s attention. So I went out to do what was to be one guest-spot episode, and by the time I got off the plane coming home, I got a call asking me if I wanted to do another. And I said, “I’ll do another because I’m interested in doing this character, but I think after that, that’ll be it, unless I have the opportunity to be a part of this family of filmmakers that I fell in love with on the first episode.”

And I really did fall in love. I found people who really were committed to what they did, they did it with grace and aplomb, and every member of the cast and crew, down to the drivers, were reading every single script. So it had people’s attention from the very beginning, and it certainly got mine. I did the last two episodes of season two, and then for season three, they called and offered me seven, and I said, “No, I really want to do more than that.” They said, “Well, we only do 13!” I said, “Well, then come back with an offer better than seven, and we’ll talk.” And they did. What I heard from everyone was that they had fully expected this character to be around for three or four episodes and then be gone, and I guess they were riveted by the quality and the intensity and integrity of my work, but my work was only reflective of all of those who are a part of that great show, especially Bryan Cranston and the other actors. I had great chemistry with Bryan, and they saw it, so there was room to create and explore Gustavo Fring in a deeper way. And I’m really in gratitude that Vince Gilligan had such a depth of vision and the foresight to see that this character could be a great addition to what he had envisioned in Breaking Bad.

AVC: When the time came to wrap up Gus’s storyline, did they give you a decent amount of warning? Did you see it as inevitable?

GE: Well, I knew there were many different ways it could turn out, and I’d obviously hoped they could string it out a little longer. It was at the beginning of the fourth season when I found out, after I’d done one of the most interesting pieces of work I’ve done in my life, on “Box Cutter.” I love Waiting For Godot, I love plays that have space in them, and the first scene in “Box Cutter,” that first 10 minutes where I don’t say anything ’til the end of the scene, was an exercise in creativity that I’ve always yearned to do. It was after that first episode—I knew just from working in television that you would not see me again probably for another one or two episodes. And when I came back for Episode 4.03 (“Open House”), I got called into Vince’s office. They said, “He wants to see you,” and I thought, “Oh, that can’t be good.” [Laughs.] That’s never good, you know?

I went in, and I started talking about directing, which, if there’s one regret I have, it’s that I didn’t have an opportunity to direct [on Breaking Bad]. They knew I wanted to do it, but they were filled up, trying to get all the slots taken care of as quickly as possible. Anyway, I spent the first 10 minutes talking about that, with the door open, but then he got up to close the door to the office. And I went into my Gus Fring mode… and he, uh, got a little nervous. I said, “Sit down. Don’t close the door.” We chatted a little further, I came out of Gus mode and went back into being Giancarlo, but then he stood up again and said, “Look, I really just want to close the door…” And I snapped back into Gus mode and said, “Sit. Down.” And then he got really nervous, and he kind of stood there, awkwardly. And that’s when I busted out laughing. [Laughs.] I said, “Go ahead and close the door. I know what you’re gonna say.”

Vince said, “We didn’t expect your character to be around this long, we really want to give him the proper ending and resolve everything, if we can find that.” And we spoke about how Gus would go out and how to answer these questions, and I said, “Well, I don’t think he gets shot. I think it’s something bigger and more massive than that.” And he said, “Well, for example, if it were some kind of explosion, what might Gus be doing?” And I said, “Well, Vince, look at me. Look what I do. I’m very proper in my own life in general, but as Gus, I’ve developed this button-the-top-button thing where I’m just fastidiously put together.” Because I think it says a lot about a person if he cares about how he looks. So we talked about that, and so I knew right away, pretty much at the top of the fourth season, that it’d be in 4.13 that it’d all happen, and I got a proper amount of respect and grace, and even got included in the process of how it might happen. I’m eternally grateful to Vince for that.
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It's a worthwhile interview overall, so check it out when you get a chance. I didn't realize that he was in Trading Places, too.
 
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Cornballer said:
The Breaking Bad parts:It's a worthwhile interview overall, so check it out when you get a chance. I didn't realize that he was in Trading Places, too.
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Yeah, I was watching it the other day for the hundredth time and he's one of the cellmates when Eddie Murphy is initially locked up.
 
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i_am_not_jon_ames said:
Welp, beware of spoilers now. :(

"For the love of blue meth ... someone has stolen a copy of a script from the upcoming final season of "Breaking Bad" and it was snatched from Heisenberg himself ... Bryan Cranston!"
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shamanick

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Wow, I can't believe they're actually finished shooting Hank's scenes. It's gonna be real weird when there's no more episodes to look forward to.

On the bright side, I hope we get some fun wrap party pics soon.
 
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BigAT

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I don't know if I'll be able to handle videos of the cast wrapping up production. The one they did of Jonathon Banks' last day of filming was devastating and that was just a single actor. Seeing the entire cast and crew finishing...it would be too much.
 
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- Yahoo!: 'Breaking Bad' Season 5 Hits DVD, Blu-Ray on June 4
Looking to catch up with "Breaking Bad" before the show rides off into the TV sunset this summer? Need a little refresher on the shocking events of the first half of Season 5 before the show's final eight episodes unfold? Sony's got just what you're looking for: the "Breaking Bad: The Fifth Season" DVD and Blu-ray boxed sets which the studio, we've learned exclusively, will release on June 4.

The sets will include all eight episodes from the first half of Season 5, along with cast and crew commentaries for each episode, deleted scenes, outtakes, 19 "Inside Breaking Bad" episodes, audition footage for guest stars Jesse Plemons and Laura Fraser, a feature on the "Gallery 1988 Art Show" with artwork inspired by the series, and "Chris Hardwick's All-Star Celebrity Bowling" with the Nerdist team taking on the "Breaking Bad" crew to raise money for charity.

Both DVD and Blu-ray versions of the release will also include "Chicks 'N' Guns," a scene created exclusively for the home entertainment releases. The scene revolves around Aaron Paul's Jesse and reveals a backstory for the Season 5 episode "Gliding All Over," the midseason finale.

In "Chicks 'N' Guns," Jesse fears the DEA, having sent Mike on the run, is about to close in on him, so he deals with it the way Jesse is wont to deal with such scenarios: He and pal Skinny Pete invite a stripper to help them forget their troubles, until Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) arrives and puts Jesse's troubles into a new and even scarier perspective. The DVD and Blu-ray releases also include a "Behind the Scenes" featurette that follows Paul and Odenkirk through the filming of the "Chicks 'N' Guns" scene.

"The extra scene we created exclusively for the Blu-ray and DVD proves just how much the relationship between Jesse and Walt has drastically changed over the past five seasons of 'Breaking Bad,'" series creator Vince Gilligan says. "'Chicks 'N' Guns' is an original idea that presents fans with a pivotal missing moment during Episode 508, 'Gliding Over All.' Writers Jenn Carroll and Gordon Smith, and director Michelle MacLaren, did a fantastic job bringing it to life, and I think fans will love it."

Other goodies on the bonus-packed releases include "Writers' Room Timelapse," in which the show's writing staff takes viewers through the process of breaking an entire episode ("Fifty-One"); "Nothing Stops This Train," a behind-the-scenes look at the train heist storyline from the "Dead Freight" episode; and "The Cleaner: Jonathan Banks as Mike," an interview with fan favorite Banks.

The final eight episodes of "Breaking Bad," starring Emmy winners Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, will premiere on AMC this summer.

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