Forgot to mention last week that's Jesse's behaviour would probably draw attention. Even if he did drive off after throwing the money around, the money probably would have made a story on the news. People wouldn't have been able to keep quiet on that.
So yeah, of course Hank was going to run into him sooner or later.
Was a little surprised he was pushing Skyler so hard when he first met her. Guess it does show to his character, he really wants this.
And for once I did feel bad for Marie. Of course she would be mad if she thought Walt somehow caused Hank to get shot (which in a roundabout way he did).
Wonder what's going to happen with Walt Jr. Wonder if Hank and or Marie might try talking to him. Even if not, Walt and Skyler are going to have to spill the beans pretty soon here.
Walt doesn't cause death. Guns do! Lol. Just wanted to say that randomly.
I had my son tell me that Vince Gilligan has written the show using Checkovs gun theory.
I thought it was a novel but according to Wiki it is:
Chekhov's gun is a dramatic principle which requires every element in a narrative to be necessary and irreplaceable, and for everything else to be removed.[1][2][3] Stated by Anton Chekhov, "Remove everything that has no relevance to the story. If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be hanging there."[3][4] Under this principle, a seemingly unimportant object ("Chekhov's gun") that is shown or mentioned in the narrative will serve as a plot device or have some other significance later (i.e. foreshadowing).
Variations on the statement include:
"One must not put a loaded rifle on the stage if no one is thinking of firing it." Chekhov, letter to Aleksandr Semenovich Lazarev (pseudonym of A. S. Gruzinsky), 1 November 1889.[5]
"If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there." From Gurlyand's Reminiscences of A. P. Chekhov, in Teatr i iskusstvo 1904, No. 28, 11 July, p. 521.[6]
Which sums up the show perfectly. When I watched tonight it felt like going back to the first episode when Walt went out into the desert.
When listening to Gilligan (from the Charlie Rose interview) talk about his and the other writer's methods, it sounds like they actually do a reverse of this, where they purposefully scour over previous episodes, eg) Leaves of Grass and use it in future episodes to actually make it look very well planned and hashed out in advance.
Walt seemed pretty blase about whether all of the money was in the barrels, and the look on Huell and Burr's face seemed to indicate something was up.
I'm pretty sure they pocketed a few bills and when Walt said; "Close enough" he's essentially acknowledging that he didn't care if a few bundles were missing and they had a guily/relieved look on their faces.
I'm pretty sure they pocketed a few bills and when Walt said; "Close enough" he's essentially acknowledging that he didn't care if a few bundles were missing and they had a guily/relieved look on their faces.
Yeah, a little light humour I thought in classic Breaking Bad form.
That would probably be pretty cool if they gave the real location. Sounds like there are already tours of some of the locations used in the show. Not that I would go to ABQ just for that, but if I was there, it would be pretty fun to do some Breaking Bad geo-caching.
Wonder if anybody can find the real location on Google Earth...
I was thinking about that. I kind of wished that the coordinates they gave are to a place where nothing could be conceivably buried (i.e. the middle of a lake or the peak of a mountain)
I am wondering what Walt and family are still doing in Albuquerque. Money laundering in such a small demographic is going to be painfully slow. It would be easier to find that associate of Saul's and get a new identity for him and his family as multimillionaires in a new location away from Hank and all of their Albuquerque troubles. Maybe that is what he does, and has to return for some reason.
Wonder if that's what all the New Hampshire stuff is about... But Walt's ego can't let some unfinished business go.
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Wonder if that's what all the New Hampshire stuff is about... But Walt's ego can't let some unfinished business go.
Naw. Walt is obviously deeply distressed on his trip back to Abq. Looks frankly like he's lost everything and realized the money isn't worth it. There's no way the family is safe and sound back in N.H. and he's just tying somethings up.
Family is either already dead, against him, or in jail. Or a combination, Skyler could be in jail and the kids could have been taken away for instance.
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Naw. Walt is obviously deeply distressed on his trip back to Abq. Looks frankly like he's lost everything and realized the money isn't worth it. There's no way the family is safe and sound back in N.H. and he's just tying somethings up.
Family is either already dead, against him, or in jail. Or a combination, Skyler could be in jail and the kids could have been taken away for instance.
Interesting. Initially I thought maybe the ricin was just suicide for Walt, but maybe the whole White family is going to pull a Joseph Goebbels act somehow.
I was thinking about that. I kind of wished that the coordinates they gave are to a place where nothing could be conceivably buried (i.e. the middle of a lake or the peak of a mountain)
It looks like the real location is a placed called "Tohajiilee", located west of ABQ.
The terrain, just looking on Google's satellite view, is incredible. It is reserve land, so that explains the erroneous GPS coordinate to thwart any copy-cat Walter Whites.
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Interesting. Initially I thought maybe the ricin was just suicide for Walt, but maybe the whole White family is going to pull a Joseph Goebbels act somehow.
Doesn't explain the gun though...
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Ricin is a fairly stupid suicide delivery. It takes days. Why not just shoot yourself? Walt's got the means.
The ricin really only works as a covert murder delivery.
And why would he travel out of his way just to commit suicide? Suicide slowly?
Ricin is not a suicide pill, doesn't make sense to take it. First like I said, you die slowly. This leads to the second reason. High levels officials are often thought to carry suicide pills so they don't give information under threat of torture. If you took ricin, you'd still have many hours to be tortured and leak info.
Naw he's got a plan for it. Someone who he feels betrayed him.
