Anyone else listen to the Afterbuzz Breaking Bad podcast? Anyone know of any others?
Steven Michael Quezada (Gomez) has his own show called "The After After Party" where Bryan Cranston comes on and there is some Breaking Bad talk.. not overly enlightening, but entertaining.
Just watching an old Seinfeld episode, Skyler plays Mora, Georges gf who wont break up with him, lol. Amazing the actors and actresses that made cameo appearances on Seinfeld
Upon further reflection, I think s05e08 would have been a fine ending for the series. I despise happy endings and prefer conclusions that leave a lot to the viewer's imagination (the finale to the Sopranos gets better all the time).
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We're left to wonder what the deal is between Jesse and Mr. White. Was Walt's latest visit an act of contrition? Did it salvage their relationship? If Walt really is "out" is there a relationship there to save?
Speaking of which, is Walt really out of the meth business? My guess is that the cancer is back and he knows his days are numbered. This is his last chance to make things right with Skyler, repair is family, and pass away feeling like his foray criminal enterprise served a purpose.
Seeing Hank finally made the connection and leaving things open-ended would be a nice touch too. Fans can speculate and formulate their own theories, but we'll never know for sure. Of course, there's a good chance that could increase demand for a Breaking Bad move (four five seasons and a movie) which means more money for everyone involved.
I'm preparing myself for disappointment with the final 8 episodes next summer. There will be such a build up and such enormous pressure to live up to the fans' expectations that there is no way Gilligan and Co. can meet that mark.
Upon further reflection, I think s05e08 would have been a fine ending for the series. I despise happy endings and prefer conclusions that leave a lot to the viewer's imagination (the finale to the Sopranos gets better all the time).
ugh - I couldn't disagree more. I have enough uncertainty and open ended plotlines in my own life. When I watch a television show for five years; I want to know the end of the story as the writer sees it. Don't cop out on me - tell me your story to the end.
“We can either take him at his word or not — he is of course infamous for being one of the world’s greatest liars — but I tend to believe, personally, that he was telling [Skyler] the truth when he told her that,” Gilligan shared with TVLine during a Tuesday press conference call.
That said, we might not have seen Walt’s very final cook. ”It’s hard to say,” Gilligan allows. “We’re still working out the final eight episodes [to air next summer on AMC], and my writers and I still don’t know how it’s all going to quite lay out…. But it’s looking like he’s out of the business, for sure.”
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I think Walt's problem will be with the people he is in business with (and Hank). He becomes a person on a list, like Lydia's, who after he is no longer useful, needs to go because he knows too much and has seen too much. If Walt isn't cooking he has little to offer Lydia, Todd, the Phoenix crew, etc., etc.
I'm not sure if it was mentioned in this thread before, but I read an interesting post at some point about the alternative narrative in Breaking Bad. This narrative follows Hank, a more traditional protagonist good guy out to solve the crime and take down the bad guys.
If you think about it, that story would be pretty run of the mill stuff and perhaps that's how the germ of Breaking Bad first took shape. What if you followed the bad guy instead and watched his transformation from regular wimp to criminal mastermind?
Hank would have pieced it all together when he thought about the school robberies with the chem equipment going missing. That is the more indicting piece of evidence against Walt.
I'm not sure if it was mentioned in this thread before, but I read an interesting post at some point about the alternative narrative in Breaking Bad. This narrative follows Hank, a more traditional protagonist good guy out to solve the crime and take down the bad guys.
If you think about it, that story would be pretty run of the mill stuff and perhaps that's how the germ of Breaking Bad first took shape. What if you followed the bad guy instead and watched his transformation from regular wimp to criminal mastermind?
The only issue, I have with that is that Hank really that good of a guy himself. He often bends the rules. He also openly mokes prostitutes and meth heads. A major part of why he misses the connection with Walk initially is because he looks down upon him as a nerd.
Upon further reflection, I think s05e08 would have been a fine ending for the series.
I disagree, open endings are just lazy writing to me "Oh crap, we wrote ourselves into a corner! Better let the viewer/reader think something up... I'm going for beers".
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Upon further reflection, I think s05e08 would have been a fine ending for the series. I despise happy endings and prefer conclusions that leave a lot to the viewer's imagination (the finale to the Sopranos gets better all the time).
The Sopranos provided enough information to answer all the questions though, as the writers/directors said afterwards. Breaking Bad still has a tonne of questions to answer.
I disagree, open endings are just lazy writing to me "Oh crap, we wrote ourselves into a corner! Better let the viewer/reader think something up... I'm going for beers".
Maybe we will find out that Walt actually had a brain cancet and this is all some kind of dream world that he has created and been living in for the last couple of years. Just kidding.
Hank should have suspected Walt earlier, but on one hand, if Walt and Hank weren't related would he ever been found out? Would Hank have even figured out about Gus? On the other hand would Walt have been caught sooner after those chemistry supplies were stolen if it would have been another agent on the case. Still Gus would have been spared and meth would still be a problem that Hank might not have ever solved. Ah, it's a real chicken and the egg kind of problem.
Hank would have pieced it all together when he thought about the school robberies with the chem equipment going missing. That is the more indicting piece of evidence against Walt.
Aside from personally knowing that Walt is Heisenberg, how does Hank go about proving it now? The book wouldn't really mean a lot in the grand scheme of things, and he would presumably need a warrant to take it, which would tip his hand before he could catch Walt in the act. Curious to see how he will sell this to his DEA colleagues, or if he just goes rogue. I guess I can see how this would be tricky for Hank to make arrests.
Aside from personally knowing that Walt is Heisenberg, how does Hank go about proving it now? The book wouldn't really mean a lot in the grand scheme of things, and he would presumably need a warrant to take it, which would tip his hand before he could catch Walt in the act. Curious to see how he will sell this to his DEA colleagues, or if he just goes rogue. I guess I can see how this would be tricky for Hank to make arrests.
He'll be going rogue, its to personal for Hank now.
Hank is smarter than your average bear, he'll figure it out. The book wasn't necessarily there as evidence, it was there to put a though in his head. He'll take it from there.
Just watching an old Seinfeld episode, Skyler plays Mora, Georges gf who wont break up with him, lol. Amazing the actors and actresses that made cameo appearances on Seinfeld
That wasn't Skyler, Anna Gunn. That was Alex Kapp Horner
