Breaking Bad - Season 5 (AMC) (2 Viewers)

[Greg_S_H]

I almost want to go into a complete blackout, because sometimes the discussions even come too close to what's going to happen.

 

[joshEH]

The promos this half-season have been maddeningly vague, Mad Men-style, with seemingly-randomly-chosen images played alongside completely-out-of-context dialogue, so as to not give anything important away.

That said, I totally understand why they're doing it.

 

[joshEH]

Final scene tonight will probably be Walt making the call.

"Hello, my name is Walter White -- I need a new dust-filter for a Hoover MaxExtract Pressure-Pro Model 60."

Jesus Christ, less than 30 minutes to go.

 

[joshEH]

R.I.P.

"Look upon my works ye mighty / And despair."

Seriously, films should be jealous of what television just accomplished.

 

[joshEH]

My God. This show.

 

[TravisR]

They have the advantage of rushing towards the end but that was a truly great episode. To the point that it makes every show on TV (even the really good ones) look like crap.

I'm glad that Hank went out on his feet (figuratively) and got to tell Jack to "fuck himself".

 

[Tina_H_V]

WOW!!!!!!! What a finish to this episode and where will we be at this time two weeks from now!!!????? Who knows?????

But one thing for sure: this classic TV series is definitely going out in a blaze of glory, IMHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And, yes, Josh, the call did go out to the Hoover Vacuum Cleaner man, after all--just as I suspected it would...as things turned out!!!!

And to think that 49ers-Seahawks game was delayed the entire time this particular episode of Breaking Bad aired!!!!!!! Thus, I did not miss a thing!!!

 

[Ric Easton]

Something tells me this show won't end with the family sitting in a diner listening to Journey.

 

[joshEH]

I feel like I was just gut-punched for an entire hour. Because I was. That was Breaking Bad's Red Wedding, and there are still TWO MORE EPISODES TO GO. Masterful television.

Worst family-meeting since the Vendrells. I'm thinking the final two eps will entail Walt stowing his money away for the family's future, then going back and killing the Nazis so that his family can get away.

And I'm glad nobody got accidentally stabbed during that scrum. I'm so conditioned to watching shitty TV shows that I was almost shocked that that didn't happen.

Walt's just all about finding new lines to cross, isn't he? Walt lying for something....positive. That was jaw-dropping. Going all Mel Gibson on his wife over the phone. Getting the Feds off Skyler's back. Cranston just keeps getting better, somehow.

And, for the love of Dean Pelton's Shiny Cranium™, how fantastic was Rian Johnson's direction tonight? Gorgeous stuff.


Maybe Jesse will be able to put the Chili P in his Nazi slave-meth.

They have the advantage of rushing towards the end but that was a truly great episode. To the point that it makes every show on TV (even the really good ones) look like crap.

I'm glad that Hank went out on his feet (figuratively) and got to tell Jack to "fuck himself".

"ASAC Schrader."

LIKE A BAWSS.

If Hank was going to have anything resembling a "good" death, that was it. Unrepentant, unbowed, unflinching. "Go fuck yourself," indeed.

 

[Greg.K]

Man, that was one of the more uncomfortable to watch hours of TV ever. But it had to happen this way. Incredible all around.

 

[joshEH]

Also:

"Next on AMC...Low Winter Sun."

That's like, "We hope you enjoyed the Beatles; now here's your cousin's crappy bar-band."

 

[joshEH]

That phone call is also a brilliant critique of the people who hate Skyler. There are fans, and there are those other fans who were probably waiting years for Walter to call her a "bitch" and tell her off, and it probably tasted like ashes when it finally happened.

...Or worse, it didn't.

 

[TonyD]

That phone call is also a brilliant critique of the people who hate Skyler. There are fans, and there are those other fans who were probably waiting years for Walter to call her a "bitch" and tell her off, and it probably tasted like ashes when it finally happened. ...Or worse, it didn't.

Maybe i just dont get the tone of this post but you know that wasn't what Walt was doing dont you? He was trying to disassociate Skyler from everything. To save her.

 

[TonyD]

His threats to her will likely have her and the kids ending up in witness protectionand and new life

 

[Quentin]

That was as intense as TV gets. Honestly, the final two episodes...what can they do? Oh, sure, stow the money, come back to deal with the Nazis, maybe save Jesse. But, this was "the end". This was the episode that showed what happens when you try to lead a life of crime.

You. Finish. With. Nothing.

Very sad stuff...but, what made it super sad was watching Cranston/Walt put on that performance to make sure Skyler is clear...even though she deserves it NOT ONE IOTA! She has changed her goddamned mind so many times over this series and has insisted on 'straight' answers when SHE wants them and basically been utterly selfish and self-serving every step of the way. Well, you know what Skyler? You are going to get your cake and eat it to thanks to your husband, but normally people do NOT get their cake and eat it too. You were evil when it suited you and righteously indignant when it suited you...and, I honestly would have preferred you died and Flynn take care of Holly with Aunt Marie. Seriously...first she's panicking and bending over for Marie and spilling it to Flynn thinking they are done for. And, not two days after telling Walt to kill Jesse she decides that Hank getting killed is too much? Screw her.

I'm now thinking the ricin is for both Walt AND Jesse. They aren't living through this. And, they shouldn't. They've done evil. Lots of it. And, they need to pay up. At least I hope this is what will happen. I don't want to see Skyler AND Jesse essentially get away with their crimes.

 

[joshEH]

Maybe i just dont get the tone of this post but you know that wasn't what Walt was doing dont you? He was trying to disassociate Skyler from everything. To save her.

Yup -- discussed that in my post above, there.

 

[joshEH]

Tonight, Skyler finally told Junior she always knew the difference between Raisin Bran and Raisin Bran Crunch.

"SO WAIT -- WERE ALL MY BREAKFASTS LIES, ALSO? WERE YOU SERVING LIES FOR BREAKFAST?!?"

 

[Quentin]

Tonight, Skyler finally told Junior she always knew the difference between Raisin Bran and Raisin Bran Crunch.

"SO WAIT -- WERE ALL MY BREAKFASTS LIES, ALSO? WERE YOU SERVING LIES FOR BREAKFAST?!?"

Yes. It was all Capt. Crunch and YOU WERE TOO STUPID TO NOTICE!

 

[joshEH]

"Sorry for your loss."

To say nothing of:

"...Let's cook."

Plus the photo of Andrea and Brock.

Jesus Christ, this show. So cold.

 

[Quentin]

I think Todd MEANT to save that rail/chain system for Lydia. Good thing he can think on the fly!