tv show: Breaking Bad

[Sid Hartha]

This show must be disappointing to people who just want to enjoy a series about a former teacher who cooks meth.

[numberthirty]

That was a punch in the gut.

[EmpireStateTroopers]

Jesus. That might be the most intense 2 minutes of tv ever.

[numberthirty]

Just to throw this out there -

How in the hell is Skylar not making an immunity deal and going into witness protection with her kids? ERawk has already mentioned this but, at this point it's getting hard to suspend disbelief.

Walt would be dead the minute he went inside. End of problem.

What acceptable outcome does she see on the course she is on at this point?

[Wheely]

Jesus. That might be the most intense 2 minutes of tv ever.

Quite possibly true.

How in the hell is Skylar not making an immunity deal and going into witness protection with her kids? ERawk has already mentioned this but, at this point it's getting hard to suspend disbelief.

There's the lingering desire to not let the kids find out about their father, but I think at some point she's going to get over that.

[Plastic Eggs]

Holy shit. This season went from a low simmer to boiling in a matter of seconds.

[Dr. Geek]

As mention above, what a punch to the gut.

So much to love in this episode [SPOILERS!]:

- Chekov's dirt bike
- Meth Damon: His questioning of Walt and Jesse's heist had me suspecting he was an informant or an undercover cop. Then when he was on top of the train and the gang had to make a sudden split, I was certain he was going to eat rail.
- The return of the EPA agent! Skyler used his skills to get Bogdan to sell her the car wash. Nice to see him back. "You guys can fix an engine? Of course you can, you're engineers!"
- Meth Damon, again: Waving "Hello" to the kid, and then...a bullet to the gut. Walt did tell him only the three of them (and Mike) and no one else was to know about the heist. He took Walt's words to heart. This now creates another dynamic between Jesse, who is committed to keeping kids out of their work and is protective of them, and Walt, who is not above using kids for his advantage. How will Walt convince Jesse this was the right course of action?
- Mike: "Everyone is Meryl Streep with a gun to the head." Bit of foreshadowing to Jesse realizing Walt poisoned Brock? Walt's been very vocal with Skyler this season about that incident with Jesse. Doubt it was just thrown in for dialogue purposes alone...

[syntaxfree07]

What a perfect sense of relief followed by "Oh my God that is the craziest thing they've ever done" 10 seconds later.

[Andrew.]

- The return of the EPA agent! Skyler used his skills to get Bogdan to sell her the car wash. Nice to see him back.

Comedian Bill Burr.

[subprime]

bill burr baggins

[John Houlihan]

- The return of the EPA agent! Skyler used his skills to get Bogdan to sell her the car wash. Nice to see him back.

Comedian Bill Burr.

I thought he was just one of Goodman's goons. He was there when Ted had his accident.

[BClark]

- The return of the EPA agent! Skyler used his skills to get Bogdan to sell her the car wash. Nice to see him back.

Comedian Bill Burr.

I thought he was just one of Goodman's goons. He was there when Ted had his accident.

presumably whoever works for saul can be hired out by mike. at first we thought mike worked for saul, before we found out he worked for gus.

[Dr. Geek]

*puts on tinfoil hat*

Also, Todd sounds like the German tod, which in English means death. The abbreviation TOD also means time of death.

It's all downhill from here.

*removes tinfoil hat*

[llllllllllllllllllllllll]

Just finished watching the last one. My fucking god.

[cerebralheadtrip]

[P.J. Craven]

Skylar sucks. She's terrible. Every time she's on the screen, I tune out. She sucks.

I don't tune out, but I feel similarly.

[John W.]

She'll get better once she starts going from scared lady to end-of-her-rope crazy lady... I hope. I want to see her go bonkers and fuck with Walt big time.

[BClark]

well i think the actress who plays her is good, but they've made too big a deal out of her character in this season. prior to this she's been a constant thorn in walt's side, which was understandable and made for some good drama at first, but now their idea is "well now that walt is even deeper in the game, she's gonna be even more of a bitch." the back-and-forth between her and walt is getting old.

the show's creators are surely aware that so many people see skylar as "that bitch," and i sort of feel they're pushing that right now to prime us for a very gruesome murder of her and possibly others.

or they feel it's become too much of a "guy's show" and they now intend to compensate.

or this:

I want to see her go bonkers and fuck with Walt big time.

yeah, between her, mike, and hank, (and jesse?), someone is going to seriously derail walt's train before the thing is over. first scene of this season seemed to foreshadow a serious "shit hits the fan" moment in the near future.

[cerebralheadtrip]

theres still that vial of ricin Walt has too. should be interesting to see when that gets pulled out.

[Braniac5]

^^^Tod meaning death in German, good catch.^^^

Walt told Skyler he was robbing a train, I've a feeling those words will come back to haunt him. Hubris.

Hank referring to Walt Jr. as 'Emo McGee' = comedy gold.

Though the show is much less comedic now obviously.

edit: I don't see Skyler as a 'bitch', more like a good person looking out for her kids, which I respect.