Breaking Bad

[dave from knoxville]

I thought of Fred Mertz as the anti-hero.

[Kormodd]

1940s-1950s Frawley would make Walt look like a choir boy.

[cutout]

I still wasn't sure why Jesse pulled out a joint and smoked it in Saul's office last week.

[cavorting with nudists]

I still wasn't sure why Jesse pulled out a joint and smoked it in Saul's office last week.

A. He likes getting high
B. He was under a lot of stress and likes getting high to relieve stress
C. He's generally pissed off at all authority figures everywhere and knew it would bug Saul, which he liked
D. It was a necessary plot point
E. All of the above

[not that clay]

So how many times has Walt been called the devil now?

[B_Buster]

So how many times has Walt been called the devil now?

Kicking myself that I didn't get into a "Walt is the devil" over or under pool.

[dave from knoxville]

Every time I remember that someone said "Walt is the devil", I imagine throwing back a shot.

[Kormodd]

Todd's the real devil. Walt at least has some limits.

[Steve of Bloomington]

Just piping in to make sure everybody's aware of Todd's popular Internet nickname, 'Meth Damon'.

[Crusherkc]

This is what the show looks like to Mike

The Dukes of Heisenberg / Breaking Bad: Hazzard County

[cavorting with nudists]

Well. my jaw was dropped.

To the floor for 45 minutes.

After which it descended to the basement and sub-basement.

My feeling on a single viewing was that this was where this final mini-season shifted from "plot movement based on stratagems that um, might kiiiiinda plausibly work if a zillion disparate tumblers cooperated in falling into place" to "plot movement based on dueling stratagems (what were there in this episode, 4? at least 3) that APPEAR totally plausible, just some foiled and some not." Am I wrong?

And as a last note, Walt's crawling amid the rocks in what seemed like the 45:00-55:00 marks kinda reminded me of Hank Quinlan near the end of Orson Welles' Touch of Evil--not visually, just moodwise--the secretly corrupt tough guy who's called all the shots for so long, finally being hounded into a corner.  Love that Touch of Evil!

[masterofsparks]

And as a last note, Walt's crawling amid the rocks in what seemed like the 45:00-55:00 marks kinda reminded me of Hank Quinlan near the end of Orson Welles' Touch of Evil--not visually, just moodwise--the secretly corrupt tough guy who's called all the shots for so long, finally being hounded into a corner.  Love that Touch of Evil!

That and every Western ever.

[cavorting with nudists]

(Spoiler Alert!)

Love finds Todd. Sort of sweet! In a very creepy way.

[B_Buster]

If the shootout continues for the next 2 episodes with every character standing in the open, firing away, and not getting shot, you may consider me a superfan.

[B_Buster]

And as a last note, Walt's crawling amid the rocks in what seemed like the 45:00-55:00 marks kinda reminded me of Hank Quinlan near the end of Orson Welles' Touch of Evil--not visually, just moodwise--the secretly corrupt tough guy who's called all the shots for so long, finally being hounded into a corner.  Love that Touch of Evil!

That and every Western ever.

Probably the most masterful ball cracking in this thread! I salute you, mos!