Breaking Bad (CONTAINS SPOILERS)

[frogwoman]

I don't think Walt will stop. He'll end up changing his mind. Can't see him going back into middle class suburbia again. I don't think it's just about the money for him. He doesn't have that kind of power or respect being a teacher etc.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

And let's not forget, there's the issue of a rather large machine gun to resolve

 

[Ted Striker]

 

[Ted Striker]

I don't think Walt will stop. He'll end up changing his mind. Can't see him going back into middle class suburbia again. I don't think it's just about the money for him. He doesn't have that kind of power or respect being a teacher etc.

I don't think he'll have a choice now. The rest is a cat and mouse game of him evading capture from Hank, although that contradicts the plot of the Eastern Europe exports.

Jeez this series moved too fast IMO...Juts thinking we had a whole multi-level jail murder spree, a train hijack, startup of a new business to a whole new territory, all in the space of a single episode each.

Also, did I miss something with Skylar and the money? Just seemed to come out of nowhere plot wise.

 

[frogwoman]

She was putting it in the garage before.

 

[Gromit]

Self storage facility not garage.

For me the cliff hanger was all too bog standard.

Walt retires. All ties to him have been eliminated. So how do we get another 8 episodes out of this. His identy is discovered from a small oversight forcing him back into the game.

The question is whether it will be a game of pretence or out and out confrontation.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

The question is whether it will be... out and out confrontation.

MASSIVE MACHINE GUN

 

[Metal Malcolm]

I think the book was a bit odd tbh, my memory is that Walt has always been very meticulous about clearing up clues and I'm surprised he kept the book after Gale's death, but perhaps a rewatch of the earlier series will change my mind on that.

Part of the episode was showing how he'd become slack recently - leaving the fly to live in the first scene, letting Lydia live, getting Todd involved. Think of the pack of meth falling off the table and how haphazardly they stack the cash in the montage. Also I'm sure Walt saw the book a couple of episodes ago, chuckled to himself and put it back down. He thinks he's invincible now and he got sloppy.

 

[Yata]

Just checked the Wiki didnt realise but the guy selling Walt the machine gun is the same one who sold him the handgun to kill Gus with in season 4.

Edit: wrote loads more but wiped my hand over the touchpad on my laptop and it fucking went back a page and lost it all oh well fuck it one year cant wait

 

[twistedAM]

I don't think he'll have a choice now. The rest is a cat and mouse game of him evading capture from Hank, although that contradicts the plot of the Eastern Europe exports.

The retirement thing puzzles me.

Was he just lying to Skyler?

if he wasn't, then how is he going to explain that to Loopy Lydia and the Czech mafia?

I hope Hank eats ricin in episode 9 and we get back to business.

 

[BigTom]

The retirement thing puzzles me.

Was he just lying to Skyler?

if he wasn't, then how is he going to explain that to Loopy Lydia and the Czech mafia?

I hope Hank eats ricin in episode 9 and we get back to business.

He could sell his cook method - to Todd / Todd's gang, or to the people Mike introduced him to. Or he could just leave it, he's got all that cash, does Lydia know his real name, where he lives? Who does anymore aside from Jesse? I guess that wouldn't be hard to find out anyway, not been a problem for people in the past.

 

[joustmaster]

I don't think he will have given up..

 

[belboid]

if he wasn't, then how is he going to explain that to Loopy Lydia and the Czech mafia?

He's retired, fer sure. Or he really hopes he has. Lydia schymdia, but the guys who were going to buy the precursor are unlikely to be happy with less than three months supply.

 

[Gromit]

He's retired, fer sure. Or he really hopes he has. Lydia schymdia, but the guys who were going to buy the precursor are unlikely to be happy with less than three months supply.

They wanted the competition gone initially. That was their prime reason for buying.
They'll have that as consolation so won't be too upset unless they are really greedy.

 

[madamv]

Tod could carry on being their guy

 

[Ranbay]

Watched the inside breaking bad, it was good it confirms that Hank knows for sure it's him, which we all knew etc

 

[pocketscience]

Could he be setting up Todd and the white supreacists as the Heisenburg gang?

 

[Structaural]

What are you prepared to tell us at this point about the story of the final eight episodes?

A.
This is where it all comes to an end. There will be resolution in these final eight. We will know where everybody stands. Gosh, what can I say about it? I’m being very maddeningly vague and general. We are going to swing for the fences in these final eight episodes. It’s terrifying, and yet it’s liberating for me and for the writers to know that these are the final eight hours that we’ll ever have for this series. There’s been talk of a movie and whatnot, but I can tell you that none of that is even remotely on my radar right now. As far as I’m concerned, the end of this story is contained within these final eight episodes. We now have freedom, carte blanche I suppose, to dispense with the timid, pusillanimous storytelling we’ve been doing so far.

 

[Structaural]

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2...n-on-breaking-bad-and-the-plumbing-of-it-all/

 

[dylans]

The most chilling part of that final episode was when Walt visits Jesse and leaves him his money. Jesse knows that he has ordered the mass murder of the prisoners and probably suspects he has killed Mike. There is that awkward moment of small talk and nostalgic reminiscing before Jesse makes his excuses and Walt leaves. They are talking about a simpler time and both understand that that time is over forever. Something has changed in Walt and there is no going back.

After Walt shows him the bag of money on the step and leaves, Jesse breaks down, tosses the gun he has been holding behind his back across the room and collapses in relief and shock against the wall. I thought that scene was very revealing. Jesse knows that Walt is now a ruthless killer and fully expected to be killed himself. The fact that he wasn't, that instead Walt has given him his share and left, has left him all at once relieved, scared and confused. There is still something between them, there is still some glimmer of respect and decency in Walt, but it feels like goodbye. It was a scene that was both terrifying and strangely moving.

 

[Gromit]

If I was Jessie I'd now be taking that money and leaving town.

Find another Saul somewhere who could hide the cash in a Swiss bank account, arrange fake ID and zoom off to live abroad I'd go.

 

[joustmaster]

If I was Jessie I'd now be taking that money and leaving town.

Find another Saul somewhere who could hide the cash in a Swiss bank account, arrange fake ID and zoom off to live abroad I'd go.

Id be growing my hair and buying a huge gun

 

[belboid]

Tod could carry on being their guy

it'd be foolish to let Todd (and his nazi friends) carry on - he wouldnt want anything that could still be traced back to him going on, and Todd would be using that notebook, as well as that method. With Walt 'out' there'd be no great reason for him to keep his mouth shut either

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

Yeah, I'm sure Hank will go for Walt, though the DEA will take some convincing I'm sure, especially if Walt has actually stopped.
I think the book was a bit odd tbh, my memory is that Walt has always been very meticulous about clearing up clues and I'm surprised he kept the book after Gale's death, but perhaps a rewatch of the earlier series will change my mind on that.

Is he not meticulous after the fact in a lot of cases though?
I'll have to re-watch the whole thing to while away the long months ahead anyway.

 

[SpookyFrank]

He could sell his cook method - to Todd / Todd's gang, or to the people Mike introduced him to. Or he could just leave it, he's got all that cash, does Lydia know his real name, where he lives? Who does anymore aside from Jesse? I guess that wouldn't be hard to find out anyway, not been a problem for people in the past.

Walt took a long, meaningful look at Todd when he was writing down the method in his little notebook. I'm sure he'll not want to leave Todd lying around as a loose end...

 

[BigTom]

Yeah, I think you're both right about Todd/Todd's gang.. I wonder if the machine gun is to take them out. or walt might try to set them up using Todd's notebook for the evidence that Todd was the cook and this was the gang, and the DEA feeling happy they've got their man with Hank knowing they haven't.

 

[SpookyFrank]

The most chilling part of that final episode was when Walt visits Jesse and leaves him his money. Jesse knows that he has ordered the mass murder of the prisoners and probably suspects he has killed Mike. There is that awkward moment of small talk and nostalgic reminiscing before Jesse makes his excuses and Walt leaves. They are talking about a simpler time and both understand that that time is over forever. Something has changed in Walt and there is no going back.

After Walt shows him the bag of money on the step and leaves, Jesse breaks down, tosses the gun he has been holding behind his back across the room and collapses in relief and shock against the wall. I thought that scene was very revealing. Jesse knows that Walt is now a ruthless killer and fully expected to be killed himself. The fact that he wasn't, that instead Walt has given him his share and left, has left him all at once relieved, scared and confused. There is still something between them, there is still some glimmer of respect and decency in Walt, but it feels like goodbye. It was a scene that was both terrifying and strangely moving.

You could see that Jesse was realising that he'll never be 'out' as well. That money ties him to all sorts of horrible shit, whether he likes it or not.

I'm sure Walt is aware of this too, he wants to keep Jesse in the picture in one way or another...

 

[Firky]

Tod could carry on being their guy

No way, just look at him. He's a dead man walking, they don't cast 2D characters with mediocre actors if they're going to have a major roles. Besides which he's too average looking.

Tod is M60 LMG fodder.

 

[spacemonkey]

 

[Yetman]