Breaking Bad - Part 10

[ThreadPool]

I just finally started watching Breaking Bad a few weeks back, and last night is when I finally caught up. Going from being able to watch multiple "new" episodes a day when I have time to waiting a week after THAT episode is going to be torture!

Same here! Truly some the best storytelling, acting and filming to ever hit television.
I can't believe how I could go from being so annoyed by Marie for so many episodes to feeling so bad for her and wanting her to have some kind of vengeance. Anything for her.
I hated/loved seeing the look on her face when she heard.

 

[Bruce Malone]

I think it's obvious Walt is going after the money... but since he doesn't actually know that Jesse isn't dead, and they may not actually even tell him that because they are trying to make money out of Jesse behind his back... it could very well be that whatever Walt's plan is to destroy them and get his money back INADVERTANTLY leads to Jesse's freedom, without him even knowing it... leading to one heck of a final showdown between Jesse and Walt (which just has to be how the series ends).

You're right he may not even know there's a jesse to go back and rescue after all the time he's spent in hiding.

I heard an interesting theory from someone as to what may drive walt back out there though. It's that after spending some time in new hampshire he stumbles upon some junkies or dealers or whatever and he notices they have his blue meth.

So it's either he knows it's jesse who's cooking it and he's still alive and that motivates him or out of pride he doesn't wan't anybody else making his product and that infuriates him.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Asteroid-Man]

02x01 and 05x14

That one's def a coincidence. The second shot was meant to reflect the second shot in the house of this episode during the "flashback" where Skyler reaches for the phone, and then later in the episode, the exact same shot and framing and placement of props, Skyler reaches past the phone for the knife.

 

[MrMaooz]

That new episode was awesome.

 

[Liam_H]

Last night's episode was most watched of the series. I guess all the word of it being the best or one of the best of the series really caught on. And the cliffhanger too.

 

[Bruce Malone]

The whole episode was so damned intense that I almost wished they had a random smash cut at some point to this with some mellow music playing.

 

[Bruce Malone]

Last night's episode was most watched of the series. I guess all the word of it being the best or one of the best of the series really caught on. And the cliffhanger too.

Speaking of that can anyone think of any other TV show in history that ended right at the top of their game? I mean in popularity and reviews?

Even the sopranos and the wire I don't think their last seasons were seen as their strongest ones?

 

[SpideyForPrez]

Last night was rough. Amazing but rough. For me, one of the more disturbing parts was watching Hank's body being dragged away in that one quick shot.

On a lighter note, it seems the whole cast is going to be on Conan next Monday 9/23. You can enter a trivia quiz to win tickets. I wonder if they'll do a big interview with everyone, maybe just a sketch, or have the whole show revolve around them.

http://teamcoco.com/content/get-tickets-to-see-the-entire-breaking-bad-cast-on-conan

 

[StarLord]

On a lighter note, it seems the whole cast is going to be on Conan next Monday 9/23.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

The whole episode was so damned intense that I almost wished they had a random smash cut at some point to this with some mellow music playing.

It'll be great if when the show ends they cut to a skinny emaciated Huell still waiting for Hank to come back to tell him its all clear.

 

[Kane52630]

What if...just what if...Skinny Pete and Badger goes out and save Jesse?

 

[Prison Mike]

Last night was rough. Amazing but rough. For me, one of the more disturbing parts was watching Hank's body being dragged away in that one quick shot.

On a lighter note, it seems the whole cast is going to be on Conan next Monday 9/23. You can enter a trivia quiz to win tickets. I wonder if they'll do a big interview with everyone, maybe just a sketch, or have the whole show revolve around them.

http://teamcoco.com/content/get-tickets-to-see-the-entire-breaking-bad-cast-on-conan

I got a 100% on the quiz and entered for fun. I won't be able to go even if I get the tickets but it was fun taking the quiz!

 

[Asteroid-Man]

What if...just what if...Skinny Pete and Badger goes out and save Jesse?

 

[SpideyForPrez]

I got a 100% on the quiz and entered for fun. I won't be able to go even if I get the tickets but it was fun taking the quiz!

Same here. The questions were pretty easy. Should be an awesome episode of Conan though.

 

[Travesty]

What if...just what if...Skinny Pete and Badger goes out and save Jesse?

I'm sure they'll go out and beat Todd's ass....but they're on probation, yo. So you know how it is?

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

What if...just what if...Skinny Pete and Badger goes out and save Jesse?

Dude...That would be awesome.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Sawyer]

Kane, you're bringing me to tears here.

 

[Bruce Malone]

Only thing you missed is the:

Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert.

 

[Kane52630]

Only thing you missed is the:

Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert.

Yeah, I saw that was missing as well. I almost wanted to message the guy on tumblr saying he missed a few lines.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Kane numbers, professional feel dealer.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

Walter's getting new glasses next episode, so I wonder if the finale takes place entirely in "year three" of the show's timeline.

 

[Sawyer]

Rian Johnson directed the episode where Walt almost confessed to Jesse about Jane in Fly and now this episode where he actually did it, and in the most spiteful way possible. Full circle.

 

[Shifty]

Speaking of that can anyone think of any other TV show in history that ended right at the top of their game? I mean in popularity and reviews?

Even the sopranos and the wire I don't think their last seasons were seen as their strongest ones?

The Sopranos live viewership peaked in season four, it ended 2 seasons later.

You could maybe argue Seinfeld's final 9th season, it was the number one program for their last year. Viewership exploded in season five, peaked in season seven but was still very high for the last two. The only other shows to have their final season be the most watched in TV was The Andy Griffith Show and I Love Lucy. However all three had earlier seasons that were higher rated. I'm not aware if they were the best seasons

Breaking Bad's final season will be its most watched which is very rare, it could be the only show to have more than 3-4 seasons and have the last one be the highest rated. Plus be the critical favourite is insane! Shows end when ratings take a dip and the show becomes less profitable or unprofitable. AMC/Sony could crank out another 2 seasons but they listened to Vince and are going to be apart of TV history.

Mad Men has a slight chance to go out on its last season with its most highest rated season, live viewership is on a slight decline but it could build up for the final year. They also grew viewership every season for five seasons but declining a bit for the 6th.

While Breaking Bad's 6.4 million last night is still small for TV, viewership has grown each season and for it to have its best episode be its most watched is something else. It is truly going out on top, leaving the audience wanting more.

The past 2.5 seasons has really cemented Breaking Bad's place in TV history