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Disapointed this week didnt resolve the bear. They usually wrap things up nicely in a episode.

God damn, I now aspire to, one day, be like Saul Goodman.

Our special effects expert did indeed work up some mechanism for getting the pizza out of the box and onto the roof, using fishline or somesuch. However, to the best of my knowledge, his rig was never used. What you see in the finished episode is take one, in which Bryan basically just did a Hail Mary toss and got it up there in one try!

Dean Norris, playing Hank, deserves acknowledgement. He's really really great.

Another most excellent show tonight.

I keep watching Jesse with the words "YOU FUCKING IDIOT!" on my lips.

Truly epic bottle episode.  It was a great chaser to wash the stink of the Lost finale from my brain.

Those two actors are fucking amazing.

I just watched it last night. When did Walt go insane? Did I miss something here?  Honestly, the whole irrational fly obsession seemed to come out of nowhere.

It was funny, but also uncomfortable with just how close Walter came to spilling everything about Jane's death.

I just watched it last night. When did Walt go insane? Did I miss something here?  Honestly, the whole irrational fly obsession seemed to come out of nowhere.

Run  :drill:

The ending was so awesome that I forgot to mention the great cold open, which was consistent with the cold opens being brilliant little mini-movies and one of my favorite aspects of the show.

Last Sunday's episode was the best episode of anything that I've seen since The Wire.  Phenomenal.  This season started slowly, but it has really kicked into gear over the past few episodes.  Also, that was one of Bryan Cranston's best performances ever; give that man another Emmy.

That last scene was just scary. The music, Walt's laughing, Skyler's terrified face, and Marie's crying. Jeez.

Aaron Paul's character (Jessie) on Breaking Bad was originally to be killed off during the show's first season. Series creator Vince Gilligan changed his mind and kept Paul in the show due to his chemistry with Bryan Cranston (Walter).

Heh. Awesome season finale.

That was awesome, though I wonder what next season (the final one) will be about now.

That was awesome, though I wonder what next season (the final one) will be about now.

I don't think we've seen the last of Mike.

Actually that's a good point.  When I watched the finale I was trying to figure out why they were using all the random goons and Mike wasn't in the episode at all.

Holy shit, I love this show so much.

Guess who (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTEOpEGvcKA&feature=player_embedded#t=730s)

Here's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt6JI9gzECo&feature=player_embedded#!) another one.

Video of Walter very soon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDqq_13IIyo

This show just punches you in the face with awesome over and over again.

It seemed ripped from the script of a “Breaking Bad” episode, but the case of Stephen W. Doran — a math and English tutor diagnosed with stage 3 cancer who now stands accused of trafficking crystal meth — is all too real.

“This isn’t a television show. This is serious business,” Suffolk district attorney spokesman Jake Wark said, referring to the hit AMC series in which a high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with stage 3 cancer turns to dealing crystal meth.

A lawyer for Doran, a former Democratic state representative from 1980 to 1994 who once chaired the Legislature’s Ethics Committee, told a judge at Doran’s West Roxbury District Court arraignment yesterday that his client has been receiving chemotherapy for the past 11 months.

“His life is on the line here literally. This is a man who is being treated for stage 3 cancer at Mass. General Hospital,” attorney Vincent Murray said of Doran, 57, of Dorchester, who was arrested as he left the Match Charter Middle School in Jamaica Plain with what police said was an express parcel containing 480 grams of crystal meth.

So, I finally have a smart TV in my bedroom and started watching this show today. Got through the first episode and 1/2 before I was interrupted by life. Can't wait to get back to it. I am feeling eerily sympatico with ol' Walt. I wonder how long that will last.

The whole getting rid of Emilio sequence was goddamned horrifying. Jesus.

I'm actually very glad it's ending, and ending due to deliberate decision rather than cancellation by the network. It means the story will be a complete, contained whole, rather than doing a slow tailing off into mediocrity or just an abrupt stop (a la Deadwood).

It also means I'll finally be able to purchase the entire thing in one go on Bluray :)

Cranston, who plays Walter White, told Zap2it that their highly-anticipated ending is “very appropriate,” adding that “You watch this — there’s no apologies. [Creator] Vince [Gilligan] was able to write to the ending that he wanted, and we’re very pleased with that.”

Gilligan was also interviewed and also feels very satisfied with the ending. “If we didn’t get it right it was nobody’s fault but ours,” he said. “So the big thought that kept going through my mind was let’s make this as good as we can make it. Let’s just bust our asses and make it as satisfying as possible.”

Cut to Black.

Cut to Black.

Also, she really does.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3dpghfRBHE

 :awesome_for_real:

Same here. It's like the director knew people would expect the tension to be dialed back a bit for a few episodes and went: "Haha, fuck that shit, full speed ahead!"  :drill:

Fuck yeah. I am going to be so sad to see this end.

Skylar finally realizing just how deep in this whole thing she is, and just what that means, as well as Todd's reappearance were all awesome. Fucked up future Walt has got me so jonesing to figure out what has happened between now and then. Also, Jesse has so totally lost it. Hank is going to shred him.

the true *tragedy* is seeing the destruction of those he thought he was acting and caring for, and fails ultimately in shielding from repercussions and fallout.

Walt's video: Wow. Just... fucking... wow.

Jesse coming to his realization while looking at the cigarette pack threw me at first.

I thought he was looking for the cell phone that Saul gave him and found cigarettes instead and that somehow this meant that someone was coming to kill him. Yeah. I dunno where I came up with that one.  :uhrr:

I think it's Marie that does the graffiti in Walt's house. Just a guess.

I think it's Marie that does the graffiti in Walt's house. Just a guess.

I'm pretty sure there were Federal papers posted on the perimeter of the house though, suggesting that the feds knew about him.

Nope. The postings said City of and were not federal. I had the same thought when I saw them and had to rewind to verify.

I admit it - I'm pulling for Walt.  I'm pulling for him to realize his mistakes and do whatever he can to make things better.  I think that is where we're headed.  I think the flash forwards are his trip back to

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It's been a slow spiral into hell for Walt throughout the series, and I think it will just continually degrade through the last 2 episodes.  I don't think magical redemption happy ending is what they're planning, as much as people might hope for it.  I really don't think it's in the cards.  This past episode was probably the furthest from "human" and closest to truly being a monster that we have seen.  I think it's going to continue that path.

Then what did you think of Walt's call to Skylar and the leaving of the 'package' at the Fire Department.  That was clearly a reversal of the path from the earlier 'Found Him' moment.

But she is? She's necessary as a character but fuck me I hate Skyler.

To me, this last episode was the final destruction of Walt as a sympathetic, human character. That speech to Skyler was perhaps planned to deflect blame from her, but the sheer explosion of anger was so visceral and so in character with Walt when he feels as if someone has taken credit or reward for something he did. None of that episode went the way I would have expected.

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I am always a bit confused by the hate of any of the main 4 characters (Walt, Skyler, Jesse or Hank).  I have trouble judging them as I don't think any of them ever do anything that is unreasonable given their circumstances.  Yes, there are points at which I'd have made different decisions, but I always understood why they made the bad choices they did and I think most people would consider their path had they been smart enough to think of it.  Or weak enough not to give into it.

people are probably going to remember the Ozymandias episode more than the finale

The only thing I wish was that we knew what went down a year after the finale.  There was clearly closure for the series, but there were unanswered questions.  Of course, the beauty of that ending moment is that Walt would never know the answers, either...
None of those qre key questions, but I'd have liked answers to some of them.  I'm not sure how you'd get them out without ruining that ending, but I'd like to know.

Badger, not Beaver. I doubt he knew anything other than "point this thing when I do x".

There are several members of the cast that were either stand-ups or comedic actors prior to the show:

Cranston
Bill Burr
Huell
Gomie
Badger

Since it's barely into the second season was anyone else actually kinda "Ha ha, that's what you get" at the asshole DEA agent that made fun of Hank for not "getting" the cartels and being sick at the sight dead snitch's head on a tortoise when he and his cronies got blown up for stupidly not following evidence procedure to humiliate him?

I'm talking about the what the writers felt, not what the character felt. I think they deliberately moved away from that because the didn't want the controversy/political alignment.

They didn't come back to it because that wasn't actually the trigger.  Walt said as much in the scene you mentioned later in your post.

Walt turned to crime because he had cancer and knew that he was about to die without having built anything.  He felt like he had squandered his genius and ability teaching chemistry to unappreciative high schoolers and washing cars.  Then, seeing his own mortality approaching, he let his inner Heisenberg take over.

He used his family and medical bills as an excuse for unfettered ambition.  He essentially admits it, too.  Even if the bills weren't there, Walt still would've cooked meth.

So what hasn't been discussed:

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I just see the second half of season 5.  I thought there was a season 6.

I wonder if she will ever have another role again.

I heard all the hype, but didn't sit down to watch until just before the last half season. Blew through it in about a month and then watched the finale live with the rest of America.

I am rewatching The Wire now, and BB, while excellent, doesn't not hold a candle to it.

Um...

Isn't HBO finally remastering The Wire?

It is absolutely worth subscribing to HBO for a few months borrowing the login of a friend just to access HBO Go. So much good content.