Breaking Bad: SEASON 5... the first half

[Matt]

Uncle Jack made a joke about Lydia's pussy being a woodchipper.
Vince Gilligan (in TALKING BAD) made a hint that wood working would play into the finale.

Are they going to do a FARGO on somebody?

[Abraham Smashington]

That was a glorious episode.

[gravedigger]

I saw an editorial this morning that said, no matter what, the finale will be underwhelming but I'm not so sure. Everything has been so on point that it would take a colossal fuck-up for that to happen.

Even the worst case scenario, where the Nazis get away with everything, Skyler goes to prison, And Jesse is forever a cook slave, would be in line with how the Breaking Bad world (and, let's be honest, the real world) operates. Sure, that's not really emotionally satisfying but I'd be satisfied that they didn't break "code", so to speak.

[Ben Thomas]

I want to see Todd's brains hit the lens next week, as Jesse unloads a whole clip into his head, screaming 'YEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHH, BIIIIIITTTTCCCCHHHH!!!!'

I could hear my own brain repeating, 'Come on, Jesse' as he was hanging from that cage. Moments later, I said, 'Oh shit' out loud. Once again, the second half of the episode was mostly me sat with my hand over my mouth and, at points, tears in my eyes.

Walt is CLEARLY gonna die of natural causes or accept his death at whoever's hands now - but before he goes, he's gonna change his legacy for the better. Next week is gonna be an hour of non-stop awesome - there is nothing else to setup, no more to be wrapped up other than the right people living and the right people dying.

Around the start of season 5, I said that this was a great show, up there with some of the best I've seen, but that it could never supplant The Wire from the top spot. The level of emotional impact this final season has had on me in the watching and re-watching and the smartness of the writing, directing, cinematography and acting could well make this my favourite show ever. Short of it all being a dream, there's not much Gilligan can do to fuck that up now.

[Ben Thomas]

Oh yeah, and:

  Spoiler: casting spoilers already mentioned above 

Robert Forster! Fuck to the yeah! That whole opening was perfect (when are they not?)

[Matt]

Yeah, having Max Cherry there was pretty much perfect, and he played it exactly right.

[Nathan]

Who won't be up for an Emmy from these last 8?

[Abraham Smashington]

Hopefully Flynn....

[Abraham Smashington]

I just love how they made Grey Matter the catalyst. There at the beginning, and back at the end. Loved that bit.

[Nathan]

I just love how they made Grey Matter the catalyst. There at the beginning, and back at the end. Loved that bit.

Yes.

[Abraham Smashington]

The ricin is for those guys...served over a bowl of ramen. hahah

[B_Metal]

Lulz, but seriously it's like they're reminding us of the shitty stuff that set Walt down his road of never ending bad choices. Granted he's still a colossal grade A prick for some of the shit he's done but I still kind of understand why he started all of this. That grimace Walt had when the grey matter bro said he was basically nothing to them was soooooo great.

[Ben Thomas]

Joking aside, RJ Mitte has had two very tough scenes these past 2 weeks - the realisation of what's been going on the last 5 seasons and that phone call - and he did a fine job of both of them. Those are both scenes that would have been very easy to overplay or undersell and he did neither. I'm not saying give the kid an Emmy, I'm just saying he's come a long way as an actor since the beginning.

[BMichaelKrol]

Finally saw this. And yeah, it's good stuff. I absolutely loved the ending. And while I'm really sick of Walt and I hope he gets his comeuppance, I'm a sucker for righteous rage, and I get the feeling he's going to go Sam Jackson all over some deserving people's asses.

At the end it'll be Jesse and Walt. And I have no clue how that's going to go.

[Ben Thomas]

Walt gets shot in the back. The constant references to things like Scarface and Jesse James say so.