# Breaking Bad 4/19: Negro Y Azul **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 20, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-19-negro-y-azul/493694 "2009-04-20T03:04:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tarwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-19-negro-y-azul/493694/1 "2009-04-20T03:04:40Z")
For some reason, Breaking Bad doesn’t seem to get much play on SDMB, at least in comparison to shows like The Office or 30 Rock. It’s a shame. Breaking Bad is one of the best shows on television right now. Did anybody else see this episode? I thought it was the best of the season. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-19-negro-y-azul/493694/2 "2009-04-20T03:54:48Z")
Isn’t it great? I could do without the subplot of Skylar working for a guy who’s crushing on her. I’m gonna assume the writers will go somewhere else with that – otherwise it’s just too cliche for this show. Walt and Jesse the Blowfish – Walt should be ashamed of himself for playing Jesse like that. 😛 The turtle was the creepiest thing I’ve seen for a long time, TV or movies. I’d have been puking too. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-19-negro-y-azul/493694/3 "2009-04-20T04:17:51Z")
At least Hank got the last laugh (sort of). If he hadn’t been sickened by the sight of the severed-head-carrying tortoise, he would have been close enough to get killed by the explosion. And I liked the musical intro. By the way, someone last week pointed out that Walt was being far more aggressive than Jesse, despite being the outwardly more upstanding citizen. Well they continued on that theme this week. ---
**Author:** ![Tarwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-19-negro-y-azul/493694/4 "2009-04-20T04:34:24Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > By the way, someone last week pointed out that Walt was being far more aggressive than Jesse, despite being the outwardly more upstanding citizen. Well they continued on that theme this week. You couldn’t _not_ empathize with Walt’s situation in the first season. It’s definitely harder to do it this season, and I’m glad to see the writers are taking the character in the less obvious direction. With the episode previous to this one, I think Jesse is starting to become the more sympathetic character, too. When everything finally blows up in Walt’s face, I think I’m going to feel sorrier for Jesse than I am for him. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-19-negro-y-azul/493694/5 "2009-04-20T04:45:09Z")
So I guess Danny Trejo won’t have a recurring role? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-19-negro-y-azul/493694/6 "2009-04-20T05:50:32Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > So I guess Danny Trejo won’t have a recurring role? Even when absolutely dead quiet, he is exploding all over the screen. I don’t know how it is going to end, but I think Walt will escape the worst for himself the Ken Lay way. But not before it destroys everybody around him. ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-19-negro-y-azul/493694/7 "2009-04-20T07:03:03Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > At least Hank got the last laugh (sort of). If he hadn’t been sickened by the sight of the severed-head-carrying tortoise, he would have been close enough to get killed by the explosion. And I liked the musical intro. > > By the way, someone last week pointed out that Walt was being far more aggressive than Jesse, despite being the outwardly more upstanding citizen. Well they continued on that theme this week. That was me who wrote that. This is by far the best show on tv right now. I thought last week’s episode was great, but this week’s even better. The script, the plot twists, the character development, the direction, the acting … all top-notched. The tortoise scene was fantastic! It does seem that Walt is slowly but surely descending into hell while Jesse is showing increasing humanity. But who knows? This show’s plot can twist on a dime. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-19-negro-y-azul/493694/8 "2009-04-20T07:58:13Z")
That opening number was really annoying. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-19-negro-y-azul/493694/9 "2009-04-20T11:59:44Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > That opening number was really annoying. Huh, I thought it was the best part. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-19-negro-y-azul/493694/10 "2009-04-20T12:05:30Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > Huh, I thought it was the best part. Well, maybe it’s just because I hate that kinda screeching mariachi crap to begin with. I also don’t like being made to read subtitles when there’s singing. (I have no problem doing it with normal dialog.) [sub]getoffamylawn[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-19-negro-y-azul/493694/11 "2009-04-20T13:11:03Z")
I thought the song was clever (if a bit too long). Walt and Jesse haven’t thought much about the competition. The song told us that they’ve been noticed. So will Hank be a hero again? “Jingo Gringo saves lives of fellow officers!” ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-19-negro-y-azul/493694/12 "2009-04-20T13:19:10Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Well, maybe it’s just because I hate that kinda screeching mariachi crap to begin with. I also don’t like being made to read subtitles when there’s singing. (I have no problem doing it with normal dialog.) Well, I wouldn’t go so far as to call that mariachi music. It wasn’t quite tejano either. I guess I know just enough spanish to have found it very funny. The subtitles didn’t really do it justice. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-19-negro-y-azul/493694/13 "2009-04-20T13:53:31Z")
I thought it was a great little [narcocorrido](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcocorrido). I wonder how many people not on the border or close to the border even know what that is, so I thought it was awesome. I love the realism of this show (I’m thinking of the ultra-opposite, the CSI’s of the world with perfect-breasted, high-heel wearing crime scene investigators). Everyone is so very, very flawed, yo. 🙂 Man, the DEA agents sure were arrogant. Dude! The turtle says “Hola” on it! I’m thinking that’s a baaaaaad sign! What else did it say? All I could make out was “demo”. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-19-negro-y-azul/493694/14 "2009-04-20T13:57:47Z")
> [@niblet\_head](#): > > I thought it was a great little [narcocorrido](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcocorrido). Ah, a new genre to check out. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Tarwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-19-negro-y-azul/493694/15 "2009-04-20T14:15:03Z")
> [@niblet\_head](#): > > What else did it say? All I could make out was “demo”. I think it was “Hola DEA.” ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-19-negro-y-azul/493694/16 "2009-04-21T05:27:59Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > Ah, a new genre to check out. Thanks! ROFLMAO–Your amiga down south!😛 Anyway–this episode was fantastic!! Did you notice that the narcocorrida was co-written by Vince Gilligan? I pointed this out to my lil bro, and he thought I said “Vince Gill”–LOL!😃 ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-19-negro-y-azul/493694/17 "2009-04-21T07:29:56Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > The turtle was the creepiest thing I’ve seen for a long time, TV or movies. I’d have been puking too. I missed it - what happened with a turtle? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-19-negro-y-azul/493694/18 "2009-04-21T08:50:12Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > I missed it - what happened with a turtle? Hank was on his mission with the other DEA guys and some Mexican policia south of the border. They think they see their contact (the one they were negotiating with in the motel whose surname means turtle.) But when they get closer, it’s just his severed head stuck to a giant turtle walking across the desert. On the turtle’s shell is written “HOLA DEA.” Hank walks away to barf while the others make fun of him, then the turtlebomb explodes, killing a number of agents and severing one dood’s leg. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-19-negro-y-azul/493694/19 "2009-04-21T13:06:11Z")
Note that I don’t think the bomb exploded on its own. I think it exploded when one of the agents tried to lift the head off. So it was booby-trapped. ---
**Author:** ![Cowboy\_Moe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Cowboy\_Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowboy_Moe)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-19-negro-y-azul/493694/20 "2009-04-21T13:19:45Z")
When I saw Danny Trejo in the opening credits I was hoping he would reprise the role of “Machete”. 🙂 Jesse is becoming a much more sympathetic character this season, but also dumber than a box of rocks. I loved how he couldn’t figure out why his TV wasn’t getting a signal. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-19-negro-y-azul/493694.md?page=2)