Last year, Vince Gilligan was fairly adamant (if I’m remembering correctly) about the series running four seasons. I think he had a story arc in mind. Recently, he’s said he’d like to do at least one more season, and possibly more if AMC will let him, so I’m not sure what exactly he’s planning, or if he has any plans at all. I could see the show running for two seasons, but I hope they’re not going to try to drag everything out indefinitely.
I was surprised and pleased to see Jesse stand up to Gus. He literally stood up to him. It was great. I wasn’t sure he had it in him.
the dealers killed the kid on purpose, they were there and ready for a show down. while there might be another explanation I really dont see it working.
that show made me laugh out loud a couple times, but the tension was incredible.
Wow. This show is breathtaking. I cannot believe that Walt did that. Talk about characters that are so conflicted. He (Walt) has placed himself in so much danger because of Jesse. I’m still just stunned and cannot wait to see what they come up with for the season finale.
What I came in to say! I have seen Jonathan Banks in roles as a tough in many movies, going back to Beverly Hills Cop where he was in one of the grisliest execution scenes I had seen until then, and I immediately cringed from then on whenever I saw his face in a movie.
His lack of lines and a dependence on his imposing persona have been features of his roles until now – as far as I know.
Last night blew me away with his handling of the scene with Walt.
So I’m thinking this over a bit. Mike told Walt that “the kid has been on the bubble for a long time… this is a long time coming” and he was right. Pretty much everyone but Walt has wanted to off Jesse for a while now, he’s been nothing but trouble.
But Gus needs Walt. He can’t just straight up kill Jesse.
So I wonder if Gus ordered the dealers to kill the kid, knowing the reaction it would cause, figuring that they could see Jesse coming and kill him. Then Gus gets rid of Jesse in a way that doesn’t make Walt stop dealing with him. But Walt screwed up the plan by ending the scene GTA style.
I thought it odd that Gus dealt directly with the dealers on the street like that. It doesn’t seem all that careful. I’d expect Gus to keep himself separated by a few layers.
If those guys really killed the kid out of spite, and not under orders, Gus might end up not being too upset about what Walt’s done. He might even be impressed, especially after his little speech about how much he respects Walt. I don’t think there’s any way for Walt or Jesse to survive if Gus wants either of them dead, so I’m guessing Gus will somehow be OK with what happened. The finale will probably be about Hank figuring things out and some kind of confrontation between him and Walt.
I thought that Gus had the two dealers there so he could tell Jesse, “Fine, you want them dead. Here’s a gun (or a knife). Do it right now.” In other words, are you cold enough to do it while facing them?
And a slightly gruesome question
I may need to watch the episode again to clarify this, but after Walt ran over the two dealers, were their bodies behind his car, with one arm below it? In other words, was one arm severed by the collision?
Did anyone go online to watch thefinale preview? There’s a very funny line in there. I personally don’t think it’s spoiling anything that anyone would care if it was spoiled, but just the same…
Mike is meeting Walt in the desert to bring him to a meeting with Gus. Mike tells Walt “ya get your car fixed? [“not yet”] You’re gonna want to get your car fixed.” Walt says “Let’s see how this goes first.”
Walt needs to arrange some sort of “In the event of my death this letter identifying Gus, Pollos Hermanos, the location of the lab, the distribution methods, etc., goes to the Albuquerque cops, the state and federal DEA, the FBI, Albuquerque stations, CNN, Fox, major newspapers around the country, and Laugh In star Joanne Worley just for good measure” for his own protection. I’m not sure how you would do this- perhaps a function on an email that will automatically send it in one week’s time unless you go in and tell it not to send each week.
That was the first episode Breaking Bad that I have ever seen, but had been told about the basic plot by a friend. Wow. Just wow. Best hour of drama I have seen in years.
Then he could do worse- give away Gus’s secret Chilean fish soup recipe.
I hope Giancarlo Esposito gets an Emmy nomination. I don’t know how he manages to come across as the most menacing “I will [mess] you up” character on television without ever lifting a finger in anger.
Speaking of the hooker, I wonder if those are her real teeth or if they’re digitized into meth teeth or some sort of denture. Now that Dale Dickeyis getting a bit- ahem- ‘long in the tooth’ to play the skank meth hooker in everything (plus she was on Breaking Bad last year) the actress playing Patty might have a nice career in front of her.
I didn’t remember the meth whore – Jesse reminded her that she held out against Hank for five hours of interrogation, and I was wondering what I missed. She was in two episodes in season one. Her name is Julia Menisci. She’s pretty in her IMDB photo. This is the only TV she’s done.
They should have saved her in case Skyler needs a sister. That’s who I thought she was when I first saw her.
So if you were Walt, would you let Skyler cook the books for a carwash?
A week late, but I thought that Saul getting a casino to “admit” Walt won his money there so they could pocket the same amount [minus Saul’s cut I’m sure] as a loss was brilliant. It made me wonder if that’s been done.
