Psychopav
Help us, Joebi-Wan Brynobi, you're our only ho
Heisenberg's first collateral damage, yo.
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Breaking Bad on AMC (3 Viewers)
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pollardsvision
Footballguy
Look, I just said every seemingly evil decision Walt's made has been justifiable for someone in the meth business that's interested in keeping his life and his freedom or protecting Jesse. Killing Mike might not've been necessary, but that's debatable.
He and Jesse both made the same terrible decision (to start cooking meth). From there, they both did what needed doing. Somehow, Jesse's considered the moral center of the show, and Walt's the most evil character in TV history.
I'm still waiting to be told why that's wrong. The only responses were silly, flippant remarks from people that either didn't or couldn't read.
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PlasmaDogPlasma
Footballguy
Wow! Ahead of Hugo, the janitor at Walt's school?Heisenberg's first collateral damage, yo.Re-watching that scene now seems completely different that when I originally watched it when I was still cheering for Walt. At the time I was thinking that Walt didn't intentionally screw him over and it wasn't his fault that Hugo had other issues. Now I just think about Walt being happy that nice guy went to jail to take the heat off of him and how he didn't give him another thought.
I have never considered Jesse to be the "moral compass of the show".
I know there's a lot of sarcasm and such being thrown out over the past few pages...but wrt Jessie and taxes...IIRC, hasn't only a year or so passed since the inception of the show in BB time? If so, that's really not enough time for Jessie to have been investigated for tax evasion and whatnot. Now obviously, if the feds have something on it, they can escalate the process...but I don't think it's outlandish that it hasn't occured yet.
ETA: I think I saw Jessie speeding in one of the episodes
ETA: I think I saw Jessie speeding in one of the episodes
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Homer J Simpson
I don't push
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
I have read a review or two online of the show that has called him that, and I am like, "What are those people watching?" Just because he has a soft spot for kids and has been broken up about certain deaths doesn't not make him a bad guy with very low morals. Sure, Walt is worse, but that doesn't make Jesse Mr. Morality, even in relative Breaking Bad terms.
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pollardsvision
Footballguy
There probably just isn't a moral center of the show. Some might consider Hank that to this point, but I suspect he's about to get his hands dirty in relentless pursuit of his goal.
Where Jesse differs from Walt is that he actually feels the weight of all of this, where Walt hides it better and moves more quickly.
I think final straw for Jesse very well might've been the cook scene after Drew got shot. Jesse was back in full-on mopey mode, and Walt's under the tent whistling a cheerful tune as he cooks away. Jesse's wanted out before and gotten back in, but I believe that moment propelled Jesse to finally get out.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Maybe there is no moral center. Maybe everyone's moral in some circumstances, and immoral in others. 
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
Pretty much.Maybe there is no moral center. Maybe everyone's moral in some circumstances, and immoral in others.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Or it's Walt Jr.Pretty much.Maybe there is no moral center. Maybe everyone's moral in some circumstances, and immoral in others.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
Walt Jr is materialistic. He also eats way too many carbs at breakfast.Or it's Walt Jr.Pretty much.Maybe there is no moral center. Maybe everyone's moral in some circumstances, and immoral in others.
He has not yet, but Lee Daniels' Mike Crimes has weighed in. It can be found on page 37.
badmojo1006
Footballguy
HollyOr it's Walt Jr.Pretty much.Maybe there is no moral center. Maybe everyone's moral in some circumstances, and immoral in others.
Maik Jeaunz
Footballguy
so what's the theory on Todd? he seems kinda nerdy & polite, but clearly knows his way around a gun and wasn't fazed at all by the firefight and dead bodies. is he just a criminal with hardcore ties, or something else? I get an ex-military vibe from him.
badmojo1006
Footballguy
shadyridr
Footballguy
has Todd actually commited any crimes?
pollardsvision
Footballguy
He might be a sociopath, but I assume "criminal with manners" is all the character development we'll get from him. Doesn't seem like we'll have enough time for anything else.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Very accurate out to 35, but lacks raw leg strength to hit long ones. Below-average on kickoffs.
shadyridr
Footballguy
will be playing Robin in the next Batman movie
PlasmaDogPlasma
Footballguy
You don't get a name like "Rickey Hitler" for nothing.
Psychopav
Help us, Joebi-Wan Brynobi, you're our only ho
badmojo1006
Footballguy
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
He has a bad-### pet spider.
shadyridr
Footballguy
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oDqGAUvWKkU&feature=related
LMAO i didnt know honest trailers did one for BB. Sorry if this was posted before but who cares
LMAO i didnt know honest trailers did one for BB. Sorry if this was posted before but who cares
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Would Walt have been better off if he cooked meth one crystal at a time?
Peyton Marino
Footballguy
The problem is you're justifying everything "for someone in the meth business".
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
Off the current season and this was probably posted before, but I just heard about it the other day. Mike was originally supposed to just do a 1-time guest spot cleaning up a mess as an unnamed henchman. In fact, Saul was suppposed to be in the scene instead of Mike (though if that's true, they must have changed the scene a bit, because it wouldn't make sense for Saul to be there), but Bob Odenkirk had a schedule conflict. They liked what Banks did so much, that they made him a regular character,
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Brady Marino
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Ghost Rider
Footballguy
"I used to be a beat cop a long time ago. And I’d get called out on domestic disputes all the time. Hundreds, probably, over the years. But there was this one guy — this one piece of #### — that I will never forget. Gordy. He looked like Bo Svenson. You remember him? Walking Tall? You don’t remember? No. Anyway. Big boy — 270, 280. But his wife … or whatever she was, his lady … was real small. Like a bird. Wrists like branches. Anyway, my partner and I got called out there every weekend, and one of us would pull her aside and say ‘come on, tonight’s the night we press charges.’ And this wasn’t one of those deep-down he-loves-me set-ups — we get a lot of those — but not this. This girl was scared. She wasn’t going to cross him, no way, no how. Nothing we could do but pass her off to the EMT’s, put him in a car and drive him downtown, throw him in the drunk tank. He sleeps it off, next morning out he goes. Back home.
But one night, my partner’s out sick, and it’s just me. And the call comes in and it’s the usual crap. Broke her nose in the shower kind of thing. So I cuff him, put him in the car and away we go. Only that night, we’re driving into town, and this sideways ####### is in my back seat humming ‘Danny Boy.’ And it just rubbed me wrong. So instead of left, I go right, out into nowhere. And I kneel him down, and I put my revolver in his mouth, and I told him, ‘This is it. This is how it ends.’ And he’s crying, going to the bathroom all over himself, swearing to God he’s going to leave her alone. Screaming … as much as you can with a gun in your mouth. And I told him to be quiet. I needed to think about what I was going to do here. And of course he got quiet. Goes still. And real quiet. Like a dog waiting for dinner scraps. And we just stood there for a while, me acting like I’m thinking things over, and Prince Charming kneeling in the dirt with #### in his pants. And after a few minutes I took the gun out of his mouth, and I say, ‘So help me if you touch her again I will such-and-such and such-and-such and blah blah blah blah blah.’ …. Just trying to do the right thing. But two weeks later he killed her. Of course. Caved her head in with the base of a Waring blender. We got there, there was so much blood you could taste the metal. The moral of the story is: I chose a half measure, when I should have gone all the way. I’ll never make that mistake again."
But one night, my partner’s out sick, and it’s just me. And the call comes in and it’s the usual crap. Broke her nose in the shower kind of thing. So I cuff him, put him in the car and away we go. Only that night, we’re driving into town, and this sideways ####### is in my back seat humming ‘Danny Boy.’ And it just rubbed me wrong. So instead of left, I go right, out into nowhere. And I kneel him down, and I put my revolver in his mouth, and I told him, ‘This is it. This is how it ends.’ And he’s crying, going to the bathroom all over himself, swearing to God he’s going to leave her alone. Screaming … as much as you can with a gun in your mouth. And I told him to be quiet. I needed to think about what I was going to do here. And of course he got quiet. Goes still. And real quiet. Like a dog waiting for dinner scraps. And we just stood there for a while, me acting like I’m thinking things over, and Prince Charming kneeling in the dirt with #### in his pants. And after a few minutes I took the gun out of his mouth, and I say, ‘So help me if you touch her again I will such-and-such and such-and-such and blah blah blah blah blah.’ …. Just trying to do the right thing. But two weeks later he killed her. Of course. Caved her head in with the base of a Waring blender. We got there, there was so much blood you could taste the metal. The moral of the story is: I chose a half measure, when I should have gone all the way. I’ll never make that mistake again."
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Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
And then of course, Mike of course choose a half measure like 3 times in season 5 and dies because of it.
Leeroy Jenkins
Footballguy
No more half measure for Walt though. However, Walt whistling after that kid got killed may have rubbed Jesse the wrong way ...
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Jesse: Dude, you scared the #### out of me. When you say its contamination. I mean, I’m thinking like… an Ebola leak or something.
Walter: Ebola.
Jesse: Yeah, it’s a disease on the Discovery Channel where all your intestines sort of just slip right out of your butt.
Walter: Thank you. I know what Ebola is.
Walter: Ebola.
Jesse: Yeah, it’s a disease on the Discovery Channel where all your intestines sort of just slip right out of your butt.
Walter: Thank you. I know what Ebola is.
Homer J Simpson
I don't push
I miss Chow. 
Raider Nation
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Raider Nation
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Raider Nation
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4 hours, yo!
Leeroy Jenkins
Footballguy
WatMentos said:
Raider Nation
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Need some action tonight, dammit!!!
