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Breaking Bad on AMC (2 Viewers)

Tough As Nails said:
I think I would have stayed to watch the destruction. The junkyard guy knew that the RV was valuable/dangerous...if they tell him "take care of it" and just bail...how do they know the thing is really gone? A tiny bit of risk to ensure that major piece of evidence is destroyed seems worthwhile.
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I agree completely. Smashing that thing in real time takes what, 15 minutes?
 
Pick said:
AhrnCityPahnder said:
Pick said:
I want to give this show a shot. If I watch an episode now will it ruin previous episodes?
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start from the beginning.
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What is the current season? I'm wondering how much it would cost to catch up. I can start recording re-runs but I don't know what year it started. I figure I could record and throw them away til I get to the first one.
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Sure you can find the first 2 seasons on one of the torrents. That's where I got season 1 but my site shut down (mininova.org). If not, there's always Netflix.
 
Sam Quentin said:
Nick Vermeil said:
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Rodeojones said:
Opening scene of the Police Officer in his SUV and the camera focuses on his rear view mirror with the picture hanging from it. Said something like "Fighting terrorism since 1492" (something close) and had a picture of several Native American Indians holding rifles. Seemed like a typical Hollywood portrayal of Law Enforcement being a bunch of red neck hill billies but the problem was...the Police Officer appeared to be Native American himself and had a pony tail poking out of his base ball cap. Not sure what point they were trying to make but it seemed contradictory.
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What is contradictory about it?
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I think it says "Original Homeland Security, Fighting terrorism, etc. etc." The officer was a Native American. So I agree. Not contradictory.
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Friend of mine, who's part native-american wears that T-shirt sometimes
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Ohhhh....the Native American angle was the Indian's fighting terrorism against the European's dating back to 1492. I got it now...for some reason I thought the angle was the Indian's were the terrorists and I was not connecting the dots.Makes sense now :thumbup:
 
TexanFan02 said:
jdoggydogg said:
ChopMeat said:
Love breaking bad but it's not in the same league as The Wire. It's no knock against BB, not at all. The Wire just set the bar impossibly high.
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I love Breaking Bad and I agree with this.
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Disagree. The Wire was great, but it's not like there haven't been great shows before. A lot of you are just too young to remember them. Hell, The Wire is comparable to shows in it's own time, such as the Shield and the Sopranos. In other eras, I enjoyed Hill Street Blues just as much as the Wire. NYPD Blue was also good.And I know all the Wire junkies will deny it, but the the Shield and the Sopranos were comparable, even though you live and breathe the Wire and think nothing can ever replace it. It was a melodrama about junkies and drug dealers and cops. The best melodrama ever, with the best the character development, but still. Get over yourselves. Think of season Five, if that makes it more clear.
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I'm 43, so I'm probably older than most people on this board. I love Hill Street Blues. It's in my top 10 all time favorite shows list. I don't agree that The Shield and The Sopranos were comparable, though. Aside from a few exceptions, most network shows simply do not measure up to the all time great HBO dramas. Heck, even a second-tier HBO series like OZ is better than 90% of most network dramas.
 
S.K.A. said:
Rodeojones said:
The scene in Jesse's house where he is talking to his friends about going back into business with him and one of them does a line of his meth on the table. The friend starts tweaking doing the "River Dance" in the middle of the room but suddenly sobers up to have an intellectual conversation regarding what his role will be in their new venture. I'm nitpicking but a horribly unrealistic portrayal of a person who just did a line of crystal meth.
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Disclaimer: I've never done meth, but I think you are wrong on this one. Meth is not like heroin where the drug has such an immediate affect as to prevent you from having a cogent conversation.
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Yeah, I've done meth. It doesn't instantly transform you into a vegetable.
 
It would be awesome if somehow, incredibly, Tuco's cousins mistake Walt Jr. for Hank.

Or if Hank's annoying wife gets caught in the crossfire. I'll take either scenario. :rant:

 
:thumbup: Great episode. I think Tuco's cousins should've taken a bit longer in broad daylight. Seemed like they rushed the hit.
 
I guess it could be Gustavo. Maybe he gave up the cop on purpose thinking Hank could get the cousins out of his hair if given a heads up. Alternately it could be Saul's guy Mike. He knew who the cousins were right away and might have been keeping tabs on them. I seriously doubt it was Saul.

I was also thinking maybe the "Family is everything" psycho actually pulled the rug out from under them for reasons yet to be learned.

 
This show continues to get better and better. The last two weeks have been phenomenal. Even half way through this episode I was thinking it would be more of a plot development episode, albeit one with some great acting. Then the final scene...kablamo. Love that they are moving things forward, not dragging out Hank's attempted assassination for weeks. If you think about it, a LOT has happened in the ~30 episodes we have so far.

One question, after considering last week's episode further...

 
PlasmaDogPlasma said:
I guess it could be Gustavo. Maybe he gave up the cop on purpose thinking Hank could get the cousins out of his hair if given a heads up. Alternately it could be Saul's guy Mike. He knew who the cousins were right away and might have been keeping tabs on them. I seriously doubt it was Saul.
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This is my guess.
 
lloyd christmas said:
This show continues to get better and better. The last two weeks have been phenomenal. Even half way through this episode I was thinking it would be more of a plot development episode, albeit one with some great acting. Then the final scene...kablamo. Love that they are moving things forward, not dragging out Hank's attempted assassination for weeks. If you think about it, a LOT has happened in the ~30 episodes we have so far.

One question, after considering last week's episode further...
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My thinking is that he was too emotionally charged to think everything through clearly and also that his view of Walt would make it difficult for Hank to even consider him as a suspect. Now that the assassination attempt has happened he'll know the cartel knows who he is and probably just assume they were behind it.
 
PlasmaDogPlasma said:
I guess it could be Gustavo. Maybe he gave up the cop on purpose thinking Hank could get the cousins out of his hair if given a heads up. Alternately it could be Saul's guy Mike. He knew who the cousins were right away and might have been keeping tabs on them. I seriously doubt it was Saul.
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Interesting thought. Forgot about Mike.
 
>>Did anyone else think this was a younger Tuco's uncle Tio aka "Bell man"?

yes. Based on some of the responses here I was about to ask if I was the only one. that opening scene was defiantly bell man and the killers about 20 years ago.

great, great episode last night. :thumbup:

 
Big Blue Wrecking Crew said:
PlasmaDogPlasma said:
I was also thinking maybe the "Family is everything" psycho actually pulled the rug out from under them for reasons yet to be learned.
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Did anyone else think this was a younger Tuco's uncle Tio aka "Bell man"?
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The chair that the younger version of the bell man was sitting in had a circle on the side, almost making it look like the wheel chair he'd use in the future.
 
Raider Nation said:
"I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU!!!"

:hot: :homer: :pirate: :argue: :rant:

<ten minutes later>

"50/50 you say? I'm in!" :hifive:

HUH???
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My take was that Jesse has been looking for approval his entire life and finally got it when Walt told him that his meth was as good as his.I honestly can't decide whose performance was better last night: Jesse's hatred-filled monologues at the hospital or Hank's emotional breakdown with his wife.

Also, I love how Hank is single-handedly taking out the entire cartel. :lol:

 
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Raider Nation said:
Ditkaless Wonders said:
Raider Nation said:
wildbill said:
Who warned Hank, and why?
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Deleted my original reply to this.I had written Pollos, but that makes no sense since he gave up Hank in the first place. Maybe Saul found out?
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I'm going Saul.
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Especially since you can't sue a dead guy. Maybe he's holding out hope of changing Jesse's mind.
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:homer: He was trying to talk Jesse out of suing Han--for good reason.
 
ang12 said:
Raider Nation said:
"I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU!!!"

:hot: :homer: :pirate: :argue: :rant:

<ten minutes later>

"50/50 you say? I'm in!" :hifive:

HUH???
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My take was that Jesse has been looking for approval his entire life and finally got it when Walt told him that his meth was as good as his.I honestly can't decide whose performance was better last night: Jesse's hatred-filled monologues at the hospital or Hank's emotional breakdown with his wife.

Also, I love how Hank is single-handedly taking out the entire cartel. :lol:
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Hank's performance in the car between the phone call and hitting the first cousin was phenomenal.
 
PlasmaDogPlasma said:
Alternately it could be Saul's guy Mike.
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This is my guess as well. Whoever it was was apparently observing the whole thing in real time because he knew Hank had one minute. I wouldn't think that would be Saul or Pollos.
 
With the two major characters having color related names I got sort of a Reservior Dogs vibe last night upon that realization. As well as this is written I suspect there may be an homage going there.

 
As much as I loved the last scene, I had a couple problems with it:

- Dude calls Hank and tells him he's got one minute before 2 guys make it to his car and kill him. At first he thinks it's a crank call. Then he starts taking it seriously. Hank was sweating balls and extremely paranoid. WTF didn't he just GTFO of there? Especially once he realizes he doesn't have his gun. That made no sense to me. He just stays there like a sitting duck.

- When the one brother is crushed and tells the other brother to finish him, he all but does. Then he suddenly stops and says "Too easy," and casually walks back to his car for the axe when they're in the middle of a busy parking lot during the afternoon after they've been exchanging serious gunfire. I thought that was completely unrealistic. The writers also completely telegraphed what was coming. Everyone and their mom knew Hank was going to put the bullet in his gun and kill the guy before getting axed. I was rooting for Hank to get axed, but I knew it wasn't happening.

 
IMO, the guy who warned Hank via phone is Mike. I think Pollos had him tail Hank after giving him up to the brothers to be his guardian angel. Ideally after warning Hank, he is able to defend himself and take out the brothers. This solves Pollos problem with the brothers wanting to whack Walt.

Unfortunately for Pollos, Hank only got half the job done (or 3/4 of the job done judging by next week's previews hehehe). I'm guessing the surviving brother really wants Hank dead now.

 
Dexter Manley said:
As much as I loved the last scene, I had a couple problems with it:- Dude calls Hank and tells him he's got one minute before 2 guys make it to his car and kill him. At first he thinks it's a crank call. Then he starts taking it seriously. Hank was sweating balls and extremely paranoid. WTF didn't he just GTFO of there? Especially once he realizes he doesn't have his gun. That made no sense to me. He just stays there like a sitting duck.
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Because he freezes, like he explained earlier in the episode.
 
Big Blue Wrecking Crew said:
PlasmaDogPlasma said:
I was also thinking maybe the "Family is everything" psycho actually pulled the rug out from under them for reasons yet to be learned.
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Did anyone else think this was a younger Tuco's uncle Tio aka "Bell man"?
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Definitely Uncle Tio, and he was talking about "the Chicken Man" on the phone. Great writing. :)
 
parrot said:
Big Blue Wrecking Crew said:
PlasmaDogPlasma said:
I was also thinking maybe the "Family is everything" psycho actually pulled the rug out from under them for reasons yet to be learned.
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Did anyone else think this was a younger Tuco's uncle Tio aka "Bell man"?
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Definitely Uncle Tio, and he was talking about "the Chicken Man" on the phone. Great writing. :)
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That's the part I don't get. If he's not liked Pollos for this long, you'd think he would be done with him by now. But I think you're right.
 
Dexter Manley said:
- When the one brother is crushed and tells the other brother to finish him, he all but does. Then he suddenly stops and says "Too easy," and casually walks back to his car for the axe when they're in the middle of a busy parking lot during the afternoon after they've been exchanging serious gunfire. I thought that was completely unrealistic. The writers also completely telegraphed what was coming. Everyone and their mom knew Hank was going to put the bullet in his gun and kill the guy before getting axed. I was rooting for Hank to get axed, but I knew it wasn't happening.
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They've been playing up the fact that those 2 are bloodthirsty crazies. I agree it telegraphed Hank getting the bullet and opening the back of his skull, but these 2 have been brooding for revenge for a while now so it didn't seem totally out of line for baldie # 2 to want to make Hank suffer.
 
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Wow what a great show, great episode last night.

I'm betting Hank (survives) and then he and his wife leave town after this, thus "solving" the Hank problem for Walt - likely its only temporary though.

I love the Jesse issues. What I can't figure out is if Jesse knows that Walt was there when his girl died - did I miss something somewhere? Or is Jesse simply directing all of his emotions toward Walt?

Both Jesse and Hanks performances were great. I knew one of them had to go eventually, I was thinking Walt would agree to take out Jesse. If not now, it has to happen eventually; he's too much risk.

Based on the previews, it seems as though a border war is going to brew between the Mexicans and Pollos.

 
parrot said:
Dexter Manley said:
As much as I loved the last scene, I had a couple problems with it:- Dude calls Hank and tells him he's got one minute before 2 guys make it to his car and kill him. At first he thinks it's a crank call. Then he starts taking it seriously. Hank was sweating balls and extremely paranoid. WTF didn't he just GTFO of there? Especially once he realizes he doesn't have his gun. That made no sense to me. He just stays there like a sitting duck.
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Because he freezes, like he explained earlier in the episode.
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Forgot about that. This makes sense. Great acting by Hank in that scene, btw. It seemed like he was in his car for 15 minutes.
 
AhrnCityPahnder said:
Dexter Manley said:
- When the one brother is crushed and tells the other brother to finish him, he all but does. Then he suddenly stops and says "Too easy," and casually walks back to his car for the axe when they're in the middle of a busy parking lot during the afternoon after they've been exchanging serious gunfire. I thought that was completely unrealistic. The writers also completely telegraphed what was coming. Everyone and their mom knew Hank was going to put the bullet in his gun and kill the guy before getting axed. I was rooting for Hank to get axed, but I knew it wasn't happening.
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They've been playing up the fact that those 2 are bloodthirsty crazies. I agree it telegraphed Hank getting the bullet and opening the back of his scull, but these 2 have been brooding for revenge for a while now so it didn't seem totally out of line for baldie # 2 to want to make Hank suffer.
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Ok. I can buy that. I guess this makes even more sense due to the fact that his brother was crushed by Hank too.
 
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