At Silva in Grand Rapids two weeks back. Dos Hombres is pretty good! I wish it was blue tinted tho. It was pretty surreal seeing Bryan in person. There was a moment where he dropped a glass and he played it for laughs.

I’m guessing he goes to “negotiate” with Tuco—or in Sheldon’s case, he’s more likely to just lecture meth prices at an uninterested dealer—and just gets shot at the door for being obnoxious, thus ending the series at season 1.

He was supposed to be there for meet and greets + autographs. Was really excited to meet him actually.

Then well you know. Giancarlo was there, he was really nice and supportive but he kept glancing at the booth and the memorial display put up and you could tell it was affecting him.

Reach out and check on your friends people. You never know.

What if the cigarette pack Jesse had on him had a significantly different amount of cigarettes than the one Huell switched it with?

Walt is really lucky, a lot of things had to go his way for his plan to have worked out in the end.

And I never understood the hate towards her either.

I thought she was a brilliant character - starting out as a total stereotype and gradually progressing over the series to become more nuanced, complex, powerful, sharp, etc overtime.

More people seem to be coming around to team Skylar these days and I just wonder what the hate for her was to start with.

Am I missing something or was it literally just misogyny?

Something that always bothered me: some time after the scene where Gus seems to Spidey Sense the car bomb, there's a scene where his men abduct Jesse Pinkman to force him to cook meth. This was in stark contrast to the time that Walt was visiting Hank in the hospital, and Gus was like, "It's all good bro, take your time. The meth lab will be there when you're ready to come back."

But it finally makes sense. In the Spidey sense scene, Gus figures out that Jesse is working against him, so he decides to take the gloves off. Hence, reducing Jesse to a meth slave.

That's it. That's the whole post. But I think the abduction scene confirms that Gus figured out that something was off and that Jesse was involved. What doesn't make sense to me is why Gus didn't have someone examine the car. They would have found the bomb and confirmed Gus's suspicion that someone was trying to kill him. We know that didn't happen because Walt still has the bomb to strap to Hector's chair later on.

TLDR: Gus abducting Jesse and forcing him to cook meth supports the interpretation that Gus had, in fact, figured out that Jesse was working against Gus - probably during the Spidey Sense car bomb scene.

Just finished the show, obviously incredible, is it the consensus that Walt himself arguably had a happy ending. I know that obviously almost everything went south, but especially in his last conversation with Skyler, when he says I did it for myself. Is that not a kind of moment of freedom. Like no longer is it all for nothing(as he says to Walt jr in last phone call with him) but he done it and he loved the feeling it gave him, and the final look at the meth lab was proud, like reminiscing on all he had done. I mean baby blue is perfect. And he was destined to die regardless(probably but obviously didn't get proper chemo), and he avenges hank(to an extent) gets Lydia in the coldest way possible, sets junior and the family up for life(obviously maybe not Skyler due to dea), and dies with an almost smirk(or was I seeing things?)

Sorry if post is a little scruffy I just finished the show and am desperate to talk about it (please no spoilers for el camino or bcs)

I just stumbled across this again that I did 12 years ago now (scary), when I was very unemployed after university. It's obviously based on Big Candy Mountain. Can't even remember how it came about, but it makes me laugh now. If it brings anyone else any joy, that's a bonus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMTpuTlhsqk

This contains the main characters, and side characters that I remembered. It's based on how much I like them, how I would interact with them, and I also make sure if they're a bad influence, or dangerous.

The irony of Walter watching Scarface on his TV with W. Jr, is that he was heading toward the very same downfall of Tony. His obsession with money, power, and feeling superior to everyone around him definitely destroyed him. He never understood or knew when enough was enough. Killing Gus should've been his exit, the perfect moment to leave everything behind and start fresh. But Walter didn’t have any necessity anymore, he was driven by his ego and his hurt of being out of the company/relationship he was no longer part of.

Reached this episode on my rewatch...don't know how other people feel but this I thought was the first true 10/10 episode of S2.

We get so much insight into the psyche of Walt, and most importantly into Walt and Jesse as a duo. Their dynamic here was fleshed out more than in any other episode prior (for obvious reasons). And we also get to see things we already knew, but this time by bringing them completely onto the surface. The fact we see Walt facing the last leg of his existentialism - he's at the end of the road - really helps us take an actual peek into how he really feels after everything that's happened. In words, not just in his mind or in expressions.

And the ending being our very first outright confrontation with the fact that this wasn't all just for family, and more importantly - Walt WANTED to die. Because he wanted to go out on a high. Cook, set everything up for his loved ones, and go out on his own terms doing what he felt at home with, living dangerously and excitingly (as Hank once told him to), and being on top of the world.

But the concept of him surviving at the end is haunting for Walt. Its what really kills him. He cannot dare face going back to the "normal" life he once had NOW...after everything he's been through since then. That regular breakfast - school - dinner - sleep? That feeling of mediocrity? A sense of inadequacy? No. Thats what really kills him. And so the ending was him realizing: if he's faced with the prospect of survival...the only way for him to feel alive is he must go back to make a killing.

Supongamos que walt le hubiese dicho a gretchen "yo me aparte de la empresa y me equivoque y la verdad esa decision me pesa teniendo en cuenta lo que nuestra investigacion iba a rendir en el futuro, solo les pido a ustedes que teniendo en cuenta el valor de la empresa me den un reconocimiento y 3 millones de dolares que para ustedes no es mucho y para mi me cambia la vida y la de mi familia. Creen que Gretchen y Elliot hubieran aceptado a esto?

Did anyone else think it was really random how they portrayed Gus's death, not the way he died but when he walked out with half his face ripped off, the cgi took me out I outwardly laughed at that scene, did anyone else think it was funny? It was just kind of a shift in the show, idk if it was supposed to be funny or if I'm just immature

Alternate universe: the company succeeds before Walter leaves and he stays for the money

Seeing how his big drug empire didn't last even a year because the guy is lousy as a leader of an organization makes me believe that the guy would have screwed up if he stayed in the company

Ok now maybe the young Walter wasn't so broke and the company would have run its course, or it would just be a matter of time for Walter to explode and ruin him in some way by going to another company to ruin it anyway for wanting to be the boss

As far as I know, Walter was the one with the ideas, Eliot was in charge of the business and Gretchen was in charge of giving the money at the beginning, maybe that would screw Walter for not being the one who is in absolute command?

This is so sad 😢 RJ Mitte was truly loved by so many people. I can't imagine the pain his sister is going through right now

Como é interessante assistir breaking bad depois de mais velha, assisti essa série quando era pré adolescente e era o maior hype, eu gostei, a qualidade e escrita sempre foram impecáveis mas eu nunca fui muito fã obcecada. Agora com praticamente 25 anos estou reassistindo e realmente nunca vi uma série tão bem produzida, com detalhes e diálogos tão bem pensados. Hoje reassistindo tenho opiniões muito diferentes sobre tudo e todos, e eu não me lembrava de muita coisa.
Principalmente o fato de odiar praticamente todas as mulheres na época que eu assistia, e olha eu sou mulher, acho que quando eu era adolescente eu deveria ser meio idiota mesmo hahaha skyler e marie foram super esposas, eu detestava a marie mas agora vendo o quão paciente ela foi com o hank me admira, e hoje em dia eu realmente gosto da skyler e o hate em cima dela é absurdamente injustificável. Hoje em dia também realmente não sinto pena do jesse, ele fez viciados recaírem diversas vezes (a namorada dele de franjinha e os amigos depois) o que para mim é desprezível, quando a jane morreu eu fiquei com muita dó do pai dela e todo o enredo depois é de partir o coração. Estou começando a quarta temporada agr e to bem animada.