"I fucked Ted."
Whoa. This show delivers again and again.
Whoa. This show delivers again and again.
Breaking Bad - Season 3
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I really thought they would string this out all little longer. A friend kept telling me this would never happen, as it was "way too obvious". So much for that theory.
Yeah, that "I fucked Ted" line at the end was priceless. You know Ted got it good too, as I imagine Skyler was putting a lot of passionate anger into it. She was dying to get that weapon loaded to use against Walt. You know Ted's gonna want him some more of that.
That was cool how we got to see how Turtle man got it. I would have liked to have seen how they rigged up those explosives though, and how it was set off. Still, I love how they leave gaps like that, then come back to it much later. Brilliant.
Walt sure is fortunate that Skyler is so dedicated to protecting Walt Jr. He'd be toast otherwise.
Jesse's grandmother wanted him to have a place to live, but was afraid to put it in his name, lest he snort it up his nose with equity loans. We know this is true, not just Jesse's wishful thinking, or he wouldn't have had the house to start with. The parents put him on the street for money. That's not tough love, it's just cold.
Skylar has been a weakly defined character all along. This is practically the default for female characters. A bookkeeper should know to worry about the narcs confiscating the house and the cars as well as Walt's cash. Drug laws are past draconian, to the point of providing monetary incentive for prosecution. The absence of any sense of self preservation makes her behavior childish.
Also, it is difficult to see how she can be so insensitive to disappointing Walt Jr. with her inexplicable cruelty. Her behavior, especially a sexual affair which most teenagers would find much more heinous than meth cooking, will inevitably cause much pain to Walt Jr. The only motive she expressed is her hope that cancer will "resolve" their issues. Unfortunately, this is a powerful motive to hang tight, not start an affair. I don't believe in Skylar now, it's just sensationalism. Or the trite notion that she's breaking bad. I suppose the producers think everyone really wants to break bad, and they're just afraid to.
Heisenberg had a partner who is not protected by Gustavo. Jesse should be dead by now. His still being here is sacrificing plot logic and thematic honesty to affections for a character/actor. But, I don't actually believe that Gustavo would or could protect Heisenberg, even temporarily. This is arbitrary plotting aimed to force Walt back into cooking. Feh.
The only thing truly well done is the way Walt forced himself back into the house. His fear of death and bitterness over his life broke his moral center, so that he does not even realize what an awful thing he has done. He has attacked his own wife the way he attacks his drug deals, relying upon desperation to raise the stakes so high he wins.
But overall the show is floundering, with disconnected scenes and aimless developments. Three episodes into a twelve, thirteen episode season is a lot of time to waste. They basically falsified the climax of the second season, where Jesse or Dean (and their women) should have been killed. That would have started third season with the proper impetus. Instead they're trying to get Walt back into the meth business. They should probably think boldly and drop the crime angle for this season. Walt can go back when the remission ends and he "needs" more money.
Skylar has been a weakly defined character all along. This is practically the default for female characters. A bookkeeper should know to worry about the narcs confiscating the house and the cars as well as Walt's cash. Drug laws are past draconian, to the point of providing monetary incentive for prosecution. The absence of any sense of self preservation makes her behavior childish.
Also, it is difficult to see how she can be so insensitive to disappointing Walt Jr. with her inexplicable cruelty. Her behavior, especially a sexual affair which most teenagers would find much more heinous than meth cooking, will inevitably cause much pain to Walt Jr. The only motive she expressed is her hope that cancer will "resolve" their issues. Unfortunately, this is a powerful motive to hang tight, not start an affair. I don't believe in Skylar now, it's just sensationalism. Or the trite notion that she's breaking bad. I suppose the producers think everyone really wants to break bad, and they're just afraid to.
Heisenberg had a partner who is not protected by Gustavo. Jesse should be dead by now. His still being here is sacrificing plot logic and thematic honesty to affections for a character/actor. But, I don't actually believe that Gustavo would or could protect Heisenberg, even temporarily. This is arbitrary plotting aimed to force Walt back into cooking. Feh.
The only thing truly well done is the way Walt forced himself back into the house. His fear of death and bitterness over his life broke his moral center, so that he does not even realize what an awful thing he has done. He has attacked his own wife the way he attacks his drug deals, relying upon desperation to raise the stakes so high he wins.
But overall the show is floundering, with disconnected scenes and aimless developments. Three episodes into a twelve, thirteen episode season is a lot of time to waste. They basically falsified the climax of the second season, where Jesse or Dean (and their women) should have been killed. That would have started third season with the proper impetus. Instead they're trying to get Walt back into the meth business. They should probably think boldly and drop the crime angle for this season. Walt can go back when the remission ends and he "needs" more money.
I'm starting to a get a little bored...they need to decide what they're doing with this season and start doing it.
I think so far this season has not be great. I hope all this buildup is worth it.
Dexter and Lost.
Yeah, I'm being unrealistically picky. Breaking Bad is fine. I'm just pining for the days when Jesse and Walt were disposing of bodies with hydrochloric acid in the bathtub.Jesse and Walt need to get back together - but not in a contrived way - I'm willing to wait for the producers to accomplish this in a natural way that makes sense for where they've gone as characters.
^ Yeah, the real heart of the show. I want them to get back to that as well. I think we're just seeing a bit of down time when they're not cooking, literally or figuratively.
I've no complaints about this season at all. It's good stuff.
I swear I had never heard of this Dexter show until I joined this forum, and I still don't know what it is. I've never seen a single episode of Lost. Maybe someday I'll rent it.
While I'm still unbelievably entertained with Breaking Bad, I really am hoping that this season wraps it up. Going further would almost have to stretch it too thin.
Walter is crazy tonight. I just hope he gets a grip on himself soon or he'll end up in jail or give Skylar the excuse she needs to file a restraining order aganist him.
I think Hank is actually in a better place now. He needs to stay where he is.
Like when he told his work buddy to "take your hand off my shoulder". The guy was just worried about him, and Hank was about an inch away from taking the guy down (for no reason).
Hank has gotten so obsessed with Heisenberg, his panic attacks are going to turn into a heart attack.
We'll see.
Checkmate
Commodore
That's... uh, that's not why Hank is all weird. Hank snapped because of what happened when he was on the task force originally. Going back to rejoin it is the last thing he needs to do. The recent obsession with Heisenberg is the only thing keeping him remotely stable right now; it's keeping his mind busy. It's when he's idle and has time to think and dwell upon what happened when he freaks out.
Poor Jesse tried to show Dad how good he did but Dad made it plain just how much he despises and resents him. As a surrogate for Walt Jr. the unlovely victim of cerebral palsy, this was inevitable.
The Walt who responded to terminal cancer (conveniently rewritten of coure to suit indefinite serialization) by taking up methamphetamine manufacturing doesn't seem quite like the guy who nearly gets arrested for public disturbance/trespassing/assault or absentmindedly getting fired for coming on to his principal. That original Walt seems like someone who would rationalize reentering the drug business so he can crush Ted by buying his business out from under him. And rationalize that by saying it's about saving his family.
Skylar is still trying to move on past Walt while staying with him in hopes he'll die sometime soon. Since that's crazy, it makes the character look like a fool. Worse, it makes her look like a malicious fool. Her indifference to Walt Jr. is extraordinary.
The drug plot is finally taking a semicredible turn with Jesse and Gustavo as the players. It's quite a stretch to think that Gustavo can read Walt so perfectly as to think that dealing with Jesse will provoke him back into the business.
It's also quite a stetch to think all the other drug dealers think as little of Jesse as Walt (and therefore don't blame him for his part in Tuco's death.)
The Walt who responded to terminal cancer (conveniently rewritten of coure to suit indefinite serialization) by taking up methamphetamine manufacturing doesn't seem quite like the guy who nearly gets arrested for public disturbance/trespassing/assault or absentmindedly getting fired for coming on to his principal. That original Walt seems like someone who would rationalize reentering the drug business so he can crush Ted by buying his business out from under him. And rationalize that by saying it's about saving his family.
Skylar is still trying to move on past Walt while staying with him in hopes he'll die sometime soon. Since that's crazy, it makes the character look like a fool. Worse, it makes her look like a malicious fool. Her indifference to Walt Jr. is extraordinary.
The drug plot is finally taking a semicredible turn with Jesse and Gustavo as the players. It's quite a stretch to think that Gustavo can read Walt so perfectly as to think that dealing with Jesse will provoke him back into the business.
It's also quite a stetch to think all the other drug dealers think as little of Jesse as Walt (and therefore don't blame him for his part in Tuco's death.)
I just don't get her at all. I can understand the discovery would put their marriage on the rocks but how do you reconcile the woman who was going to huge lengths to keep her husband alive with the one who hates Walt so much she's hoping for him to die so the situation will "resolve itself" and sleeping with other men to get Walt out of the house? And all in a matter of a few weeks.
She should at least hear him out.
Yeah, I've been watching, so I know the cause of his panic attacks. I really didn't see that as the reason for him snapping at his co-worker though. He seemed to really be struggling with having to turn down El Paso for the Heisenberg investigation. I assumed that's why he was freaking out.
I guess we all see things differently, but to me he seems a bit overly obsessed with Heisenberg. Wouldn't be the first time I was wrong about something though.
