Meh. Considering how the last couple of seasons ended I thought this one sucked. How Gus gets roped in was kind of dumb and quick given how big a character he was. People had been talking about Walt poisoning Brock all week and I was hoping it wouldn't be true. Not because I didn't want Walt to do it, but because it was so poorly set up. egh. I love the show but I'm beginning to think it's a good idea to end the show next season.
Breaking Bad - Season 4
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Well, I was hoping for a bloodbath and I got one. 
Awesome. Gus' death scene was epic.
Awesome. Gus' death scene was epic.
I'll reiterate all my objections to Walt being the poisoner (though that it was something other than ricin lessens that considerably); the mechanics of getting the cigarette (which Jesse doesn't seem to care about either now) are a huge, huge stretch.
The rest was pretty awesome, particularly Tio's final victory (though Tyrus isn't nearly as good a henchman as he clearly thought he was if he didn't notice that the chair was wired with a bomb).
Prediction for next season: they made a point of telling us that Eladio didn't have Gus killed because he knew who he was, and that Gus has connections to some kind of shady German conglomerate; we also learned that the MIA Mike's last name is "Ehrmantraut", so he may also be connected to them somehow.
The rest was pretty awesome, particularly Tio's final victory (though Tyrus isn't nearly as good a henchman as he clearly thought he was if he didn't notice that the chair was wired with a bomb).
Prediction for next season: they made a point of telling us that Eladio didn't have Gus killed because he knew who he was, and that Gus has connections to some kind of shady German conglomerate; we also learned that the MIA Mike's last name is "Ehrmantraut", so he may also be connected to them somehow.
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Awesome finale, just awesome. Although I wished I had stayed away from this thread the last few weeks with the whole bit with the poison and the picture of Gus. Oh well.
Mike is still out there somewhere, so I'm sure once he hears what happened, he'll come a runnin' and gunnin'. Or not, we'll see. Sucks we have to wait a year now.
Mike is still out there somewhere, so I'm sure once he hears what happened, he'll come a runnin' and gunnin'. Or not, we'll see. Sucks we have to wait a year now.
Maybe we'll see him again. Maybe some footage of him singing karaoke will surface next season.
I would have said that Mike seems like a thug-for-hire who would be willing to work for Walt, but now that one of his guys was killed, who knows.
From now on I will judge everything in my life against the experience of seeing Gus walk out of the room with half a face. AND NOTHING WILL BEAT IT!
That was just freaking crazy. Wow. I think I even like Breaking Bad more than Dexter now, and that's saying something. At least until the latter show builds to a climax, that is...
Yeah BB has surpassed all my other shows, including Dexter, to take my #1 spot as favorite show as well.
BB is definitely my favorite current show. Sucks that I'll have to wait for the final season, though. 
The world has lost a brilliant businessman.
Although this was an awesome finale, I do feel like some critical scenes were skipped. I get that they wanted Walt's poisoning of Brock to be a surprise at the last moment of the finale, but there'd been enough speculation going around to make people highly suspect it already. I'm hoping the season premiere fills in some of the blanks as to what Walt was doing that day he was essentially out of contact. How did he get the berries to Brock? How did he put together that plan? I'm assuming there will be massive fallout from this next season, the same way Gale's death reverberated through much of season 4.
Gus' death scene was one of the most awesome I've ever seen in a TV show or movie.
Gus' death scene was one of the most awesome I've ever seen in a TV show or movie.
I did a marathon of all 4 seasons in about 2 weeks and got seriously addicted to this show. It's the most perfect and genius show I've ever seen and everyone involved in it should get an Emmy. Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul are the best actors on TV right now.
Special mention should also go to Mark Margolis (Hector). It's insane how he was able to display full range of emotions just by sitting on the wheelchair and making faces.
Special mention should also go to Mark Margolis (Hector). It's insane how he was able to display full range of emotions just by sitting on the wheelchair and making faces.
I'm of two minds about it. On the one hand, I'm glad that it was Walt that was behind the poisoning as that makes the most sense for in the context of the overall story, that of him going from a good person to a bad person. Also, while I was watching last week's episode I had a niggling feeling that things weren't "right" somehow, and it was only when I read the Walt theory online that the episode finally clicked for me. So that was good.
On the other hand, without even seeing any spoilers, I "knew" the big shocking reveal in advance. Hearing Cranston describe how the final shot will make the audience's heads explode got me all excited, but it ended up being rather humdrum as I knew that's how the episode would end from the moment that the police officer revealed that Brock wasn't poisoned by ricin.
Also, Gus's final scene, though badass, felt too unrealistic and not up to this show's standard. But then I saw this:
Okay Vince, that was pretty awesome. I forgive you.
On the other hand, without even seeing any spoilers, I "knew" the big shocking reveal in advance. Hearing Cranston describe how the final shot will make the audience's heads explode got me all excited, but it ended up being rather humdrum as I knew that's how the episode would end from the moment that the police officer revealed that Brock wasn't poisoned by ricin.
Also, Gus's final scene, though badass, felt too unrealistic and not up to this show's standard. But then I saw this:
Okay Vince, that was pretty awesome. I forgive you.
Oh, that's so bad, but it felt so good.What's his face said:
The world has lost a brilliant businessman.
I know it's wrong but Gus' death hit me harder than Steve Jobs'.
I feel the same way, actually.
Gus Fring revolutionized the way the world eats chicken/does crystal meth.
When the head of the Mexican cartel kills everyone around someone, but NOT that someone, then they are someone who's life is valued by more important people. A real big piece just came off the chess board, & the counter shall be epic & forthcoming. I very much enjoyed the finale. Emmy worthy
It's ever upward for Walt yet again, having learned another key to what it takes to be the man in charge, remorseless villainy. I'm pretty sure this show ends with Walt dead. There's a few possibilities as to who will do it, but I'm leaning toward Jesse, when he in some way realizes the man Walt has become
The bottom line is that when we all turned on this show it was obvious that it was a show about Walt "breaking bad", that he would become more bad as we went on. there was no disputing that
However, what we did not bargain for is that counter to that, this might also be a show about Jesse breaking good, that after spending most of his young life being the most insignificant of criminals, he'd rise the ranks alongside Walt to witness some of the most horrid of criminality, thus forcing him to take stock of who he really is, and wants to be
A good person
It's ever upward for Walt yet again, having learned another key to what it takes to be the man in charge, remorseless villainy. I'm pretty sure this show ends with Walt dead. There's a few possibilities as to who will do it, but I'm leaning toward Jesse, when he in some way realizes the man Walt has become
The bottom line is that when we all turned on this show it was obvious that it was a show about Walt "breaking bad", that he would become more bad as we went on. there was no disputing that
However, what we did not bargain for is that counter to that, this might also be a show about Jesse breaking good, that after spending most of his young life being the most insignificant of criminals, he'd rise the ranks alongside Walt to witness some of the most horrid of criminality, thus forcing him to take stock of who he really is, and wants to be
A good person
An excellent pair of episodes. The final reveal was truly shocking (it helped that I haven't been around here for a few days!). I do get the feeling that this isn't the last we'll see of Giancarlo Esposito as Gus. After all, Gale was brought back for three more episodes this season, and I can't think of any scenario where Hank isn't more interested in Gus' connections now that he has been killed in such a deliberate way, which could easily bring about some flashbacks or surveillance video being used.
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