Nah. Holly dies in an accidental drug over-dose. I'm talking about the newborn son Walt is going to have with Skyler's sister Marie.
j/k...good catch...I totally blanked on that one...
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Nah. Holly dies in an accidental drug over-dose. I'm talking about the newborn son Walt is going to have with Skyler's sister Marie.
j/k...good catch...I totally blanked on that one...
Nah. Holly dies in an accidental drug over-dose. I'm talking about the newborn son Walt is going to have with Skyler's sister Marie.
j/k...good catch...I totally blanked on that one...
Season finale tonight. It could go a NUMBER of ways (since the teaser has so many clips from past episodes and very few new ones).
--Ted
Just finished watching the season finale...
The anti-drug commercials could learn a thing or two from this show.
"My wife left me. I just let my friend's girlfriend choke to death on her own vomit."
"I woke up next to my girlfriend. She had died in the middle of the night...choked on her own vomit. Her dad was distracted at work...Hundreds of people died as a result..."
"This your brain. This is your brain on drugs. This is your brain on drugs and all the people who will die because of your drugs."
The anti-drug commercials could learn a thing or two from this show.
"My wife left me. I just let my friend's girlfriend choke to death on her own vomit."
"I woke up next to my girlfriend. She had died in the middle of the night...choked on her own vomit. Her dad was distracted at work...Hundreds of people died as a result..."
"This your brain. This is your brain on drugs. This is your brain on drugs and all the people who will die because of your drugs."
season finale spoileriffic interview: http://sepinwall.blogspot.com/2009/05/breaking-bad-vince-gilligan-post.html
Death, thy name is Walter White.
Walt has so much resentment for his son right now. That's going to keep boiling to the surface. My guess is that Walt Jr. will defensively say something to the effect of "it was my website idea that saved the family." And that's when all hell will break loose...
Walt's website money influx was probably part of the reason why Skyler felt comfortable leaving. She figures that there's some "honest" money that she can use for her family. I wonder how she'll react when she learns that the website money is just as shady. She's already shown a willingness to let shady finances go (at work)...How long is it going to be before she justifies living the good life? I bet a few weeks living with her sister will change her mind about Walt. She'll probably end up as a Lady Macbeth figure...or perhaps just a blackmailer who gets a cut without having to be married to Walt...
Walt's website money influx was probably part of the reason why Skyler felt comfortable leaving. She figures that there's some "honest" money that she can use for her family. I wonder how she'll react when she learns that the website money is just as shady. She's already shown a willingness to let shady finances go (at work)...How long is it going to be before she justifies living the good life? I bet a few weeks living with her sister will change her mind about Walt. She'll probably end up as a Lady Macbeth figure...or perhaps just a blackmailer who gets a cut without having to be married to Walt...
Great interview. I liked the stuff about Gus and Saul, and I too thought that four seasons is just right.
As for the season finale, I was perplexed by all the activity around Walt's house in the teaser, and the smoke pillars really seemed odd. What the hell was going on?!? It seemed pretty damn big. Then when I saw that Jane's dad was an air traffic controller around the :45 minute mark, I immediately knew what was going to happen.
I'm surprised that he let the PayPal thing go through. Now he has to pay tax on his drug money.
I'm surprised that he let the PayPal thing go through. Now he has to pay tax on his drug money.
As long as it gets clean....
Irony, thy name is Breaking Bad.
GREAT season finale.
--Ted
GREAT season finale.
--Ted
I'm surprised that he let the PayPal thing go through. Now he has to pay tax on his drug money.
If Al Capone had paid his taxes, he never would have been arrested. When you're the head of a criminal empire, it's easier to prove tax evasion than it is to prove any other crime. It is easier to hide the source of your money than it is to hide the stuff you bought with it. They can't prove how you paid for it, but they can prove what you paid for it, and that's good enough.
One thing Walt forgot about the blowfish, it's puffing isn't a bluff, but a warning. Their livers secrete a neuotoxin powerful enough to kill an elephant. If you eat one of those mothers, you're gonna die.
In Japan, the blowfish is a delicacy. Chefs send a long time learning how to cut it and clean it, and there are strict regulations. If you cut it wrong, if you clean it wrong, if you slip just a little bit, you'll lose a customer, literally.
In Hati, blowfish toxin is diluted and mixed with other drugs to create a paralytic-hypnotic agent that both mimics death and enhances susgestibility. This, combined with theatrics and superstition, is what allows an enterprising bokor to produce zombies.
Enjoyed the finale. One thing I appreciate about this show is that it doesn't turn it's wheels, it's always going places. Sky finally puts it all together and confronts Walt and does exactly what any sane person would do. Walts cancer is mostly gone but now he's getting eaten away by his own bitterness. Jesse gets crushed by his gf's death wrought by his own choices, and we see Walt get guilty at not saving her. Her father is saddened, but he handles it like someone who always in his heart knew this was going to happen. The chicken man proves to be a clever adversary, and may become a problem. I noticed that the "fixer" that the Lawyer sends to take care of Jesse bears a passing resemblance to Walt. I wonder if that will play in to next season. For a second there at then end I worried that the money would burn up, sort of like what happened to the "money train" money from the shield. I prefer it to stay in play as a dramatic device.
My one problem with the ep is the plane crash. Felt kind of like a cop-out. Even thought Walt is the one that caused the events that lead to Q losing his mind an intentionally crashing the planes. (Not 100% sure on it but when he tells the one plane to disregard and directs them I got the sense before it happened that he was going to make the planes crash.) We've been seeing it all season trying to figure out what exploded and who the bodies were, but the bodies ended up being nobody, and the explosion was only distantly related to Walt. After all the hints at the start of the season, really Sky's confrontation was the real explosion.
Can't wait for next season. This is one of the reasons I like watching shows on dvd all in a row once the show is done. The one drawback is that there's no one to talk to about the show by then.
My one problem with the ep is the plane crash. Felt kind of like a cop-out. Even thought Walt is the one that caused the events that lead to Q losing his mind an intentionally crashing the planes. (Not 100% sure on it but when he tells the one plane to disregard and directs them I got the sense before it happened that he was going to make the planes crash.) We've been seeing it all season trying to figure out what exploded and who the bodies were, but the bodies ended up being nobody, and the explosion was only distantly related to Walt. After all the hints at the start of the season, really Sky's confrontation was the real explosion.
Can't wait for next season. This is one of the reasons I like watching shows on dvd all in a row once the show is done. The one drawback is that there's no one to talk to about the show by then.
Do we actually know WHO the bodies are, and that they're from the plane? I thought that was left unrevealed. Seems to me if they fell from the plane that they wouldn't be as "intact" as depicted by the body bags. (Although falling from the plane would certainly explain Walt's demolished car).
--Ted
--Ted
Yeah, go ahead and read the interview I already posted.
I don't read any interviews while they can still be considered spoilers.
Spoilers are ridiculous.
--Ted
Spoilers are ridiculous.
--Ted
Yeah, you're right. It would be a bad idea to read an interview that wasn't released until after airing of the focal episode focusing on an episode you've already seen. Certainly wouldn't want to spoil your next viewing.
When you have short-term memory loss like I do ... 
(Also, the link to the interview was posted just shortly before the season finale aired here in the Bay Area.)
--Ted
(Also, the link to the interview was posted just shortly before the season finale aired here in the Bay Area.)
--Ted
