Breaking Bad ***SPOILERS INSIDE***

[Torridd]

I do remember. I don't know. I just don't see it as all that clear that he was going to be off'd. 

Walt would only kill Jesse if absolutely necessary. He just wanted Jesse away so Hank couldn't get to him.

[henry]

'...virtues of child poisoning...' has to be my favorite line in the series now.

 

 

Another great episode. Looks like Jesse would have to outsmart Walt to produce physical evidence and no one has really beat him.

[Taylor]

Jesse says he's going to come after Walt where he *really* lives. Wonder what that means?

[mancini79]

Jesse says he's going to come after Walt where he *really* lives. Wonder what that means?

 

Maybe he's trying to be vague so Walt would get paranoid. I was waiting to see how Todd was going to play into the storyline.

[AngelsLongBall]

I want Todd to be last man standing.

Where he really lived is vague. Hank won't let him hurt the kids, so the house is out. Maybe it's his reputation? That's why we saw Heisenberg on the walls

[Brandon]

Good point and thought process. I'm still catching up on various recaps and ideas, but no one really touches "where you really live" which I thought was a great cliffhanger and conversation point.

This episode was a huge catalyst for events next week.

I love the writing and although I rag on the peculiarities and timing, liked how they showed Hank drive off with Jesse only to have Walt turn the corner and pull up.

[mancini79]

Since Brandon mentioned that Walt has been picking up tips from his past accomplices, I've been keeping an eye out for them. Walt entered his house from the back door. Mike said he never entered through the front.

 

Skyler calling for Walt to make the hit on Jesse is very interesting.

[Taylor]

Speaking of Skyler, how did she know Walt was meeting with Saul during his ice bucket run?

[Brandon]

Although, didn't Walt sneak in through the back before? I thought in one of the earlier seasons he snuck in and out of the back and also hid something in the back. I might be thinking of the dude that tried to bug the place.

Good catch though.

I just assumed she looked out the hotel window. She already knew he wad lying about the gasoline.

[Glen]

Good point and thought process. I'm still catching up on various recaps and ideas, but no one really touches "where you really live" which I thought was a great cliffhanger and conversation point.

This episode was a huge catalyst for events next week.

I love the writing and although I rag on the peculiarities and timing, liked how they showed Hank drive off with Jesse only to have Walt turn the corner and pull up.

 

 

That was an excellent touch and one of the reasons this show is so damn good.  It takes a moment from the last episode you didn't think of and shows how critical it was.  Imagine Walt getting there one minute earlier and how different things would have been.

 

This was one of those "ratchet up the tension" episodes where there wasn't a lot of action but the suspense was just incredible.  I liked how it twisted everything from the end of the last episode.  Back then Walt wanted to keep Jesse alive Jesse wanted Walt dead.  Now Walt has been convinced he needs to kill Jesse (wrongly, which makes it even better) and Jesse has moved on from killing Walt to making him suffer.  

 

Four more episodes.  Shit has to start happening really fast now, because we have to not only get to what we've already seen in the flash-forwards, but to what happens beyond them.  I wonder if the last episode will be longer.

[sneaky_flute]

The only blemish on this season so far is the fact that they didn't show Hank telling Gomez about Walt. That was a decision he struggled with and all of a sudden Gomez is sitting in his house unfazed. You can tell they're rushing to wrap things up.

[Glen]

Also, since there is nothing unintentional on this show, I wonder of the end of the episode was a bit of a callback.  Remember Mike playing with his granddaughter and he had to leave her alone because of the tip from Walt that the DEA was coming?  Now at the end of this episode, Walt misses his meeting with Jesse because of a man waiting for his daughter, who was playing.  

[sneaky_flute]

The guy was just there to make it look like Walt had a thug waiting for Jesse.

[Glen]

I know, but I just thought it was interesting how they did it.  

[Brandon]

Possible with a longer finale. To my knowledge, the writers wanted more episodes which is why we have a split season as a compromise because for whatever reason, the max this show has pulled is somewhere around 5m viewers while shows like Walking Dead bring in 10m on average, so the network didn't want to pay more. Kind of a bind on the writers, but should work. With Mad Men the past season had two two hour episodes.

[Brandon]

It could also explain why the Gomez part mentioned was left out. Although, reading ideas and reviews I agree it was menial in the grand scope of things and works as implied.

[Taylor]

The only blemish on this season so far is the fact that they didn't show Hank telling Gomez about Walt. That was a decision he struggled with and all of a sudden Gomez is sitting in his house unfazed. You can tell they're rushing to wrap things up.

 

But one of the slick aspects of this show is that not everything has to be stated or shown. On network TV, the writers assume most of the audience is casual and doesn't watch between the lines. So everything has to be blatantly said so that the most casual of viewers will get it. Breaking Bad doesn't always do that. By Gomez being in Hank's house, the show's audience will understand that Hank finally brought his partner up to speed, and that his partner agreed to help his boss "off the record."

 

Plus, that scene with Jesse waking up in a surreal new environment, was from Jesse's perspective. It's like, wow, Hank brought me here when I was in a drugged-up stupor, and now there's this woman and this other dude who know about the situation, too.

[AngelsLongBall]

I can't stop thinking about the meaning of hitting him where he really lives; is he just posturing to force Walt into disclosing evidence or is he going after the winnebago or what

Edited September 2, 2013 by AngelsLongBall

[Taylor]

I read a theory on another forum that Jesse is going to cook meth again, and prove that Walt isn't the only one who can produce the 99% pure stuff. That would strike Walt at his most prized possession: his pride.

[Brandon]

Interesting. When Hank was talking to him in the house Jesse mentions being the only one as good as him or that he can do what Walt does.....something like that, I forget. I assume that's where the theory derived.

[mancini79]

I'm not sure if Hank will allow Jesse to go back to cooking under his watch. Maybe Jesse has a way of attacking Walt's pride other than cooking. But the last few episodes have really stacked the cards against Jesse.

 

Saul: Has been OK with Jesse being dead for a while.

Walt: Calling Todd's men to take Jesse out.

Skyler: Wants Walt to kill Jesse.

Hank: Knew that Walt could kill Jesse in the park, but didn't care as long as he got Walt's confession on tape.

 

Looks like Jesse is going to have to do this himself somehow. He could run from Hank and help Lydia. She would protect him as long as he's her cook. That would also complicate Todd's stance.

[Brandon]

Yeah, it's interesting but I don't think happens under Hanks watch.

The interesting things from last night were Jesse saying he'd get Walt where he really lives and the last scene where Hank picks him up and Jesse says he has a better idea and plan to get Walt. Which is really interesting because Jesse has always had great ideas throughout the show.

[Bruce Nye]

Skylar's comment about it being time to kill Jesse was a LOL moment considering her behavior in the past.

 

I believe we will see Jesse start to move back toward Walt - they know too much and have done too much.

[Count Orlok]

Jesse is going to die at some point. I just don't know when.

[Agalloch]

I think Jesse won't die till the finale, he's the main one dragging the suspense out and it'll all come crashing then.