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<p>Either way, I was a bit disappointed with tonight’s episode. The last scene was great, but the rest felt like filler.</p>
<p>Loved to see the shift within that last scene.
Scary, scary, scary man that Walter is.</p>
<p>Never watched the show until Junior asked me to sit with him to see an old episode last month. Great stuff. Will now catch up with the the series on Netflix.</p>
<p>Also, enjoyable interview with Bryan Cranston on CBS Sunday Morning yesterday. Interesting and funny guy. Was on his way to being an Los Angeles cop before he caught the acting bug, even though both his parents were actors. Thought he was very good in “Argo” last year.</p>
<p>Also heard that the producers may create a spin-off featuring the slimy lawyer.</p>
<p>I also thought it was an excellent episode (not disappointed at all). Loved the beginning montage where Walt returns home - loved the final confrontation between Walt and Hank (and I’m so glad they didn’t drag that out. I read an interview with Vince Gilligan where he said they orginally planned to drag that out for most of the season, but then they realized that they had too many other stories to tell and only 8 episodes in which to tell them.)</p>
<p>And in between there was the whole downward spiral of Jesse. I have a bad feeling about Jesse. Of course, I have a bad feeling about most of the cast members.</p>
<p>“Tread lightly.” Loved that line!</p>
<p>I thought it was a great episode too. Clearly, the cancer didn’t get Walt, he’s not in prison, and his house is derelict but hasn’t been demolished or rebuilt and flipped - yet. That doesn’t bode well for Walt’s enemies.</p>
<p>Let’s try to keep this thread spoiler free!</p>
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<p>Ummm, isn’t this a spoiler?</p>
<p>I’ll ask the moderators to change the thread title to include the words “no spoilers,” since I didn’t think to do it when I started the thread.</p>
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<p>No, those are statements based on my viewing of last night’s episode. Spoiler = revealing future, yet-to-be broadcast developments.</p>
<p>It will be pretty hard to discuss what we saw, without discussing what we saw…if you are a newbie to the series, I suggest getting busy with Netflix and avoiding reading, well, anything until you are caught up :)</p>
<p>I was a week behind on Mad Men this past season and deliberately did not open the Mad Men thread here each week until I had seen it…simple common sense.</p>
<p>Okay, not in any way a spoiler: “Hello Carol.” Bryan Cranston can put so much into a single line!</p>
<p>I adore the show, but often wish it was broadcast on a network with no commercials. The constant interruptions really break the mood.</p>
<p>When Hank opened the patio door you can hear his wife say to Walt “you’re a devil” or something close to that.</p>
<p>His boldfaced lie to Jesse about Mike . “You have to believe me.” </p>
<p>Jesse couldn’t accuse Walt any more than he did without putting himself in danger. He knows Walt is a loose cannon.</p>
<p>Overall somewhat disappointed in the episode. I thought the flash forward was very confusing.</p>
<p>It was confusing, but interesting. After the flash forward, Walt assured his brother in law he would be dead of cancer soon, regardless of the machinations of the law. Just another one of his lies? When and why did Walt (I assume) write “Heisenberg” in yellow paint on the living room wall?</p>
<p>I really liked how they started the episode last night the same way that episode 1 of this season started–the flash forward seemed to pick up essentially where the last one left off, so didn’t seem that confusing to me. Loved the whole episode from beginning to end! The “Hello Carol” line was great, especially when contrasted with his greeting of the same neighbor later in the episode (i.e. earlier in time). I also thought Dean Norris’s acting as Hank in this episode was absolutely top-notch, making the confrontation between Walt and Hank at the end just incredible. It was really hard to watch Jesse in this episode–I’m also very worried about him.</p>
<p>MommaJ, I agree about the commercial interruptions. Last week I rewatched the first 8 episodes on Netflix (2 or 3 at a time) and the flow of the show was so much better without commercials. It really kept the tension and foreboding front and center.</p>
<p>Huh. I assumed vandals wrote “Heisenberg” on the wall. I thought it indicated that after Walt fled New Mexico, the story broke about his meth empire and now everyone knows about Heisenberg. That, or some of his former meth-cooking buddies (Todd?) did it.</p>
<p>Actually, his cancer has come back and he probably will be dead soon (not a lot of people live through recurrences of lung cancer). At the end of last season they showed Walt undergoing follow-up testing for his cancer and then last night they showed him getting chemo. None of that should have any bearing on whether or not he should be brought to justice, but of course it was manipulative to throw it all at Hank during their confrontation.</p>
<p>Oh, and I liked the flash forward, too, especially since it echoed the same flash forward from the beginning of the season.</p>
<p>I was really hoping that someone would shoot Todd in last night’s episode, or push him off a building or something. I will be very disappointed if he escapes a bad end.</p>
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<p>WOW. I completely missed that it was the same day as Walt’s 52nd birthday breakfast at Denny’s (and purchase of a high powered rifle). I just went back to watch that part of episode 1. It is!</p>
<p>I’m curious about Badger’s Star Trek blueberry pie eating contest script. Is Walt supposed to be Chekov and Hank is Spock? Here’s hoping Lergnom watches Breaking Bad and posts his thoughts just as he did with Mad Men.</p>
<p>Breaking Bad has always used the flash-forward device. I love that the writers expect the audience to concentrate and don’t pander to short attention spans the way most regular network shows do. Of course, that means that I keep having to explain things to my husband who doesn’t take his tv watching as seriously as I do ;).</p>
<p>I’ve watched the episode again today and I’m so pleased that it was so rich in subtext and foreshadowing, yet really didn’t drag out the Walt/Hank showdown. I’m going to miss this show so much when it’s over.</p>
<p>[Gliding</a> Over All: An Interview with “Breaking Bad” Cinematographer Michael Slovis | Balder and Dash | Roger Ebert](<a href=“http://www.rogerebert.com/balder-and-dash/gliding-over-all-the-cinematography-of-breaking-bad-season-2]Gliding”>Gliding Over All: An Interview with "Breaking Bad" Cinematographer Michael Slovis | Features | Roger Ebert)</p>
<p>This is a great interview with Michael Slovis, the Breaking Bad cinematographer. He’s also directed 4 episodes of the show, including one of my favorites: “Live Free or Die” (the one with the magnets). It’s worth reading the entire interview, but the worrisome part is:
This convinces me that the few innocent characters are going to be killed off: Walt Jr., baby Holly, and Marie. I kind of expect almost everyone else to go, Hank for sure (probably sacrificing himself to keep someone else alive?). I like Skyler, but she’s complicit; I love Jesse and hope he can somehow walk away, but he’s done terrible things. Of course I expect Saul to ride out whatever happens the way a cockroach can survive a nuclear blast. I’d like to see Badger and Skinny Pete make it through.</p>
<p>On the brighter side, Slovis also says this:
I so want him to be right!</p>
<p>Walt has gone back to his house, now destroyed and covered with graffiti, to collect his ricin (for himself?) There’s an automatic rifle in the car (who will that be used on…?)</p>
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<p>Yup.</p>
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<p>I think Jesse is the moral heart of the story (more than Hank) and will make some time of selfless, redemptive decision.</p>