TV Breaking Bad Season 5 ***SPOILERS***

pjcrows

Brownlow Medallist
Joined
Sep 10, 2004
Posts
27,571
Likes
36,068
Location
Adelaide
AFL Club
Adelaide
Other Teams
Minnesota Vikings
Just a complete mindblow. How GOOD.

One observation - Walt is clearly supposed to be dead/presumed dead when he goes to get the ricin at the start. The response of the old lady neighbour was literally like she'd "seen a ghost".

The mimicking of Gus when Lydia was at the car wash was awesome. He's not figuratively Gus now, but in some ways literally.
 

(Log in to remove this ad.)

pjcrows

Brownlow Medallist
Joined
Sep 10, 2004
Posts
27,571
Likes
36,068
Location
Adelaide
AFL Club
Adelaide
Other Teams
Minnesota Vikings
Also - I reckon the ricin is for himself. Goes back to the old house, ties up loose ends, ready for the final faceoff, gets the ricin for possible suicide.
 
Joined
Jul 7, 2013
Posts
1,247
Likes
1,200
AFL Club
Collingwood
Also - I reckon the ricin is for himself. Goes back to the old house, ties up loose ends, ready for the final faceoff, gets the ricin for possible suicide.


Ricin takes a while to kill. As far as suicide options itd be a pretty poor way to off yourself. Also i think Walts ego is far too large to ever take that way out
 

glenferry23

Brownlow Medallist
Joined
Apr 26, 2010
Posts
20,326
Likes
23,297
Location
Melbourne
AFL Club
Hawthorn
Other Teams
Arsenal, New York Yankees
Ricin takes a while to kill. As far as suicide options itd be a pretty poor way to off yourself. Also i think Walts ego is far too large to ever take that way out
2-3 days to die I believe Walt has said previously. And sounds like a painful way to go as well, the poison would cause a fatal illness. Don't believe it's for himself, Jesse or Hank would be my guess at this stage.
 

(Log in to remove this ad.)

Zach Package

Kyle Langfourd
Joined
Sep 21, 2012
Posts
23,606
Likes
31,815
Location
Parish, Francis
AFL Club
Essendon
Other Teams
Piggy Smith, SFG, Heat, Raiders
Just a complete mindblow. How GOOD.

One observation - Walt is clearly supposed to be dead/presumed dead when he goes to get the ricin at the start. The response of the old lady neighbour was literally like she'd "seen a ghost".
Was interesting, there's two ways that could go IMO. One is that he has indeed used saul's guy to vanish and has faked his own death or something like that. The other is that he's like America's most wanted, on the run, his face is everywhere and he's just shown up right on her doorstep.

Also note the oranges, when Ted wrecked himself, a bowl of oranges toppled over on top of him. Is it a metaphor for death and suffering like in the Godfather?
 

flight23

Norm Smith Medallist
Joined
Jun 7, 2007
Posts
7,848
Likes
2,439
Location
Bondi
AFL Club
Western Bulldogs
Other Teams
Da Bulls
Was interesting, there's two ways that could go IMO. One is that he has indeed used saul's guy to vanish and has faked his own death or something like that. The other is that he's like America's most wanted, on the run, his face is everywhere and he's just shown up right on her doorstep.





that bit made me think the latter
 

pjcrows

Brownlow Medallist
Joined
Sep 10, 2004
Posts
27,571
Likes
36,068
Location
Adelaide
AFL Club
Adelaide
Other Teams
Minnesota Vikings
Go back and watch "tread lightly" again. I didn't pick it up the first time, but there's a whimpering innocence in his voice before he says it... then "tread lightly" drops down two octaves with no facial expression change.

This bloke is mental.

And it's gold.
 

Hawks1523

Brownlow Medallist
Joined
Sep 17, 2007
Posts
17,923
Likes
7,292
Location
Melbourne
AFL Club
Hawthorn
Other Teams
Red wings, Tigers, Patriots
Just on the ricin. While I don't think he would, he did say he and hank both know he would never see inside a jail cell. If all else fails him, the ricin may come in handy?
 

flight23

Norm Smith Medallist
Joined
Jun 7, 2007
Posts
7,848
Likes
2,439
Location
Bondi
AFL Club
Western Bulldogs
Other Teams
Da Bulls
Just on the ricin. While I don't think he would, he did say he and hank both know he would never see inside a jail cell. If all else fails him, the ricin may come in handy?

initially i thought he meant he could flip and give evidence, then i thought he meant he wouldn't be alive, didn't even cross my mind he'd use the ricin on himself
 

Marlowe

The 'M' is Silent
Joined
Mar 12, 2012
Posts
21,649
Likes
33,164
Location
110th Street
AFL Club
Melbourne
Other Teams
Gold City Royals
I just love how Gilligan and co. let all the tension out of the scenario in Hank's garage and immediately fill back up again instantly, in one move. A masterclass of pacing.

My favourite moment was Walt directing Jesse to 'let go of the past'. There's no end to the yarn of bullshit Walt will spin when it comes to manipulating Jesse. :rolleyes:
 
Top Bottom