Originally Posted By SuperDry How about this? DEA gets information that Heisenberg is in a building somewhere - somewhere public like a hospital. Hank leads the raid, only to come across Walt. Walt looks like he doesn't know what to do, and puts up his hands. Hank fumbles for words, and says "Walt! What are you doing here? We're chasing a real bad guy that's in this building! Get the hell outta here and to safety!" then explains to his fellow agents that Hank is his brother-in-law. Walt plays along, and gets in his car and drives away, just as Hank somehow figures out that he's been had and let Heisenberg get away. That would be good for at least another episode of Hank being so fuming mad that his head was about to explode, mixed with disbelief.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Wow a lot to talk about through this episode. The two montages were among the best the show has done. Walt was a full fledged drug lord, as if he already wasn't. Is he really out? Is the cancer back? I think it is. Hank's revelation. Does he pursue Walt with the same determination he always has or does he pull back a bit? Was anybody else on edge when the family was gathered around the pool?
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I was on edge when Jesse opened the bag outside his door. I was thinking "that could be money, or that could be a bomb," and the music they played heightened that sense. And the fact that Jesse was packing a gun indicates it crossed HIS mind that Walt was there to kill him. When they played "Crystal Blue Persuasion" during the one montage, all I could think was "how could they have never played THIS one before?!" It's almost like Gilligan was saving it. And about that ending... given how methodical Walt has been about destroying evidence, it rang slightly untrue that Walt wouldn't destroy that book, let alone leave it in plain sight, if Gale had given it to him. But then I thought - what if Gale wasn't the one who gave it to him? We never actually saw that, did we? What if it was from Gretchen (and the book did look pretty old). I had to Google Gretchen's last name, but it's "Black," so she'd be G.B. also. How ironic would it be if the clue that leads Hank to uncover Walt really shouldn't have done so? (That would be pretty satisfying to me, both for the irony, and the fact that it then makes sense that Walt wouldn't think twice about that book.)
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Oh, and it did seem slightly unrealistic to me to have 10 prison killings, NONE of which is disrupted by a guard as it is happening, or even another inmate who might be a friend of the guy getting attacked, or even just startled enough to shout of "Holy crap!" and attract attention. The other inmates in every case didn't even seem to notice what was happening, which didn't quite ring true. Maybe inmates would take a "not gettin' involved in THIS" attitude if it was happening in front of them, but in ALL 10 cases? I don't know.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 But now that I think about it, maybe the guards were paid off. That would make sense, then.
Originally Posted By goodgirl Dabob, I agree with pretty much everything you've said. One of the best episodes ever. Loved the transitioning that was done during the making of the meth, money exchange, shipping, etc. And as the episode ended, all I could think was...I'm glad Hank was sittin' on the pot when the realization of Walt's involvement hit him.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Oh, and I forgot to mention - big props for using Squeeze's "Up the Junction" as the background song for the final scene around the pool. Big props for using Squeeze in general as far as I'm concerned, but this song was perfect. The title is basically a British variation on "up the creek without a paddle," which Walt soon will be... and if you take the ruder version of that little phrase and consider what Hank then went to do... well, how perfect is that? It also has a very apropos line in it: "I'd beg for some forgiveness, but begging's not my business."
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Was anybody else on edge when the family was gathered around the pool? >>> Yes, for no other reason than I knew that everything seemed calm, but there was only 5 or so minutes left in this episode and therefore the whole series until next year, so something big was about to happen.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan The two music montages were incredible. Nat King Cole could have never imagined his song used in this way. It seemed as if Walt and Skyler seemed to be reconciling, which a few episodes ago I thought impossible. And yes, the pool scene had me very nervous. And NOW we have to wait 8 months for the grand finale. I really think that was pure evil on the part of AMC.
Originally Posted By dagobert After hearing so many good things about that series, we bought the first four seasons on DVD last week. Over the weekend we have watched season one and two and nearly finished season three. It's one of the best TV series I've seen in recent years. Can't wait to see the rest.
Originally Posted By jasmine7 Thanks to gushing for this show on a podcast I subscribe to, I started watching it about 3 weeks ago. I've pretty much been mainlining it, and I finished season 4 Saturday and watched the 1st episode of 5 yesterday. To say I love it would be an understatement.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Since we're a little over a month away from the final season I figured a little bump is in order. I'm both excited and dreading the final season.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Dreading that it is the final season and there will be no more new episodes after this. And dreading what will happen to the characters. I mean Walter White has turned into a despicable human being, but I still want him to continue making the best meth in the southwestern United States.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan LOL! I see what you mean. Like you, I have mixed emotions -- excited to see how it will all turn out but also going to miss the best show on television when it ends.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Me too. If Walter ends up dying I could even buy that as a sort of Shakespearean tragedy thing. But if Jesse dies I may put my fist through the TV. Although it would be a sort of meta-joke if the only person to walk away unscathed from the whole thing would be Sol the lawyer. I can't wait for August.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Saul Goodman, especially in context of this character, is perhaps the greatest name in TV history.
Originally Posted By dagobert And this time we in Europe will get to see the new episodes just three days afterwards. I'm currently watching season five and is it really that hard for the producers to get real German actors? The German of the Madrigal employees is just terrible. I'm a German native speaker, but I can't understand what they are saying in German. I noticed that alreay in Abram's Fringe.
