Im thinking he wasn't worried about his neighbor and he is carrying weapons is because he is running from the cheques (checks?). When he stopped cooking they got burned on quality and they are probably people to fear.
I think Walt JR and Skyler will be dead at the end. They all die.. Walt goes on a revenge mission before he succumbs to cancer or a hail of bullets.
Wow ok good call with him possibly using Saul's "guy" to get him the fake ID etc. As far as why he's back in the house, maybe it's not to use the ricein perhaps it's to make sure who ever ends up living in his old house doesn't accidently find it.
I am fairly certain that Walt is going to lose everything. He has to. What personal losses have directly affected Walt? He has outsmarted, lied, deceived, stomped on, murdered and pathologically abused people to serve his power play and desire to transform in to Heisenberg. For this show to come full circle, Walt needs to feel the pain he has inflicted upon others by losing the only thing he seemingly cares for – His family. The symbolism of the destroyed house serves another purpose – The humiliation of Skyler and Walt Jr… If you recall earlier, Skyler gave in to Walt only when he detailed the humiliation Walt JR. would feel if Walt was exposed as Heisenberg. With a defaced property and Heisenberg exposed, coupled with Walt driving around in a jalopy indicates that everything, including the cash is gone or rapidly declined. There is no way in hell Skyler and Walt JR are on the run with Walt. They are either dead, long gone or Skyler is in prison for money laundering.
Agree.. Nice face.. The rest is OK but maybe when you meet her you can request only oral pleasure It is funny how her weight fluctuates between seasons though.
Yup. The moral compass of the show. The only character that isn't self serving and actually has a heart. Everyone else is flawed beyond repair with the possible exception of Hank, who is consumed by emotion.
Also, the scene where he was throwing money around like a paperboy exemplified why this show is going to remembered as one of the greatest ever. Hysterically funny, touching and tragic all at the same time. Much like the show.
He probably can't be repaired and will either kill himself or go down protecting a future victim of Walt.
This. The show is about the protagonist becoming the antagonist. Throughout the show, Walter has gotten his way in some fashion or another. It's made him arrogant and his decision making has slowly gone to ****. As Walt descended into his role as antagonist, he's gotten closer and closer to utter destruction, so far, still unscathed. The cold opening was a way to demonstrate to the us that Walt has crashed, while not yet burned. Something bad has happened to him. He's clearly a fugitive, so Hank has involvement in his downfall to that point. Likely, the money, or most of it, has been seized by IRS. I'm sure Walt has getaway stash, but the majority of his money is gone. I also have a theory about the whereabouts of Walt's family. As someone mentioned, Walt, on the surface was always about Family. This is simply not true. Walt, very early, and consistently has demonstrated Walt is about Walt first and foremost. His family matters, but only insofar as they don't interfere with his life, ideals, ego, etc... While I doubt he would ever truly betray them outright, he has already betrayed them little by little. I could see Skylar testifying against him for immunity, so she can protect and be with her kid. I said kid, singular, because I think Walt jr. is dead. My theory is still rough around the edges at this point, but Walt has two major potential enemies. Madrigal, who wants a 99% pure product, as demonstrated by Lydia's freaking out. All gangster/drug runner movies have one thing in common. You don't get to walk away. They pull you back in. Perhaps, as a message to Walt, gank his family? Also, Jessie. Drew Sharpe (the kid Todd killed) was still prominent in Jessie's mind. We know Jessie doesn't let things go. We know he wanted Todd dead. I think Jessie is going to try and avenge Drew in some way. Who's cooking blue sky at this point? The only other person who knows the formula besides Walt and Jessie, is Todd. Todd is cooking. And clearly failing. But he's still producing a product, so at least there's that. Until Jessie catches up to him. I think Lydia will approach Jessie as a last resort, because Walt won't go back. As Jessie always does, he will do something he shouldn't, completely undermining all Walt has built/planned and kills Todd. Walt should of eliminated Jessie long ago. He's had many reasons and opportunities to do so. He doesn't. He can't. It will come back to haunt Walt. If Jessie kills Todd, Madrigal has no product. Madrigal makes Walt and offer he can't refuse. Walt does anyway. Madrigal sends a message, killing his son (maybe just his kid). Walt's world unravels. So does Skylar's. Skylar, emotionally destroyed wants to punish the one person she knows is responsible. Walt. Hank has no case against Walt at this point. The only "evidence' is a book, which was seized illegally. And the evidence is junk by itself. A book won't convict Walt. The only way Hank can get to Walt, is with Skylar. Skylar runs to Hank, spills the beans on everything, agrees to testify for immunity and protection for her and her daughter. Hank agrees. Walt is ****ed. IRS seize all of Walt's money, assets, etc... All Walt has left is a small get away stash. Walt is now a fugitive. Walt goes home, gets the ricin. He's going to try and kill Skylar. She's the only person who can destroy him. Walt, who has done everything (according to his twisted logic) for his family, is ultimately the one who destroys his family, getting his son killed and then murdering his own wife. Walt kills Skylar with the Ricin, which is somewhat undetectable according to Walt, unless you're specifically looking for it. This way, he can't be charged with her muder. The DEA loses it's star witness and the case they built around her testimony. Giving Walt some hope for an endgame. What comes next... I don't know. Vigilante justice from Hank? Maybe... Jessie, fully realizing his role as protagonist, destroying his creator? Madrigal? Lydia? Hell, maybe Walt is not dead in the end. Everyone has seemingly predicted that, but... Maybe he goes back to his empire, with his little daughter. Slowly being consumed and corrupted by his guilt? He's never going back to being just a chemistry teacher type, that's the only thing that's certain.
Yet continues to keep doing wrong. I know a lot of people, not anyone here, wants to make or thinks of him as the hero of the show but he's not even if he's people the most likeble character on the show right now. Yeah I don't think he'll be repaired either. He's tried like 4 or 5 times in the series already and also ends up back to square one just sitting on a couch wasting his life away. I don't think he can or will be saved. I think every character on the show is deeply flawed and one of the reasons why the show is so good.
I think the Hank / Walt showdown, at least from a physical perspective is done. Hank is incapable of calculated action and operates on pure emotion and adrenaline. A cold narcissist like Walt can run circles around Hank, manipulating his anxiety and inability to calmly navigate through a minefield of danger and destruction. Hank is DONE on the show. I would be shocked if the writers transformed him from a shaky, blurred vision, panic attack prone emotional wreck to the guy that took out Heisenberg. The only way Hank factors in is if he tips off the DEA to Walter. In terms of Skyler and Walt JR, who the hell knows.. I know they won’t follow Walt and I know they won’t run. Like I said earlier, they are either dead, in prison or have moved on. I tend to agree with you about Walt, he used his family as a cover as he amassed power. He could care less about them or anyone else. His “adopted” son is suicidal, depressed and borderline insane and Walt continues to lie straight to his face and was responsible for a majority of his decent in to madness. Walter is evil from every angle imaginable. Too bad the gun in episode one misfired
There's really nothing to argue at this point. This is not a story about an anti-hero as we may have thought after the first 1 or 2 seasons. Anyone who still doesn't believe this is a story about a man's descent into evil is just being stubborn. And I've never seen FinD be stubborn about anything on this board... The writer's confirmed this after season 4 - I might have posted this on here before but here is my theory on how the show will end (not a spoiler unless you think I'm a genius that can correctly predict how show's will end ) - I posted this I think after season 3. Or maybe after 4? I forget. Whichever season had that scene where Walt talked to Walt Jr. about his dad. I still think it might happen like this.
I honestly believe Breaking Bad is one of the greatest written shows on TV. You look at amazing shows like LOST, 24, Dexter who all have bad taste in people's mouth. As a Huge lost fan, there are plot holes and boring filler that tarnishes the series. 24 the same, which I think a lot has to do with the old fashion 24 episodes per season which cause things to get dragged out. Dexter who early seasons were amazing fell flat. BB has been great through out. They are one big story. They didnt have season after season with no game plan when it would end. I think this benefited them for the master piece it is. It's IMO the finest television I have ever seen
One thing that can't be overlooked is BB only does 12 episodes per season while 24 and Lost had to do 24 episodes. I do however agree with you though. I love 24 and to a lesser extent Lost but BB is much much better in terms of acting, story lines and over all quality of the series.
Yeah absolutely. You look at season 1 for example of 24. Those were 12 very good to even great episodes. It's simply hard to write 20 plus episodes each year without a break.
Never watched 24 to have an opinion on it but I did watch Lost. 1st 2 seasons were really good but after that it became a huge disappointment. Season 3 I excused due to the writers strike that was going on but after that I felt betrayed. They blatantly lied to the viewers about the theme behind the show. Worst part was I did not know I was disappointed until the very end when they gave us that hoaky ending to explain everything. Breaking Bad on the other hand has really kicked butt the whole way through and is showing no signs of slowing down. The Sopranoes was another greatr series but it fell victim to the writers running out of material and keeping it on the air too long. Breaking Bad does not look like its going to suffer the same fate. They are winding it down at the right time. JMO
I have to see how it ends before I can put it up there as best ever, but you are dead on with why it's so much better when compared to a lot of other shows. Dexter has the typical reset button at the beginning of each season. Even when something major happens at the end, he's still back at work vigilante killing the next season. Wash, rinse, repeat. 24 got stale. Lost was a story about purgatory, but then everyone guessed it was purgatory so writers made it not about purgatory, then the last season ended up being all about purgatory. Breaking Bad has taken us on a descent into villainy and madness. Each step (season) more shocking than the last. A perfect incremental process. It has never slowed down. Like a steam engine, it's been gaining momentum ever since it left the station and it's going to epically crash into Eastwood Ravine. But does Breaking Bad hold up against Sopranos? Sopranos had a lot of weak episodes at the end. Still amazing writing though. The Wire? The Wire had some weaker (I won't say weak) seasons, but was still an amazing body of work. Time will tell. But it absolutely deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as these greats.
Sorry for the consecutive post. I think if you want to look at a TV show that had a really good ending and may end up bearing some similarities with a Breaking Bad Ending would be The Shield. The Shield was also a show about what we thought were anti heroes but turned out to be villains. And in the end they received a villains ending. Worse case scenarios for all their characters. In case any of you haven't seen the shield spoilers ahead. Spoiler Lem - brutally murdered. Shane - suicide with his family. Ronnie - Locked up. Vic - a horrible, boring desk job. I think we can expect the same for Walt. What's his worse case scenario? I think it might be his son seeing him for the monster he is. That is, if he (Walt Jr. ) is still alive to see the end.
I think Walt is devoid of emotion, which makes him a psychopath / sociopath... There were some hints early on regarding his relationship with Gretchen and Gray Matter Technologies.. Not only did he abandon the woman that was supposedly in love him, but he also walked away from fame and fortune for $5,000.00 (this was in season 1). That shame/ guilt, rather than motivating him to improve himself only fueled his anger and well hidden rage. Did Walt hate the fact that he was forced to share credit with his business partners? Was he drawn to teaching because he could control the classroom and mold young minds? Also, Skyler was his student.. Talk about a power play when choosing a spouse. The scene where Walt walked into his former home, nonchalantly, for the sole purpose of grabbing ricin also showed that despite the carnage, Walt still cared about preserving Walt. His calm "Hello" to the neighbor also showed how calculating and pathological Walt had become. Remember, this is the same person that in the first episode was ready to blow his brains out.. Before doing so he justified his actions to his family.. Rather than face the music and go to prison while still being able to see his family, if not for one last time. If you truly love your family do you kill yourself to protect them or do you cherish them until your fate is sealed? Especially if you have terminal cancer. This is another glimpse into a troubled man that was luckily trapped by society and it's rules before cancer showed up and gave him the opportunity to act on his delusions of wealth and power. I think the worse case scenario for Walt is realizing that he destroyed his entire family and countless lives, but like his father, was an animal with no remorse with only a desire to preserve himself. Funny how the only person he protected was Jessie - Perhaps he sees something in Jessie that he so desperately lacks - Compassion? Hope that even the lowest form of human can change (Jessie was a punk / drug dealing junkie)? Yet when faced with saving the only true thing Jessie loved he still chose to allow a threat to their racket to die. Walter White was ALWAYS Heisenberg. When given the opportunity to unleash Heisenberg, Walt welcomed it and embraced it.
Sopranos for me, BB just took that template much further into the weirdness of drug dealing life meets suburban angst.
just saw the latest episode last night...........can´t wait for the next one, this is what this show is doing for me every week...can´t wait for the next one
