Breaking Bad

[Glenbino]

I don't know if Jesse gets it or not but I think Walt takes out Todd because he can't shut up about the train robbery.. This inevitably leads to war with the nazis and of course, the baby dying.

[EmpireWF]

So many people have that baby pegged to go, if it does happen....uh oh

Todd & the Gang making their way back to Albuquerque with the former cooly talking about the train heist, hiding the fact he shot the boy is eery. Bad news is about to reach Walt's door step...again.

It's tough to see where the others go at the moment...Jesse freaks out when he realizes he was lied to about Brock, torches the White family home. Then what? He's not going into hiding, and he's not talking to Hank.......what can Hank do, knowing his wife accepted drug money (unknowingly) and he's already withheld all this info from the DEA about Walt?

Only 5 episodes left.


And AMC is to all these final episodes ratings are huge. 5.92 for the opener, 4.77 for last week. Previous high for the series was 2.98 for the penultimate episode last summer.

[CCBrink]

[CCBrink]

Dat confession

My name is Walter Hartwell White. I live at 308 Negro Arroyo Lane, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104. This is my confession. If you're watching this tape, I'm probably dead:

 

murdered by my brother-in-law, Hank Schrader. Hank has been building a meth empire for over a year now and using me as his chemist. Shortly after my fiftieth birthday, he asked that I use my chemistry knowledge to cook methamphetamine, which he would then sell using connections that he made through his career with the DEA.

 

I was astounded. I always thought Hank was a very moral man, and I was particularly vulnerable at the time, something he knew and took advantage of. I was reeling from a cancer diagnosis that was poised to bankrupt my family. Hank took me on a ride-along and showed me just how much money even a small meth operation could make, and I was weak; I didn't want my family to go into financial ruin, so I agreed.
Hank had a partner, a businessman named Gustavo Fring. Hank sold me into servitude to this man, and when I tried to quit, Fring threatened my family. I didn't know where to turn. Eventually, Hank and Fring had a falling-out, and things escalated. Fring was able to arrange a, I guess, I guess you'd call it a hit on Hank and failed, but Hank was seriously injured, and I wound up paying his medical bills, which amounted to a little over a hundred and seventy-seven thousand dollars. Upon recovery, Hank was bent on revenge; working with a man named Hector Salamanca, he plotted to kill Fring. The bomb that he used was built by me, and he gave me no option in it.
I have often contemplated suicide, but I'm a coward. I wanted to go to the police, but I was frightened. Hank had risen to become the head of the Albuquerque DEA; to keep me in line, he took my children. For three months, he kept them. My wife had no idea of my criminal activities, was horrified to learn what I had done. I was in hell. I hated myself for what I had brought upon my family.
Recently, I've tried once again to quit, and in response, he gave me this. I can't take this anymore. I live in fear every day that he will kill me, or worse, hurt my family. All I can think to do is to make this video and hope that the world will finally see this man for what he really is.

[MrBill]

Walt's confession is one of the best written pieces of TV that I have ever seen. There is just enough truth in it that it would make the entire thing sound like exactly how it went down. You always knew those medical bills were going to come back to haunt Hank.

[Palooza]

Best Birthday Ever.

Thanks Breaking Bad!!!!!!!!!!!

The ricin revelation had me fully erect.

[Palooza]

I love how once Walt solves a problem, a bigger once surfaces almost immediately after. Hank was obviously a serious problem, but Jesse proves to be the biggest, he's been there since day 1 and he's clearly seen the evil of Mr. White up front more so than ANYONE.

The preview for next week gave me chills, "Mr White... he's the devil."

Anyone else like how Todd opens up his big mouth about the train robbery (obvious alluding to his downfall, using Mr. White's name and everything) but in no way shape or form mentions Drew Sharpe. He's such a fucking nut that he was simply a minor detail in this AWESOME TRAIN ROBBERY.

[kmanharris]

-Todd has to be taken out, he just cannot keep quiet, about anything.

-I hope Lydia is also going to be killed.

-Dat confession.

-Jesse is torching the house, killing Walt Jr. and the baby??? Maybe Walt Jr. makes it out but can't save the baby due to his disability?

-Hank is backed into such a corner it's hilarious to watch it unfold. Walt is always 5+ steps ahead of him and there is literally nothing he can do. When Marie told Walt to just kill himself I was all

[Fappin Raptor]

Took me a sec to put together what Jesse figured out. But that was an intense episode.

For someone who takes longer to put this stuff together, could someone else fill me in. I have a hard time trying to figure this shit out without a little help.

[Palooza]

No way Jesse actually torches the house, it's only been vandalized in the flash forward. I figure Jesse runs into Walter Jr or sumshit and realizes doing this to Flynn would make him evil like Walter. I'd wager he runs into Walter Jr, tells him his dad is a piece of shit - "Mr White.. he's the devil."

[Palooza]

For someone who takes longer to put this stuff together, could someone else fill me in. I have a hard time trying to figure this shit out without a little help.

from reddit -

Watched this show countless times. Tonight's episode was so fucking perfect. Ignore the context placers if you don't need 'em. And skip what you don't need to read, but this is a full backstory... here's what happened:
Season 4
Walt needs Jesse on his side to get to Gus
Context: If you recall, Jesse is the one who tells Walt that Gus seems to have a big hatred for Hector "Tio" Salamanca, then Walt figured out how to plant the bomb on Tio, Gus died... etc etc
So Walt forms a scheme to get Jesse to distrust Gus.
Walt tells Saul to somehow extract the cigarette from Jesse. Thus Saul has Huell lift the ricin cigarette from Jesse's pocket (most likely by simply trading out the packs, dummy pack for the real one with the ricin).
Context: Originally Jesse was somewhat distrustful of Gus, Walt had hatched an earlier plan to have Jesse kill Gus with the ricin. But Jesse was befriended by Gus, and he eventually came to like the guy. Also, if you remember, Saul is frantic to get Jesse to his office, calling him over and over again. It was to get him in the office to get the cigarette off him.
Jesse now has a dummy pack of cigarettes. With this in mind, Walt now makes the moves to make Jesse distrust Gus. Walt takes his "Lilly of the Valley" extract and gives it to Jesse's girlfriend's young son Brock.
Context: Vince Gilligan, the show's creator, has stated several times that the writers have imagined Walt's delivery system as perhaps a doctored juice box or something of the like. Sneaking into Brock's school to place it in his lunch or even hand it to him would've been fairly rudimentary for a teacher.
"Lilly of the Valley" gives pneumonia-like symptoms that appear very severe (the same symptoms that ricin gives when killing someone). So Jesse thought that Brock was poisoned by the ricin. Jesse frantically searches in his cigarette pack only to find, ah! It's not there! (Huell took it!)
Jesse bursts into Walt's home, gun in hand demanding Walt to admit that he poisoned Brock with the now missing ricin. Important to note: Jesse says that Huell must have took it when he went to meet Saul. Jesse is no idiot, he was 100% right on his instincts. Walt claims ignorance, saying he has no reason to do so and he has no idea what Jesse is talking about (lying obviously). Through Walt's machinations, he convinces Jesse that it must have been Gus, who has hurt children before (Andrea's brother who shot Combo was killed by some of Gus' lower order thugs).
Jesse now doles out the details of Gus' hatred for Hector "Tio" Salamanca leading to Gus' eventual death via Walt's admittedly ingenious scheme.
At the end of season 4, the doctors at the hospital tell Jesse that Brock was not poisoned with ricin, but had consumed "Lilly of the Valley" berries in some shape or fashion. Jesse, taken aback, rationalizes with Walt that even though Gus didn't do it, he "had to go," although he is clearly still rattled.
Season 5A
Walt and Jesse go on a hunt for the missing ricin cigarette (although Walt knows exactly where it's at, and we're even shown Saul throwing the ricin cigarette back to Walt in a plastic bag, making a crack about Huell's "nimble sausage fingers"). Walt is just making a facade to make Jesse think the cigarette was simply misplaced. They "find" the ricin cigarette in Jesse's electronic vacuum (although it was Walt who placed it there).
Jesse breaks down in tears, realizing he almost killed Walt over this (as aforementioned when Jesse confronted him in season 4, saying he was the one who took the cigarette and poisoned Brock). Although in reality, the bastard did deserve it.
Season 5B
This episode! Jesse is ready to move on with his life, move to Alaska, and just leave ABQ. Saul tells Jesse he can't bring pot to the meet with his "guy." The guy won't be inclined to help a druggie disappear (sensible). Jesse defiantly and silently refuses to give up his stash. Saul leaves the room to get "money bags" and while he is out there he tells Huell to pinch Jesse's stash off him (rewatch the scene, you can actually see him snatch it from Jesse!).
Jesse is waiting at the stop, he searches his pockets, at first just simply realizing the pot isn't there. But he looks at his pack of cigarettes and realizes, holy shit, Huell took my pot just now... and they took the ricin just as I had originally thought. Walt has been bullshitting me ever since.
And that's where we're at! That's about as thorough as I can get off the top of my head.

http://www.reddit.com/r/breakingbad/comments/1l3exa/spoilers_a_full_backstory_and_timeline_to_the/

[Misogi]

[mgoblue2290]

If this season keeps its pace then GOAT status is undeniable.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

This series is coming down to Walt not being able to plug every hole in his ship fast enough.

The entire series...from Season 1 to the end of Season 5: Part 1, Walt has been the straw that stirs the drink and controlling all outcomes. Season 5: Part 2 is all about every single leak in the boat finally needing to be patched and he's clearly not going to be able to (as seen by the flash forwards).

First, there was Hank...he came to the realization that Walt was Heisenberg...its takes him a few episodes, but it seems he could control that with the confession.

Now you have Lydia out there, you have Todd, and now you have Jesse finally coming to the realization that he is nothing but Walt's mark (something I've been saying since the very beginning of seeing this show)...its going to become too much for Walt to fix all at once, especially one of the loose ends turns into shit hitting the fan, like someone dying that shouldn't.

Loved Saul on yesterdays show basically wearing every major color the show has presented when he was in the office with Jesse.

[TeflonDonny]

Walter White is one of the best characters ever created. I see him as as 3 people wrapped in 1. Walt the family man, Mr. White the chemist/meth cooker, & Heisenberg the King Pin. Sometimes they all work together and other times they all have their own agenda. Anybody who hasn't gone back and watched this series from the beginning is seriously missing out on some great character development.