That was a great scene, Dave. There were so many in this episode. It was one after the other. Probably Anna Gunn’s best episode. Saul and Walt in the office added a little humor to an episode that was so tense. Obviously the Huell scene, too.
I was wondering whether Huell and Henchman #2 filled the bottom half of those barrels with ballast or something. Would be a great way to earn a few cool million. Though clearly they skimmed at least a little anyway.
@ bubblesdachimp:
I’m not convinced they did. They were thinking about it, but then mentioned Walt killing all those people in prison in 2 minute span.
Yea i think it is highly likely that they took probably a stack or two. However, I also have a feeling Walt knows exactly how much it is.(i feel like they owe it to us to tell us how much he accumulated)
I think we will look back at this episode as the least eventful. Not saying it was uneventful, but it’ll get pretty crazy from here.
I found it very interesting that Skylar is seemingly on Walt’s side. Maybe for her own (legal) protection, maybe because she loves being a business owner and would hate to go back to having a regular job, maybe because she truly thinks Walt did this to provide for his family and she isn’t quite as scared of him anymore.
I hadn’t thought about this scenario, but do you think Walt isn’t the only one with a fake New Hampshire ID? Maybe he took the whole family and got new identities?
@ bubblesdachimp:
Haven’t they already told us? He accumulated a huge stack of cash. A large enough stack that Huell and that other guy could lay down on without having to get to the floor first. I guess I don’t feel like I need to know more than that.
I hadn’t thought about this scenario, but do you think Walt isn’t the only one with a fake New Hampshire ID? Maybe he took the whole family and got new identities?
I kind of got the impression that Walt was alone by then. No idea what happened to the rest of the family, but I did think it was interesting to read last week how Walt has kind of taken sometime from each person he killed. In the flash forward, he’s using the name Lambert, which is Skyler (and Marie’s) maiden name. Might not mean anything at all. Really, any guess is good as any other at this point. I think Walt dies. I don’t see how he escapes that (terminal cancer if anything), but other than that, I have no idea what happens to the rest.
Yeah, b, I had forgotten that. We’re not going to find out how much it is. We probably won’t even see it again. That money isn’t going to be around to give to any survivors. I doubt the DEA ever finds it. We might see some kid in the desert snooping around like we did when the kid found the gas mask. I could see that, but nobody connected to Walter White is getting that money. I think it’s buried and gone.
Also no dialogue for Paul. I’m very interested to see what Hank does with him; the normal progression of events would say he just questions him, but the fact that the other two cops went outside makes me wonder if Hank has something a little more rogue-ish planned.
Probably the strongest episode for the female cast thus far. Skyler, Marie, and even Lydia all killed it.
Don’t really agree. Women crying doesn’t mean it’s a strong episode for the female cast. Typical predictable Skylar and Marie being “emotional” to me. The women in this show have never been terribly great characters but otherwise it was a good episode.
I think by the time Mr. Lambert shows up everyone but Saul and Jesse (and maybe Hank, though I doubt it) are dead. I think over the next few episodes Skylar, Walt Jr., and Marie are all dead one way or another.
@ Mish:
I wouldn’t be surprised if Hank winds up basically blowing everything, and if he does, it’ll likely start with Jesse. The show is ostensibly about people paying for their sins. What better way to have Hank pay for his than by losing control of Jesse, and then getting kicked out of the DEA for not properly conducting his investigation? I don’t think he gets a pass when all is said and done.
@ uncle dave:
I don’t think he gets a pass either. It was nice to see him acknowledge his career is over. Depending on his conversation with Jesse, I assume he still intends to take this to the rest of the DEA in that conference he set up. Once he does, he’d almost have to be replaced. Not that I think it would stop Hank from going after Walt.
I’m interested to see if Jesse talks. Seems too early to me for that to happen since they could probably arrest Walt immediately after. I also hope they don’t offer him some kind of immunity because as bad as Walt is, there’s no way Jesse is getting a free pass on this.
@ dmick89:
Yeah, I don’t see Jesse getting out, either. I also don’t see Hank just getting fired. I think he’ll suffer an even worse fate — namely, his failure to follow procedure lets Walt slip out of the DEA noose (only to get hammered by former criminal associates).
Or not. But I see exactly zero good guys on this show by this point. Nobody gets out unscathed.
dmick89 wrote:
Surely Walt Jr. will get out of this unscathed. I know he’s destroyed some breakfasts over the years, but that’s a victimless crime, right?
I don’t know what Walt Jr’s purpose on the show is if it isn’t to die.
Cannon fodder. What better way to punish Walt than to kill off the reason he supposedly got into the whole business for in the first place?
@ uncle dave:
I wouldn’t be surprised if he died, but if losing family and respect is the ultimate price, haven’t we already seen that with The Shield?
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Fuck Vince Gilligan for ending on that note. Fuck him in his stupid asshole. I’m drunk.
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@ sitrick:
I’d like to have seen hank enter the room, but I didn’t expect it to be included.
Great episode. One of the tightest episodes they’ve done.
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Considering that three-quarters of the lines in this episode were barely audible whispers, it was pretty intense. Also, the Huell scene. Yeah.
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That was a great scene, Dave. There were so many in this episode. It was one after the other. Probably Anna Gunn’s best episode. Saul and Walt in the office added a little humor to an episode that was so tense. Obviously the Huell scene, too.
Trip to Belize. (dying laughing)
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I was wondering whether Huell and Henchman #2 filled the bottom half of those barrels with ballast or something. Would be a great way to earn a few cool million. Though clearly they skimmed at least a little anyway.
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i dont know why but for some reason i dont think they skimmed
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@ bubblesdachimp:
I’m not convinced they did. They were thinking about it, but then mentioned Walt killing all those people in prison in 2 minute span.
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@ dmick89:
I think they just ended up taking a few stacks for themselves. Walt kind of expected it anyway, I think.
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@ Berselius:
Yea i think it is highly likely that they took probably a stack or two. However, I also have a feeling Walt knows exactly how much it is.(i feel like they owe it to us to tell us how much he accumulated)
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I think we will look back at this episode as the least eventful. Not saying it was uneventful, but it’ll get pretty crazy from here.
I found it very interesting that Skylar is seemingly on Walt’s side. Maybe for her own (legal) protection, maybe because she loves being a business owner and would hate to go back to having a regular job, maybe because she truly thinks Walt did this to provide for his family and she isn’t quite as scared of him anymore.
I hadn’t thought about this scenario, but do you think Walt isn’t the only one with a fake New Hampshire ID? Maybe he took the whole family and got new identities?
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@ bubblesdachimp:
Haven’t they already told us? He accumulated a huge stack of cash. A large enough stack that Huell and that other guy could lay down on without having to get to the floor first. I guess I don’t feel like I need to know more than that.
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JonKneeV wrote:
I kind of got the impression that Walt was alone by then. No idea what happened to the rest of the family, but I did think it was interesting to read last week how Walt has kind of taken sometime from each person he killed. In the flash forward, he’s using the name Lambert, which is Skyler (and Marie’s) maiden name. Might not mean anything at all. Really, any guess is good as any other at this point. I think Walt dies. I don’t see how he escapes that (terminal cancer if anything), but other than that, I have no idea what happens to the rest.
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@ bubblesdachimp:
From what I remember from the end of the last ‘season’, Skylar said they had so much money she couldn’t even count it, and had to weigh it instead.
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Yeah, b, I had forgotten that. We’re not going to find out how much it is. We probably won’t even see it again. That money isn’t going to be around to give to any survivors. I doubt the DEA ever finds it. We might see some kid in the desert snooping around like we did when the kid found the gas mask. I could see that, but nobody connected to Walter White is getting that money. I think it’s buried and gone.
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@ dmick89:
Yeah, you’re probably right. I wouldn’t put it past Saul to slip a gps device on that van though, just in case.
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@ Berselius:
And the spinoff could be titled Saul’s Millions.
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Probably the strongest episode for the female cast thus far. Skyler, Marie, and even Lydia all killed it.
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Also no dialogue for Paul. I’m very interested to see what Hank does with him; the normal progression of events would say he just questions him, but the fact that the other two cops went outside makes me wonder if Hank has something a little more rogue-ish planned.
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Mish wrote:
Don’t really agree. Women crying doesn’t mean it’s a strong episode for the female cast. Typical predictable Skylar and Marie being “emotional” to me. The women in this show have never been terribly great characters but otherwise it was a good episode.
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I think by the time Mr. Lambert shows up everyone but Saul and Jesse (and maybe Hank, though I doubt it) are dead. I think over the next few episodes Skylar, Walt Jr., and Marie are all dead one way or another.
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@ Mish:
I wouldn’t be surprised if Hank winds up basically blowing everything, and if he does, it’ll likely start with Jesse. The show is ostensibly about people paying for their sins. What better way to have Hank pay for his than by losing control of Jesse, and then getting kicked out of the DEA for not properly conducting his investigation? I don’t think he gets a pass when all is said and done.
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uncle dave wrote:
I think it’s more about breaking bad.
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@ uncle dave:
I don’t think he gets a pass either. It was nice to see him acknowledge his career is over. Depending on his conversation with Jesse, I assume he still intends to take this to the rest of the DEA in that conference he set up. Once he does, he’d almost have to be replaced. Not that I think it would stop Hank from going after Walt.
I’m interested to see if Jesse talks. Seems too early to me for that to happen since they could probably arrest Walt immediately after. I also hope they don’t offer him some kind of immunity because as bad as Walt is, there’s no way Jesse is getting a free pass on this.
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@ dmick89:
Yeah, I don’t see Jesse getting out, either. I also don’t see Hank just getting fired. I think he’ll suffer an even worse fate — namely, his failure to follow procedure lets Walt slip out of the DEA noose (only to get hammered by former criminal associates).
Or not. But I see exactly zero good guys on this show by this point. Nobody gets out unscathed.
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uncle dave wrote:
I think Saul does, depending on what your definition of “unscathed” is. The clown usually has the best chance of living.
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Surely Walt Jr. will get out of this unscathed. I know he’s destroyed some breakfasts over the years, but that’s a victimless crime, right?
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dmick89 wrote:
I don’t know what Walt Jr’s purpose on the show is if it isn’t to die.
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sitrick wrote:
Cannon fodder. What better way to punish Walt than to kill off the reason he supposedly got into the whole business for in the first place?
Also, that bacon ain’t gonna eat itself.
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@ uncle dave:
I wouldn’t be surprised if he died, but if losing family and respect is the ultimate price, haven’t we already seen that with The Shield?
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