Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Breaking down

Sweet emotion
  
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23 comments:

The Dude said...

Walt seems to be under a bit of stress, just sayin'...

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

I watched Iceman last night. It was actually a good movie (not great but okay), based on the true story of that New Jersey hit man. The Breaking Bad reference made me think of it.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

Shouldn't someone have died of cancer by now?

Chip Ahoy said...

Worst living room ever.

deborah said...

Only one left. They're not going to drag this out, are they?

Titus said...

He's in Cambridge now playing LBJ. He was amazing.

Amartel said...

There's 2 episodes left.
That image reminded me of the "Leave the gun, take the cannoli" scene in The Godfather. With Walt in the Clemenza position. But there's lots of cinematic scenes with guys in cars contemplating the Bad.

Amartel said...

Damn, I wish I could see the LBJ show.

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Eric the Fruit Bat said...

I feel confident that Don Draper won't off himself during the final season because Willy Loman's already been there, done that.

Icepick said...

Shouldn't someone have died of cancer by now?

Mitchell, the show has run for years, but in showtime everything takes place in about two years time, including the flash forward to Walt's 52 birthday. And they hinted in those flash forwards that Walt is near the end. All plausible enough for someone with stage 3 lung cancer. Now if it had been stage 4....

Icepick said...

deborah, I must confess I don't understand the poll.

I will say that I think this is the best TV series I've ever seen, and the show the other night was the best episode I've seen. It wouldn't make sense as a stand alone, however, so I'm not sure it is fair to compare the episode to shows that don't have story arcs.

deborah said...

Icepick, the poll means during Sunday's show were you more like, 'awww' (at Walt's considerate acting on the phone, etc.) or were you moved to tears at his predicament?

rcocean said...

Amazing last episode. Sad that many people - even paid TV critics ( I kid you not) - couldn't understand the brilliance of the Walt's Fake angry "dumb bitch" telephone conversation.

Along with the DVD "Fake Confession" of a couple episodes ago, its the highlight of the Breaking bad.

rcocean said...

Also amazing - Cranston was the goofy Dad in "Malcolm in the Middle".

Icepick said...

Okay, now I get it. I was more like, "That's fucking BRILLIANT!" than the other two things. Walt swinging wildly from acting purely on emotion to acting coldly rational has been a real highlight of the season.

Mitch H. said...

Amazing last episode. Sad that many people - even paid TV critics ( I kid you not) - couldn't understand the brilliance of the Walt's Fake angry "dumb bitch" telephone conversation.

He had me going for the first half of the rant, I just marked it down to him just totally losing his shit. Then he started in on the clever obfuscation and self-incrimination, and the penny dropped. Still not quite sure why he didn't give them the burial site - maybe he thought it would break character & expose the performance to the cops?

Mitch H. said...

Maybe it was his ego winning out over his intentions? One last eruption of Heisenberg braggadocio, showing off to the cops?

deborah said...

"Walt swinging wildly from acting purely on emotion to acting coldly rational has been a real highlight of the season."

Good observation. He's always kept the prize in mind, but where did it get him but standing beside the road?

rc, that's amazing about some tv critics.

Mitch, it didn't occur to me for him to give the burial site. Plenty of time for that. What was brave was leaving the impression that he'd killed Hank. Probably because he knows he really did.

Icepick said...

Still not quite sure why he didn't give them the burial site - maybe he thought it would break character & expose the performance to the cops?

Giving away the burial site leaves a good chance of the cops finding evidence tying the murder to the prison gang. I'm sure Walt doesn't want to piss off those guys. They'd even give Heisenberg pause, simply because there's so many of them.

Icepick said...

Plus, the prison gang knows who Walt is, and knows where his family is. He has to steer the cops well away from the prison gang.

rcocean said...

"What was brave was leaving the impression that he'd killed Hank. Probably because he knows he really did."

No its all part of the character he decided to play - the abusive, controlling, evil, I did it all myself - don't blame my family, Heisenberg.

Remember Sklyer was actually working with Walter AGAINST Hank, the only way to clear Sklyer with her sister is to take all the blame himself. Plus, he was hoping that maybe Sklyer would understand that since all the rest of his rant was fake, his killing of hank was also fake.

Especially since he'd already told her the truth, namely, that he'd tried to SAVE Hank.

rcocean said...

BTW, I re-watched the episode and was amazed at the great acting to both Cranston and Gunn (sp?)