Breaking Bad All Over Again
 

This is the thread for those of us who plan on rewatching Breaking Bad together. I will put the schedule in this post for any of those who want to join in. Any Mofos is welcome to watch or follow along and give us your thoughts as we go. I think it will be hard to talk about the show and leave out the context of what we all know. So, spoilers abound. Happy watching. @Yoda @dteam6 ; @Dani8 @cat_sidhe @Elessar

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This looks fun. I've been wanting to rewatch the show ever since seeing it for the first time last year

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Wooo.

OK my thoughts on startng a rewatch of the pilot this morning were

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(horrible word warning) Foreshadowing? The bandaids on the bullet holes not to mention the number of times they all need to be bandaged. Yeah yeah I know I'm reaching.

The other that really got me was pushing unconscious Jesse out of the way to grab his wallet and camera, and leaving the poor kid in the van while he gave his confession then went towards the sirens. Can't believe I never noticed that before. The monster was always there from the get go.
The birthday handjob. Now this was one of the things that skyler haters obsessed over, but I think even worse was facon on his birthday, and organising a party when he told her he didnt want one. Ball breaking hen pecker from the outset. I can sort of wave off the hand job, s deplorable as that was, because she's up the duff and hormonal, but still, pretty dreadful thing to do.

Hank giving a birthday speech then before Walt even gets to reply he shouts for the news to be turned on. All these people are so up themselves and self important.

That's as far as I got before I nodded off thanks to my evil lounge. Will finish later.

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I might join. It'll be my third rewatch of the show.

Join in. The more the merrier, MM, and you obviously enjoyed t much more than BCS.

Oh and it will be interesting who got the censored version and who got uncensored. Mine was the latter. Jesse's nude milf was not doctored with a cgi bra, and the handjobby was in it; I noted on imdb back then a lot of americans got the censored version. WTH? Boobs and a HJ under the covers was axed? But it's perfectly fine to see a guy getting his head amputated and blown up?

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Huummmmm.
Just finished my third viewing may be two months ago. I may try to keep up though.

I believe this is the only episode of BB that I have seen more than once. I have started a rewatch two or three times and just never followed through. Probably my favorite pilot this side of The Shield but it does have some chinks when you know the characters.

I think most pilot episodes suffer from over the top characterizations and this is no different. Because of that I won't go through them one by one, almost to a person all of these characters will become more settled.

Danii8 mentioned the hand job which is something that I think definitely sticks in the head of any BB fan. I find it just to be short hand, bit of pun intended, for where they are in their marriage. I never found Skylar over bearing. Sure she doesn't take much responsibility later in the series but I never found her out of line before she knew what Walt was up to. If your spouse's behavior changes drastically I don't find it out of line to inquire as to what is going on with them. When they are obviously evasive it would only be natural to think something out of line is happening. Just one divorced man's opinion. :D

In the BCS thread the cold open here was mentioned and I couldn't agree more with Yoda and dteam6's opinion. The story telling mechanisms Gilligan uses are brilliant and he has only become more skilled at it.

Very good episode. I am pleased to be back in this world.



Things to look for going forward:

1) Tighty Whiteies...get it? :rolleyes:

2) How important breakfast time is for Jr

3) Jesse foreshadowed ownership issues with his home

4) Cool cook sequences. Amazing how subdued this one was when you think about what they become

5) Walt's award in chemistry comes into play

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I thought it just showed a cooling in the relationship as well, and never disliked the character. After the falling out with Gretchen I could totally understand why he chose a woman like her. He wanted to just give in to someone who would take the reins and let him be a low achiever. Totally agree on her reactions to finding out he was a liar. I never disliked her, but as I said I thought some of her pre Heisenberg awareness was a bit how ya going but who would think such a mild mannered nerd would be doing stuff like that.

I thought the setting up of this dynamic was very clever.

The fact he got that in one shot was amazing. Who would have thunk it of Cranston.

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Pizza hits the roof= S*it hits the fan.

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I'm in

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Never heard of it.

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Deciding what to do with Emilio. OMG so stressful. Why didnt they just gas him again.

I never know when you are joking. Or not.

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Just started watching this with my wife and two of our friends who haven't seen it. We blew through season 1 already though, and are a few episodes into 2 already. It's good to be back!

So you've never heard of Breaking Bad?

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Take it to tv tab. This is a rewatch thread.

I would join in the rewatch and will still follow the thread because it sounds fun, but I just rewatched this a couple weeks ago.

I read all your posts in Vincent Price's voice. Not sure why I'm telling you, but there it is. :)

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What's the name of the song that plays at the end of episode 2?

And lol, more urghh foreshadowing - jesse and walt looking up through emilio's hole in the wall -v- skyler looking down into the crawl space at Walt.

My dear boy, what can I say? I'm flattered.

A piece just for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB3hU8kqbgo

Mezzy, you will get your bottom spanked for going off-topic again.

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Man, I gotta say one thing. The humour in BB is the best. Just finished the pilot and I'm halfway through episode 2.

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I know. Hilarious. Dragging Emilio up the stairs then he drops him. Schadenfreude got me right there. I'm about to start #3. Great opening sequence.

This might just be my favorite episode of Breaking Bad. MovieMed mentioned how funny this show is and that is what I couldn't stop thinking my second time through with this episode. Considering the subject matter there is no way I should be laughing and smiling as much as I did here. Everything Jesse does from dumping his weed so he has a baggie for ice all the way to the proud smirk he has when using the bike lock on Crazy8's neck. It is all gold and I chuckled so much watching this episode. I say all that without even mentioning the bathtub which is easily the most memorable moment in BB for me. It has never left my head all these years later. Personal note: @Danii8;, if you can watch this episode as many times as you have, you can make it through No Country For Old Men. ;)

I am going to be keeping a close eye on the Skylar hate. This just might be the episode that sent people on that path but I would behave exactly as her in this situation. I know pot smoking is not at the top of the naughty list but I was thinking about when I was married. Lets say my son was just born and after displaying some unusual behavior I find out my social worker wife who I have built this life with is buying weed from one of her ex-clients. On top of that they are calling the house and have highly questionable social media pages. Yeah, I would probably act a little more intense than Skylar did to be honest.

Absolutely perfect episode. going to be hard to top it for me.

Didn't notice any glaring precursors this episode. If anyone else does let me know.

I know, right. Hanging out with a dead beat (as much as I love Jesse I would be pretty shocked if I discovered my husband was hanging out with someone like that and not being honest with me, especially if I had a DEA brother in law), and while up the duff. I thought she was pretty calm, especially when he told her

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9cj66lOprs

The look on his face and the tone of his voice because he'd been caught out, and calling her honey, then saying if she got off his ass he'd appreciate it.

And Marie. Could not tolerate her this season but for me she redeemed herself later on, but loved the scene when Hank called her from a bust to say hello, then starts screaming at the druggies and calmly gets back to her, and she's just like Oh Hank! 'Where's my sugar'

Yeah, I haven't mentioned Marie because we haven't seen her much. I really dislike her for quite a while. I do soften when she starts helping with the kids a lot but she is never a character I am totally on board with. The petty theft crap bothers me so much.

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I might have jumped one ahead. Cant remember if I last saw 3 or 4. I just couldnt stop at 2. Please forgive me, boss. It turns me into a meth head. Oh speaking of meth heads, Windy Wendy arrives (it's 3).

I could understand the thieving, especially down the track with MAJOR SPOILER, ELESSAR)



but it was her self absorption that rubbed me up the wrong way. Until that point in my spoiler tag, she only ever thought of herself.

Getting back to Skyler's reaction - I dont care who smokes weed; hell, I've smoked it, but if I was UTD and had a disabled teenager, then found out after acting suspiciously that my brilliant dork of a husband was hanging out with a drug dealer and smoking dope behind my back I'd be very very pissed off. Is he in denial about the baby or just not wanting the responsibility. I think that would be very upsetting to a cray cray hormonal pregnant woman, and rightly so. Will my teenage son get access to it. Sure, he'd be able to get it at school but I would loathe the idea of his father providing him easy access. Why is this deadbeat calling my home. All this stuff would be going through my head. And what's a MILF...LOL.

I agree, Sean. Fantastic episode. I thought Jesse showed what a quick thinker he could be to spin around to make her face away from Emilio. And trying out the size of the tub always makes me laugh. And the fact Walt knew he was dealing with a kid who never took notice in his class but didnt bother explaining the no bath tub rule just showed how far his head was up his colon back then.

If I jump ahead too fast and you'd prefer to keep it to discussing only 2 a week to keep the thread tidy just give me a yelp. This show gives me substance abuse.

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OK about to rewatch 4 but wanted to say this about skyler in that episode. Elessar, spoilery so just scroll over.




A lot of the hate for her came from the talking pillow. People thought she was a bitch because she wanted Walt to have chemo and radiation so that made her, in their eyes, a control freak. Now for me she always was a control freak from the get go - note the flashback to them inspecting the house when she was UTD with Junior and she wouldnt let Walt have any input into the type of family home he envisaged for them. Her demand he have treatment, however, was perfectly reasonable as far as I;m concerned. He tells them he has cancer and doesnt want treatment. Perfectly natural reaction for a person to freak out about no treatment in that situation. He's only 50 and has a baby on the way, she loves him and doesnt want to lose her husband and father of her children. People in the fandom said that made her a selfish bitch. WTH? My father in law refused treatment for lung cancer but he was in his 70s. I never understood that reaction to her.

Another thing people hated her for was smoking while pregnant. She smoked, what, maybe three cigarettes? Yet Walt killed people and was given a hall pass because he's the lead character. Give me a break. Just seemed absurd to me.

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Ep 4 and 5 so you might want to skip this, El, although probably not too spoilery. Just a few observations.

Jesse's parents - just heartbreaking. I know they had to show him tough love but I was hanging out for them to just give him one more chance, then the whole deal with the joint. Really showed him as loyal to the people he cared about. Any nerds on here know the different areas the different houses were in? No reason other than I'd be interested in checking out the different styles of architecture just for some real estate fun.

Second visual of camera PoV into 'the coffin'. What are the chances that was a fluke by the director doing the same in crawl space?

The intervention. Sky was a complete bitch shouting down Marie when she had said everyone gets a chance to offload without interruption, and obviously she just wanted backup to make walt get treatment, but I cant blame her. I thought her reaction was spot on.

Jesse throwing the 4 grand into the pool a la Walt later setting the money on fire then throwing it in the pool. Oh and Walt dipping into his stash and it all got sucked down the aircon vent LMAO. Such a bumbling moron at times.

Gretchen and Elliott - what ghastly people. Finally two characters I dislike a lot. Would not like people like that IRL, but I still dont know why Walt wouldnt take the job offer other than hubris, and probably thinking Elliott was an up himself tool who would mince around pitying him. Yeah come to think of it, I wouldnt have taken the job from some pretentious twat like him when I had C either. Or is it possible he's still in love with Gretchen?

Any chemistry nerds on here? Is his breakdown of chemicals that make up the human body correct, and if so has anyone discovered the missing percentage? And is his formula for near perfect meth correct? I failed chemistry and a scientist I am most definitely not.

Badger - what a moron but so funny seeing him chase after Jesse with his bow. Why on earth did Jesse take him along anyway? Surely he was capable of doing it on his own at that point. When he tossed out the batches I really did feel like a meth head and certainly empathised with Badger. Gif time

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I'm sure there's more but I didnt take notes, and tl;dr but thanks if anyone manages to churn through that rambling.

Nerdgasm. Going bck for ep 6. I just cant hold myself back.

Ep 6. How the hell did I miss this. There's a cold open to Heisenberg's amazing confrontation with Tuco.

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I've watched the first 4 episodes now...

Awesome as ever.

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Well ep 6 answers one of my questions. Jesse took Badger along because at tht point he didnt have the confidence to do it on his own. It wasnt until Walt had his fainting spell in the desert and he told Jesse to go finish the batch that he knew he was a michelin star chef.

This is not meth

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Quite possibly one of my top three BrBa moments.

Interesting protocol for treating his cancer. Quite different to what I experienced.

Oh and yep, he was always bad. He's going to let anyone take the heat for him. Poor Hugo. Such a nice guy and did not deserve that.

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I'm at the Pilot and half Ep 1.
Gosh this show shove adrenaline in from the first moment. There's not even a boring half second.
It's great to see a scientifically critical mind as Walter at crime work. I wish I could have a chemistry teacher like that. Those kids didn't know how lucky they were.

I saw that famous Skyler...
Trying to forget what I read about her in BCSaul's thread (something with Chuck).
But boy do I hate that bossy look on her face.
She looks at her husband like "I have you in my palm".
And the handjob scene was hilarious - I laughed out loud when I saw the look on Walt's face and in his eyes.

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Can you believe a lot of people in the fandom thought season 1 and 2 was slow and boring when it first aired? Must be binge watchers who cant watch week to week. I didnt find a single boring moment in both seasons.

LOL at your bossy face comment. She has a very good resting bitch face, and you should see the look on her face when Walt finally takes his balls back.

The handjob scene was gold. When she shrieks YES and he jumps.

Oh that;s another thing about ep 6 (not spoilery, El, but skip if you dont want a flash forward comment)


Walt loses his temper at Jesse when he gives Walt $1300 and tells him to grow some balls. Projecting much!

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Ep 7 - havent seen it all yet; had a little kip after the second meeting at the car wreck yard (what a dump!) when the Heisenberg hat first makes it's appearance

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And the scene at the school meeting about the stolen lab equipment when Heisenberg gets flooded with testosterone, touches up Skyler then takes her out to the car to shag right next to a patrol car...and did they make that car rock! When Bryan and Anna had chemistry (no pun intended) they really had chemistry.

One more thing - Marie at the baby shower. What a complete pain in the ass.

Oh and

Sky: where did that come from...and...why was it so good
Walt: because it was illegal.

Boom!!! Heisenberg has definitely arrived.

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I'd like to know who makes the decisions for the music choices in these 2 shows. There's never a bad pick. The ultimate mix tape Scoobididoobiddy Doo.

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That's right, during my short 1.5 ep the music already impressed me. When that music started playing and some quirky scene begin (can't even remember which, there are plenty), I was on for some fun ride.

I kinda like Walter's son, at least til now. He's the opposite to his bug-eyed mum.

The music is amazing. Never fails to impress. And Walt junior is a sAssy lil teen. The actor does actually have CP but he acted it up for the show.

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I forgot they used Molotov in the first episode. Hadn't heard that in years!

My boyfiend got home in a bit of a state from a hellish weekend doing sound and tour managing (for well...the Norwegian version of Gene Simmons, I guess :lol:) and when I told him I was doing BB all over again with you guys, he said I'M IN!!! Great, so now I can't rewatch without him. :lol: We caught up with the first episode.

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I'm up to 205. Found a major booboo by Walt. When Hank visits him in the hospital after the 'fugue state' Walt thanks him for 'coming out to find me'. Hank didn't twig?

The crystal palace - Hank and Gomie dont think to question reception about when Jesse and Windy checked in? Sure it's probably run by junkies but why not go in and intimidate them, although I guess that's actually Windy's room so I didnt really think that through. Scratch that one.

Fingerprints on the guns. In US arent suspects fingerprinted or do they have to be charged? How about teachers for background checks?

The bike lock that killed crazy8 makes a comeback! And not for cheerful purposes.

Back to Skyler hate - another reason she was hated was because she gave Walt the silent treatment and locked him out, but he was a liar, which she knows damn well because the guy cant lie straight in bed and instead gives a B grade performance, and locked her out, but I guess the haters were swayed by him pulling the victim card with the Why are you doing this to me; I have cancer. Well sorry buddy, but cancer affects the whole family.

And how did he not burn the house down? He left the oven on the stove, went to answer the door for some chitchat with Junior's friend, then went to the bathroom to have more chitchat with Sky about why Junior changed his name. Not really relevant but I just thought it was a little detail the writers didnt attend to or simply left on the cutting room floor. I would have liked to see consequences, even for such a miniscule action.

One more - why was he so desperate to sneak home and hide the money and gun again when he was being discharged the next day, and why did he put them in the diaper box to start with?

Hahah!!! For me, "booboo" is baby talk for a sore. "Awww does baby have a booboo???" :lol:

LOL. Here it's a blunder.

Listen out for it. I;m positive he says 'come' not 'went' or 'go'. That's definitely something an investigator would pick straight up on.

Oh, those are referred to as boobs. Hahah!!!!

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A boob here is what goes in your bra, of course, or a moron - what a boob!; stop acting like a boob!

Dont know if you're logged into fb or not but this just came up on my feed and reminded me so much of Jesse. Australian Federal Police found this in a property and have asked for anyone who misplaced 1.6 million bucks in what is suspected to be a drug lab to come forward or it gets sent off to unclaimed monies. LMAO

https://scontent.fmel1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...dc&oe=59CCC6E9

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Did Tuco give their wallets back? I didnt notice. And would Jesse get his car back or are vehicles from crime scenes permanently impounded? God that car was hideous.

That too, but the 2nd part of that shows why boob is used also to denote a mistake. :D

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Finished S01, going to be on S02E01 when I get home. Where is everyone up to now???

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I'm up to 210 but I skipped Peekaboo. Looking at that house and the state of the kid makes me uncomfortable. The other one I find hard to rewatch is the meth house.

Better Call Saul was a real treat.

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Slow down, Dani! :laugh:

Lol I cannot. It's taken hold of me like some crystal and a can of root beer. I'm Windy Wendy, and it's the only way I'm going to detox from Better Call Saul.

Just wondering out loud if we'll see the I dont like that couple and find out what the falling out with Walt was all about.

No skipping, Dani!!! It's meant to be hard to watch.

And btw, you wanted to know how I felt about Skyler this time around. Well, so far I'm not as instantly annoyed by her. Marie, though. :rolleyes:

Yeah I know but I get down about the kid. Maybe I'm turning into Jesse.

Interesting you've had a shift. Did you like Marie more before? I dont have a change until later, and then in the final episode I shifted again. Spoiler for anyone who is watching for the first time, I was wondering yesterday why

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Lord, I just watched episode three last night, you guys are going to lap me. Don't you have any movies to watch? ;)

We dont watch movies during the week generally because Mr D is often on conference calls so we save that for popcorn time on the weekend. I dont like commercial tv so weeknights for me is rewatch time, until I get pushed off the lounge by hogging dogs.

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Yes, but I take couch potatoing very seriously, as does my boyfriend and 2 cats. I was willing to slow the pace down to match everyone, but that @Dani8, you know? Always ruining everything,just like Brendan Fraser. :lol:

LMAO. That was so funny yesterday. That guy is going to be the end of us all. Drama Llama.

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Clearly, you weren't paying attention! Brendan FRASER will be the end of us.

Oh that's what I meant, silly.

Hilarious when he took the brendan bashing to shoutbox and everyone ignored him.

Oops we're hijacking. Sean will get smacky on our bums.

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Also, nice deflection on ruining the pace of the rewatch. I see you!

So shall we wait? The whole point was so we can discuss discuss DISCUSS as the episodes would be daisy-fresh, yes? No? :shifty:

It's up to Sean. I dont mind. Cant stop now but happy to take my commentaries to breaking bad thread then return here and discuss as you guys rewatch. Sean is the boss of this thread so handing it over for his guidance.

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I say everyone watch and discuss as you go. I will tryy to move faster, although that won't happen for at least two weeks. We can get a lot of discussion going though. I think it's fun.

Oh, and I am not the boss of anything and have no right to call out anyone for hijacking. I will talk about anything anywhere around here. :D

Yessah, Boss. Cool Hand Luke.

This is the most fun group rewatch I've ever had. Good job, Boss :up:

I know you're busy with your sons so dont feel pressured by my Jimmy Mania to speed up. In your own time. I;m pretty much glued to the thread anyway so will join in at any given moment/opportunity.

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I love that movie so much!

Just a reminder that one of BB's directors is

https://youtu.be/sGNK-cOtxSs


:lol:

I'm travelling at the moment so can't really watch anything. I'll catch up with you guys in August. You guys go ahead,watch and type and spoil as much as you want, i have a big capacity of forgetting spoilers ;)

How can you leave at a time like this, El!!!
Happy travels. Where to this time?
There's a new mofo who wants to join the group - he'll be watching for the first time like you so all of my posts will have the number of the episode when I'm giving spoilers, otherwise I'll just be joining in with discussion for those sticking to the 2 eps per week suggestion.

So on that note

213 - ABQ.

Wow. I forgot how gut wrenching this finale was. Jane - Walt - Jesse ending up in a crack house. Wanted to cry but I was just so unnerved, even after all these rewatches. Skyler finding out the extent of her husband's lies - My god she really is Chuck. She knew Walt was a liar and Chuck knew exactly what his brother did to those documents. How anyone can not empathise with those two in those reveal moments is a bit beyond me. Walt pulling the crocodile tears was so well done, but nup - he was a lying tool. What else would a wife and new mum be thinking he lied about. The real reason he didnt turn up to the birth of their baby? You bet. I would have left for the weekend and kicked him out as well. Sky might not be everyone's cup of tea, and that's fine, but she was spot on about her lying sack of sht absent husband (I still love Wall just so you know). And Jane's dad. Why oh why didn't he drag her ass to rehab the night before. So tragic.

Exhausting episode. Utterly brilliant. So glad Villigan didnt kill off Jesse. Aaron is phenomenal. For those who may not know, Jesse was originally planned to get snuffed in season 1 but villigan and gould decided the actor was just too good to let go.

...And The Bag's In The River

This is probably not going to be one I consider a favorite. It has a great climax but most of the rest feels pretty padded. That's not something I will accuse BB of very much. I really didn't love the plate moment either. Another scene that makes me want to call out @Dani8 for being able to watch this and not making it past the opening of No Country. :D Remember my rating are on the BB curve. Any episode of this show is more compelling to me than all but a few shows I hold in higher esteem.


Cancer

This one made me laugh a lot. I forgot about how we are introduced to Jessie's parents. It still took me a second to get my bearings when that scene started and it reminded me how absolutely perfect that transition was the first time I saw it. The change of tone is so jarring, it feels as if you are thrown into a commercial. Then to see Jessie caught in the patio furniture. Absolutely perfect. If I have a gripe it's that neither time through have I bought that a kid Jessie's brother age who acts the way he does is smuggling pot into the house. The White BBQ is some pretty solid dramatic stuff.



Gray Matter

In this episode I can actually begin to understand how people feel about Skyler the way they do. The intervention is pretty painful and I forgot how I got on Maria's side in that scene. I do excuse it for the most part though because I have to remind myself going through the emotion of losing a spouse is probably second only to what Walter is going through. I am not in love with the Gray Matter stuff but it does shine a spotlight in Walt's pride and it's not poorly done. That suit, I mean, I know Walt is a nerd but those buttons highlight it more than I needed. :p Jessie's cook is an amazing sequence. Seeing him act like Walt and Badger act like him. Plus I love that Jessie doesn't try to be uptight when Walt comes back, the dynamic goes back to being the exact same.



Crazy Handful Of Nothin'

I honestly forgot how quickly Heisenberg comes. Our introduction to Tuco. The call back of the Mercury. Really great story telling in this one.

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I wanted to get all my watching in for the next week because I will be out of town next week and am not sure if I will get to watch anything. I will at least finish the season this weekend. I might try to go a little faster since it seems most of you are and I don't ant the thread to get boring.

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Sean, it was the strangling in no country that got me. Most strangling scenes in film take 3 seconds and poof, lights out. That and the strangling in the Aussie movie In Her Skin got me. Made me very uncomfortable.

Double reps for your comment about Jesse and badger. Karma, bitch.

I think the Crazy8 strangling may be worse. I really just want you to watch one of the greatest movies ever.

Bless ya socks. I will, I promise. I love the Coens. I just need to prep myself. I simply freaked out.
Happy and safe travels next week. :up:

I'll visit Japan, China, Qatar, Thailand, Vietnam, and frigging India! (for the first time), all within July. It's not even because i have enough money to travel to all those countries: To visit my parents, I took the cheapest flight possible, and it transits at every airport around, a dozen hours at each. It's enough for me to go to the city center, see some tourist cliche lanscape, bought some meal, fall in love with some local guy, get heartbreak over saying gooodbye to him, get lost on the way back to the airport, running and sweating to the gate just before it close.

Happy breaking bad, guys.

I love Coen bro too. I'll have to watch that movie.

Wow. Where do your parents live? I'm guessing Vietnam?

Happy travels, my friend. Stay safe, have a great time, and break bad with ya when you get back. :up: Very jealous right now.

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Skyler has a beautiful voice, and I never noticed this before.

She does. I notice women's voice because I sound like a chipmunk.

What are you up to, cat. I watched 301 last night. My god



those cousins never fail to creep me out.
And Walt's speech about the collision - cant decide if he was feeling remorse or not.

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212 so just past the ep where she sings Happy Birthday to Beneke (ugh that guy)

Oh god, the only time I actually disliked skyler was when she bumped uglies with him. Ted is a sleaze bag. Very poor choice but I guess she didnt know many single men and she just needed some comforting. Still. I'd rather go hug a dog or cat than that guy.

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I wonder how much of my Skyler hate was tied up in the anxious feelings the show gave me on first watch. Still no excuse for banging Beneke, wtf.

I think it's just pretty normal to root for the lead and be annoyed by anyone who gets in his way, thus Yoda's commentary about chuck -v- sky. As I said, I can easily understand and appreciate why people didn't like her. My issue was with how insane some people in the fandom got with it, to the point they didnt even understand why she

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gave him the money. I just found that really quite dense. She made it perfectly clear why she had to do that. She had no choice at all.

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Let's see how it goes later on.

Oh yeah, saw some of that hate towards Anna Gunn. Kind of horrible she fid her job so well they tranferred the hate onto her.

I was mind blown; had never seen anything like it before, or since. Closest was probably Katey Sagal in SoA. Some pretty horrible filth was thrown her way. And Jennifer Lawrence. I just dont get it.

Yeap.

The Qatar and Thailand part has passed well. I learnt plenty of beautiful things from the Quran and Buddha's teaching.

About JLawrence, it was because Hollywood is ridiculously favored her since the beginning. I'm tired of seeing her everywhere, with basically one type of acting.

Very cool, El. Just looked up qatari cuisine. I want that qarwa. Would probably be as strong as meth.

I watched 303 thinking something was not quite right and just realised I missed 302. Derp moi.

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Lisa and I are just about to start season 4.

So, we had started this re-watch with a couple of our Movie/Show club friends, Marta and Felicia. Halfway through season 2, they just up and say "Sorry guys, this is just not a good show. We hate all these characters!."

So...they bailed on the show. We were stunned! This goes back to that discussion about whether or not a show has to have likable characters to be good. We had just finished what I thought was a fantastic episode (Peekaboo), and these guys pipe in saying it's a bad show. WTF!!! :(

It's not a good show because the characters are not to their liking? What sort of shows do they watch?

My eldest brother loved it initially and bailed but not because he thought it wasnt a good show. He felt the genius having a midlife crisis was a bit too close to the bone and it made him uncomfortable to think he could have an inner monster lurking and wanting to break out.

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They were groping for a character to latch on to but gave up after a while, They hated pretty much everyone but Walter Jr. Sadly, they didn't stick it out long enough to meet Saul. Oh well. Can't win em all!

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I really don't see what's not interesting about the characters. For me the whole thing is a study in human frailty. Each to their own, though. Maybe they prefer lighter stuff? It can be a painful watch at times.

I watched the finale of season one and first two episodes of season two. Try to post about them the next couple days. Everyone still playing along?

I'm playng. Just toning it back because I ran too far ahead.

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in the hospital and Sky, on the fly, concocts the gambling story to convince Marie to take their money. Utterly brilliant but she should have left it there. The next step just confirmed for me what a control freak she was and was completely unnecessary imo but she couldnt help herself.

Speaking of flies, episode Fly. 310

This got a lot of hate in the fandom because of the ole 'nothing happens'. I thought it was superb and think that fly needs a payrise.

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Ha. Had to take the breaks off to get through season 3 so jumping ahead again.

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dinner at Gustavo's house. I dont know the name of the song to check this out but there's a woman singing in spanish faintly in the background as he talks to Walt over Paila Marina (which I think I'll make tonight). I have a feeling this is played again in BCS.

Tus ojos. This is beautiful

https://www.tunefind.com/artist/zoraida-beato

I'm moving on with season 2 once I get home from vaca. So yes, still in this b. :cool:

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We are way out ahead. I will comment on episodes as you guys go along. We are almost done with season 4 at this point. Whoops!

It just takes a hold, doesnt it.

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And btw, @Sedai, that story makes me feel depressed. Of course, even universally loved shows and movies will have its haters... But man, what a shame...

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I concur. Some episodes are downright bummers! Still a great watch.

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Oh speaking of haters, just had another thought that temporarily slipped my mind. Sky haters again - 311


This is probably what cemented the complete wig out about her. Sky and Walt are discussing which business to go with to launder the dirty dough. She offers to run the car wash and he says no because they are divorced. Sky admits she never lodged the paperwork...and the wigout crowd were convinced it was because she loved the money. I;m sure those people all watch while playing on their gadgets. She comes right out with it 'a wife cannot be compelled to testify against her husband'. She was protecting her family unit. And furthermore, if she stayed in the marriage for the money wouldn't she have enjoyed spending it rather than hoarding it? That hatred just always had me shaking my head.

Hope you're having a great time in Greece, MM. We had olives, taramasalata and dolmades for dinner in your honour.

I thought MM was talking about your friends?