I knew that I liked Jesse!dualstow wrote: Reub, I thought of you when I saw Jesse Pinkman stop by SNL to make fun of Obamacare. Good stuff.
I hope he can get a sequel out of this.
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I knew that I liked Jesse!dualstow wrote: Reub, I thought of you when I saw Jesse Pinkman stop by SNL to make fun of Obamacare. Good stuff.
Me too. I also enjoyed how in spite of being gutshot by an M60, Uncle Jack took the time to stuff a cigarette in his mouth before commencing with his "If you pull that trigger..." speech.MediumTex wrote: I love that Todd's uncle wasn't able to get very far into his "why you shouldn't kill me" speech before Walt finished him off.
Ah, I remember the box now, too! Thanks, dualstow! I hadn't considered the origin story of the "happy place" Jesse turned to. That's perfect.dualstow wrote: If anyone was wondering about Jesse's daydream about the wooden box, apparently he mentioned it in an early episode. He made the box for his mother but then sold it for an ounce of weed. I certainly forgot about that, but read it in the Wall Street Journal of all places.
Also, it has been pointed out that Walt didn't just get to Lydia out of revenge or competition, but to take the (Todd) heat off Skyler. That didn't immediately click, but when I read it I thought, oh of course!
Agreed on all points! I'd thought there was a chance he would do something awful to Elliot and Gretchen but this was a great way to use them for his own ends. I was very impressed when the "two best hitmen west of the Mississippi" joined him in his car afterward complaining of how that "felt kinda shady, morality-wise".Reub wrote: Just loved the finale! Especially enjoyed Walter telling Skylr that what he did he did for himself. That he liked it and was good at it. That was classic. It was nice seeing Walt pick up Todd's phone call from Lydia and seeing her with that humidifier as he told her that she would never use Stevia again. And what about what he did to the Schwartz's? I didn't see that coming. Just great stuff!
Oh absolutely! What a treat having those guys make it back for the finale. I had hoped Saul might somehow make an appearance but never expected Badger and Skinny Pete.MediumTex wrote: Lone Wolf,
You saw that the "hit men" were Badger and Skinny Pete, right?
The whole hit men thing was a total bluff that Walt played to perfection.
I'm 100% with you on this one. He's not trying to fool Mike Ehrmantraut here. The act just had to work on a pair of frightened, naive wimps with little understanding of criminal activity and a whole lot to lose.dualstow wrote: In comments at the WSJ, someone said that real hit men would just shoot all 3 people and take the cash. I didn't reply -- this subforum is enough Breaking Bad for me -- but my answer to that would be that s/he he is thinking like a hit man. However, s/he is not thinking like the Schwartzes.
What was the continuity error? I'm not usually observant enough to catch these. Did it show up in some scene it shouldn't have?dualstow wrote:I also read something about the wristwatch Walt left on the pay phone in the final episode. Why did he do that?
Answer: apparently it's a continuity error. Whatever the real purpose was supposed to be, people like it because Jesse gave Walt that watch as a gift, and also because for Walt, time didn't have much meaning once he ran his final "errands." (Except of course, getting to that coffee shop well before 10AM).
It wasn't specified on the page I was reading. But, I was glad to know that the watch was from Jesse. It's unimportant, and still I guess people can draw their own meaning out of it.Lone Wolf wrote: What was the continuity error?
Heh, I think you're right. Thus far, aryanpsychomatch.com had failed to find him a girl that was as cold and dead inside as him. Lydia was quite the catch!MediumTex wrote:Lydia was a real piece of garbage. She dressed and acted sophisticated, but I think that the reason Todd was attracted to her was that she was almost as cold blooded as him. There is probably some kind of weird parallel between Brock being left without a mother and Lydia's daughter being left without a mother as well as a result of coming into Walt's orbit.
Same here! I suspect this is a widespread, perhaps nationwide affliction.Lone Wolf wrote: By the way, I've had "Baby Blue" stuck in my head off and on throughout the morning.
I've been thinking about this all morning.AdamA wrote: Here's a very cool alternate interpretation of the final episode.
http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood ... eam-theory
I like both the Thomas Dolby tune and the ringtone in the final episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4zRe_wvJw8MediumTex wrote: Here's why it can't be a dream:
Todd's ringer.
But Walt worked with both of them for quite a while (Crystal Blue Persuasion montage). He could have picked up on it then.MediumTex wrote:
I've been thinking about this all morning.
Here's why it can't be a dream:
Todd's ringer. Think about it. How could Walt possibly know about the depth and complexity of Todd's feelings for Lydia? If Walt didn't know about it, how could it be part of a dream he was experiencing?
I agree. Also, how would Walt have known that Jesse was the Aryans' meth-cooking slave? I thought he didn't know that his blue was even on the streets until he talked with Badger and Skinny Pete.MediumTex wrote: Here's why it can't be a dream:
Todd's ringer. Think about it. How could Walt possibly know about the depth and complexity of Todd's feelings for Lydia? If Walt didn't know about it, how could it be part of a dream he was experiencing?
I don't know, the ring tone conveys such a childlike infatuation. After Walt saw what Todd was capable of and how utterly un-lovable Lydia was, it's hard to imagine that a dream of his would have such an odd detail in it, but it's possible.But Walt worked with both of them for quite a while (Crystal Blue Persuasion montage). He could have picked up on it then.
My guess is that the car was semi-abandoned and not reported as stolen. That actually happened to my ex's car one winter when I kept asking her if she wanted to check on it and she just wanted to leave it in the snow, not far from home, until it was thawed in the spring. It wasn't triven to ABQ, but someone took it for a joyride and then it was eventually towed and crushed according to the report we got. I think my favorite Hendrix CD was in there.Posted by: MediumTex
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What I want to know is how you drive a stolen car from New Hampshire to Albuquerque.