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Breaking Bad Season 5 Premier Tonight!!!!!!!!!

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skia4life89
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So who all is watching? Stoked its finally here, but sad its the series finale. Best TV show I have ever seen.
Jul 15 2012 1:06PM
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bakedpow
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She needs to die.
Aug 6 2012 8:41PM
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SSteezle
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it was a great build-up episode, kind of slowed down a bit. next week is gonna be awesome
Aug 6 2012 8:52PM
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Avifarer
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that warehouse lady is probably going to be dead by next episode. mike always gets his way, and he said he handles the business and this one time he lets it slide for some reason?
Aug 6 2012 8:56PM
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casual
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I don't see how they've drawn out his cancer....The most recent episode of season 5 marks exactly 1 calendar year since the pilot episode and Walt's 50th B-day. He was diagnosed a year ago, underwent treatment for about 4-5 months (guess) and is now currently in remission. They've hinted that he will be suffering again in another year (the scene in the diner ep 1 of season 5 where he is coughing and taking pills). As far as "realistic" timetables go, that's about dead on.

The difference between a show like Breaking Bad (The Wire another example) and shows like Weeds (The Office) is that Breaking Bad has a very specific story to tell with a pretty traditional 3 act structure. 

Breaking Bad has a definitive ending, unlike shows like Weeds (sorry to pick on it) which will continue on and on until it's decided it isn't a viable money maker any longer. BB has a level of integrity in that it will conclude despite the fact that Gilligan and AMC could easily milk several more seasons out of it. You could argue that BB has never been more popular, and yet it's careening towards a cliff all the same. That's what makes it so damn exciting.

Aug 6 2012 9:35PM
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yuck
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damn these writers for teasing us into thinking skylar is suicidal. totally got my hopes up with that swimming pool scene but shes just a stupid hoe after all. mike should find a reason to kill her.
Aug 7 2012 7:50PM
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jason...
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i predict she will try to kill walt in the coming episodes. i mean that sure as hell sounded like a revolver being loaded at the very end of the last episode.

walt will probably have to end up killing her and will make it look like a suicide. it will fit the story shes been building up to the rest of the family, it makes sense.
Aug 7 2012 8:02PM
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Smuffy
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Seems very possible at this point. There will some action coming up soon, that watch/gun cock isn't without meaning. BB is way too legit for foreshadowing like that to go without some intense follow up.
Aug 8 2012 2:01PM
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grown-ninja
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there has been a ton of suspense this season but it seems live every other episode is almost a place holder-a little disappointing actually,

Sundays was meh
last Sundays was awesome
2 Sundays ago meh
1st episode great,

This upcoming Sunday's should be awesome by he looks of it and if the trend continues

also its rare I've hated a character in any story as much as skyler.
Aug 8 2012 2:23PM
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yaqwsxcde123vfr
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I hate her fucking guts, too. Sooo annoying.

Still, I kind of think that Walt trying to keep his family together was one of the main reasons why BB was so thrilling. If he messes up with Skyler and Wj, noone's left to care about him going to jail or even die.  The ambivalence of him behing a major cook and trying to protect his family is gone. He badly wants to be the boss now, forgetting about everything he used to care about. He's breaking bad too fast. It's hard to believe...


Aug 8 2012 4:59PM
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Avifarer
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Hollyyy shitt. when they were in the middle of the robbery i said to myself, the kid on the dirt bike is going to see them. fuckin eh
now what?
ps lydia can get tha good dick
Aug 12 2012 11:12PM
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Peter.
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in other news, mike continues to be the man
Aug 12 2012 11:13PM
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jason...
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that ending was fucked.
Aug 13 2012 12:48AM
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volvotom
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Holy Landry!!!


Aug 13 2012 1:39AM
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Gnarbangalakazoo
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i have to say, tod's an awesome character. i didn't like him shooting the kid, but he gets shit done. he'll probably get killed off though. meh.
Aug 13 2012 1:47AM
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gwhitey
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mike is fucking awesome, lol just noticed he was actually in one of the beverly hills cop movies a couple days ago on CC. he has hair!
Aug 14 2012 9:32PM
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Big_Spence
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this has probably already been addressed, but i don't really want to look through page(s) of responses to find the answer.


Walt said that water is denser than the methylamine, so technically the second they started pumping it in to the train container wouldn't it begin to sink to the bottom? then they would end up with the "watered down" chemicals....


sorry i'm a physics n00b so the answer is probably incredibly simple and obvious.
Aug 14 2012 10:10PM
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Downtofilm
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Just straight up pulled out the gun and shot the kid.
Aug 14 2012 10:13PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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hahaha it's funny you say that because i thought the exact same thing. i just brushed it off as me being too picky at the details.
Aug 14 2012 10:21PM
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Big_Spence
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ha glad i'm not the only one who rips apart TV shows and movies. honestly BB doesn't seem to have that many holes in the story, so i figured it was a simple thing that i just somehow overlooked...but i thought about it for a couple hours today at work and cannot figure out a single solution.
Aug 14 2012 10:42PM
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yuck
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huh thats a very good point.

my only explanation would be that they are so close in density that the water would sink down slowly and disperse itself into the methylamine enough that their methylamine from the bottom would remain relatively pure.

but you may have found a very rare BB logistics issue
Aug 14 2012 11:12PM
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icon1234
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Water and methylamine could be miscible with one another creating a homogeneous solution that would not split into distinct layers. My 2 cents, no idea if those 2 compounds are actually miscible though.
Aug 15 2012 12:01AM
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icon1234
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Pretty sure they are miscible actually, methylamine can h-bond with the water, and has very short hydrocarbon chain. So yea pretty sure that is why it "works".
Aug 15 2012 12:05AM
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Avifarer
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didnt he say if they had a problem with watered down chemicals they would have to call china or something?
Aug 15 2012 4:14AM
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jason...
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you guys should pay better attention this was all explained in the episode
Aug 15 2012 10:04AM
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casual
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This is what I reasoned when I asked myself the same question.
Aug 15 2012 1:07PM
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GayWolf420
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She will. You can tell in the past few episodes she's staring to become a bit mentally unstable.
Aug 15 2012 1:51PM
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casual
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For anyone who likes reading recaps, and interpretations of symbolism, foreshadowing, etc.

http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/55177/breaking-bad-season-5-episode-5-dead-freight

They do weekly write-ups and the hollywood prospectus podcast is excellent too.




Aug 15 2012 2:54PM
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Lord.Quasimoto
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Only complaint about last episode - Mike is not dumb enough to leave Walt alone with only a zip tie to keep him secure. Mike is better than that.
Aug 21 2012 10:31PM
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jason...
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yeah mike doesnt make mistakes.
Aug 21 2012 10:36PM
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iSmokeweed
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noooooooo!!!! mike!!!
Aug 26 2012 11:03PM
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dprice21
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damn. didn't see that coming.
Aug 26 2012 11:05PM
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janetSkis
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damn, pissed to see mike go

and inb4 walter junior ran away
Aug 26 2012 11:07PM
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jason...
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damn, did not see that coming. pretty bummed to see that happen to mike, definitely one of my favourite characters on the show
Aug 27 2012 12:01PM
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Phil-X-
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Shits gonna go downhill from here.
Aug 27 2012 12:06PM
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jason...
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dat prison murder scene.
Sep 2 2012 10:30PM
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DrZoidberg
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I watched the first two episodes of season one a few days ago, then the sixth of season 1. Can't believe I never watched this, those were so good. In the second one the drug dealer kid is a n00b for putting HF acid i the tub. Should have listened to the chemistry teacher.
Sep 2 2012 10:37PM
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TheBlueMtSkier
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Damn it, missed the first 2/3. Can someone plz spark note it for me? Or bullet points, doesn't matter.


+K for at least some incentive.

TY
Sep 2 2012 10:42PM
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TheBlueMtSkier
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Sep 2 2012 10:51PM
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jason...
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wow.

holy fuck.

how am i supposed to wait till next summer for this shit to finish after that kind of ending?

Sep 2 2012 11:05PM
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TheBlueMtSkier
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Someone mind giving me a mini synopsis on the first 2/3 of S5 E8?

The one that just aired. I saw the ending, but missed most of it =[. Shit got real fast...
Sep 2 2012 11:09PM
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jason...
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just watch it, footnotes wont do it justice.
Sep 2 2012 11:11PM
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SSteezle
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im surprised you'd even watch it if you started 2/3rds through. just wait till it's online somewhere and watch the whole thing, no sense in us spoiling it for you. so mad that there isn't another episode next week
Sep 2 2012 11:11PM
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trettzilla
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SHIT JUST GOT REAL
Sep 2 2012 11:27PM
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Avifarer
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who was the book from? gale?
Sep 3 2012 12:44AM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?!?!?! How am I supposed to wait until next summer for the next episodes?!?! What a way to end the season...errr end the first half to the season. Whatever.
Sep 3 2012 3:02AM
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line686
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According to a recent Vice interview with the creator, the next series of episodes aren't even written yet. General ideas, of course, but not fully written.
Sep 3 2012 3:10AM
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eheath
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Honestly, I knew something was about to go terribly wrong, but I did not see that twist coming. I noticed the book from the earlier scene too but wasn't sure about the significance. Either way, God damnit I can't believe we have to wait 10 months for this shit ha. I suppose i'll just forget then get super stoked like a month before again.
Sep 3 2012 4:41AM
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Petey.
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It's sick because the episode was called 'Gliding Over All', which is one of WW's (Walt Whitman's) famous poems from Leave of Grass - the book Hank found on the toilet that Gale gave Walter. And the last line of said poem: “Death, many deaths I’ll sing” is a definite foreshadow/recollection of the murders and conspiracies Walter and crew has been involved with over the past few seasons

this show always ties things together so well
Sep 3 2012 9:23AM
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technique.
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why the fuck would you leave that book there, walt? you dumb slut
Sep 3 2012 11:49AM
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