Breaking Bad- Midseason Finale Tonight!

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As crazy as this was, I feel the need to discuss a few things, so SPOILER WARNING*

Yeah. Just... wow. I sort of knew what was coming the instant he appeared, but even that was thrown off by those split seconds of thinking that either Jesse or Todd were going to die from the train due to Walt's insistence on being right and finishing the job. Then, for a second, you think that he's going to be ok... because Todd waves back at him innocently. Then... fuck, dude. It happened in all of five seconds.

The best part of something like this happening in the Breaking Bad world is playing detective afterward and piecing together every little clue that they've been dropping to establish each event. With Todd, the fact that his character could do what he did was laid down a number of different ways:

1) The first time we meet him, it's established that he's not only eager to move up, but takes the initiative via cutting off the security cameras.

2) "No one other than us can know that this robbery went down." "You sure?" "Yessir." <Mike laid this down in more or less the same language back in the third episode, and Jesse and Walt reinforced it.

3) The train horn at the tail end of the open, then a tight shot on the actual horn making the noise right before the train robbery begins- awesome and very sly way of bringing that element back to the forefront.

4) Mike's "There are two kinds of robberies- the ones where you don't get caught, and the ones that leave witnesses." Again, great foreshadowing.

Other highlights: Walt's crocodile tears and subsequent twist of Lydia actually being innocent, Jesse coming up with the plan while slurping on a bendable straw, and the parallel with the "magnets" episode of a carefully planned heist working perfectly until an expected wrinkle makes everything worse than it could've been.

God I love this show.

*Not trying to be an ass about that- I think mine and Sarg's bitchy posts got that out of the way last week. Back to normal.
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~Kyle~

Scorehero's #1 Chiefs fan and L4D2 player

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As crazy as this was, I feel the need to discuss a few things, so SPOILER WARNING*

Yeah. Just... wow. I sort of knew what was coming the instant he appeared, but even that was thrown off by those split seconds of thinking that either Jesse or Todd were going to die from the train due to Walt's insistence on being right and finishing the job. Then, for a second, you think that he's going to be ok... because Todd waves back at him innocently. Then... fuck, dude. It happened in all of five seconds.

The best part of something like this happening in the Breaking Bad world is playing detective afterward and piecing together every little clue that they've been dropping to establish each event. With Todd, the fact that his character could do what he did was laid down a number of different ways:

1) The first time we meet him, it's established that he's not only eager to move up, but takes the initiative via cutting off the security cameras.

2) "No one other than us can know that this robbery went down." "You sure?" "Yessir." <Mike laid this down in more or less the same language back in the third episode, and Jesse and Walt reinforced it.

3) The train horn at the tail end of the open, then a tight shot on the actual horn making the noise right before the train robbery begins- awesome and very sly way of bringing that element back to the forefront.

4) Mike's "There are two kinds of robberies- the ones where you don't get caught, and the ones that leave witnesses." Again, great foreshadowing.

Other highlights: Walt's crocodile tears and subsequent twist of Lydia actually being innocent, Jesse coming up with the plan while slurping on a bendable straw, and the parallel with the "magnets" episode of a carefully planned heist working perfectly until an expected wrinkle makes everything worse than it could've been.

God I love this show.

*Not trying to be an ass about that- I think mine and Sarg's bitchy posts got that out of the way last week. Back to normal.
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~Kyle~

Scorehero's #1 Chiefs fan and L4D2 player

[alexhaz64]

That was some of the most intense television I've ever watched. And that ending, wow. I mean I'm actually shaking, that was incredible, haha.

SPOILERS:

I just wonder what they're gonna do from here. I mean having a body to deal with must complicate things tenfold, and kind of defeats the entire purpose of robbing the train without anybody knowing. I seriously have no idea what to expect for the next episode, but hot damn if I ain't excited as hell about it O.O
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2:59 alexhaz64: I'm like 6th place on that song
2:59 alexhaz64: pretty neat
2:59 alexhaz64: :p
2:59 JohnnyGrey: No Alex, I don't care how good your score is
2:59 JohnnyGrey: DAMMIT
2:59 alexhaz64: XD
alexhaz64 flexes
2:59 psxfreak101: too slow on the trigger there, boyo
2:59 alexhaz64: that seems to be the case all night
2:59 JohnnyGrey: I've been too slow a few times tonight
2:59 JohnnyGrey: GDSAKj hfask
2:59 psxfreak101: XD
2:59 alexhaz64: LMAO
2:59 alexhaz64: OMG
psxfreak101 actua-loling

[alexhaz64]

That was some of the most intense television I've ever watched. And that ending, wow. I mean I'm actually shaking, that was incredible, haha.

SPOILERS:

I just wonder what they're gonna do from here. I mean having a body to deal with must complicate things tenfold, and kind of defeats the entire purpose of robbing the train without anybody knowing. I seriously have no idea what to expect for the next episode, but hot damn if I ain't excited as hell about it O.O
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2:59 alexhaz64: I'm like 6th place on that song
2:59 alexhaz64: pretty neat
2:59 alexhaz64: :p
2:59 JohnnyGrey: No Alex, I don't care how good your score is
2:59 JohnnyGrey: DAMMIT
2:59 alexhaz64: XD
alexhaz64 flexes
2:59 psxfreak101: too slow on the trigger there, boyo
2:59 alexhaz64: that seems to be the case all night
2:59 JohnnyGrey: I've been too slow a few times tonight
2:59 JohnnyGrey: GDSAKj hfask
2:59 psxfreak101: XD
2:59 alexhaz64: LMAO
2:59 alexhaz64: OMG
psxfreak101 actua-loling

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They'll have a pretty massive hole once the thousand gallons of methylene is pumped out...

/Purposely avoiding the previews for next week. Lovin' the ride.
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~Kyle~

Scorehero's #1 Chiefs fan and L4D2 player

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They'll have a pretty massive hole once the thousand gallons of methylene is pumped out...

/Purposely avoiding the previews for next week. Lovin' the ride.
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~Kyle~

Scorehero's #1 Chiefs fan and L4D2 player

[JosephL]

My first thought at the end: "Todd hits Jesse's weak point for massive damage!"

/goin' to hell
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[JosephL]

My first thought at the end: "Todd hits Jesse's weak point for massive damage!"

/goin' to hell
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[Vampyromaniac]

Well Gustavo ended up being the only character I've never hated. He went out like a BOSS. Some people might have been a bit put-off by his killing Victor, but I think he really needed to display ruthlessness. Every other character though, I either hate always or occasionally. It's a testament that I still love the show so much, then.
I just started watching it about a week ago, actually.
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[Vampyromaniac]

Well Gustavo ended up being the only character I've never hated. He went out like a BOSS. Some people might have been a bit put-off by his killing Victor, but I think he really needed to display ruthlessness. Every other character though, I either hate always or occasionally. It's a testament that I still love the show so much, then.
I just started watching it about a week ago, actually.
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[FreeXBird]

I was at my friend's house when the train episode came on. He said he was considering going through the series, so he went upstairs and didn't watch it. He thought the episode was done, so he started walking downstairs. Right then the kid comes up to the Walt, Jesse, and Todd. My face is just pretty much like " :O " right then. My friend's like "can I come down?" and then Todd waves to the kid. I burst out laughing, so my friend starts to walk down because he thought I was laughing at him. Then the gunshot and my face pretty much looked exactly like " D: ". I yelled at him to run away and not see. And he didn't. All was well. But seriously, that scene was beautiful.

[FreeXBird]

I was at my friend's house when the train episode came on. He said he was considering going through the series, so he went upstairs and didn't watch it. He thought the episode was done, so he started walking downstairs. Right then the kid comes up to the Walt, Jesse, and Todd. My face is just pretty much like " :O " right then. My friend's like "can I come down?" and then Todd waves to the kid. I burst out laughing, so my friend starts to walk down because he thought I was laughing at him. Then the gunshot and my face pretty much looked exactly like " D: ". I yelled at him to run away and not see. And he didn't. All was well. But seriously, that scene was beautiful.

[MehPlusRawr]

Just finished s4

holy shit

holy fucking shit

where are you guys watching s5? Demonoid's shutdown was a terrible, terrible thing, and all I can find in Youtube is fat guys staring at their webcams talking about it.
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[MehPlusRawr]

Just finished s4

holy shit

holy fucking shit

where are you guys watching s5? Demonoid's shutdown was a terrible, terrible thing, and all I can find in Youtube is fat guys staring at their webcams talking about it.
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[MehPlusRawr]

"Hell, Ted is a really good-looking man! And I've even thought of- well- not really..."

It's really remarkable how I can both hate and love every character in the show.


So I've finished catching up, and holy shit, I love this show so much.

[MehPlusRawr]

"Hell, Ted is a really good-looking man! And I've even thought of- well- not really..."

It's really remarkable how I can both hate and love every character in the show.


So I've finished catching up, and holy shit, I love this show so much.

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