Breaking Bad

[clackamascoug]

Big Jim on Under the Dome is a bigger killer than Walter White. I hope Norris' episode checks are getting bigger.

[MarkGrace]

Great link.

Next week's episode is Granite State, the nickname of New Hampshire. Not coincidentally, the motto of New Hampshire is "Live Free or Die". Walt is free...$10,000,000 and a new identity. We know from the flash forward with the big gun that Walt is not content to live free. He has chosen to die. I love the writers on this show.

Interesting. Live Free or Die was also the name of the first episode in season 5.

[SteelBlue]

He was, and Saul is a clown. I'm betting the clown in the box is Saul in a casket, and Skylar putting the clown in the box makes me think that Skylar kills Saul.

I thought Saul was going to survive because we know he's getting a spin-off. But I heard the spin-off will be a prequel, so Saul may well be a dead man.

[Coach McGuirk]

Did we learn how Walt dies in the last episode?

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[Dwight Schr-ute]

Did we learn how Walt dies in the last episode?

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Whoa. Nice.


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[Jeff Lebowski]

I was thinking back on the Jane death. After the death, Walt accidentally runs into Jane's grieving father in a bar and witnesses the anguish he has caused (allowed, whatever) firsthand. Then there was that recurring sequence with the teddy bear floating in the pool and finally we learn that it is debris from a plane crash resulting from a distracted grieving father. The bodies and debris landing in Walt's neighborhood and property was an interesting touch by the writers. The plane crash and all those deaths were a product of that moment in Jesse's bedroom and it was a way of saying "See what you did, Walt?". It fits one of the central themes of this series: bad choices leading to a whole series of horrific unintended consequences.

Furthermore, it struck me that Jane's death was very similar to one of the iconic scenes in The Sopranos (see below). Anyone else notice the similarity? I wonder if that was some kind of homage.

Spoiler for Sopranos Scene:

At one point in the series, Tony's nephew Christopher (a central character in the series) is causing all kinds of problems with his drug addiction and risky behavior. Since he is family, Tony has given him a ton of second chances but is getting exasperated. Tony and Christopher and riding in a car and have some kind of crash on a rural road. After the crash, Tony sees the Christopher is injured badly but still alive. He thinks for a few seconds and then reaches over and chokes him to death. A gut-wrenching scene and as bad as Tony has behaved, it is still shocking to see him murder a close family member. A definite turning point in the evolution of his character.

[SCcoug]

I was thinking back on the Jane death. After the death, Walt accidentally runs into Jane's grieving father in a bar and witnesses the anguish he has caused (allowed, whatever) firsthand. Then there was that recurring sequence with the teddy bear floating in the pool and finally we learn that it is debris from a plane crash resulting from a distracted grieving father. The bodies and debris landing in Walt's neighborhood and property was an interesting touch by the writers. The plane crash and all those deaths were a product of that moment in Jesse's bedroom and it was a way of saying "See what you did, Walt?". It fits one of the central themes of this series: bad choices leading to a whole series of horrific unintended consequences.

Furthermore, it struck me that Jane's death was very similar to one of the iconic scenes in The Sopranos (see below). Anyone else notice the similarity? I wonder if that was some kind of homage.

Spoiler for Sopranos Scene:

At one point in the series, Tony's nephew Christopher (a central character in the series) is causing all kinds of problems with his drug addiction and risky behavior. Since he is family, Tony has given him a ton of second chances but is getting exasperated. Tony and Christopher and riding in a car and have some kind of crash on a rural road. After the crash, Tony sees the Christopher is injured badly but still alive. He thinks for a few seconds and then reaches over and chokes him to death. A gut-wrenching scene and as bad as Tony has behaved, it is still shocking to see him murder a close family member. A definite turning point in the evolution of his character.

Good thoughts but that happened before the death. Q tells Walt something about how it is family that matters so he goes back to Jesse's place where he lets Jane die.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Good thoughts but that happened before the death. Q tells Walt something about how it is family that matters so he goes back to Jesse's place where he lets Jane die.

Doesn't he meet him again after the death?

[SandYFan]

Did we learn how Walt dies in the last episode?

Yeah, they lingered on that shot for a while. Brilliant shot, really.

[MarkGrace]

Did we learn how Walt dies in the last episode?

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I love how the Director of Photography makes sure the shot has his name in it. lol...good stuff.

[RC Vikings]

Here's my predicted ending.

Spoiler for My predicted ending:

Walt finds the Ricin cigarette and dumps it out in the yard, symbolizing a clean break from poisoning people. Next we see him getting into a convertible after he eats his birthday breakfast with the big barrel of money in the back (which he hid shortly after he got into the minivan and before he went to New Hampshire) and driving away into the sunset with the wind blowing his wavy new hair. He looks back at the money and gleefully laughs, reminding the viewer of Beatrix Kiddo at the end of Kill Bill. Epilogue is that he ends up buying for a song that hacienda in Mexico where Gus poisoned that entire cartel. He's out in the back cleaning the pool in his white underwear when he hears a knock. He opens the door and it's Marie. Tension. Then Marie breaks out into a smile and is like, "We did it!" She was in on it the whole time. Jaws drop and minds are blown.

I'm guessing YOhio is a big fan of the movie "Wild Things" to predict an ending like this.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Been thinking more about the ending. It is also entirely possible that Walt goes after the skinheads while being entirely ignorant of Jesse's status. Maybe he inadvertently rescues him. That would be a cool twist.

[SandYFan]

Did you forget the episode where he was in chemo. The one where Jesse tried to give his money away

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Do we see him in chemo? I know he's at the doctor's office.

Also, he told Hank he had 6 months to live. In the flash forward, it's a year later, right?

[MarkGrace]

Do we see him in chemo? I know he's at the doctor's office.

Also, he told Hank he had 6 months to live. In the flash forward, it's a year later, right?

He was set up to a machine receiving chemo.

The flash forward is a year from the first episode of season 5, not the point he told Hank.

[woot]

Did we learn how Walt dies in the last episode?

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This seems like exactly the sort of thing these guys would have done intentionally. With how much attention this show is getting, it might no longer be cute to put stuff like this in there. I now fully expect Walt to get a cap in the dome. I'm sure it'll be brilliant in context, but that would seem an awfully prosaic way to off him.

Unless they're just hinting at the general idea and not the method.