TV: Breaking Bad

[Animeniax]

The thing is, he also benefited from drug money, so he is in a legally sticky situation himself (remember, Walt paid for his rehab). Also, if he goes after Walt, it could ruin the lives of his niece and nephew. I am sure there will be hell to pay, but I don't think it will be as clear cut as the two things you just laid out. He may have to get extralegal or something. Basically, it looks like the White-Schrader family will be screwed either way.

Ahh, I hadn't considered that angle (marathoning series sometimes means you miss out on angles like that). Plus, is Hank really a lawman by nature? Does he really believe in the law and upholding it at all costs, or is it just a livelihood for him? I think he's screwed no matter what, same as his boss for not realizing Fring was a criminal. Of course, I'm typing this on the fly and not really thinking that hard about it, so I'm sure there will be other considerations and problems for him to figure out. Great series.

[rockmanj]

Ahh, I hadn't considered that angle (marathoning series sometimes means you miss out on angles like that). Plus, is Hank really a lawman by nature? Does he really believe in the law and upholding it at all costs, or is it just a livelihood for him? I think he's screwed no matter what, same as his boss for not realizing Fring was a criminal. Of course, I'm typing this on the fly and not really thinking that hard about it, so I'm sure there will be other considerations and problems for him to figure out. Great series.

I think Hank is a natural lawman, not an administrator. I think that is why he was having all those issues this season, since he is used to actually being a detective and sniffing out leads. Remember how grumpy he was when he couldn't work? Something just came to me as well but I am not sure where I'm going with it. Hank was obsessed with those minerals when he was bedridden...most of them having crystalline structures, or am I wrong? That seems like some sort of foreshadowing. Or maybe it just tied in with his relentless pursuit of the meth kingpin.

[Animeniax]

I think Hank is a natural lawman, not an administrator. I think that is why he was having all those issues this season, since he is used to actually being a detective and sniffing out leads. Remember how grumpy he was when he couldn't work? Something just came to me as well but I am not sure where I'm going with it. Hank was obsessed with those minerals when he was bedridden...most of them having crystalline structures, or am I wrong? That seems like some sort of foreshadowing. Or maybe it just tied in with his relentless pursuit of the meth kingpin.

Yeah that might be another angle, though the series did have some possible foreshadowing events and leads that went nowhere and were just filler or red herrings. I can't believe we have to wait until summer to see how this concludes.

[Paper]

What about all those teasers at the beginning of episodes in season 2, where they're fishing evidence out of the pool and putting things in evidence bags, including Walt's glasses? And then they show two body bags, one the size of Walt and one shorter for Jesse?

I don't think there's any way for Walt to walk away from this clean and free after all that he's done, which means he dies. This is like House where he gets away because deep down he meant well.

That had to do with the time the plane crashed and everything including bodies fell from the sky into walt's pool ... I believe one of the bodies fell unto his car hence telling the officer that it was raining bodies when he got that ticket which lead him to spaze out and get locked up. I love breaking bad, only show on tv that had me rooting for the bad guys and hating the good guys

[Animeniax]

That had to do with the time the plane crashed and everything including bodies fell from the sky into walt's pool ... I believe one of the bodies fell unto his car hence telling the officer that it was raining bodies when he got that ticket which lead him to spaze out and get locked up. I love breaking bad, only show on tv that had me rooting for the bad guys and hating the good guys

Yeah that makes sense. At the time I was watching the episodes so fast and not fully understanding the nature of the series that I thought it was foreshadowing their deaths. But when Walt got pulled over, he didn't mention that bodies landed on his house. He did say stuff from the crash landed everywhere, but I thought it was a cover story to get out of the ticket, considering he had his windshield busted before from running over those two drug dealers (or did that happen after?).

[Paper]

Yeah that makes sense. At the time I was watching the episodes so fast and not fully understanding the nature of the series that I thought it was foreshadowing their deaths. But when Walt got pulled over, he didn't mention that bodies landed on his house. He did say stuff from the crash landed everywhere, but I thought it was a cover story to get out of the ticket, considering he had his windshield busted before from running over those two drug dealers (or did that happen after?).

Yeah I believe the windshield got busted again after the run in with two dealers during the Pollo Gus season. That car went through some shit .

[Uchiha Barles]

Fun little compilation of every profanity ever uttered by the characters who matter:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/every...ch-in-breaking

[UChessmaster]

Back to cooking on August 11th.

[Archangel]

Back to cooking on August 11th.

I fucking hate you Americans and your weird tv schedules. I want more now

[Animeniax]

Dang, they weren't kidding when they said summer. That's almost the fall.

[Archangel]

Typical Hank, he was never one for pleasantries. That and Jesse going full retard again, if Walt had found any other partner his whole life would probably be a whole less messy right now.

[Animeniax]

Typical Hank, he was never one for pleasantries. That and Jesse going full retard again, if Walt had found any other partner his whole life would probably be a whole less messy right now.

Yeah but then the series wouldn't be quite as interesting if not for the massive waste of a life that is Jesse Pinkman. I don't like that they've got him all emo but I guess that's his character, a lost soul who tries to mask his pain with drugs.

I'm surprised at Hank's reaction, though I wonder if it's more because he was fooled or because he actually thinks Walt is a "monster". From what I've seen of lawmen, they don't get too upset if a bad guy gets killed, and Walt killed a lot of bad guys.

[Munsu]

Just marathoned all episodes, and this show is simply awesome.

[Animeniax]

That's pretty tough to do, marathoning this series. I found it had this necrotic effect on my mood and just made me feel progressively worse about humanity. But it is an awesome series.

[Sapphire]

I like how Hank and what's her face totally gave Skylar the benefit of the doubt at first. Skylar was a dumb beeyotch as usual, she could have totally played dumb, but NOOOO she had to basically tell everyone (through her held back sobs) that W.W. is really Walt.

I'll send her to Beliz.

[UChessmaster]

How could she play dumb? it was clear she was in it as well if you think about it for 3 seconds.

[Sapphire]

The only thing Hank had was a notebook with similar handwriting and a conjecture. Hank's wife didn't WANT to believe it and if Skylar was half as good an actor as she was with the whole "gambling" story, she would have got home... maybe not scott free, but without getting bitch slapped and having a baby kidnapping nearly take place.

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I'm chuckling about the posts I wrote in back 2010 about Jesse's growth and development. Ironic, since now he's totally broken.

[UChessmaster]

Well, you`ll have to excuse her for not being able to bullshit her way out of an intensely stressful situation each and every time. Yeah, Hank only had the notebook and this little fact called "knowing that Walt is Heisenberg".

[Animeniax]

Yeah I think you're being too hard on Skylar too, Sapphy. If she had done the smart thing, she would have talked to Walt before talking to Hank, but we don't know what Hank told her to get her to come see him without conferring with Walt.

@Uchess: like they've said a few times in the show, what Hank has are "suspicions," no hard evidence. He probably has enough to convince a jury beyond a reasonable doubt, but he's also thinking about his career in law enforcement and how this case will end it, so he might be buying time for that as well.

[UChessmaster]

He has circumstantial evidence, but he KNOWS Walter is Heisenberg as shown in his confrontation in the garage. I`m sure he didn`t tell Marie "I think WW = HS", and instead he said "I know WW = HS". Marie didn`t believe it entirely and went to Skylar hoping for some monumentally epic explanation, at this point there isn`t much Skylar can do.