Breaking Bad Season 5 Discussion Thread

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Jul 20, 2012 3:51am
fiction;1229578 wrote:i'm not sure if it's really walt's 52nd birthday in the cold open. that would be a big leap forward in time; walt turns 51 this season. he had to show an id to the waitress at denny's to receive the free breakfast. his id had an assumed name and address, i'm skeptical that his real birthday would be on there.
Why the hell would he make a 52 out of his bacon then? And fake IDs almost always have your real birthday on it (at least the month and day) so that when you're asked you instinctively answer and don't fumble about trying to remember what the fake said.

And yeah I know it's a pretty big leap forward in time (especially for this show) but I'm sure that's was actually his 52nd birthday.
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Jul 22, 2012 11:07pm
Shit's about to get crazy I think.
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Jul 22, 2012 11:35pm
Yeah, and that ending creeped me the fuck out.
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Jul 22, 2012 11:46pm
I thought that was one of the weaker episodes in a long time(still better than most of the garbage on tv), but I think it did a great job of setting up some future craziness.
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Jul 23, 2012 12:01am
Mike pulling the bait and switch on that assassination attempt was hilarious.

I really liked that episode... Thought it had some great exchanges between characters.

Next week looks insane.
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Jul 23, 2012 9:27am
wes_mantooth;1231285 wrote:I thought that was one of the weaker episodes in a long time(still better than most of the garbage on tv), but I think it did a great job of setting up some future craziness.
I agree. The start of this season has been really weak by breaking bad standards.
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Jul 23, 2012 9:59am
Mulva;1231462 wrote:I agree. The start of this season has been really weak by breaking bad standards.
with the way season 4 ended, its kind of expected imo. The storyline needs some time to build back up.
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Jul 23, 2012 6:30pm
Mulva;1231462 wrote:I agree. The start of this season has been really weak by breaking bad standards.
Why do people say this whenever a series isn't constant action and explosions and shit?
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Jul 23, 2012 6:47pm
I Wear Pants;1231904 wrote:Why do people say this whenever a series isn't constant action and explosions and shit?
Lol right
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Jul 23, 2012 6:49pm
I Wear Pants;1231904 wrote:Why do people say this whenever a series isn't constant action and explosions and shit?
Doesn't have anything to do with "explosions and shit". It has to do with I thought it wasn't as tense and actually had some down time...which hasn't been the case since season 1.
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Jul 23, 2012 8:04pm
That episode was awesome, at least the ending.

When Hank was talking with his partner and boss, then he goes "Had him over for dinner, all the time he was a different person" (or whatever it was). You could see a light kinda go off in Hanks brain. His eyes kinda changed and his look was kind of like, "Holy shit, Walt is right under my nose."

I think he is on the verge of figuring out something he doesnt want to figure out.
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Jul 23, 2012 9:14pm
I Wear Pants;1231904 wrote:Why do people say this whenever a series isn't constant action and explosions and shit?
Because in a television series, some episodes aren't as good as others. And the 2 most recent episodes would fall into that category.
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Jul 23, 2012 9:31pm
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Jul 23, 2012 10:25pm
In the first episode when he's in the diner this is in the future? or currrent? I was kinda confused on that scene because they then cut back to the ending of season 4.
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Jul 23, 2012 11:07pm
Ytowngirlinfla;1232090 wrote:In the first episode when he's in the diner this is in the future? or currrent? I was kinda confused on that scene because they then cut back to the ending of season 4.
Has to be future.
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Jul 24, 2012 12:24am
Laley23;1231973 wrote:That episode was awesome, at least the ending.

When Hank was talking with his partner and boss, then he goes "Had him over for dinner, all the time he was a different person" (or whatever it was). You could see a light kinda go off in Hanks brain. His eyes kinda changed and his look was kind of like, "Holy shit, Walt is right under my nose."

I think he is on the verge of figuring out something he doesnt want to figure out.
I missed that part. Some child abduction alert ran across my screen for like 2 minutes and when it finally stopped, it went to commercial.
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Jul 24, 2012 12:33am
Ytowngirlinfla;1232090 wrote:In the first episode when he's in the diner this is in the future? or currrent? I was kinda confused on that scene because they then cut back to the ending of season 4.
It's his 52nd birthday in that scene which would make it about a year in the future.
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Jul 24, 2012 12:34am
Pick6;1232144 wrote:I missed that part. Some child abduction alert ran across my screen for like 2 minutes and when it finally stopped, it went to commercial.
Same here and the alert was pointless. An alert for the following areas "State of Ohio"...yeah, I'll be sure to keep an eye out. :rolleyes:
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Jul 29, 2012 11:02pm
pretty interesting episode. its going to start heating up again, imo. The downfall of Walt is going to be him always wanting more.
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Jul 29, 2012 11:04pm
Loved how they set up their new operation..

One thing, solid episode, but that scene with marie and skylar was annoying and I wanted to mute the tv so bad...god i hate those two.

Also, who is flying too close to the sun?
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Jul 29, 2012 11:06pm
wes_mantooth;1236759 wrote:Loved how they set up their new operation..

One thing, solid episode, but that scene with marie and skylar was annoying and I wanted to mute the tv so bad...god i hate those two.

Also, who is flying too close to the sun?
Mike seems to be the obvious choice, or at least thats what they want you to think. Marie is my sleeper pick with her interrogating Walt.
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Jul 29, 2012 11:08pm
Pick6;1236760 wrote:Mike seems to be the obvious choice, or at least thats what they want you to think. Marie is my sleeper pick with her interrogating Walt.
yeah, I just assumed Mike..but thought maybe it seems too obvious
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Jul 29, 2012 11:58pm
The more I think about it, Im starting to lean towards Hank and/or the DEA
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Jul 30, 2012 12:51am
The cooking scene was beautiful. I was confused at the end by what he was referencing Victor for, still don't understand it lol.

It's starting to become clear though that Jesse is the grounded one out of the two and he's starting to realize it.

Edit: I think what Walt meant by that is if Mike starts to get "close", Walt will take Mike out and warned Jesse of it.
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Jul 30, 2012 1:40am
Good episode. You can definitely tell that Walt is never satisfied and wants more. I also think this will come to hurt him soon.