Walter really is a evil genius, as Jesse said in the last episode Mr White is the devil..

Tonight's episode....HOLY...FREAKING....CRAP.

I liked how that guy was trying to put the moves on Lydia but she wasn't having it.
If the show is true to itself

Wow what an ending

This show is not messing around. Jeez.

That shootout was a joke, at least so far. Several hundred rounds fired and not one guy got hit. C'mon, where did these losers learn to shoot? I've heard of spray and pray but that was comical.

Well i guess a few thousand rounds later Hank and his partner will be goners. Not so sure about Jesse, though i hope Walter kills him himself which i doubt he will. So maybe the nuts do kill him but for some reason i think he'll be around to the final show or maybe the one before it. But maybe not, not sure on that one.

First time in the entire history of the show i thought Walt was an idiot. He lead the DEA, Jesse and the Nazi lovers straight to his multi hundred million dollar stash. Way to go Walt. Almost seems like the only people not there were Badger and Skinny Pete.

I would bet at least Hank and his partner are history and Todd and his uncles crew of loons take Walts stash of cash because they know Walt didn't go out there for the view. Then the final showdown will be between Walter and the gang of psycho's.

Now in the flashforward Walter has a full head of hair so i guess some time passes before the final showdown. And didn't one of the cars have a New Hamshire tag on it? At the diner Walt took a bag out the car (with the NH tag) and then puts it in the one with the M60 machine gun. So maybe Walt was in New Hampshire after the big shootout??

Thoughts? Predictions?

You could be right about the Nazi crew taking the money. I too think Jesse will be around in the last episode. Hard to predict what is going to happen in the last episode as you never know with this show and that is why it is so good.

That is true....you never know with these writers. I could be completely wrong on all of it. It wouldn't be the first time. lol

Ivy was right about when Jesse said he wanted to hurt Walt where he would hurt the most. It was his cash, but i never thought Walter would lead half the town to his multi million dollar stash in the desert. That did surprise me, but the thought of Jesse burning up his cash really shook him up bad.

I wonder if Lydia will somehow fit into the final equation. Not really sure why, but for some reason i like her.

I like Lydia too, she seems soft but powerful at the same time, who is she working for anyway?

Walt not thinking, but reacting on pure emotion, is understandable. That money is all he has to show for selling his soul and, with it gone, it would have all been for nothing.

I think we should wait until the opening of the next episode to make judgments about how realistic it is. My guess is, like this one, it will start immediately where the prior one left off. Hank and Gomez making it to the car for cover is conceivable, I suppose, but neither of them living. I agree with Lilo that the most realistic case is for them both to end up dead, which is what I think will happen. As for Jesse, I think Walt will convince Todd's uncle not to kill him.

Where it goes from there, I have no idea. RJ Mitte (Walt Jr.) says the next episode will be even crazier than this one was.

In the flash forward the car at the diner where he bought the m60 had New Hampshire tags on it. He took his bag from it and put it the other car with the machine gun. Also he showed the waitress his license and that was a New Hampshire drivers license. I have no idea why but it makes me think Walt goes there for some unknown reason. And the full head of hair says some time went by. I wonder whats in NH?

The title of the next episode is a reference to Ozymandias, the Percy Bysshe Shelley poem of the same name. The poem illustrates the futility of humans building empires, because there is nothing that humans can do to prevent the erosion of their empires by time. It contains the famous line, "Look on my works, Ye Mighty, and despair!"

In a 2013 trailer for the series, Bryan Cranston reads the entire poem.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3dpghfRBHE

The only thing significant about NH at this point is what made the title of that episode, "Live free or die."

Todd's uncle and his men were burglers when they were introduced to show. Then Todd kills that boy, and the uncle and his men take out all those members of drug gang in desert. Now they will help run drug ring. It's a big leap. When we were intorduced to them they had that cover of exterminating company workers, maybe that was a joke ? Exterminators=killers.

I dont think todds uncle and the extiminators were the same people, just todd worked for the extirmantors i think.

Breaking Bad spin-off prequel announced
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Bob Odenkirk (right) stars as scheming lawyer Saul Goodman in Breaking Bad opposite Bryan Cranston
US network AMC has announced a Breaking Bad spin-off prequel, based around the character of lawyer Saul Goodman.

Better Call Saul will see Bob Odenkirk reprise his role as the crooked criminal lawyer in the one-hour show, AMC and Sony Pictures said.

It added the spin-off would "focus on the evolution" of the character before he came to represent crystal meth kingpin Walter White.

AMC did not say when production was due to start or when the show would air.

The title of the prequel is taken from a season two episode of Breaking Bad where Walt and Jesse hire Goodman after seeing the lawyer's TV commercial featuring the slogan, "Better Call Saul!".

With Goodman serving as the comic relief in the original series, the spin-off is expected to be more comedic than Breaking Bad.

Creator Vince Gilligan first hinted at the possibility of a series centred around the scheming lawyer last year.

"I think a Saul Goodman show could have great legs," he told Entertainment Weekly.

"I love the idea of a lawyer who will do anything to avoid going to court. He's always going to settle on the courthouse steps."

'Happy to do it'

Actor Odenkirk also said in an interview in April he was excited at the prospect of a spin-off.


Saul Goodman first appeared in season two of Breaking Bad
"Vince is still really busy with the show, so we haven't talked very in-depth about it, but he clearly thinks it's a possibility," he told Vulture.

"And I've certainly told him that if there was some way to see more of Saul, then I would be happy to do it."

According to industry website Deadline, the spin-off has been in the works for months, however protracted talks between AMC and Sony Pictures delayed an agreement.

Other networks and outlets - including subscription site Netflix - had reportedly been interested in picking up the show had negotiations between AMC and Sony Pictures failed.

The show is expected to receive the go-ahead for a full series once contracts and licensing agreements are finalised.

Breaking Bad is set to end this month after five series.

Its stars have won five Emmys, including three acting accolades for lead star Bryan Cranston and two for Aaron Paul, who plays Walt's former student-turned-business partner Jesse Pinkman.

It has been nominated for six Primetime Emmy Awards this year, including best drama series.

Check out Saul Goodman's website. Pretty funny.

http://www.bettercallsaul.com

Breaking Bad Exclusive: Vince Gilligan Teases "Heart Attack" Conclusion, Saul Goodman Spinoff
TV Fanatic
September 13, 2013


Brace yourself but, in case you weren’t keep track, only three episodes of Breaking Bad remain.

Now, take a deep breath because, according to creator Vince Gilligan, who jumped on the phone with me this morning, you’re going to need all your strength to keep it together for those installments.

No spoilers here but we did talk about the series as a whole, the return of Walt’s cancer, Todd’s role since he came on the scene late in the game and, of course, the Saul Goodman spinoff.

Here's what the man who created one of the all-time classic series has to say about its end ...

TV Fanatic: When you hear people say that Breaking Bad is possibly or definitely the best show in TV history, how do you wrap your head around that? Can you?

Vince Gilligan: It’s insanely flattering and feels good to hear anyone say that but it also scares me greatly for the future. Let’s put it this way, it would even be more enjoyable and pleasurable if I had announced my retirement from the business but since I want to go on and do other things after this, human nature being what it is, you think ‘how am I going to top this?’ Really, the odds are I’m not, ever.

This is really lightning in a bottle. We writers on the show did our best to do the best work we were capable of but everybody does that. Everybody is always working the hardest to do their best work. There’s a sudden element of lightning in a bottle, some magic, that came about with this thing that was not due to me, it was due to the luck of casting the actors we did…we always cast the best actors you can find, too, but you never know if they’re going to click but this ensemble did.

TVF: Bringing Walt’s cancer back, I was trying to figure out the reason for that. Was it to bring back some of his humanity?

VG: I don’t think there was an act of thought to give Walt his humanity back. Unfortunately, a big part of humanity is our darker sides and our less loveable and more evil side. I think that is as human as our goodness. As bad as Walt has gotten he has, depending on how you look at it fortunately or unfortunately, remained human.

Having said all of that, Walt’s cancer returning felt like a fitting plot development to the writers and to me because cancer, as a plot engine, is what started this whole journey and it seemed like it would feel, perhaps, like a loose end if the cancer didn’t come back. It also felt real because we’ve all probably all known someone in our lives who very valiantly fought cancer and then a few years later, or 10 years later, 20 years later, back it comes rearing it’s ugly head.

The two-pronged answer is it seemed very realistic to us and it also seemed proper that it make a reappearance in order for that main plot engine of the series at the end of the day to not feel like a loose end.

TVF: I don’t want spoilers even for myself but the last episode ended on this fantastic shootout – God Bless Michelle MacLaren for doing such a good job directing that episode – but how would you define these last three episodes?

VG: I think these last three episodes, not to overstate it, and you could say this about the last eight, but with these last three in particular you need to install a seat belt on your sofa, you need to wear a crash helmet and a diaper. [laughs] I tell ya, this next episode (entitled “Ozymandias”), I think for my money, is the best episode we ever had had or ever will have. It was written by Moira Walley-Beckett and directed by Rian Johnson.

I think people are going to have trouble breathing after this thing airs. It’s tremendous and it’s a great, great hour of television and I’m as proud as I can be of the two episodes that air after that one and both of them are a hell of a wild ride, too. I couldn’t be more proud of these final eight episodes or these last three episodes. I think they’re going to leave us with some sleepless nights.

TVF: I want to ask about Todd (Jesse Plemons). He makes me so nervous with his laid back-ness but is he a threat or an asset moving forward?

VG: I can talk about my perceptions of him and the actor who plays him. I don’t think I can answer your question of asset versus threat because that would be a spoiler. But I think Todd is a character who the writers and I really grew fond of a large part because we love the actor who plays him. Jesse Plemons has brought so much of the character and increased our understanding of the character just in the way he’s chosen to play him.

I think Todd…[laughs]…is just kind of the most loveable sociopath that we’ve ever come across! He doesn’t seem to have an understanding of other people’s feelings in a sense of…the best way I can put it is when he shot that poor kid on the dirt bike. I don’t think he enjoyed doing it just like he wouldn’t enjoy swatting a fly. It’s not like he doesn’t get any pleasure from the act of killing. It just needed to be done. It’s like ‘I think I’m going to go get a sandwich now.’ He’s got a screw loose! The guy is damaged, for sure, but there’s no ill will there, ya know?

TVF: You’ve worked with these actors for so long now. Was there a moment in these last eight that surprised you when you actually saw certain scenes on film?

VG: Yeah, I’ve had that feeling constantly with these actors. They really spoil ya! They’ve spoiled me for all future work, honestly. I knew they were great when we hired them but I didn’t know how great. As we got more and more episodes under our belt, my appreciation for these folks only increased.

A good example is Dean Norris and that amazing scene that he plays in 509 when he is in his garage and he and Walt have their first confrontation, where all the cards are on the table and both guys realize that Hank knows who he really is. I thought that scene was tremendous and Dean was fantastic, as was Bryan.

I think there’s a scene with Aaron Paul that just made the hair stand up on the back of my neck. It’s one we’ve already seen out in the desert when he says to Walt, ‘Why don’t you just tell me the truth and say that you want me to leave because otherwise you’re going to kill me.’ There’s another one coming up two episodes from now with Aaron Paul, which I will not say what happens but it is an electrifying moment of acting.

There are moments, honestly, throughout, and just when I get complacent saying ‘Yeah, these guys are great,’ there’s another bravura moment that just makes you think ‘I am so blessed to be working with these people.’ They are at the apex, the tiptop of their game. They’re head and shoulders above anyone else’s game. I’m biased as hell but this is the best cast on TV ever. These guys are so fucking good. I can’t even put it into words properly.

TVF: We got the news of the Saul Goodman spinoff this week. What’s the tone of the show going to be since Saul tends to lean more towards the comedic side of things?

VG: I don’t think it’s going to be an out-and-out comedy but I think there is going to be more laughs and more comedic than certainly Breaking Bad was, though that’s not saying a lot, is it? But we always put as much humor as we could fit into Breaking Bad because I always felt that a show as dark as Breaking Bad would be unwatchable if it took itself too seriously and if it was relentlessly grim so we needed as much humor as we could find to leaven the darkness.

With that in mind, if Breaking Bad is ratio-wise 75% heavy to 25% comedic, which is probably a fair guess, then I think what Peter [Gould] and I are thinking of is the Saul Goodman show would be the flip of that. Don’t hold me to that ratio but that’s the basic idea. It’s certainly not a sitcom but it’s lighter in general with some moments of real drama because Saul deals with some hardened characters and will have dealt with some hardened characters before Walter White.

TVF: Going off the heavy and the light, in these last three Breaking Bad Season 5 episodes, is there any lightness? Even in the “To’hajiilee” episode, we had Todd’s phone with the Thomas Dolby “She Blinded Me With Science” ring tone. Any room in these last three?

VG: As I said, we’d put those more humorous moments whenever we can and I was fearful going into these final eight that there would be no more room for humor, a chuckle or a laugh. I figured in these final eight we’d have no room at all for that kind of stuff and I was very heartened to learn that I was wrong.

Even in these final three, which are as heart attack/serious as any episodes of Breaking Bad have ever been, believe it or not, there is still room for a fleeting moment of levity, if you will.

http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/09/breaking-bad-exclusive-vince-gilligan-teases-heart-attack-conclu/

Well we now know Jesse doesn't die in the big shootout. He'll be around for the next couple of episodes.

"VF: I don’t want spoilers even for myself but the last episode ended on this fantastic shootout – God Bless Michelle MacLaren for doing such a good job directing that episode – but how would you define these last three episodes?

VG: I think these last three episodes, not to overstate it, and you could say this about the last eight, but with these last three in particular you need to install a seat belt on your sofa, you need to wear a crash helmet and a diaper. [laughs] I tell ya, this next episode (entitled “Ozymandias”), I think for my money, is the best episode we ever had had or ever will have. It was written by Moira Walley-Beckett and directed by Rian Johnson.

I think people are going to have trouble breathing after this thing airs. It’s tremendous and it’s a great, great hour of television and I’m as proud as I can be of the two episodes that air after that one and both of them are a hell of a wild ride, too. I couldn’t be more proud of these final eight episodes or these last three episodes. I think they’re going to leave us with some sleepless nights."

Like the sound of this..

great episode tonight and a brilliant call from walt to skyler at the end. he completely got her off the hook. walt is one smart dude and jesse is chained to the redneck's meth lab like the little rat he is. he might even still be alive when walt goes back to get his money...

Well it went pretty much like i thought it would. Hank and his partner are history and Todds uncles crew got his cash.

And guess what next weeks episode is called? "The Granite State"

And guess what state that is.....New Hampshire.

Really good show tonight, can't wait to see the last 2 episodes.

Easily the heaviest episode of the series, at least so far.

Easily the best episode of the whole series, non stop action. For me it wasn't a surprise to see Gomez dead but was still a shock when Hank was killed.
I felt sorry for Jesse when Walt told him that he saw Jane and left her to die. I still think Jesse somehow will survive all of this madness.

When Skyler grabbed the knife there was a moment when i thought she was going to stab Walt Jr.

Again a great episode and sad that theirs only two left..

Wow, I guess jessie's got some use left in him. The ride Walt took is the same one Jessie was gonna take to disappear? Anyways can't wait till next sunday.

That Todd is a real piece of work... "Sorry for your loss".

Looks like he worked over Jesse pretty good too. Vince Gilligan said Jesse has a great scene coming up....i wonder if that will be his last scene? Or does he make it to the final episode?

Ok so it looks like Walt goes out of town for awhile. When he comes back he has a full head of hair so he must be gone for some time. And then what? Go after Jack and his crew? Hell, Walts lucky he got to keep a barrel of his cash. Jack should of put Walt in that grave with Hank. Big mistake on his part letting Walt live and giving him 11 mil to keep.

Great episode. I really liked that scene with Walt talking to Skylar on the phone after he took their daughter.

It was that good i've just watched the episode again. This season for sure will win the big awards at the Emmys.

The guy is a good actor. Vince Gilligan said the way he plays the character has really shaped how the writers write him. The nonchalant way he goes about his business is just cold. Like there's nothing there.

I can't remember where I saw it but there was a rumor online, before the last episode aired, that Jesse would survive the shootout and be forced to cook for Toddy's uncle's crew. That ended up being true. Another prediction from the same place said Walt would rescue Jesse. So we'll see...

Incidentally, some have said that Walt knew the cops were listening on the phone and he intentionally talked to Skyler that way in order to take suspicion off her.

Walt may rescue Jesse but how can Jesse forgive him after Walt confessed about letting Jayne die..Tricky one that is..

Maybe those 2 stoner idiots Skinny Pete and Badger will rescue their leader Jesse.

Walt telling Jesse about Janes death was kind of brutal in it's own way. You never know about Walt, maybe he does have a change of heart and comes back to save him. Vince Gilligan said Jesse has a great scene coming up, it should be on this coming episode. Can't wait to watch it.