'Breaking Bad' Recap: Jesse Endures Yet Another Unspeakable Loss

maandag 23 september 2013

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Did anyone consider taking a prophylactic medication from the benzodiazepine family before watching tonight's Breaking Bad? I'm not saying that would have been an advisable decision, I'm saying that it would have been understandable. Sadly for me the strongest thing in my household is a sticky years-old bottle of generic Nyquil, so I had to make do with sitting on the edge of the couch and anxiously grinding every speck of enamel off my teeth.

By the end of last week's episode, a major character was dead and Walt's life had taken a dramatic turn, to say the least. Here's what went down in tonight's episode, titled "Granite State."

(Spoilers ahead.)

We start with Saul joining Walt in the vacuum store/new-identity-making location, where he learns that 1) he's destined for a future in Nebraska ("Probably managing a Cinnabon"), and 2) Walt wants to take out Jack and the Nazis in order to steal back his cash. Walt tries to strong-arm Saul into joining him in this effort, but before he can deliver his intimidating speech about things not being over until he says so, he collapses into a lung-rattling fit of coughing. "It's over," says Saul sadly, and walks away.

Jack's gang tears apart the Schrader's home and finds Jesse's taped confession, which they watch with great enjoyment. Skyler faces the authorities and acknowledges she's aware of just how deep of a pile of shit she's in, then goes home to smoke moodily until she's interrupted by a fussing Holly, who turns out to be fussing on account of the masked men lurking in her bedroom waiting to scare me half to death. I'm 99% positive Todd's going to kill someone in this scene, but he's satisfied with terrifying Skyler into promising she'll never talk to the cops about Lydia.

Todd -- dressed up like a kid on a date -- meets Lydia for one of her signature Awkward Top Secret Cafe Conversations, where he tells her his meth quality is super-awesome again thanks to Jesse. He gazes lovingly at the back of her head and gently plucks a bit of lint off her shirt, and if he's nearly likable in this moment, he's even more strangely compelling later, when he bring Jesse ice cream (lowered via "It puts the lotion on its skin" bucket) and lingers as if reluctant to leave Jesse's company. "Have a good night, Jesse," Todd says warmly, as if he's, you know, not talking to someone he's personally bludgeoned to the point of deformity and imprisoned in a concrete pen.

Saul's make-a-new-life guy drives Walt out to a remote snow-covered cabin in New Hampshire. He warns Walt not to leave the cabin, and leaves with the plans to return in a month. Walt immediately grabs some cash and attempts to head into town, but stops at the gate and coughs weakly. "Tomorrow," Walt promises himself. "Tomorrow."

Jesse makes an impressive attempt to escape, but just as he's scaling the fence he's caught. He screams for them to go ahead and kill him, because there's no way in hell he's going to cook any more. Next thing you know, Todd shows up at Andrea's house, oozing charm and saying he's a friend of Jesse's, and entices her to step out on the porch. As she peers around confusedly, we see Jesse inside a vehicle, bound and screaming behind a gag. “Just so you know, this isn’t anything personal,” Todd says, then shoots her in the back of the head.

Jesse, who's now suffered so much I don't even really know if I want him to survive the finale, because jesus how much can one man take, completely freaks out. Jack tells him to simmer down. "Remember, there's still the kid," he says, evilly.

Back at Walt's cabin, time has passed. He's got a beard, he's gaunt, his interaction with Saul's guy makes it clear a few months have gone by. Despite it all, I can't help but feel sorry for him: he's wasting away, so lonely he's willing to pay Saul's guy $10K to stay one hour.

We learn that Skyler's using her maiden name, and when Walt's wedding ring falls from his bony finger he seems to collect himself for a risky endeavor: he packs up some money and makes his way into town where he gets Walt Jr. on the phone. I lose my sympathy for him as he unspools the same old excuses about why he did what he did, but I gain it back when Flynn finally snaps, shouting that he doesn't want Walt's money, that Walt should just leave them alone, and why hasn't he died yet? Just DIE.

Shattered, Walt dials the DEA and leaves the phone hanging so it can be traced. He sits at the bar and catches sight of the television, where Charlie Rose is interviewing his former friends Elliot and Gretchen from Grey Matter. They neatly dissociate themselves from Walt, claiming that the only thing he ever contributed to the company was the name. Gretchen pours salt on Walt's myriad wounds by saying, "Walt's gone. The sweet, kind man that we used to know is gone.”

Walt burns. The police show up and storm the bar (atmospheric points for the masterfully extended theme song here), but all that's left is his unfinished drink. We know Walt goes on to buy an M60 and a car from an arms dealer, and we know he eventually makes his way back to his own house and to that hidden ricin … but as for everything else, we've got exactly one more episode to tie up Breaking Bad's various loose ends.

What did you think of tonight's episode? After last week's "Ozymandias," this one wasn't quite such a jaw-dropper for me, but god, it was so relentlessly devastating. I cannot wait to see where this story goes next Sunday.

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'Breaking Bad' Sneak Peek at 'Granite State': Skyler's in Danger (VIDEO)

zondag 22 september 2013

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There are two very important things to know about this Sunday's Breaking Bad episode, titled "Granite State." Thing the first: this episode along with the series finale will be 75 minutes long, so make sure to program your DVR accordingly! Just imagine the sheer horror of watching it all the way to the end only to have the final moments cut off.

Thing the second: this is the penultimate episode. I know, right: WHAT DOES PENULTIMATE MEAN? It means second to last, so we are very very close to the entire Breaking Bad story coming to the bitter finish line.

What can we expect in "Granite State," the fifteenth episode of the fifth season and the sixty-first episode of the series altogether? Let's review the information that's out there -- but please, stop reading now if you're not caught up with the latest Breaking Bad. 

After last week's jaw-dropping "Ozymandias," Hank is dead, Walt Jr. finally knows the truth about his father, and Walt's on the run. The teaser for Sunday's show implies that somebody's after Walt's family, but is it the DEA or Jack? Check it out:

The only voice we hear is Saul's:

You're worried about your wife and kids. If they don't have you, they're going after her. There are two DEA agents missing, presumed dead. How much time have you got left?

Who is Saul talking about, law enforcement or Jack and the Nazis? Is it possible the DEA already has Jesse's recorded confession, meaning that the both the agency AND Jack's gang will be chasing Walt -- and in his absence, turning to his family? What can we infer from that quick glimpse of Jesse, other than the confirmation that he's still alive (so far)?

Honestly, I'm done speculating about what's going to happen, because we are going to find out soon enough. I just want to enjoy (is that even the right word for this show?) these last episodes.

That said, I can't help myself … here are four tantalizing factoids about this episode:

• The official show synopsis is this: "Events set in motion long ago move toward a conclusion."

• The "Granite State" is New Hampshire, where Walt's fake ID from last season's "Live Free or Die" episode says he is from.

• PBS talk show host Charlie Rose revealed that he makes a cameo appearance as himself in this episode.

• Last week, Vince Gilligan said, "Our next episode is titled 'Granite State', and in it … look for Walt to get a new pair of glasses".

CAN'T WAIT. CAN'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ONLY TWO LEFT.

Want to share your theories for how Breaking Bad's going to wrap everything up?

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Impactante 'Breaking Bad' 'Ozymandias' episodio: 5 poderosas imágenes usted puede haber perdido

dinsdag 17 september 2013

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Ahora que algunos de la devastación emocional de Breaking Bad de domingo ha ido un poco, ¿qué quieres decir llegamos hasta el negocio de importar la vida cara "Ozymandias", que parece destinada a vivir como el episodio más potente de toda la serie?

En concreto, estoy hablando de algunos de los elementos visuales que pueden haber flasheado por demasiado rápido para que te des cuenta, con todas las distracciones pasando en pantalla. Definitivamente dejar de leer ahora si no estás con la más reciente Breaking Bad, de lo contrario, mira estas cinco escenas que han estado provocando mucha discusión a raíz de show de anoche el.

1) Arrastre de hank. Cuando primero vemos Hank, herido y desesperado, él soldado-rastreos su camino hacia la pistola de Gomez en un desesperado intento por defenderse. Esto parecía sutilmente evocadora de la manera de los primos (Leonel y Marco Salamanca) lanzan se arrastró con sus vientres en la tierra hasta la estatua de la Santa Muerte en la escena de apertura de la temporada tres en su esfuerzo para vengar a sus seres queridos la muerte.

2) El rostro de Walt. Walt, que yacía sobre la arena después de Hank fue asesinado, parecía mucho como Gus Fring cuando lloró por la pérdida de su compañero Max:

Fue también un callback perfecto para el poema de Percy:

Cerca de ellos, en la arena,
Medio hundido, yace un rostro destrozado

3) Pantalones de Walt. Este momento blink-y-te-señorita-it llegó cuando Walt estaba rodando su barril de efectivo a través del desierto, y pasaba por una prenda de ropa desechada.

Esos serían los pantalones, que salió volando de la RV durante el episodio piloto que fue mostrado en el principio de "Ozymandias":

Vía Hypeable

También hay una broma con su método de mover el barril que hace referencia a un episodio pasado cuando Hank y Gomez estaban viendo el video de vigilancia de Walt y Jesse intento de robar la metilamina. Hank le grita en la TV, "Hey, prueba del balanceo, idiotas! Es un barril. RUEDA!"

4) Flor de Skyler. ¿Qué está pasando con el simbolismo de la escena entre Skyler y Marie? ¿Skyler en blanco, Marie en negro, la flor púrpura vibrante--una vez color de firma de Marie--entre ellos?

Los colores son importantes recurrente tema en Breaking Bad y creador Vince Gilligan ha dicho que los colores reales no importan tanto como el cambio de los colores. ¿Finalmente rechazando Walt completamente, Skyler ha regresado a la inocencia? ¿Su delicado lazo fraternal los divide? ¿Tal vez es sólo una flor maldita?

5) Reflexión de Walt. Aquí está lo que Walt vio cuando miró el agujero de drenaje gasolina en su auto:

Por supuesto, esto podría significar nada. Pero para un programa dedicado a la prefiguración mediante pistola de Checkhov, estoy pensando en la yuxtaposición de la cabeza y la bala no fue un accidente. Después de todo, este es el mismo episodio que nos dio esto:

¿Viste todas estas imágenes durante el show? ¿Quieres especular sobre esa reflexión coche siniestro? (También, ¿cuál era el significado detrás de las dos aves voladoras que Jesse vio?)

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'Breaking Bad' Sneak Peek: MAJOR Spoilers for "Ozymandias" Episode (VIDEO)

zondag 15 september 2013

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Only three episodes remain in Breaking Bad, and the upcoming "Ozymandias" is reportedly show creator Vince Gilligan's favorite episode of the entire series. AMC released exactly NO new footage in the promo for this Sunday's show, choosing instead to include more footage from the cliffhanger stand-off in last week's episode, narrated by a voicemail message left for Walt by Skyler.

Gilligan's high praise for "Ozymandias" combined with AMC's atypical choice of being so secretive about the "next on" scenes has me SERIOUSLY looking forward to Sunday evening. Also, I've got some juicy hints about some familiar faces we may be seeing in this episode -- and they're not at all who you might expect.

(Warning: stop reading now if you don't want to get into spoiler territory for "Ozymandias"!)

I'll start with the promo clip, as vague as it is:

Will Walt make it home to Skyler? That remains to be seen, but check out this image released by AMC:

I guess anything could be happening here, but based on Skyler's stressed face and the way she's clutching Holly with that bag thrown over her arm, it sort of looks like she's packing up to leave in a hell of a hurry.

The synopsis for "Ozymandias" doesn't give anything away:

Everyone copes with radically changed circumstances.

However, there is of course MUCH to read into the poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley (that was recited by Bryan Cranston as a promo for season 5) about the inevitable decline of all leaders and their empires. Remember this chilling conversation from last season?

Jesse: "Are we in the meth business or the money business?”
Walt: “Neither. I’m in the empire business.”

Of this week's episode, Vince Gilligan has said:

You are gonna gaze upon Walt's works, and despair.

That certainly seems to imply there's going to be some horrible fallout from last week's desert standoff and the events leading up to it. Intriguingly, the sharp-eyed folks at Upprox noticed that the IMDB listing for "Ozymandias" includes some strangely familiar names:

Whaaaaaat? Krazy-8, who Walt strangled to death with a bike lock? Mike, shot by Walt, and Gale, shot by Jesse? Tuco, shot by Hank, and Jane, who Walt watched choke to death? Assuming the IMDB info is correct, I wonder how these no-longer-living characters will return -- maybe in a flashback of some kind, or some dying hallucination?

At any rate, I cannot WAIT for this episode. What do you think is going to happen?

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Jimmy Fallon's 'Breaking Bad' Parody Is Funniest Thing You'll See All Week (VIDEO)

vrijdag 13 september 2013

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by Michele Zipp 4 hours ago

With only six more months left of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon until he takes over for Leno and just three episodes left of Breaking Bad until that turns into a spinoff called Better Call Saul (um, no thanks), it makes total sense the two amazingnesses combined. And that they did in a parody no one could have done as well as Jimmy Fallon. That's Jimmy by the way in this photo. Not Walter White. Jimmy!

There are some great cameos in this spoof called Joking Bad. And it brings back some of our favorite moments from Breaking Bad. Check it out, but prepare yourself for unexpected cameos and some serious laughs ... and seeing Gus laugh his ass off. Literally!

"Let's joke, bitch!"

Did you catch the whiteboard behind Steve Higgins (Jesse) and Jimmy (Walt) with the equation: Anthony Weiner + One Direction = One Erection? Joking bad!! Higgins and Fallon capture their meth makers to perfection. Like Blue. Heisenberg-approved. Ad Miles makes a great Hank. A skinny Hank, but a great Hank.

I always get confused when I see Bryan Cranston with a full head of hair and loved seeing him pop up in the audience of Fallon's show, along with Jesse. I mean, Aaron Paul. I mean, MY GOSH HE'S SO CUTE! Don't die, Jesse. Please don't die. Aaron gives Fallon a "boooo bitch!" and Cranston throws a pizza at him. Perfect! Just like seeing Jay Leno at the end.

I'm thrilled Jimmy's taking over for Leno. Not thrilled Breaking Bad is almost over ... forever. I'll take a Jesse spin-off instead please.

What was your favorite moment from Joking Bad?

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'Breaking Bad' Sneak Peek: Has Jesse Finally Teamed Up With Hank? (VIDEO)

maandag 2 september 2013

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by Linda Sharps Yesterday at 8:01 AM

All of Breaking Bad's 'next on' synopses are maddeningly brief, but the description for this Sunday's episode 12, titled "Rabid Dog," is so vague I kind of suspect the network is just trolling us. Here it is: “An unusual strategy starts to bear fruit, while plans are set in motion that could change everything.” Jesus, AMC, why not just post a Magic Eight Ball result instead? REPLY HAZY, TRY AGAIN.

Speculating about what's going to happen in this episode isn't going to be easy, but *cracks knuckles* I'm up for the challenge. We've got a 30-second teaser video to analyze, too, so let's get to it. SPOILER WARNING: stop reading now if you're not caught up with the latest Breaking Bad.

Here's the promo video:

Okay, we've got exactly five lines of dialogue to ponder, so let's break them down one by one.

"You. Need. To deal with this." -- Skyler. This glimpse may be deliberately misleading, but we hear Skyler's voice as we see Walt walking through a corridor … in his house? His non-burned-to-the-ground house? What happened with Jesse and the gasoline? Maybe Walt, who appears to be moving with a great deal of caution, is arriving home to a gasoline reek while Jesse waits with a match?

"Do not float that idea again." -- Walt. Honestly, I have no idea who he's talking to here, particularly since the promos so frequently cut dialogue to seem like something they're not. Maybe it's him responding to someone's suggestion that he kill Jesse?

"Please, can you just tell the truth?" -- Walt Jr. Theory: Walt Jr's asking why his house/breakfast location is drenched with gasoline. It's about goddamned time Walt Jr. started figuring out that something's more than a little wrong at home, don't you think?

"There's nothing to be done, okay? He won." -- Marie. Marie's trying to convince Hank to drop his pursuit of Walt after watching that damning CD confession.

"Mr. White. He's the devil." -- Jesse. Where is Jesse walking to or from in that scene? Is it Hank's office? Is that who he was talking to, maybe?

As for what that "unusual strategy" is … truly, I have no idea at this point. Maybe that's referring to Walt's decision to give Hank the CD? Or maybe it has to do with Jesse talking to Hank?

One of the many things I love about Breaking Bad is how difficult it is to anticipate what's going to happen next. I mean, who could have possibly predicted Walt's video confession? That came out of nowhere, and was so incredibly brilliant. I can only guess we've got more holy-shit-no-WAY! curveballs coming, probably starting with tonight's show.

What do you think is going to happen in the next Breaking Bad episode?

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'Breaking Bad' Recap: Skyler Suggests the Unthinkable

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On last week's Breaking Bad, we saw the world's most awkward table-side guacamole offer, Walt's jaw-dropping curveball delivered via CD, a slight-of-hand maneuver by Saul's henchman that finally opened up a world of unpleasant revelations to Jesse, and a closing scene involving a holy-shit-bad-idea-BAD-IDEA arson attack in progress.

Look how I summed up that episode without giving anything away! That's because I care about preserving your viewing experience, dammit. Tonight's Breaking Bad, titled "Rabid Dog," had an equally nebulous description: "An unusual strategy starts to bear fruit, while plans are set in motion that could change everything." Clear as mud, AMC. Let's get to the recap and find out what actually went down, shall we?

(As evidenced by the word "recap," warning: there be spoilers ahead.)

We open with Walt driving up to his house only to pull to a stop when he sees Jesse's car parked haphazardly in the driveway, the door left wide open in his haste to … well, Walt's not sure, but he soon figures it out when the reek of gasoline whaps him in the face. (Shout-out to the Breaking Bad team for including a brief foreshadowing scene of skateboarders clattering by in front of the White's house, by the way.) Walt creeps through the house looking for Jesse, but comes up empty. (Second shout-out for the kickass shot when the camera slowly pulled back down the hall from his bedroom. That shit was tense, yo.)

Walt ends up trying to force-feed a box lunch of bullshit to Walt Jr. and Skyler about how he accidentally got soaked at the gas pump, sort of like that scene in Zoolander or something, but for once Walt Jr.'s totally not buying it. "Please, can you just tell the truth?" Walt Jr. asks plaintively, and I'm like hot damn has this kid finally figured out what literally every other character knows at this point, including the baby, what with that tug-of-war fight a couple episodes ago? But no, he's just worried that Walt passed out for cancer-related reasons while filling the tank. Jesus, someone seriously needs to spell some important info out for poor innocent Walt Jr. using, like, bacon strips.

Walt sends the family to an impressively upscale hotel (for real, how big is that bedroom?) and checks in with Saul in the parking lot. Saul makes another awkward suggestion that hey, maybe murder's not such a bad option here, but instead of delicately referencing sending Jesse to Belize he compares Jesse to Old Yeller. You know: *meaningful eyebrow waggle, finger guns* Walt's furious at Saul, but his anger doesn't even touch the slow burn Skyler's got going on in her fancy suite. She's fully aware of everything that's going on, despite Walt's bizarre defense that it's totally okay that Jesse was going to burn down their house because he obviously changed his mind. No big deal! He just flew off the handle a little, heh heh.

Skyler gulps her vodka and stares holes in her husband from the bed. "Walt, you need to deal with this." What are you saying, Walt asks, aghast.

"We've come this far. For us," Skyler says. "What's one more?" Holy shit. SKYSENBERG.

Up until now it's been completely unclear why Jesse DID change his mind, but then we jump back in time to the moment when he was in the White's house and about to light the whole thing up -- when out of nowhere, Hank pops out of thin air with a gun drawn. Jesse howls that Walt can't keep getting away with this. "You really want to burn him down?" Hank says. "Let's do it together."

Hank puts Jesse in his car and they drive away literally NANOSECONDS before Walt pulls up at the end of the street and stops to stare at his driveway. Love it.

We get a brief but deeply creepy scene with Marie (wearing all black, it must be noted) talking to her therapist. It feels like something out of the Sopranos, doesn't it? But it's so incredibly weird to see a shell-shocked Marie sitting there, murmuring about the poisons she's researched. Her therapist cautions her not to fall into the trap of believing that violence can solve any of these problems. "I won't hurt anybody. But it just feels good to think about it," she says, a little dreamily.

Hank takes Jesse back to his house, where he briefly tries to convince Marie to leave for a while. I'm totally hung up on the fact that he packed her suitcases for her. Could YOUR husband pack your suitcase without the results being completely comical? Maybe it's just me. Anyway, Jesse is eventually led to the living room where Hank and Gomez are ready to tape his confession. "But it's just my word against his," Jesse protests. Hank's like, whatever, I couldn't strong-arm Skyler into doing this and I'm still pissed about it, so sit in front of the camera and talk, even though I'm pretty sure we're on all sorts of shaky legal ground here.

They ask Jesse where he first met Walter White. Jesse stumbles over his oddly respectful habit of calling him "Mr. White" before spitting out "Walter," then says one of the saddest lines in Breaking Bad history:

"He was my teacher."

Hank decides to put a wire on Jesse for the meeting Walt has requested via voicemail, which terrifies Jesse because he figures Walt has no intentions of simply talking things out. "You two guys are just guys. Mr. White, he's the devil. He's smarter than you, he's luckier than you. Whatever is supposed to happen, the exact opposite is going to happen," he says. Hank shrugs and points out that he's not brainstorming, he's issuing orders. Later, Gomez voices the concern that maybe Jesse's right, and Hank goes stony-faced: "Pinkman gets killed? We get it all on tape."

HANKSENBERG!

In the end, Jesse approaches the meeting space, wire attached and ready to go. But before he gets to Walt, Jesse spots a hitman-looking bald dude -- he looks more than a little like Mike at a glance, doesn't he? -- standing nearby, and Jesse veers off to a pay phone where he dials Walt's cell. "Nice try, asshole," he says, before saying that he's just giving Walt a heads-up to know he's coming for him. "I decided that burning down your house was nothing, next time I'm going to get you where you really live."

My first thought was that he was referencing Walt's family, but now I'm thinking it has to do with Walt's identity as Heisenberg. Jesse's going to destroy the meth empire Walt built, maybe? Or maybe he's going to get rid of Walt's money?

The final scene (as we get confirmation that the bald guy was just waiting for his kid, which felt maybe a little cheap-red-herring-y but okay FINE Breaking Bad I'll give you this one) is Jesse back in the car with Hank. "I'm thinking there's another way to get him," Jesse says, in control for the first time this season. "There's another way. A better way." Meanwhile, Walt makes a call to Todd. “I think I might have another job for your uncle,” he begins, and … end credits. DAMN.

What did you think of tonight's episode?

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'Breaking Bad' Recap: Jesse Finally Knows About Walt's Most Heinous Deed

maandag 26 augustus 2013

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The last couple weeks I've been posting a Breaking Bad sneak peek/speculation post on Sunday morning, followed immediately by my recap of the actual episode that airs in the evening. This is a GREAT way to see firsthand just how terrible I am at predicting what's going to happen each week, by the way.

This morning I theorized that Skyler and Walt may be meeting with Hank -- or possibly Jesse? -- to deal with AMC's teased 'unexpected demand.' Was I even in the flipping ballpark this time? Let's get to the recap of tonight's show and find out.

(Spoilers ahead!)

There's a cold open with Todd leaving a phone message for Walt, discussing the recent "change of management" that's come about with Lydia's meth business, before bragging to his gangbanger uncle about the great train heist. Interesting stuff, but you know what, let's just fast-forward to that restaurant scene and what happened after that, because HO. LY. SHITBALLS.

It turns out that Walt and Skyler are in fact meeting with Hank and Marie for the world's most uncomfortable taqueria meal. (How hilarious was the Office Space-esque waiter who was kind of slow on the update to key in on the palpable tension at the table? "Hi! Can I start you with some margaritas and fresh-cut guacamo --- uhhhhh, you know what, I'll be back later.") Skyler and Walt ask that their family be left alone. Hank's like, not by the hairs of my chinny-chin-chin. Marie provides what I'm certain is going to be the most shocking moment of the episode (WRONG AGAIN, SELF) when she suggests that Walt should just go ahead and kill himself. Hank growls that Walt should "Step up, be a man, and admit what you did. There is no other option."

Walt sighs, pushes back his chair, and slides a DVD towards Hank. Based on an earlier scene of him talking into a camera (as Skyler frets, "Are you sure?"), it seems Hank has to be right: Walt's only possible choice here is to suck it up and admit that he is Heisenberg.

Cut to the Schraders standing in front of their home television watching Walt's confession, as the lower jaw of every single Breaking Bad viewer in the entire world hits the carpet. Walt puts on a performance of a lifetime for the camera, describing how his wicked brother-in-law forced Walt to be his chemist for the past year, and that Hank was the true meth mastermind all along. Walt is meek and believable, even haltingly describing Gus's murder from the perspective of an innocent victim dragged into a horrific mess beyond his understanding: "I guess you'd call it … a hit?" He lies that Hank took his children away, he describes being forced to provide money for Hank's rehabilitation, he weeps crocodile tears and chokes out, “I can’t take this anymore."

Goddamn. I mean, goddamn.

Back in the interrogation room scene we closed with at the end of last week's episode, Hank tells Jesse what he knows. Jesse's taken aback, but manages to dig up some classic Pinkman reserves and tell Hank "Eat me," before Saul bursts into the room, blustering about lawsuits.

Saul brings Jesse out to the desert to meet with Walt, where Jesse stares emptily at a tarantula crawling along. It's a creepy eight-legged reminder that he'll never escape the things he's seen and done.  Walt gives him a bunch of fake-warm malarkey about how Jesse should start his life over. "Maybe it's time for a change," Walt coos, in the same way he manipulated Walt Jr. into staying away from Marie because his dad's cancer is back. "I don't like to see you hurting like this."

Jesse blows the hell up, screaming that just for once, he wants Walt to tell him the truth. Tell him that if he doesn't go, Walt will kill him, just like he killed Mike. "Stop working me!" he yells, every awful moment of manipulative history between he and Mr. White echoing in his voice, and Walt slowly steps forward to embrace him. Jesse weeps brokenly (btw, ALL THE EMMYS FOR AARON PAUL. ALL OF THEM) into Walt's shoulder, but cannot respond to the hug. Jesse is mourning all the blackness Walt brought into his life, and he knows this hug isn't caring or fatherly: it's an acknowledgment of the truth of his accusations.

Jesse agrees to start his life over with the help of Saul's make-people-disappear guy. He waits on the side of the road for the pickup -- can we take a second to give major props for that amazing backdrop of concrete blocks, which feel like lonely gravestones? -- and starts patting himself looking for the dope he'd pocketed back in Saul's office. It's gone. He realizes that Saul's bodyguard, Huell of the truly odd-shaped skull, had snagged his dope back in Saul's office. From there, it dawns on him that it's not the first time Huell has picked his pockets, he'd done it before … when he took the ricin cigarette. I hate to criticize anything about this show, but it does feel like kind of a not-fully-believable jump on Jesse's part to suddenly figure out that Walt poisoned Brock, but whatever, the point is he now knows and he's fucking PISSED.

Jesse storms back to Saul's office, beats him bloody, and gets the most important confession of all: yes, Walt lied to Jesse and told him it was Gus Fring who tried to kill Brock with the ricin. (Of course, we know that Walt actually poisoned Brock with a lily of the valley plant, and the ricin cigarette is hidden behind an electrical outlet in his bedroom.)

In the final scene, Jesse -- having finally completely traded that shell-shocked pit of despair he'd been falling even deeper into for a white-hot suicidal rage -- kicks in the White's door and starts spilling gasoline all over the house. Ohhhhhh, Jesse. I guess it was too much to hope that you were really going to escape to Alaska. JUNEAU, BITCH!

What did you think of tonight's show? Did you think it was believable, the way Jesse figured out the ricin/Brock business?

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'Breaking Bad' Sneak Peek: Will Jesse's 'Big Life Change' Save Him? (VIDEO)

zondag 25 augustus 2013

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Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan recently warned fans that these last episodes would be rolling along like a freight train: "You need to really settle down on the couch and pay close attention because it's going to come at you fast and furious in the final eight episodes." It's hard to believe we've only got six more episodes in the SERIES, and he definitely wasn't kidding around -- the two shows that have aired so far in the final half of season five have moved at breakneck speed.

After last week's episode, it seemed like all the main pieces -- Walt, Hank, Marie, Skyler, Lydia -- had officially been set into motion. This Sunday's episode is titled "Confessions," and if you haven't seen the promo yet, let's take a look at AMC's preview video and make some guesses about what's going down next in Breaking Bad-ville.

(Stop now if you're not caught up!)

I don't know about you, but I keep missing the "Next on Breaking Bad" teasers because they've been airing during Low Winter Sun. Way to make me INSTANTLY dislike a show I know virtually nothing about by trying to force me to watch it, AMC. The good news is they eventually surface on the web, so here's the teaser clip for "Confessions":

As usual, they give us exactly enough to get the speculation going, without actually revealing a damn thing. The brutally short synopsis for this week's episode:

Jesse decides to make a big change in his life, while Walt and Skyler (Anna Gunn) try to deal with an unexpected demand.

So Walt and Skyler are united in dealing with this demand, then? That's interesting. Check out this photo released during last Sunday's Talking Bad:

Who could Walt and Skyler be sitting in a restaurant waiting for, I wonder? Is it Hank and Marie, maybe? What would they be demanding? (The kids?)

What's Jesse's "life change" referring to? The episode title makes me think he's considering turning himself in to Hank. Maybe that's the unexpected demand? Maybe Jesse wants to strong-arm the Whites into something, and he had Saul set up the restaurant meeting (hence Saul yelling about how he never would have agreed to it if he'd known what he was going to do)? Or maybe Walt's confessing something to Jesse (how he let Jane die, or how he poisoned Brock, or how he killed Mike, or …), as hinted at with Jesse's line, "You telling me the truth, I mean isn’t that what this is all about?"

Of course, everything they tease is incredibly strategic and more than a little misleading. Remember this line from the synopsis of last week's episode?

Skyler’s past catches up with her.

As it turned out, it was her history with Walt that caught up with her with Hank, not her previous trouble with the IRS or Ted like plenty of folks thought.

Well, we'll find out soon enough, right? As we gear up to watch the next episode, here's a final intriguing word from Vince Gilligan about the way the Breaking Bad story ends:

I feel like this ending represents on some level, however small, something of a victory for Walter White. Read into that what you will.

Oooh, this gives me THEORIES. I think Walt's going to end up dead or jailed, but known throughout the land as the infamous Heisenberg and not just a nobody chemistry teacher, which will have fulfilled his increasing need for power and notoriety. Remember the final lines of Ozymandias?

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

What do you think is going to happen in tonight's Breaking Bad?

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'Breaking Bad' Recap: Skyler peleas contra Hank y Marie

maandag 19 augustus 2013

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Voy a ser honesto con usted: lo menos divertido lo de escribir un Resumen de Breaking Bad --o cualquier recapitulación, de hecho--viene con la intro de spoiler-libre obligatoria. Es decir, no te importa lo que escribo en este párrafo, no me importa lo que escribo en este párrafo, el punto es simplemente que el párrafo aquí así no recito inmediatamente en el contenido de la recapitulación sin la advertencia de SPOILER. ¿Sabes?

De todos modos, ahora que ya casi tengo esta parte del camino, vamos a la RECAPPING real y discutir el episodio de esta noche, titulado "Enterrado". (Once more with feeling: spoilers adelante.)

El frío abierto implica a un hombre que parece caro le vendría bien un taco incluido de efectivo o dos descubriendo de Jesse lanzado dinero manchado de sangre y eventualmente, Jesse mismo, dando vueltas sin rumbo en un tiovivo. (Que, por cierto, es verde. ¿QUÉ MEEAAAN?) A continuación comprobamos con el enfrentamiento de Walt/Hank, momentos después del comentario de 'cuidado' como Hank bielas más ominoso sonido garaje puerta cerrada del mundo y Walt intenta batir a Hank para el golpe cuando se trata de conseguir Skyler al teléfono.

Desafortunadamente para Walt, Hank llega a su primera y estado de shock, ella accede a reunirse con él en un restaurante. Hank intenta asegurar que todo va a estar bien con respecto a su meta-señor esposo mientras ella, ya sabes, habla claramente y directamente a su grabadora, pero Skyler sale su fuga y dice que cree que necesita un abogado. Hank dice oh ho ho ho no, abogados sólo chicle a las obras, vamos Skyler, vamos a sacar a sus niños y llevarlos a mi casa, ¿de acuerdo?

"Estoy bajo arresto?" Skyler pide. Hank intenta asegurar que está de su lado, pero ella se vuelve cada vez más desquiciada antes de huir del restaurante. ¿"Estoy bajo arresto, Hank? ESTOY BAJO ARRESTO?"

Mientras tanto, Saul y Walt están asustados sobre conocimientos de Hanky Saúl hace la sugerencia sombría pero histérica que Walt podría, como, envíanos Hank a Belice. "Ya sabes, Belice," Saúl dice incómodamente. "Donde"Mike fue a. Cuando Walt se invierte hacia fuera de él, que Hank es familia por Dios--en consonancia con su retorcida pero inmutable código de ética, de manera Saúl obtiene avergonzado y dice, "Es una técnica que ha trabajado muy bien para ti últimamente, es todo lo que digo".

En la casa blanca, Marie muestra hasta enfrentarse a Skyler. Las hermanas tienen una discusión ven a Jesús, que en su mayoría es unilateral como Marie reúne todas las piezas y Skyler dice prácticamente nada excepto un ahogado "lo siento." Marie, pega duro, antes de gritar, "No hablar con Hank porque crees que Walt va a salir con esto".

Marie tormentas fuera de la habitación y hace una línea recta para poco Holly, que recoge y trata de tomar de la casa. Una ejecución de cortador de caja no tiene nada sobre un niño gritón como dos mujeres físicamente pelearan por ella--antes de Hank finalmente estalla y dice Marie para dejar que el bebé vayasobreviene una escena casi insoportable. En el coche, Marie woodenly Mira adelante antes de decirle a Hank, "Tienes que sacarlo".

Hank:

Walt expulsa a una sección de la tierra del desierto y somete a un esfuerzo hercúleo verdaderamente cavando un hoyo gigante en el suelo y enterrar su alijo de dinero de la droga. (Nota al azar: has notado que todo el mundo siempre está usando abrigos en este show? No es nuevo México caliente a veces?) Él memoriza las coordenadas para el dinero: 34 59 20 106 36 52. ¿Tal vez estos números tienen un significado más profundo de Lost estilo dentro de la historia de Breaking Bad? O quizá sea sólo un huevo de Pascua para los fanáticos: algunos informe son las coordenadas de Albuquerque Studios donde filman el show.

Walt vuelve a casa a una peluca-out Skyler, momento en el que puntualmente colapsa bruces en el suelo del baño. Cuando llegue a la mañana siguiente (no puedo creer Walt Jr. no está golpeando a la puerta pidiendo el desayuno), Walt dice Skyler él podrá entregarse a Hank, mientras Skyler promete mantener el dinero. "Por favor, no dejes que me ha hecho todo esto para nada," dice, y mierda, ¿sientes lo siento para Walt? Sí. Sí. Aunque me siento peor por Skyler. En respuesta a su pregunta de si la hace feliz a aprender su cáncer está de vuelta, dice sólo esto: "No recuerdo la última vez que fui feliz".

Skyler a continuación muestra cómo también ha roto mal, a su manera: dice Walt que Hank sólo tiene sus sospechas, no tiene nada concreto. "Quizá nuestro mejor moverse está aquí para quedarse tranquilo", murmura ella. Daaaaaaamn.

En otros lugares en la casa de Schrader, Marie dice Hank que tiene que ir a trabajar y dile que la DEA lo que sabe. Hank dice el momento que comparte esta información... que el tipo que ha estado persiguiendo todo este tiempo es su propio cuñado, su carrera está acabada. Dice que cuando él entra, va a traer una prueba definitiva. "Puedo ser el hombre que capturó a él, al menos".

Lydia va a visitar a su nuevo equipo de metanfetamina, recogiendo delicadamente su camino por el desierto de tierra en sus Louboutins. Ella se queja sobre la calidad del producto y sugiere que usan a Todd otra vez. Su infierno dice no, quiere seguir con la que puede confiar en la gente. "Ojalá que le había dado una oportunidad", dice Lydia, antes un tiroteo estalla y ella se esconde en el búnker como lluevan de proyectiles alrededor de su cabeza. Finalmente, Todd asoma su cabeza en el búnker para darle la orden, entonces galantemente le escorts pasado todos los cadáveres. Oh, LANDRY... err, me refiero a Todd. Eres tan caballeroso, que casi se me olvida cómo asesinado a balazos un niño inocente la temporada pasada.

Finalmente, vemos a Hank en la oficina, donde aprende Jesse está ha llevado a un interrogatorio por culpa de él lanzando millones de dólares por todo el césped de la gente. Jesse es básicamente catatónico, un shell trágico de su perra-hablando del uno mismo. Hank le pide a la policía interrogar a Jesse para dejarle tener un par de minutos, y es donde termina el episodio, con Hank entrando en la habitación y cerrar la puerta detrás de él.

Fantástico como siempre, con puntos extra a Anna Gunn para clavar absolutamente sus actuaciones. Ahora que todas las piezas están en juego, no puedo esperar a ver cómo la historia se revela en los seis episodios finales.

¿Qué pensaste de Breaking Bad de esta noche?

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'Breaking Bad' Sneak Peek: Is Walt Going to Get Rid of Jesse? (VIDEO)

zondag 18 augustus 2013

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by Linda Sharps 6 hours ago

How great was last week's Breaking Bad, you guys? I'm so thrilled the show got right into the biggest confrontation we'd been waiting for, instead of teasing it throughout the last of these final episodes. Now that we're coming up on the second episode of the second half of season 5 -- gah, that's a tongue-twister -- our obvious next course of action is to frantically theorize about what we're going to see tonight.

The preview for the next episode, titled "Buried," included juuuuust enough information to make some guesses about what's next for Walt and the gang. Spoiler warning: read no further if you're not caught up with the season to date!

Let's start by taking a look at the promo for "Buried," which is briefly described as "While Skyler’s past catches up with her, Walt covers his tracks. Jesse continues to struggle with his guilt." Here's the clip:

It sounds like we can assume that Hank is going to be totally consumed with pursuing Walt, based on his line, "I can be the man who caught him. The lives he's destroyed… he's a monster." But who is he talking to? Is it deputy Gomez? Maybe even … Marie? If he tells Marie, that would open up a whole fascinating realm of possibilities based on Marie's reaction. You'd think she would immediately go to Skyler, but they've always had kind of a touchy relationship, so maybe not?

Walt's looking for Jesse ("Just find Jesse," which he's presumably saying to Saul), but I wonder if he's talking to Jesse when he says "You better not be saying what I think you're saying." Jesse's in a hell of a downward spiral, using drugs again to try and mask the depression and guilt he's feeling. If Jesse finds out about what Hank knows, he might be tempted to turn himself in -- hence, Walt's threat.

What is Skyler "so sorry" about? Since the synopsis refers to her past catching up with her, that makes me think the whole IRS/Ted business is coming back to haunt her. Plus, there's this image released by AMC a while back:

I'm thinking the thing they're burying here is their money, pulled from storage?

Of course, there's only one way to know what's really going to happen in tonight's show, which is why I plan to be firmly planted in front of the TV as soon as I get my kids to bed. Happy viewing, fellow Breaking Bad fans.

Are you looking forward to tonight's episode? What do you think is going to happen?

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Kate Middleton May Be Breaking With Royal Baby Portrait Tradition in a Beautiful Way

woensdag 14 augustus 2013

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by Maressa Brown 2 hours ago

We haven't seen Kate Middleton and Prince William since they stood outside of St. Mary's last month with tiny Prince George all bundled up in a cozy white blanket. But our next glimpse of the happy royal family may not be far off. What's more, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge may be passing on releasing a run-of-the-mill, traditional professional portrait, multiple sources told the Daily Mirror yesterday. Gasp!

A royal aide notes, "One of the options they are looking at is releasing a couple of family photos they have taken themselves. Kate has a great eye for pictures and wants the first official ones of George to be natural and in a relaxed environment." This way, they'd also be able to avoid the disruption to their routine that bringing a pro into their Bucklebury home would cause. 

The royals are also planning to release the cozy snapshots on Twitter and their personal website as soon as next week, so that "as many people have access to them who need to," according to People.

Aww! Fingers crossed it's true! Because how awesome would that be?!

Of course, lay people often use formal photography to announce their little one's birth, but there's a case for using less polished, but more intimate family photos, too. They have a personal touch -- and for Kate and Wills to let us in that way and even go so far as to make those photos the official baby portrait is amazing.

Apparently, not everyone is a fan of the idea, though. HollywoodLife.com interviewed a royal source who explained that using home photos would be “fine for the private album,” but “not good for an historic first picture of a future monarch.” Pfft.

Who says? Maybe this is just one more way the royal couple wants to break with another stale, stuffy tradition and modernize the monarchy in a lovely way. If that is the case, more power to them.

Would you prefer to see a family photo or professional shot as the official royal baby portrait?

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'Breaking Bad' Honest Trailer Breaks Down Our Addiction to Walter White (VIDEO)

donderdag 8 augustus 2013

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by Linda Sharps 13 hours ago

Have you seen the deeply awesome "Honest Trailer" clips from the folks at Screen Junkies? They're a series of parody videos that include snarky yet oh-so-true commentary about various popular films. For instance, the Honest Trailer for Hunger Games, which, among other things, hilariously questioned how Peeta used his cake-decorating skills to magically camouflage himself into, what, a forest rock? ("Seriously? That is f*cking ridiculous.")

While the YouTube humor series is typically focused on movies, the latest Honest Trailer takes on Breaking Bad -- and it's every bit as fantastic as you'd expect. It's also chock-full of spoilers from past seasons, so skip the rest of this post if you haven't caught up! Otherwise, enjoy the video magic of an amazing show being skewered with perfect, loving accuracy. 

Here's the clip:

I know it's a cliché to talk about spraying the monitor with laughter-delivered beverage, but I seriously -- and ironically -- half-choked on my iced tea when I got to the part about Walt's cancer being the kind that makes him cough a lot. (Not that cancer is funny! It's just … that line is funny, okay?)

The occasional moments of slow exposition! The eternal breakfast scenes! Hank's terrible jokes! All the Latino villains! The fact that white people drone on and on about Breaking Bad even more than The Wire! Oh, it's all true, and this trailer does a truly great job of good-naturedly poking fun -- while still acknowledging how relentlessly fantastic the show is.

What did you think of the Breaking Bad Honest Trailer?

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'Breaking Bad' Teaser Photos Hint at Devastation to Come in Final Season

woensdag 24 juli 2013

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I know I JUST wrote about Breaking Bad, but now that the premiere is getting closer (August 11th! Yeah, bitch! MAGNETS!), promotions for the final eight episodes are starting to kick into high gear. AMC took the interesting step of releasing a highlight reel focused on the biggest moments of the show to date rather than giving us any preview clips of the last shows of the series, but when it comes to hints and teases from the cast and crew, the floodgates are officially open.

The consensus on the last half of the fifth and final season of Breaking Bad? In a nutshell: get ready, because it's going to be a hell of a ride.

Not that it's a huge surprise that a show known for emotionally destroying its viewers on a weekly basis isn't planning to end on a light note. But unless the Breaking Bad team is writing checks their butts can't cash, these last episodes are going to be even more shocking than what we've seen in the past.

From Aaron Paul, who plays Jesse Pinkman:

This season slaughters every past season. We're burning every bridge, but we're not being dark just to be dark. It just plummets.

Anna Gunn, who plays Skyler:

It's not pretty — it's as it should be. It's a painful place: the crumbling of every single character.

Creator Vince Gilligan:

This is a race to the finish. We leave it all on the field. No loose ends go untied. It's a fast-moving eight episodes.

Dean Norris, who plays Hank:

This last eight, they've outdone themselves. It's going out on a huge note. All of my favorite episodes are going to be in these last eight. This season is Hank's revenge.

Betsy Brandt, who plays Hank's wife, Marie:

(The finale is) true to each of the characters, to who they are. My last day, I didn't want to go into work. I was crying before I went into hair and makeup.

If those tidbits don't pique your curiosity about what's to come in the final episodes, check out these images released from AMC as part of a set of character portraits:

You can see the rest of the cast portraits here, but the above two are the ones that really jump out at me. How menacing is Jesse with that gun, and who's he pointing it at? What's with Skyler, Walt, and the mysterious burial?

My vague predictions are that Walt will kill Hank, but not before Hank ruins what's left of Walt's life -- and Jesse will kill Walt. But those are just guesses, because really, I have no idea. All I do know is I can't wait to find out.

A final word on Breaking Bad's ending, from Vince Gilligan:

I hope that for the vast majority of viewers it will be a satisfying ending. That was really what drove us, the writers and myself. And sometimes satisfaction and happiness are words that become somewhat interchangeable. I think actually there is a fair bit of distinction between them. I think what we’ve accomplished is a satisfying ending. There’s probably some happiness and some sadness going hand in hand. Suffice it to say, it’s not going to be all peaches and cream.  

What do you think of these photos? Got any ideas about what we'll be seeing in the final eight shows?

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