*** Official Breaking Bad Season 4 Thread ***

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Professor Frick
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Hard to tell from looking on my phone, but is that Cranston as Salamanca?

Awesome.
Thunder18
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awesome
hereto
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I remember seeing that last year. Pretty dang good.
toucan82
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that is awesome
Motis B Totis
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gay

[This message has been edited by Motis B Totis (edited 10/20/2011 10:42p).]
BillOnCapitolHill
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SPOILER TAGS?!!?!? GEEZ
GreasenUSA
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more wrap-party pictures

Jesse as Jane and Jesse as Walt cracked me up

http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2011/10/breaking-bad-wrap-parties-are-awesome
BillOnCapitolHill
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I was joking motis. The rule is, if it has aired, no spoiler tags are necessary
91_Aggie
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I finally read through this thread from start to finish. I was watching this season a little behind via DVR and was fun to watch all of you dissect each episode (FYI: my wife called it during the episode that Walt poisoned Brock).

In any case, the last couple of pages where the discussion turned to "Why do people root for Walt after all he's done so far?" got me thinking.

I think almost every poster on this thread is male (forgive me if I missed a chick commenting during the 29 pages).

I've been watching this with my wife (who is also a mother) and she completely despises Walt. She wants him to die horribly in every episode.

For me, I silently root for him even though I know he is a bad, bad man.

And I think that's a generalized difference between the sexes (of course, it probably has a lot to do with men being able to compartmentalize more and enjoy a movie/story without getting overly emotional about it).

There is no way anyone would root for this guy in real life knowing what he has done.

I think my wife was most upset with his lying to his wife and family in the first season or so than she was that he was breaking the law.
Big Al 1992
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Whew! Just tore through 4 seasons in 3 weeks. Just watched finale. Great, Great Television.

Ashley96
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I'm a chick, and I'll weigh in. My husband and I just finished watching the 4th season, and Saul's line about his naming any anal polyps that he might get had me laughing.

They tied up the show brilliantly at the end, so I have no idea what will transpire next season.
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One of the things that keeps Walt somewhat "redeemable" is that up to this point there has always been someone worse. First it was Tuco, then Gus, sometimes the cartel. Now with all of their deaths, he is the worst one left. New territory for the show unless they bring in a new ultimate bad guy from Chile.
et98
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Good point Traveler. Up to this point he was always facing someone even more evil.

First it was those 2 gangbangers who were trying to kill them. Then Tuco who was just completely insane, then some gangbangers who had killed Combo and killed children, then it was Gus and the cartel.

Jane is the only real exception, but he didn't really kill her; he just allowed her to die.

[This message has been edited by taint98 (edited 10/31/2011 11:07a).]
MROD92
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Cranston is too small to dress up like Skylar
Nougat
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FINALLY got around to seeing the rest of the season. Whoa.
newhowdyag2004
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And done with all 4 seasons......wow! Truly epic television.
MROD92
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I will be sad when the series ends
79TAMU79
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Was wondering where Mike wandered off to... just saw him on "2 1/2 Men" last night. He now runs a pawn shop. Sure made me miss BB... can't wait until next season.
scoop12
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Just started watching Season 1. What is everyones favorite season? First few episodes have been really great.
Doug Christie
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3 and 4 have been my favorite
Texaggie7nine
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This is coming from having just finished all four seasons in 2 weeks.

Walt was likeable is the first 2 seasons, then his pride really started taking over. In 3 it was really emerging but in season 4 it was controlling everything. He truly stopped really caring about loving his family mainly his wife. Even when she reached the point of full acceptance and wanting to be with him again, it could not be if he had to give up even a little pride.

That's what really stood out to me and made me really start to dislike him. Even with the opportunity to seek some forgiveness with the fake gambling story he chose to hold onto self pride in all he had done. With his family, especially his own son who revealed to him how he had become such an unpleasant person in the past year that he would far more prefer a drugged up honest and caring dad over what he had become, giving him nothing but support and avenues to redemption, Walt chose pride.

The way he treats Jesse is the show stopper though. We first think Walt allowed jesse's junkie girlfriend to die because he thought it was best for Jesse but in the end we see Walt has always acted in his own best interest. Even with what all he has done for his family and providing for them. It wasn't about makin sure they were taken care of for their own sake. It was about making sure he left behind a legacy to be proud of, for his own pride.

He has revealed himself to be completely selfish so I think the next season is obviously full on drug kingpin. As that fits with the self agrandizement.
HummingbirdSaltalamacchia
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quote:
Just started watching Season 1. What is everyones favorite season? First few episodes have been really great.


Each season has been better than the previous (o to answer your question, for me, its Season 4). Season 1 was great television and thru Season 2 i would have just said it was a great show.

After they ratcheted up the tension and quality in Season 3 and, unbelievably, even moreso in Season 4, I would now say this is one of the greatest shows we have seen on television. Period.

The last season is going to be EPIC.

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America's destiny is not of our own choosing. We did not seek nor did we provoke an assault on our freedom and our way of life. We did not expect nor did we invite a confrontation with evil. Yet the true measure of a people's strength is how they rise to master that moment when it does arrive.
 
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