Breaking Bad 5x08 - Gliding Over All [SPOILERS WITHIN]

03-09-2012 11:26PM

Grimebox wrote: »

I hate to nit-pick but where the hell do a bunch of inmates get flammable liquids from in a prison?!

They gotta have a way to light their free cigarettes. :pac: But yeah, pay off one of the prison guards to bring in some lighter fluid, piece of piss.

ringadingding · 03-09-2012 11:27PM

<Ollie> wrote: »

No.

Im struggling to remember when he got the book.... help a bruvva out.....

BetterCallSaul · 03-09-2012 11:30PM

expectationlost wrote: »

also slightly confused about the lenght of time that passed in the show, in that it was unusual for such a long length of time to pass in one episode, so they it showed walt cooking atleast a third of the methalmin, that he promised the gangster he would, so he was able to just walk away from that deal?

3 months passed in this episode from what I remember, so roughly 15 months since S1E1.

The Black Oil · 03-09-2012 11:30PM

So what we learned from this one is that if you want your distribution to go global is that you put on a dark hat, shades and meet some lady in a diner.

Seriously, when this episode had 3 nostalgia scenes you knew something was up. No way they could be that deliberate and not have something to counter it. Bam! Visually they were on top form here again, too.

The prison scene was one of the most screwed up scenes I've seen in a while. I mean, honestly. Talk about diabolical and just very, very clean. There's been so much of that lately that something had to give. They can't keep having it so the DEA is nibbling away at the edges with scrappy surveillance and dead ends.

As for that for final scene, well played, Mr. Gilligan, well played.

Roar · 03-09-2012 11:31PM

Grimebox wrote: »

I hate to nit-pick but where the hell do a bunch of inmates get flammable liquids from in a prison?!

from the guards who were bought off I would imagine

Dempsey · 03-09-2012 11:36PM

Walt isnt out of the business imo, thats a lie to Skylar to get her back onside. He wants his bread buttered on both sides. My guess is that he is going to "franchise" out his cooking method to Todd & his family. They will use the distribution connections that Walt has setup. He was talking about setting up another "lab" for jesse to run on his own, maybe he's trying to get jesse onside with the idea that he'll eventually run one himself whilst Walt sits back and collects his cut. As he ramps up his "empire" Hank closes in, maybe flipping Jesse against Walt or giving the idea that he has to get him to make a mistake so he can catch him.

LionelNashe · 03-09-2012 11:38PM

All the prison guys getting killed at once was very Michael Corleone / Godfather II-ish. I reckon Walt's journey has been more of a Michael Corleone journey than a Scarface journey. Tony Montana was a P***k to begin with, whereas Michael Corleone started off respectable and then revealed his ruthlessness as he descended into amorality, and lost his wife and killed his brother along the way.

expectationlost · 03-09-2012 11:39PM

also anybody impressed with marie's abilty to talk absolute endless waffle

and is she just talking pre natal pills for her hair?

Mousewar · 03-09-2012 11:45PM

Man, there's a lot of comments already.

I thought that was an amazing episode. The excess of the prison purge with the subtlety of his mini redemption and attempted reconciliation with Jesse. Brilliant. And to have the sweetest moment of realisation right at the end with Hank sitting on the bog - just amazing television. And it was very well done - the conclusion that finally brings Hank to his point of knowledge didn't feel shoehorned in at all. It made sense and felt right.

One thing though - did we ever see Gale give Walt this book? Have we ever seen it before in the series?

Skerries · 03-09-2012 11:46PM

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Tails142 · 03-09-2012 11:53PM

Grimebox wrote: »

I find it disturbing that Walt kept a gift from a man he had killed, a man who was incredibly fond of him too. Imagine reading that note from a man you killed on a regular basis. Walt is some piece of work.

Also anybody know the song playing in the background during the final scene next to the pool?

The song is Squeeze - Up the junction

bunnymunro · 04-09-2012 12:09AM

Am i the only one disappointed we havent really got the back story to gus fring yet...dont get me wrong this series was frickin awesome but there was still a lot of unanswered questions about fring..who was he 4really and why couldnt the cartel kill him in that flashback where they kiled his buddy by the pool..will have to watch back but am i missing something! at the time i was expecting walts demise to come at the hands of whoever fring is connected too...strangely there was no mention of this this season..

DubTony · 04-09-2012 12:18AM

Mr E wrote: »

The last scene needed a bowel evacuation to emphasise the impact to Hank.

Plop.

How's this?

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

Ruski · 04-09-2012 12:35AM

ringadingding wrote: »

Am I the only one who doesn't quite believe Walt would have forgotten something so big as a book being left in his house from Gale ?

Is it plausible that the book is not from Gale, but a different GB ? it looked like an old book.....

Gretchen probably?

irish son · 04-09-2012 12:37AM

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

I thought it was going to be the RV, full of money.

Was that gun definitely belong to Jess or was it in the bag?

I'm pretty sure it was Jesse's gun. Before he answers the door he looks out the window and see's it's Walt, he turns around and walks the opposite direction of the door, presumably to get his gun.

Mr.Crinklewood · 04-09-2012 12:56AM

irish son wrote: »

I'm pretty sure it was Jesse's gun. Before he answers the door he looks out the window and see's it's Walt, he turns around and walks the opposite direction of the door, presumably to get his gun.

Grand.

Was just thinking that Walter may have planted the gun used to kill Mike on him. Though considering Mike is probably melted,there would be no evidence left.

irish son · 04-09-2012 12:57AM

LionelNashe wrote: »

I don't know where I heard that if there is a gun hanging on a wall or in a desk drawer at the start of a story or a film, then somebody is going to get shot. That's what I'm thinking when I see Walt carefully replacing the vial of ricin behind the electrical socket after his meeting with Lydia. There was no need for them to show us that. It must have some significance. Somebody's going to get ricin'd in the last 8 episodes. Maybe Hank.

Thats the second time we see Walt putting the ricin behind the socket, while he was doing it during this episode I thought it was weird that they were showing it to us so I think there has to be some meaning to it. I think that maybe the next time he goes to put it back behind the socket he gets distracted by something and forgets to finish it and the baby will later end up eating it.

I hope I'm wrong but it could happen. Anyway its not the last we will of the ricin I'm pretty sure

tom_k · 04-09-2012 12:57AM

Ruski wrote: »

Gretchen probably?

Possibly, we know that Gretchen's married name is Schwarz, she's married to Elliot Schwarz. It's a long shot but could she have gave this book to Walter around the time he left Grey Matter and initialled it in her maiden name?

04-09-2012 02:05AM

nah while some of the writing seems different, the "Y"s in both seem to be the same so I'd be inclined to still believe it was Gale.

settings · 04-09-2012 02:35AM

irish son wrote: »

Thats the second time we see Walt putting the ricin behind the socket, while he was doing it during this episode I thought it was weird that they were showing it to us so I think there has to be some meaning to it.

maybe if they ever search the house (thoroughly) its the only thing that proves he was up to no good?

They got all the guys in prison but what about "dan the douchebag lawyer" as hank calls him?

Our man in Havana · 04-09-2012 02:38AM

Notice the spelling of honour. Not the american way of spelling it.

Kylo Ren · 04-09-2012 02:40AM

That last scene in the back garden was so causal, bordering on boring but Jesus Christ my heart was pounding for those three or so minutes.

I was picturing 5 or 6 ways it was going to end. I think most of us knew Hank was going to find out this season but at the end when he looked up with that "mother fucka" look on his face I was just like "fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck"

briany · 04-09-2012 02:42AM

settings wrote: »

maybe if they ever search the house (thoroughly) its the only thing that proves he was up to no good?

They got all the guys in prison but what about "dan the douchebag lawyer" as hank calls him?

Those cons seemed savvy enough that they probably would only part with the valuable information they had when it would get them something that they needed, not a moment sooner. Why tell the lawyer any of it beforehand? The lawyer was there to negotiate the reward for flipping mainly and I'd doubt he knew any more than Hank but to be safe, he was put on the list.

04-09-2012 02:43AM

Our man in Havana wrote: »

Notice the spelling of honour. Not the american way of spelling it.

ah but "favorite" is. I don't think it's supposed to be in doubt that it's Gale tbh, though Walt may try to say it's someone else if questioned on it by Hank.

Jhcx · 04-09-2012 02:46AM

The Ending of that left me dying. im sure my heart stopped beating for about 3 beats. wasnt expecting it. :pac:

CMpunked · 04-09-2012 02:51AM

Tell me I wasn't the only one who let out a "Yes!" when that little flashback happened with hank on the bog?

04-09-2012 02:51AM

Liam O wrote: »

ah but "favorite" is. I don't think it's supposed to be in doubt that it's Gale tbh, though Walt may try to say it's someone else if questioned on it by Hank.

Didn't think there was a "u" in it in British English anyway. Shows what I know.

Rosy Posy · 04-09-2012 04:03AM

crazygeryy wrote: »

up the junction by squeeze.

great episode.

Such a great little touch...Up the Junction is a ballad synopsis- boy meets girl, get pregnant, have a baby, girl leaves boy, boy is miserable and alone...the last verse is particularly pertinent...

Alone here in the kitchen
I feel there's something missing
I'd beg for some forgiveness
But begging's not my business
And she won't write a letter
Although I always tell her
And so it's my assumption
I'm really up the junction

It suits the scene so well because the first few verses are so hopeful and then it ends with that

irish son · 04-09-2012 04:23AM

I had a look back to see if we see Gale give Walt the book but we don't. Gale does however recite a Walt Whitman poem to Walt in his first episode S3 E6. In a scene not long after Walt is at home reading the Walt Whitman book that Hank finds. Presumably in between these scenes Gale gives Walt the book as a gift. That's certainly how I'm taking it anyway.

Rosy Posy · 04-09-2012 04:32AM

settings wrote: »

maybe if they ever search the house (thoroughly) its the only thing that proves he was up to no good?

They got all the guys in prison but what about "dan the douchebag lawyer" as hank calls him?

He's the first one killed in the montage- he's on the phone and the heavies hang it up and stab him multiple times. ouch!

Breaking Bad 5x08 - Gliding Over All [**SPOILERS WITHIN**]

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Breaking Bad 5x08 - Gliding Over All [SPOILERS WITHIN]