Breaking Bad Season 5 Thread

Right. Nobody thinks he was in New Hampshire in that scene but it makes it seem like he's coming from New Hampshire.

I do believe he leaves at some point, either via Saul's guy who makes people disappear or as some sort of witness protection deal. Obviously he comes back to ABQ to get the gun and handle some unknown business.

And while I agree that there's not much emotional heft to a showdown with Madrigal's people or the Arizona gang or even Todd/Nazis, why would he need a gun that size to take on Jesse or Hank? I guess it could be a shootout with the DEA but that just seems far fetched to me.

 

I read an interview with Bryan Cranston, can't remember where, in which he says that during the table read for this season's opening sequence (in the Denney's) he asked Vince "Why do I go back? Am I going back to protect someone?" And Vince said yes, he was going to protect someone.

Also, I think someone gets away with all that money at the storage facility because it's unaccounted for. Remember Skylar told Walt when she showed it to him that it was too much, she couldn't launder it all, so she just started putting it in storage. I think it's possible that the DEA could just follow the laundered, and spent money, but probably have know idea how big the operation really is.

 

NYT update following a Tuesday call with Gilligan:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/vince-gilligan-on-breaking-bad-and-the-plumbing-of-it-all/?smid=tw-nytimes

 

Jesse does not know Mike is dead. He asked Walt if Mike got out and Walt's response was "He's gone." Jesse took that as Mike left alive.
@ Six Toe - Not sure on that timeline. I thought it was three months total Hank and Marie had the kids and the last two was Walt making stacks. Could be three, although it wasn't very clear.
I loved the final episode and it opens so many doors. I do think next season starts with Hank coming out of the bathroom and eyeballing Walt or something like that. I can see Walt going into the bathroom and finding the book and realizing Hank knows.
Walt, Skylar, Jesse, Saul, the A-Team, Lydia and the AZ dealers are still in play, but Walt is No. 1. I think Hank realizes Skylar is in on it somehow because of the carwash.
Does anyone feel it's a possibility Hank flips to protect his career and takes a buyout from Walt? I lean toward no.
Nevertheless, I can't wait for the epic gun battle (a la "Heat" and "Scarface").

 

My guess on who he's protecting: Jesse.

Is it possible the Arizona gang or Todd and his crew or whoever replaces Walt in running the empire kidnaps Jesse and forces him to cook for them? Remember, Walt openly pointed to Jesse and called him one of the two greatest cooks in the world in meeting with the Arizona crew. If the good product stops coming, maybe they take steps to get it back up to snuff. Walt could theoretically come back to save Jesse, sort of a redeeming moment for him after going bad. Less Scarface, more Darth Vader.

 

I like this idea!

 

I wouldn't have minded an ending without the flashback scene, but I guess that would have been too confusing for the more casual viewer.

The cancer obviously returned. I think the scene with Jesse was reminding Walt why he got in the business in the first place and how inertia kept him in the meth business even when he has made all of the cash that he will ever spend.

Wonderfully shot epsode -- from the contrasts of the first shot to the last shot to the visuals in the storage locker.

I liked all of the callbacks -- Walt basically becoming Mike in the diner scene, to the point of using his line to Walt about learning to say yes.

 

So was the money from the future or was it something that Walt just didn't know about?

It seems strange that in a season where Walt had to borrow money from Jesse and frequently talked about how he needed the money, that Skyler quietly had a stack of it in a storage locker. I'm assuming it's from the future, but it was a bit confusing.

 

No, this last episode jumped ahead close to three months from beginning to end. The money was what Walt had been making after hooking up with the Phoenix guys and expanding to the Czech Republic via Lydia.

 

OK, cool... That makes a lot more sense now... Thanks...

 

Anybody have a clue to how much is sitting in the garage? I know they didn't say, but I'm thinking around $40 million.

 

On his podcast, Vince Gilligan said his crew estimated around $80 million.

The following blog has it figured for much less:

http://www.quora.com/Breaking-Bad-Season-5-2012-13/What-is-a-good-approximation-of-how-much-money-Skyler-had-in-the-storage-unit-when-she-showed-Walt-how-she-stopped-counting-it/answer/Tom-Cook