Breaking Bad

[The Gemini Method]

How many would've taken the 5mil and how many would've stayed building 'empires'?

[CuckingFunt]

How many would've taken the 5mil and how many would've stayed building 'empires'?

I would have taken the $5 million.

I would have been disappointed in the show if they had Walt consider it for even a second, though. I loved the moment when he finally tied it all to Grey Matter and made explicit what has already been implied since the first season: that Walter White has always been a greedy and bitter bas and that the cancer just gave him the excuse to act on it.

[baseline bum]

How many would've taken the 5mil and how many would've stayed building 'empires'?

I would have stuck with the empire. Taking the $5 million would have been a half-measure, and if you're going to break the law, you gotta break it big so you can buy your way out of trouble like the Wall Street crooks.

[VBM]

These seem to be the two big deaths in the series that people are bothered by (well, and Bodie), and every time I've had this conversation with friends it seems that the people who watched the show as it aired were bothered more by Omar's death and the people who marathoned the show long after it ended are more bothered by Stringer's death. That's not universally given, of course, but it's a trend that I've noticed.

As someone who marathoned, I was definitely more shocked/bummed by Stringer's death just because it was a finished product and I knew I still had two, full, Stringer-free seasons left to watch. As it turns out, of course, the show coped just fine without Stringer Bell, and I still liked those last two seasons. But at the time it happened, Bell had been built up as such a huge character that I couldn't imagine what the remaining episodes would be like without him. In that sense, I think the stakes were higher with Stringer's death.

Omar's death, on the other hand, was shocking more for the particulars of when/how it happened than for the fact that it happened. When you know you're at the last few episodes of a long running series, you expect all the major plot points and character arcs to be sealed off. And when the show is a crime drama, you know that several of those arcs are going to end in death. So in that sense, the fact characters start dropping is less of a surprise in general, but also the "what are they going to do without Omar?" question is less important because it only applied to two episodes. Omar is ultimately gone for a longer stretch of time when he's in New York and in Puerto Rico than when he's dead just because of how the timeline works out.

I guess we're past spoiler alerts for the uninformed. Sorry. (then again, if you ain't watched it by now...wtf).

Stringer got a proper death. He double-crossed Avon, Brother Mouzone and Omar...it was poetic justice that it came back to bite him, and that Omar/Mouzone pulled the trigger. String stopped with the begging quick, manned up and took the death in stride.

Omar's bugs me simply because Marlow never had to face him once Omar was warring with his crew. That and %$#^%$ Kenard of all people (although pretty awesome given he was the kid that wanted to play Omar after that one shootout in the street) is the one to drop him.

[leemajors]

Saul has always delivered the goods.

[resistanze]

I would have stuck with the empire. Taking the $5 million would have been a half-measure, and if you're going to break the law, you gotta break it big so you can buy your way out of trouble like the Wall Street crooks.

Too much risk at that point. Well actually, he honestly doesn't give a about his family or getting killed/caught, so you may be right.

[shyne]

From Aaron Paul's twitter account

@aaronpaul_8: Two more episodes to go this season of #Breakingbad and I am terrified for you all to see how it goes down. Get ready for the madness.

[baseline bum]

Too much risk at that point. Well actually, he honestly doesn't give a about his family or getting killed/caught, so you may be right.

Skylar can catch what she catches. Plus the baby is probably another Trig level re since Skylar was beyond 40 at the time of birth. On the downside, Hank is a pretty cool drinking partner, as is special olympics boy. Overall, the risk is worth it though.

[Trainwreck2100]

baby's as good as dead, they put her in a pink bear outfit

[baseline bum]

I wanna see Heisenberg bone Marie.

[Wild Cobra Kai]

how many would've taken the 5mil and how many would've stayed building 'empires'?

5

[Lincoln]

Is this the first time Walt admitted that he was Heisenberg to someone out of his inner circle?

[redzero]

I wanna see Heisenberg bone Marie.

A Lydia is fine, too.

[VBM]

Is this the first time Walt admitted that he was Heisenberg to someone out of his inner circle?

He told Tuco before he blew up his stash-house

[Capt Bringdown]

For someone as smart as Mike with him evading the DEA an all, I thought it was re ed for him to just leave Walt tied with a single plastic strap in a room full of random . Didn't think det one through tbh.

Why keep Walt around at all at that point?
The poor writing this season continues.

[redzero]

Why keep Walt around at all at that point?
The poor writing this season continues.

Jesse wouldn't be too happy about Mike killing Walt.

[Trainwreck2100]

Why keep Walt around at all at that point?
The poor writing this season continues.

where was he going to put him

[BlackSwordsMan]

Yeah that was a dumb scene leaving walt a ing genius pretty much alone in a room with one plastic wrap from a 55 million dollar tub of meth.

[Wild Cobra Kai]

Didn't Walt and Jesse steal their first quan y of methylamine when they decided that they couldn't scale their operation by crushing and cooking Sudafed? No one died that time, though.

[Juggity]

I'm thinking Walt Jr. is going to end up on meth.

His sulky behavior and recent lack of steady presence has me wondering if it may be going in that direction. Not to mention the great irony of Walt Jr. becoming addicted to Walt's own meth. That would be an interesting twist.

[baseline bum]

I'm thinking Walt Jr. is going to end up on meth.

His sulky behavior and recent lack of steady presence has me wondering if it may be going in that direction. Not to mention the great irony of Walt Jr. becoming addicted to Walt's own meth. That would be an interesting twist.

He's going to smash that Challenger to while high off the blue stuff.

[Spur|n|Austin]

[Proxy]

I'm thinking Walt Jr. is going to end up on meth.

His sulky behavior and recent lack of steady presence has me wondering if it may be going in that direction. Not to mention the great irony of Walt Jr. becoming addicted to Walt's own meth. That would be an interesting twist.

That's way too convenient

[Trainwreck2100]

what would really piss off walt is jr getting hooked on an inferior meth

[monosylab1k]

the dinner scene was one of the funniest things i've seen in a long time