"What happened?" "I won."

[sdwolfpup]

We finished season 4 of Breaking Bad at lunch today and I am STILL overwhelmed with FEELINGS about it. This is actually really surprising to me because I was just telling BrynnMcK the other day that while the show is interesting, it hadn't (up til then) really grabbed me emotionally. I cared to see where the characters were going, but was not

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[spectralbovine]

Hank?! I did not see caring about Hank coming!
RIGHT?? I really didn't like him at first, and then I couldn't believe how much I did like him and was rooting for him to find out about Walt. He kept coming so close.

the people I was most interested in were the ones who turned out to be the main characters' primary antagonists: Gus Fring and Mike the bodyguard guy. (OH MY GOD I LOVE MIKE SO MUCH.)
Gus is a villain for the ages. And Mike is awesome, obvs.

SURELY the end game has to be Jesse killing Walt.
This is what I suspect, but it's kind of the obvious one so maybe Vince Gilligan will do something else. So bizarre that originally Jesse was supposed to die in season one.

I loved Breaking Bad through every season, and it's just been getting better and better. I await your thoughts on the first half of season five. *zips mouth shut*

[sdwolfpup]

I am rooting SO HARD for Hank to find out about Walt it's WEIRD. And Walt just keeps, like, PUSHING HIS LUCK all the time. Friggin' Walt.

Based on Walt watching Scarface at the beginning of S5 with Jr, I actually think the show is going to end that way. It would be a perfect set up, AND fit in with Walt having that giant gun that he got at the diner. And going out that way would fit Walt's stupid I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD mentality that has consumed him. Plus, if he actually cares about Skyler at all, it might divert attention from her, too, when he dies? A sort of redemption for him in his last act.

[spectralbovine]

Vince Gilligan has always said the show was about Mr. Chips turning into Scarface, so that scene could easily have been foreshadowing.

I don't even know if I want Walt to be redeemed. It wouldn't feel right on this show.

[sdwolfpup]

Hah really? Well that would be great foreshadowing then.

Yeah I don't think the show will redeem Walt, but I could certainly see them trying to make it more ambiguous than "this guy is a complete douchebag, thank goodness he's gone."

[sdwolfpup]

Oh Gus is CLEARLY a little crazy, but I feel like it's in a less obnoxious way? Walt's issues all seem to stem from his inability to ever get over his own pride. (WALT HAVE YOU EVER READ A GREEK TRAGEDY, FFS?) And while Gus had his Fatal Flaw (vengeance), it feels more relatable. Plus Walt makes me super mad with his insistence that he can somehow do everything better while not accounting for any of the caution that Gus had. I found Gus' caution really appealing. Heh.

Yeah that S4 finale is one of the all-time great finales. That whole season totally changed the game for me in terms of this show.

[darlulu]

I'll have to give the show another try. I watched the first few episodes awhile back and just wasn't able to get emotionally attached to any of the characters, but maybe I just need to hang in there a little longer.

[sdwolfpup]

I did not get emotionally attached until S3, honestly. S2 has a nice overarching kind of mystery plot it hints at (and resolves), but things don't really get cooking, IMO, until S3. Depends if you can wait that long! S4 honestly does make watching all of the previous seasons worth it, though.

[sdwolfpup]

Oh no worries, differing opinions presented well are always welcome here! :)

That is true that I think comparing Gus (and Mike and so on) to Walt is something that has to be done within the confines of just those people, because when you start looking at the actual victims, they're all basically poopyheads.

I had actually completely forgotten about Gus' men killing that other boy! Wow. I think the competence is a huge factor for me, too - Gus and Mike are not likeable, necessarily, but I appreciate their professionalism? Which is still terrible. Heh.

Thanks for chiming in!

[sockkpuppett]

*holds your hand upon the advent of viewing Season 5*

[sdwolfpup]

I NEED IT. This week-to-week waiting thing is SO HARD. How do you MANAGE?