Hey BetterCallSaul, What Are You Going to do About Pinkman?

[Carlybee]

He was over the top because he knew the cops were listening in on the conversation. The whole point of him doing that was to make Skyler look innocent and with zero knowledge of Walt's meth dealings.

Except her sister knows.

 

[Carlybee]

I think everyone will end up in the Nazi's meth lab and it will get blown to kingdom come. The End.

 

[eduardo89]

Except her sister knows.

She's not exactly credible. She's mentally unstable and anything she says is just hearsay.

 

[Occam's Banana]

Except her sister knows.

She's not exactly credible. She's mentally unstable and anything she says is just hearsay.

Besides which, she would have to want to deliberately hurt her sister.

She clearly doesn't want to do that (that's what the scene in the car wash office was intended to establish).

It's Walt she wants to see nailed to a wall - not Skyler. And Walt (intentionally) gave the cops the only hammer they'll really need ...

 

[kcchiefs6465]

Besides which, she would have to want to deliberately hurt her sister.

She clearly doesn't want to do that (that's what the scene in the car wash office was intended to establish).

It's Walt she wants to see nailed to a wall - not Skyler. And Walt just (intentionally) gave the cops the only hammer they'll really need ...

What do you mean?

ETA.. For himself? or Skyler?

 

[Occam's Banana]

What do you mean?

I mean the demented phone rant - he essentially "confessed" to killing Hank (among other things).

ETA.. For himself? or Skyler?

To protect Skyler. That's what the whole brutish rant on the phone was all about: to make the cops think it was all him and that Skyler didn't have anything to do with his crimes - and to get them to believe that she was too afraid of Walt to rat him out (until he "lost it" and took off in a rage with the baby).

Walter "Heisenberg" White is an extremely smart man. I suspect that was his intention all along (i.e., that's why he grabbed the baby in the first place). It wouldn't be the first time he's acted by thinking "more than one step ahead" under pressure. He knew what he was going to do when he took Holly out of her playpen ...

 

[anaconda]

To protect Skyler. That's what the whole brutish rant on the phone was all about: to make the cops think it was all him and that Skyler didn't have anything to do with his crimes - and to get them to believe that she was too afraid of Walt to rat him out (until he "lost it" and took off in a rage with the baby).

Yeah. I thought Walt had totally lost it but then a couple hours later I realized he was intentionally ranting for the audience of cops, in order to get Skylar off the hook as much as possible. But he had to be a tad pissed that she came at him with a knife.

 

[dannno]

The Nazis get $70 million in their pocket and........

Back to cooking meth?? Really?

Why not retire?

 

[green73]

The Nazis get $70 million in their pocket and........

Back to cooking meth?? Really?

Why not retire?

That's what I thought. Maybe they need more than that to fund a race war.

 

[Occam's Banana]

But he had to be a tad pissed that she came at him with a knife.

No doubt. Walt gets emotional about things just like everyone else. But he doesn't let his emotions cloud his thinking or determine his actions. That's what made "Heisenberg" such a successful criminal.

Contrast this with Jesse, who brought this situation to a head because he couldn't control his anger at (and fear & hatred of) Walt. If Jesse had been able to think without letting his emotions "get in the way" - if he had been able to "bury the hatchet" with Walt - none of this would have happened.

 

[Occam's Banana]

The Nazis get $70 million in their pocket and........

Back to cooking meth?? Really?

Why not retire?

Well ... they probably still have some orders in the pipeline, at the very least.
And in this line of business, it's not a good idea to piss of your contract holders ...

Jack the Nazi seems like a pretty level-headed guy (for the murderous thug type).
He's probably playing it cool and all "business as usual" instead of letting his guys run amok with their windfall.
(Thereby avoiding attracting attention to themselves - and a variety of other pitfalls that come from thinking you've "got it made.")

Unfortunately for him and his crew, he's probably about to be on the receiving end of "Heisenberg's" ill will ...

 

[Feeding the Abscess]

One thing I can't stand with shows that do callbacks and flashforwards/backs: changes in actor appearance. Aaron Paul has put on weight and his hairline has receded since the beginning of the show, and the flashback in Ozymandias to he and Walt's first cook makes me rage because of it.

It's autist behavior, I know, but I just can't help it.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

The Nazis get $70 million in their pocket and........

Back to cooking meth?? Really?

Why not retire?

Todd wants to impress that woman with a higher quality batch?

 

[CPUd]

A couple things said from the creator in an interview are that the ending will come full circle to the beginning, and that the story as a whole will be a tragedy, in the classical sense. He specifically said that Walt doesn't have to die.

Jessie is important to the story because he brought Walt into the business, and that may be the real source of his guilt. They were going to kill him off in the first season, but after seeing his performance, decided to keep him.

Also, the Saul character will be in a spinoff series.

 

[green73]

A couple things said from the creator in an interview are that the ending will come full circle to the beginning, and that the story as a whole will be a tragedy, in the classical sense. He specifically said that Walt doesn't have to die.

Jessie is important to the story because he brought Walt into the business, and that may be the real source of his guilt. They were going to kill him off in the first season, but after seeing his performance, decided to keep him.

Also, the Saul character will be in a spinoff series.

I'd be ok with Jesse dying but I suspect he'll be the only one to live.

 

[eduardo89]

Also, the Saul character will be in a spinoff series.

Awesome.

 

[green73]

Awesome.

Great. I'd rather watch re-runs of Joey.

 

[eduardo89]

Great. I'd rather watch re-runs of Joey.

Joey was a hilarious show! Drea de Matteo was fantastic in it, much better than she was in The Sopranos.

 

[BamaAla]

No doubt. Walt gets emotional about things just like everyone else. But he doesn't let his emotions cloud his thinking or determine his actions. That's what made "Heisenberg" such a successful criminal.

Contrast this with Jesse, who brought this situation to a head because he couldn't control his anger at (and fear & hatred of) Walt. If Jesse had been able to think without letting his emotions "get in the way" - if he had been able to "bury the hatchet" with Walt - none of this would have happened.

I'd argue that while Walt usually doesn't let his emotions get the best of him, the two biggest mistakes in the series were a product of Walt allowing his emotions to cloud his judgement and affect his actions. The obvious example is Sunday's show; Walt lost it at the thought of his money being taken and didn't give another thought to driving like a maniac with an illegal gun to the exact place he had buried every penny of his $80M. Also, remember that Hank had blissfully abandoned his Heisenberg search after Gale was offed, but an over-emotional Walt had to open his mouth and put Hank on the road that would eventually lead him to W.W.

 

[Occam's Banana]

I'd argue that while Walt usually doesn't let his emotions get the best of him, the two biggest mistakes in the series were a product of Walt allowing his emotions to cloud his judgement and affect his actions. The obvious example is Sunday's show; Walt lost it at the thought of his money being taken and didn't give another thought to driving like a maniac with an illegal gun to the exact place he had buried every penny of his $80M. Also, remember that Hank had blissfully abandoned his Heisenberg search after Gale was offed, but an over-emotional Walt had to open his mouth and put Hank on the road that would eventually lead him to W.W.

Nobody's perfect - not even criminal masterminds and evil geniuses. (Well, okay - I mean besides Hannibal Lecter).

Walt's ECF (Emotional Control Factor) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jesse's & Hank's