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Breaking Bad

Springs

First Grade
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Well....that's basically what I said. My point is that it doesn't really matter what Gilligan says :p

he's not the first author that accidentally created an evil character that others find more sympathetic than he intended through good writing. People will like a well written character. Have you ever read (or know of) the book Lolita. Same deal with that. There is no way in hell Nabokov meant for the main character to be liked. Some people like him though.

Well I think it does matter what Gilligan says as it always matters what the authors say. But that doesn't mean people have to like or not like a character. Hell, people like Hannibal Lector.

Of course it matters what the creator says. People can like the main character of Lolita, but if Nabokov says his intentions are bad, then his intentions are bad. People can still like him despite his bad intentions though. I think that's how this argument started, people questioning me saying Walt is a merkin. People can like Walt as much as they want, but hell, he's still a god damn bastard. Same as people like Theon, or Jaime Lannister, or Stannis in Game of Thrones.

9942 people have reviewed this episode on IMDB

That's 3000 more votes than any other episode in the show's history. And that's in a day. Wow.
 

simmo1

First Grade
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Have a feeling Lydia might show up at Todd's new meth lab and help Jesse escape somehow. Todd's ringtone in the previous episode was 'She Blinded me with Science' so maybe he goes down the same way those two guys in season one did (Crazy 88 and the other guy?).
 

natheel

Coach
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12,137
That was a roller coaster of an episode. Felt sad in parts especially seeing the little girls face cowering at the end. Can't believe what happened still in shock.
 

Mader45

Juniors
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If you check out the writers of each episode you could kind of tell this episode was going to be great because of the previous episodes this person wrote. Off the top of my head i think they wrote both the train episode and the ep when Gus took out the cartel.

This isnt my favourite drama of all time but the more I reflect on it I think this was the best episode of a drama ive ever seen.


Better than Pine Barrens from the sopranos


Better than Middle Ground from the Wire ( the one where stringer gets it)
 

veggiepatch1959

First Grade
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9,841
Looks like I'm in for some good viewing. I have all episodes up to and including Season 5 Episode 14. So far I've watched Season 1 Episodes 1 and 2.

I can relate to this show somewhat. I was approached by some bikers in the late 1980s to set up a speed lab in Sydney due to my chemistry qualifications. I declined. Being rich and a corpse or in jail didn't appeal to me at the time.
 

Walt Flanigan

Referee
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Pretty funny to think with all Walt's careful planning and covering that he was undone by a scribble in a book in a toilet.
 

Storm13

Juniors
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Holy mother of god 1 episode to go, and Todd is such a cold blooded killer.

And to think Cranston didn't even win the Emmy :(
 

azzah72

Bench
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4,202
Jesus Christ. Such an intense episode.

.... and to think that was essentially the calm before the storm! :shock:

I was genuinely shocked when
Andrea was killed, I always thought she'd be sacred, killer blow for me!
 
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HowHigh

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Another quality episode

I think Todd just became one of my favourite characters

Sad to see how desperate Walt was just for some human interaction
 

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