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08-27-2012 I don't know why you treat me so bad Think of all the things that we could have had ... I wanna know Can you tell me? I'd love to stay Take me to the river Drop me in the water -Talking Heads (actual lyrics this time) Does misery love company? Does the devil need henchmen? Our full-blown Heisenberg, formerly Walter White, seems to want no one around him. Yet he needs people to help him run his empire. He can be the best, but not on his own. Not without a 2nd cook/helper. Not without a distribution network in place. Walt has put a distance between himself and everyone in his life, and it started back in Season 1 with Skyler. He didn't even have the courtesy to lie to her about his disappearances (except the one that left him sans pants in a convenience store). Instead, he remained silent and let them go unexplained. Walt's relationships with Jesse, Mike, Saul, Gus, etc. have always varied based on what Walt wanted. Moments of sincerity have proven to be dispelled quickly. When Walt has needed something (usually protection or getting out of a jam), he has frantically pleaded and begged, only to return to his domineering and calculating ways when the leverage again shifted in his favor. Skyler, Mike, and finally Jesse, now all see through Walt. Jesse stands up for himself in this episode (but c'mon, who doesn't like go carts?!?), but doesn't bother to call Walt on his false sympathy for our little dirtbiker. Mike's verbal assault on Walt's ego grew more and more forceful as time passed. While Mike originally let his fist do the talking to Walt in a bar a couple seasons ago, he ramped up the directness of his loathing for Walt's character this season. And poor Mike. Not only did he physically and financially abandon his granddaughter (don't worry, I'm sure the swarm of cops in the park scooped Kaylee up and returned her to her parents), but he had to die accompanied by the person he probably hated most in the world. No matter if he escaped and rode off into the sunset, or died an abrupt death, I didn't want to see Mike leave the show. In fact, I wanted this to be the Season of Mike. Can't always get what you want. Rest in peace, with your old pal Gus. How foolish was I though, to think for a minute he might actually get away? Part of me thought Mike was going to jump down that well full of laptops and an arsenal and come out Batman style on the bottom, wearing a full cap and mask and ready to bust his rocket-powered Mike-mobile out into the desert at exceedingly high speed. Silly me. With the possible exception of Walt, I don't know if any of the main cast will be left standing by the time this ride comes to a complete stop. We've seen many strange and unexpected partnerships throughout these seasons of Breaking Bad, and we're about to see another. Don't think that Skyler and Jesse's gaze met for nothing, and that Skyler abruptly leaving Walt at the dinner table meant she was going for a 2nd helping of "choice" green beans. No, we've got a plan brewing with those two. I don't think it's a revolutionary thought to believe that Jesse told Skyler that Walt could have walked away from this crime world and picked up a cool $5M in the process. I bet that news went over as well with her as Albertson's liquor department being closed. Not many more thoughts from this week. Most of the action happened on the screen! Tune in next week to the show (for the final episode until 2013)... and my blog! -T |
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