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Breaking Bad recap: Gliding All Over
09-04-2012

Don't let your buns go down on me
You'll have to search behind you for something to read
This is just another fragment of Walt's life
You wouldn't see...
If you just had to pee
Now will Walt lose everything?
We'll have to wait a few months to see
 -Elton John, kinda sorta

Not since Homer Simpson's infamous rant have asses and Walt Whitman been so closely tied together...


I'm feeling list-y today. This episode was good, but not great, for me. Couple montages, the passage of more time than we've probably seen on any other episode, and another scene with nice (viewer) tension between Hank and Walt. Let's get to some highlights.

3 things will always stand out for me in this episode:
  • Two minute neo-Nazi prison killing spree.
  • A silverfish-proof mountain of cash.
  • Hank dropping trow in the White bathroom.
Sorta powerful things that will be easily forgotten:
  • Todd fixed the fixer. Mike is now dissolved and his car now resembles a Rubik's Cube.
  • The ricin is still in play.
  • Jesse is using again, if only weed.

On the cusp of a new release, the creator of Schraderbrau found another project to keep him busy...


Questions from this episode that all can be answered with varying degrees of "Who cares?"
  • Why is Walt Jr going by Flynn again if the Whites are all a happy family now?
  • How much time passed during the "Crystal Blue Persuasion" montage?
  • Where did Hank grow up? There are no trees in New Mexico.
  • Wouldn't involving a handful of Neo-Nazis and all their imprisoned henchmen create a ton more loose ends?
  • Is Walt's cancer back?
  • Was there a love connection between Walt and Lydia at their first meeting? After all, illegality does turn him on.
  • What does it cost to have 10 prison inmates killed?
Lingering question(s):
When Walt proclaims he is "out," how can it just be that simple? Has Todd taken over production? Surely Lydia, Declan and Co., Todd, Saul, everyone on the Czech distribution end, and everyone else getting a piece of the action would protest if the game were suddenly over.

Why is Walt out? Why was $5 million not enough before, but this bedsheet-covered pile of cash (a Storage Wars dream of a locker!) is now enough? Why no more empire-building, Walt? Was going global all you wanted?

Crazy prediction:
My predictions are not generally coming true. So I'm just going to shoot for the moon. What do we know about Hank and Walt? They drink together. Wine, Knob Creek, tequila...their party don't stop until Flynn pukes in the pool. My thoughts: Schraderbrau + ricin = a killer beer, bro(-in-law).

See you again next year!
-T


tony@monstercards.net