On 07/23/2012 06:10 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey <no_reply@> wrote: >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: >>>> Yup. The "inexplainable season opener flashforward" >>>> is now a well-known device on BB. The teddy bear in >>>> the pool, which made no sense at all until the last >>>> episode of the season, etc. I suspect we won't know >>>> fersure why Walt is investing in such heavy iron >>>> until the last of these 16 episodes. And that it'll >>>> be a real trip getting there. >>> Word. >>> >>> I'm down for any direction the writers wanna take it, >>> but my intuition tells me that we are going to find out >>> why the Cartel gave young Gustavo a pass when they killed >>> and bled out his chemist partner in the swimming pool. >>> It just feels like we are going to learn who it is in Chile >>> that Juan Bolsa with the Juarez did not wish to offend. >> I suspect you're right. I hadn't thought about the >> "progression" thing from small crook (small fish) >> to big crook (big fish), with Walt becoming more >> and more of a predator as he breaks badder, but >> it really works as a theme. So he's bound to meet >> and have to deal with even bigger fish than Gus. > [ For those who have not watched the series but > plan to someday, be warned: HERE BE SPOILERS ] > > Wow. I hadn't seen the second episode when I wrote > the above. T'would seem you were right about the > German connection, and about the "bigger fish" who > will enter the picture now that "middle-sized fish" > Gus Fring is out of it. > > I've opined in the past that Walt has never *really* > "broken bad," in that he's always struck me as being > in self-denial of how bad he'd become. That is now > a thing of the past. He's BAD, and he knows it. It > isn't just "I am the one who knocks" posturing for > his wife. He is one badass motherfucker. > > I really loved Lydia. It's such a wonderful play > on the New Agey side of New Mexico and on the > multifaceted nature of villains that one of the big > players in the international drug trade tries to > order camomile tea with soy milk and stevia in > a diner where they don't know what she's talking > about, and is forced to settle for hot water with > lemon, all while passing a list with eleven names > on it over the table and asking the person she's > passing it to to kill all eleven. > > I'm seeing an eventual showdown not only between Walt > and the international big fish who ran Gus, but > between him and Hank. It's previewed and hinted at > in the scene in which Hank's DEA boss is saying > goodbye, having had to throw himself under the bus > in the wake of having hob-nobbed with Gus, who was > posing as a "police supporter." He laments, "I had > him out to my house...Fourth of July...cooked out in > the back yard...my son shucked the corn, my daughter > cooked the potatoes...Fring brought sea bass. Every > time I grill it now I make a little foil pouch, just > like he showed me. The whole night we were laughing, > telling stories, drinking wine. And he's somebody > else completely. Right in front of me. Right under > my nose." > > And the camera then shows us Hank's face, for seven > or eight seconds, which is an eternity in TV editing > time these days, and allows us to pre-imagine what > that face is going to look like when he finds out > about Walt.
That was one helluva episode and more like a movie than a TV episode. I like that they step out and innovate in this series. Comparatively, the "True Blood" episode which I watched following was rather flat. BTW, for folks who like quirky shows, AMC's "Small Town Security" is a hoot. You've got this woman who with her husband runs a security firm somewhere in Georgia. You'll have some expectations from that but the show will confound them. The woman, who is now 61, was even in a movie or two as a teenager. This is a "reality series" but I suspect it is still somewhat scripted.
