Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 7

I just found out that the 9th episode of breaking bad has been leaked, a major mistake so to speak. It's circulating the web and can be found at www (dot) breakingbadseason5 (dot) webs (dot) com.

My review:

The ninth episode was a total shocker and was incredible well put together even though the high expectations i was left with after episode 8. I honestly never hope that this show ends because it is way too good to be true.

Hank will clue into Walt. That, I think, will be the cliffhanger at the end of the first leg of season 5. There have been numerous things pointing to Walt since season one that Hank first handedly observed. They include:



1)The gas mask found in the desert which Hank traced back to Walt's classroom. Hank then looks at Walt's chemistry lab's inventory and finds various items missing.

2)Walt admits to having interaction with Jesse Pinkman, when Skyler traces Jesse's phone call to their house. Walt covers this up with his wife as Jesse sells him marijuana.

3)Walt's second cell phone, which is discovered by Skyler and Hank when Walt goes missing. Hank even says "Walt has a secret," as they are discussing it.

4)Walt's mysterious disappearance when he's kidnapped by Tucco. Hank, in searching for Walt, runs into Tucco and kills him.

5)Walt's large sum of money that he and Skyler use to pay for Hank's medical treatment after he is assaulted. Skyler says Walt obtained this money through secret underground gambling.

6)The fact that Walt is a brilliant chemist, and would certainly have the know-how to create the superb meth product that hit the streets ever since Hank discovered the gasmask and glassware missing from Walt's lab.



Hank is a very clever DEA agent, who is able to discover truths through subtle circumstantial clues that don't add up as we have seen through his ruthless investigation of Gus.



That's what I think will happen...Where all the other loose ends will end up could go anywhere. Skyler losing her mind and her talking with Marie. The nine people tied into the operation through Pollos Hermanos who will certainly be investigated now that their lawyer is busted. Walt's new lab partner, who doesn't know the full extent of what he's gotten himself into, and how he will respond when it hits him. Walt's not willing to get out of the operation as it gets more and more dangerous.

Killing Mike just make me sad, Mike kinda reminds me of my late father. not the looks, what i mean was the job. i was raised from a "blood money" but my late father still teach me the right things to do in life... but i still love the series, not this episode...

In another masterful episode of Breaking Bad Walt gets taken to the meet with the Arizona crew. He pitches to them his need for distribution in exchange for 35% of his take. He says that the methalomine is work more being cooked for an alliance if they pool their resources than for the 15 million they would've paid for just the 1,000 gallons alone. Walt really put his pants on this morning seeing how coolly and poised he delivered his business pitch. Making another manufacturer say his name and fire their current cook was a great idea and the purity of his product and that junkies will pay more for it were really the main points that he had to make the pitch. 35% is a reasonable enough price especially since Mike wants out. When Walt doesn't leave Jesse out of the equation saying that the Arizona crew will have "two of the best cooks in America" instead of just one. Mike gives congratulations to Walter for his pitch and gives Jesse a warmer goodbye telling him to take care of himself. Walt had hidden the tank of methalomine in the Car Wash which he had Skyler close for the day cleverly and when she tries to grill him about what's in the tanker he "puts her in her place" which made me feel sad for Skyler being an accomplice with no real power or need to know anything. Mike's lawyer continues the "Legacy Cost" from his cut of the 5 million the Arizona crew gave him as a "finder's fee" for hooking them up with Walt. Walt's scene with Jesse where's he so sure he'll cave and come back even though he insists that he's out and telling Jesse he'll have nothing if he walks out was powerful, in a "Walt is totally alone now with his little empire" sort of way. Walt follows Mike's advice and removes the bug from Hank's office who, after a search of Mike's place (he had already dumped all of his guns and other tools in a well in the boonies) turned up nothing after his attempted restraining order didn't pan out. Hank gets a hunch, even after getting ordered to order surveillance off of Mike, to follow the lawyer he's using to deposit the money in the deposit boxes of the members of Gus's former crew. When Gomez catches the lawyer putting the money away he humorously says the only thing he can to a man with a badge catching him in that position "Hello." Now that the legacy cost is compromised they will flip and give the DEA Mike and Walt and Jesse. When in Hank's office Walt hears of them moving in on Mike since the lawyer flipped and is willing to give him to the DEA. Walt calls Mike, who's in the park with his granddaughter, and after a set-up call from the lawyer that's he's going to come meet him Mike hesitates but hauls ass out of there. He makes Walt go to the airport where he has a "care-bag" with cash and passports and a gun in it in long-term parking at the airport. When Walt takes him the bag Mike chews Walt out for ruining the great business arrangement they had with Gus and curses Walt's ego. Walt almost takes it lying down, but having taken the gun out of the bag he goes to Mike's window and shoots him sloppily causing the car to swerve into the desert brush. When Walt puts himself back together and finds Mike's driver door open and blood leading away it proves how much of a bad-ass Mike is even when caught off guard he was a certified fighter. Walt trying to apologize for simply being able to get the names of the cons from Lydia instead of sweating Mike for them leads Mike to tell him to "Shut the F**k up and let me die in peace." So ends Mike's life. Heisenberg is now front and center and expanding business further than ever before. In closing Mike got a good go out of the series having lasted for a long time on the show. I only hope that his daughter gets to keep the money that the lawyer put in the safety deposit box and they didn't find out about and seize the money from it and that she doesn't learn the hard way about what her grandfather did for a living. Walt will have to run next week since we saw the future Walt at his 52nd birthday in the season opener and buying an assault rifle for some reason. Acting as a bridge of Hank finally finding out about the real "Heisenberg" next week should be a good handle for Dean Norris to finally sink his teeth into after all of this time since it's always been about how close and unseeing he is about what Walt really does.

nice shet

Anyway get a weird Michelle from American Pie flashback when Walt kept telling them to say his name?



I guess this was an okay episode, but the watered down Jesse I don't like, and killing off Mike was not a wise decision as he has probably been the most intriguing character on the show for some time now. How did he get out of the car so quickly too? Kind of unrealistic there.



It was a good episode, but again nothing this season has been "Breaking Bad quality."

I was practically clutching my chest after that last scene. My heart was pounding. Please not Mike, anyone but Mike. Walter has left such a path of destruction and ruined lives (for the few still living) that I think it'll be very satisfying to see him finally get his in the end. What other show has transformed it's hero into a villain of such psychotic menace? Truly remarkable. Can't wait to see that inevitable shoot out!

The fact this season is so obsessed with the downward spiral of WW, i believe has reduced the other characters in the show as plain simpletons which in turn has reduced the show's realism.



Where is the intellect of Skyler to get out of a jam as in previous seasons. They've reduced her into a battered wife character that came out of nowhere, flip a switch and now she's a woman with no options. Not totally believable IMO. Her character was a person who could think on her feet and get what she wanted. If she really wanted Walt to go away, then she could easily salvage her life by turning to the DEA/bro-in-law and give Walt up. She may not be forgiven by her sister but at least her kids can grow up in a drug free household. She's not thinking logically because if she waits and does nothing, Walt can be nabbed by authorities which in turn will make her an accomplice to the crime, and she will lose everything. If she does gives him up, she may save herself and possibly her family. She can play the heroine and kill the monster herself.



Jesse character has been reduced significantly as well. They've reduced him into a zombie walking a constant fog. He goes about his days crying about fallen kids from previous shows. Its getting to be pathetic and the fact that he walked out on Walter in the last episode breathed a little life into him. He could easily give up Walter as well.



So far this season has been a bit of a downer IMO. There's been a lot more scenes that have been a bit of a reach in believability i.e. the Super magnet caper, the train heist, and the Pest fumigation cooking stations are a bit outrageous and hard to swallow.



Hopefully the future episodes will return a bit of realism back in the show and restore some of the characters that were so wonderfully developed in past seasons.

Say My Name was a series classic! The episode was perfectly entertaining and I really enjoyed the character and plot development. It was intriguing to see the story go from Walt solidifying his business venture in the beginning to every thing seemingly falling apart by the end. The Say My Name scene was awesome. It was cool how Hank worked around his bosses instructions and my heart was racing as Mike discovered he was about to be caught. Walt and Jesse's scenes were good and it was fun watching Walt teach Todd how to cook. The scene where Walt confronts Mike for the names of his guys in prison was very realistic. The last scene was sad, peaceful, beautiful, and had me gasping for more! I look forward to the next episode!!!!!!!!!

(Spoilers of course)



...was so well done.



As always there was a slow build throughout that made it feel inevitable. With Jesse waffling and Skyler unwilling to even chat at dinner, Walt has no support system.



In the final moments, the writers took everything into consideration in crafting the action - that Walt would attempt to chat through the issue with Mike first and foremost. That it would take Mike angering him for him to turn back with the intent to kill. That Mike would not give up easily, getting as far as to exit the car before giving in. And that Walt would realize after the fact that he didn't need to hurt Mike when Lydia was still available to shake down. That line made the whole thing heartbreaking (and neatly avoided a plot hole). All of it was extremely faithful to the character they've been building for five seasons and I won't be surprised when this death does not stop Walt's pursuit of an empire.

The fact that this show could end in so many ways that excited me, but SMN was one of these episodes that reminds us that the show is going to an ending.

It was a good episode, but the choices made by the writers... I believed that it could be more drama and more of the classic touch like the others seasons and the past episodes.

I believe that the end of this episode showed that Heisenberg is going to clean everyone on his path... and I believe that this could also include "friends" and family.

In other words: there is a trade off in "cleaning" the cast x more drama on the show - and the key is making this cleaning process a drama, like with Fringe - what happened in SMN is that this process was too fast... Hope that we don't lose more drama in the few remaining episodes...

The great Heisneberg has made a mistake: Killing Mike!

It was the best episode of this season. So intense and solid and at the same time, pivotal . Walt has turned into a formidable and confident figure that is fun and at the same time hard to watch. Things will get complicated for him from here now on, though.



Killing Mike was not a planned decision. It was spontaneous and pointless. Walt even apologized to him, showing he was regretting his decision. Let's not forget that Mike had already tried several times to kill Walter, so in a way, he got what he deserved. This will obviously infuriate Jesse and horrify Saul though. They will hear about Mike's death, and since Walt was the last person who met him, it won't be too hard to find out about the killer's identity. This can easily end up in a big feud between Walt and Jesse.

About Skylar, I think there has been too much time spent to show Skylar's despair and frustration to leave it without a conclusion. I think it's all a build up for Skylar to finally decide to give Walt away to Hank.

wow this was hard to watch. I knew ever since Walt was in Hanks office and he heard that they were going for Mike that it was gonna end like that but it didnt took away from the shock, i was screaming at the screen "MIKE GO AWAY" it was so suspenful and hard to watch, the director did an amazing job, the actors did an amazing job. Mike will be missed, Walt will be hated but this is how it has to be

This episode was fairly slow throughoutt. Very little intensity occured when compared to some of the earlier episodes in the season, but that's if you take it at face value. Walt continues to devolve into something monstrous, selfish, and most damneding of them all perhaps, confident. This episode is centered almost entirely around Walt's pride (indeed, take note of the title of the episode), which has been the focal point of the season in general, but so far this is the episode in which that story element takes the front seat all the way through.



This episode may also be the end of the Fring investigation on part of the DEA, but you'll have to read further into my review to understand why. The final episode of this half of Breaking Bad may mark the eve of the coming conflict, which seems inevitable, between Hank & Walt/Heisenberg. Hank has even been usurped officially by his superiors in the DEA in the case against Gus Fring's right-hand man, Mike, but Hank will no doubt find his attention turned towards the ever present "blue sky" that Walt produces, right under Hank's nose no less.



Mike has let a little something slip so far, and that something gets picked up on, big-time, by the DEA. They're hot on his heels, and while he's a very resourceful fellow who has dealt with perhaps worse scenarios before, this occasion will be the end of him in some way or another. Just when it seemed he was getting out for good, to be a grandfather again and to get away from the life that could have seen him dead, Walt decides that he won't let Mike leave on his terms. Just before the episode closes, tinged with a tugging sense of tragedy, Mike, sitting absolutely still and shocked, the last of his blood leaving his body, falls dead.



It wasn't a heart attack that did him. It wasn't ricin that did him. It wasn't even a hit-man or a DEA shootdown that did him...



It was Walt, fueled by his craving for further power, who took his life. It was all for the money that he felt was entirely his. It was the Olympic-summit of pride that drove him to make this the old man's last day alive.



Now that leaves Jesse, and then Hank, and then...Skyler. What further damage he'll do to carve his niche as the great and powerful Heinsenberg, is anyone's guess. Just know that crap is going to hit the fan, and it won't be pretty.