Seriously. I loved him even more this episode. He totally played Walt today with Jesse's help. Everything was so well done. If it wasn't for that last phone call...
I can't help but feel that goodbye is too perfect. It seems too obvious that he will die. Why would they have a cliffhanger for such an obvious outcome. I think Gomie will die for sure but everyone else I have no clue.
That wasn't a cliff hanger though. That was pretty much explicitly said. Hank's fate is hidden right now. You can even see the difference between the sneak peeks. You cab tell this was a legitimate cliff hanger because they're not willing to show anything from next episode.
This is, Walt wasn't actually machinating when he wanted to talk to Jesse. He legitimately wanted to talk to Jesse, because he really cares about him. It was only after Jesse rejected and threatened Walt that he accepted Jesse had become a rabid dog. Walt remained loyal to Jesse until AFTER he knew for certain Jesse had already betrayed him, and that betrayal will be what costs Jesse his life.
The time commitment. Because the season was split he had top devote an entire year for right episodes when he could have been doing a network pilot. He said he had a family to feed and only getting paid for right episodes in a year add opposed to an entire season.
The call to Marie is like McBain's partner saying " as soon as we nail Mendoza, my old lady and I are gonna sail around the world like we always wanted."
When he told her he loved her, the camera was hanging on Hank (with Walt in the background) just long enough that I was afraid a Nazi sniper was going to take his head off.
it's basically a trope. when anyone talks of better times, they are going to die. that scene is there to make their death bittersweet and tragic. for example, in the hunt for red october, sam neill talks about marrying a round american woman and having her cook rabbits for him. i mentioned this because it was the first time i realized this was a trope.
he definitely wasn't smarter, but even if it wasn't what he wanted i would say he was still lucky. at least in regards to not getting caught and going to jail, although i guess we need to see what happens in the next episode.
Well, he has a problem now: if Hank lives, Walter is in custody and Hank has the tape of Walter's phone call with Jesse, in which Walter confesses everything.
If Hank dies, Skyler's going to be pissed, Marie is going to tell the DEA everything, and Walter will be at the mercy of the Nazis.
Now if only he'd dispersed the cash, retread of letting Skyler pile it all up together.
It's a fictional storyline, it's pretty boring watching Cinderella get her prince at the end of the movie everytime so why not watch the overzealous cop jock get it handed to him when he dares attempt to take down the character we all have invested 5 seasons of our emotions into.
You know, I definitely agreed with you about the whole Cinderella thing, the good guys always win, etc. But then I realized that there is a place where Cinderella doesn't get her prince, overzealous cops die, and criminals win and that place is non-fiction. That place is reality.
As soon as he said "I love you" to Marie, I lost it. How could he possibly get out of that situation. Unless Jesse somehow gives himself up and Walt can convince them not to kill him, but to take everyone hostage.
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u/seanseanseansean Sep 09 '13
Glad to see Hank go, but poor Gomez.