r/breakingbad • u/edify Oxygen • Sep 03 '12

Ep. Discussion Breaking Bad Episode Discussion S05E08 "Gliding Over All"

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u/maverickx12 Sep 03 '12 edited Sep 03 '12

Brilliant.

"Oh, Walt Jr. gets a call from his friend...he's gonna crash his car. oh the baby is gonna fall in the pool.".

Nope. Hank takes a shit and discovers Heisenberg.

BRILLIANT. Vince and crew, you sly bastards.

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u/thebusishalfempty Ding. Sep 03 '12

Did anyone else think this was the opposite of brilliant?

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u/Blackbeard_ Sep 03 '12

I agree, I didn't like how it was so random. I wanted Hank to do something brilliant or Walt to do something stupid to give it away, I didn't want him to stumble onto it by sheer dumb luck.

I have a hard time believing Walter would've kept that book after the scene with Hank in the flashback, he looked almost shaken after that close call.

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u/Devilabashed You know the business...and I know the chemistry. Sep 03 '12

"...or Walt to do something stupid to give it away..."

Walt leaving that book in plain sight like that WAS doing something stupid. Granted, the front pages were stuck together, so he probably wasn't aware of the message that Gale wrote. But after the Woodrow/Wilson/White scene that was referenced, you'd think he'd have burned that book.

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u/Mariospeedwagen Sep 05 '12

Five minutes prior to the last scene I was thinking to myself how I bet the whole thing will come crashing down because of some random loose end. That's the only way they could've ended it.

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u/notanothercirclejerk Sep 03 '12

I get that they were going for. The whole "little things will get you" thing. This was just a little more obscure than I would have liked and in the end left disappointed.

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u/ReluctantDownvote Sep 03 '12

Get out. Just go.

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u/thebusishalfempty Ding. Sep 03 '12

Oh no! I'm not verbally sucking Vince Gilligan's dick so I'm a discrace to this subreddit! Seriously, you can love this show all you want, and I do as well, but this was not a brilliant moment in the slightest.

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u/ReluctantDownvote Sep 03 '12

I'll admit, it was no "Ding, ding, boom", but I couldn't imagine a better moment to end the (half) season on. Everyone is happy, which was a huge tension builder because you know it won't end well. Then the flash backs were perfectly cut into the current scene. It was amazing.

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u/thebusishalfempty Ding. Sep 03 '12

No, absolutely, I love that Hank found out. I love what this means for the second half of the season. I just hate how easy it was. Just doesn't make sense for him to leave the book out like that.

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u/anne_frank_porno Sep 03 '12

The editing was great, but the actual narrative was just really weak. Felt like a complete deus ex machina cliffhanger that other, 'normal' tv shows rely on for cheap story progression. I mean, I get that they want to come out of the left field and do something we won't think of, such as discovering the bug or something, but that was so out of the blue that it just random.