They want us to think he loses the money - but him leaving a $100 tip at the Denny's makes me think he ends up with it.
Breaking Bad
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Good point!
YenChih Lin
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I had turned on the radio about quarter past 12 and I always hear the public broadcaster WDR5, which is mostly known for news, science, and cultural broadcast, so mostly intellectual. BUT today happend, that they featured BB in their broadcast "Scala", those of you, who can understand german, here the link The Luck of the Screenwriter, for the other here the complete transcript by me.
The Luck of the Screenwriter
"Breaking Bad"-Inventer Vince Gilligan in Berlin
Moderation: Stefanie Junker
The series is celebrated anthem-like for years: "Breaking Bad". The story of a cancer ill chemistry teacher, who transforms into the drug kingpin Heisenberg, elates audiences and critics alike. Sometimes, even elements from Charles Dickens novels, Wagner-opera or Geothe's Faust are interpreted into the series. The creator and author of "Breaking Bad" is currently on an european tour and appeared very humbled in Berlin.
Transcript:
Jesse: Crystal Meth…
Gus: 3 Million Dollars of three months of your time…
Skylar: Your are in over your head, admit that you are in danger…
Walter: I am NOT in danger, I AM THE DANGER…
The figure of Walter White, a square chemistry teacher, who transforms into drug dealer Heisenberg, is without exaggeration one of the most outstanding character of the recent tv history. Walt becomes a meth cooker by chance, a student brings him on the idea and since Walt needs a lot of money for his cancer therapy, he transforms himself into Heisenberg in no time - a play on the name of the german physicist Werner Heisenberg. In its pop-cultural significance is Walter White comparable to JR Ewing from Dallas in the 80's. To discuss the motive about this figure and the whole series, the Berlin Science Center has invited for a round to talk about "Breaking Bad" intensively like a novel from Charles Dickens or a Wagner opera. Vince Gilligan, author and creator of the series, age 46, dark-haired with glasses, appeared very humbled. The crayzed success doesn't seem to went over his head. "For me, first and foremost, "Breaking Bad" is a character study about one exceptional man, who is exceptionally bad. He transforms himself over the time into someone in a way, that most people would reject or simple can't be and it's ok, but you can say that the series sheds a light on what economic problems in america and worldwide exists. And even the health care system in the US plays a role, what obviously doesn't work like it should. But at the end of the day the series is more a character study about a man, who must go through all those problems, which sheds more a light on him than on the conditions of the society,if you know what I mean… Oddly not so much the other way around, if that makes sense."
People act in a strong economic pressure against their moral convictions. This knowledge, that can be proven in many scientific studies, is the central theme of the series, where its moral assessments is changing between Tolstoi and Charles Dickens as a discussant mentioned. Remains to be seen, if that's correct, "Breaking Bad" offers it's characters and their actors an enormous potential for development. No character seems to be, like it was from the start and during the 5 season, everything changes. And that's also one thing that repesents the quality of the show. Gilligan describes like this:
"In some sense this show is about second chances, it's about a man, who has the feeling that he had failed and strangely through this diagnosis a second chance emerges for his life. As the moral and the economy also plays a role, because at this point, Walt is about selling drugs. It's about the capitalism of the street. He must sell the product he produces and learns a lot in a short time and makes a lot of mistakes…"
The show is like a western in its form of execution. A lot external shots where the desert landscape of New Mexico are shown in totals. Figures, who meets in lonely steppes, trades their businesses and act like cowboys, leaves the audience in a constant trepidation. Despite Gilligan and his writers are integrating a lot of humor and irony, the basic mood in "Breaking Bad" a bleak one. And that was intented as he told us. *Interludes BB theme* The exuberant critics all over the world could be explained that Gilligan has come to certain point in his career, where he wanted to do something extraordinary. And that can be said about the show. In the 90's he wrote as main screenwriter for "The X-Files". The show was also very successful, but wasn't quite the big pitch, especially it didn't reached the pop-cultural significance of "Breaking Bad". Gillian finds it quite sad, that Hollywood is currently on a decline concerning creativity in contrary to television. And yet, in spite of the vast channels in the USA, new providers like internet streaming service Netflix and therefor new creative possiblities, the sucess of "Breaking Bad" couldn't be realized without the combination of circumstances and factors, says Gilligan. "Truthfully, luck takes such a hand in the making of television. Luck and the collaboration of the best people you can find. Some things can be credited to me, not everything. But at a certain point on, luck plays a hand. Luck or though luck."
The Luck of the Screenwriter
"Breaking Bad"-Inventer Vince Gilligan in Berlin
Moderation: Stefanie Junker
The series is celebrated anthem-like for years: "Breaking Bad". The story of a cancer ill chemistry teacher, who transforms into the drug kingpin Heisenberg, elates audiences and critics alike. Sometimes, even elements from Charles Dickens novels, Wagner-opera or Geothe's Faust are interpreted into the series. The creator and author of "Breaking Bad" is currently on an european tour and appeared very humbled in Berlin.
Transcript:
Jesse: Crystal Meth…
Gus: 3 Million Dollars of three months of your time…
Skylar: Your are in over your head, admit that you are in danger…
Walter: I am NOT in danger, I AM THE DANGER…
The figure of Walter White, a square chemistry teacher, who transforms into drug dealer Heisenberg, is without exaggeration one of the most outstanding character of the recent tv history. Walt becomes a meth cooker by chance, a student brings him on the idea and since Walt needs a lot of money for his cancer therapy, he transforms himself into Heisenberg in no time - a play on the name of the german physicist Werner Heisenberg. In its pop-cultural significance is Walter White comparable to JR Ewing from Dallas in the 80's. To discuss the motive about this figure and the whole series, the Berlin Science Center has invited for a round to talk about "Breaking Bad" intensively like a novel from Charles Dickens or a Wagner opera. Vince Gilligan, author and creator of the series, age 46, dark-haired with glasses, appeared very humbled. The crayzed success doesn't seem to went over his head. "For me, first and foremost, "Breaking Bad" is a character study about one exceptional man, who is exceptionally bad. He transforms himself over the time into someone in a way, that most people would reject or simple can't be and it's ok, but you can say that the series sheds a light on what economic problems in america and worldwide exists. And even the health care system in the US plays a role, what obviously doesn't work like it should. But at the end of the day the series is more a character study about a man, who must go through all those problems, which sheds more a light on him than on the conditions of the society,if you know what I mean… Oddly not so much the other way around, if that makes sense."
People act in a strong economic pressure against their moral convictions. This knowledge, that can be proven in many scientific studies, is the central theme of the series, where its moral assessments is changing between Tolstoi and Charles Dickens as a discussant mentioned. Remains to be seen, if that's correct, "Breaking Bad" offers it's characters and their actors an enormous potential for development. No character seems to be, like it was from the start and during the 5 season, everything changes. And that's also one thing that repesents the quality of the show. Gilligan describes like this:
"In some sense this show is about second chances, it's about a man, who has the feeling that he had failed and strangely through this diagnosis a second chance emerges for his life. As the moral and the economy also plays a role, because at this point, Walt is about selling drugs. It's about the capitalism of the street. He must sell the product he produces and learns a lot in a short time and makes a lot of mistakes…"
The show is like a western in its form of execution. A lot external shots where the desert landscape of New Mexico are shown in totals. Figures, who meets in lonely steppes, trades their businesses and act like cowboys, leaves the audience in a constant trepidation. Despite Gilligan and his writers are integrating a lot of humor and irony, the basic mood in "Breaking Bad" a bleak one. And that was intented as he told us. *Interludes BB theme* The exuberant critics all over the world could be explained that Gilligan has come to certain point in his career, where he wanted to do something extraordinary. And that can be said about the show. In the 90's he wrote as main screenwriter for "The X-Files". The show was also very successful, but wasn't quite the big pitch, especially it didn't reached the pop-cultural significance of "Breaking Bad". Gillian finds it quite sad, that Hollywood is currently on a decline concerning creativity in contrary to television. And yet, in spite of the vast channels in the USA, new providers like internet streaming service Netflix and therefor new creative possiblities, the sucess of "Breaking Bad" couldn't be realized without the combination of circumstances and factors, says Gilligan. "Truthfully, luck takes such a hand in the making of television. Luck and the collaboration of the best people you can find. Some things can be credited to me, not everything. But at a certain point on, luck plays a hand. Luck or though luck."
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ghostryder
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Junior is probably in the room while Jesse is pouring the gas just eating some breakfast. Once the fire gets started he'll probably just pour his orange juice or the milk from his cereal on the blaze to put it out.
It's the only logical solution. :lol
-Nick
Is it me, or are they REALLY dragging this out? To me, tonight's episode seemed really slow with not much going on.
neosporing
Sr Member
nope not just you... major fluff filled episode... with some contrived lighting to boot...
DuneMuadDib
Sr Member
Yeah, that was such a disappointment to see them throw contrivances and stalling nonsense at us after how quickly things escalated in the previous few episodes. Most other shows I wouldn't bat an eye at the cliffhanger "resolution" but I expect Breaking Bad to not just cop out like that. They could have positioned the players roughly where they are at the end of this episode just as well if they'd not copped out like that.
PotionMistress
Sr Member
I don’t think it is really an accident that the show had nothing exceptional in it this week. It was intended to skim through a notoriously slow Labor Day weekend, when very few people are watching. I’m actually surprised they had a new episode at all…many shows skip this week because of low viewing.
DuneMuadDib
Sr Member
I don't think a holiday is an excuse to put out a sub par episode.
YenChih Lin
Master Member
Man, just watched it and… first, way to kill of tension to built it up again. The very intelligent thing was, when Jesse was going to the Plaza and seemed to be intimidated by the bald guy, who totally had nothing to do with it… I wonder, of what he will come up. When Walt was talking to Todd and it faded to black, I was "Oh no! No, no, no, no… F…!" I wanted to go on!
I'm surprised to see so many people down on this episode - I thought it was great - tension all the way through. Seems like whenever there is an episode without violence/action people start dogging on it for being too slow and/or boring. Great character development... I noticed the theme in this episode where every character EXCEPT Walt wanted someone killed (well, seemingly until the very last scene). I'll be curious to see Jr.'s reaction to the truth about his dad when it finally comes out.
DuneMuadDib
Sr Member
I think half the episode was solid, but overall it felt more like it was merely aligning pieces for the next episode. Not bad in and of itself, that's a necessary element at times, I just don't care for how they got to it. Hank stopping Jesse from torching the place felt like a cheat to me. I think I might have enjoyed it more had we been left in the dark longer about what happened there, let the audience's tension over the situation continue to grow with Walt's.
I'm just glad they didn't have Jesse simply "decide" not to do it. There were a lot of scenarios I pictured stopping him (Jr. coming home, maybe with the baby, etc.) - but I have to say, Hank running through the door was something that never crossed my mind. It was a surprise and made my interest level in the episode jump big time.
DuneMuadDib
Sr Member
Yeah, that was something I didn't see coming, and it makes sense. It just felt easy I guess. I do like that the guy Jesse was scared off by was mundane, and things are going to get worse because of a simple misunderstanding born out of paranoia. Tragic.
On the other hand I've been saying for a while that Walt would have been better off killing Jesse ages ago.
On the other hand I've been saying for a while that Walt would have been better off killing Jesse ages ago.
YenChih Lin
Master Member
I guess Walt sees in Jesse a second son, if you take in account for what Hank said about their relationship… don't you have also the feeling?
DuneMuadDib
Sr Member
I can see that. I gotta think some of it also is Walt just being too stubborn to admit Jesse could be a liability, as in his own view that would reflect poorly upon himself.
