At the moment she seems practically catatonic. We'll see though, Skylar has proven time and again to be a massive hypocrite.

What of the operation in Mehico?  Lab just sitting there.

Aaron Paul is the best actor of all the actors.

Skerret wrote:

What of the operation in Mehico?  Lab just sitting there.

Wouldn't that have ended with the death of pretty much the entire Cartel?

Well yes, but given Walt's reluctance to drive a long way (he said as much in s05e02), I can't see them using it.

Probably.

Pretty brazen to end both episodes on roughly similar notes. When I saw it, I thought the embrace at the end of the premiere was - in its own quiet way - one of the most horrifying moments of the show so far. The spooning at the end of this one struck the same chord, and then built on it. Those scenes played like they were taken out of a horror movie. Skylar's trapped in the house with this thing, and there's no way out now.

Also, how good was Laura Fraser? Geez, as the Americans say.

Also also: if you like that sort of thing ("that sort of thing" being really well-written, entertaining and insightful analysis of tv shows), Sean T. Collins is writing episode reviews for Rolling Stone. Episode one. Two. What he wrote about the previous seasons at his own site. These are not the rubbish recaps where the writer just regurgitates the plot with added "snark". Hate that shit.

It was the woman he was talking to in the cafe. Who is also 

LarryDavid wrote:

Lydia was in on the DEA meet with Hank and the German Big Boss man before all the stuff with her and Mike kicked off, probably what spooked her into putting her plan into operation in the first place.

Blocks100 wrote:

Yeah i got all that, i just found her arrival onto the scene as a playa without any major exposition a little odd.

Early days yet for that. My guess is that they're saving clarification of her role until she becomes a person of interest to Hank and the DEA. I thought Fraser brought enough to the role, and to the interplay with Jonathan Banks, that it was easy to buy her as a part of that world without having all the information on her background.

Seemed Skylar was thinking the same thing - you're talking about Scarface right? Not that black and white film Walt & Jesse were watching when he subtly ruined another relationship for Jesse with a bit of clever suggestion and manipulation.

Nice cooking montage in the middle of the episode, and good to see Badger and Skinny Pete again. A reminder of the more innocent days of the first few series. The three-way partnership is obviously doomed to failure. Walt's already maneuvering to get Jesse onboard for the idea of offing Mike. His mask of concern for Jesse slipped as soon as something threatened his chances to maximize his earnings. 

If Walt's only just about to turn 51 then that means the flash-foward to his 52nd Birthday in the first ep is to the end of the series rather than the end of this run of 8 episodes. [/blatently obvious observation]

Walt's always been a bit of a twat though, although in a far more benign way. You sympathised with him to begin with because he was essentially doing all that stuff for his family, and he was obviously a bit brow-beaten by life when we first met him. Now it's more to feed his own ego-mania and he's clearly become far more ruthless (he agonised for ages about killing that one guy in Jesse's basement in S1, now he'd just murder anyone who got in his way).

Beneath the nerd-ish exterior I got the impression he was always quite cold and calculating and had stored up reserves of resentment about his life. Once he got used to murder and exploitation he was perfectly comfortable with them.

I guess this series we'll see the true cost of his decisions. Or maybe not.

three1ne wrote:

Ep 3 Wooaa, Walt's thoughts to Jesse at the end of the ep. He really is becoming a cunt. Also; Scarface. An insight to how this season (or part 2 of it anyway) will end?

Quoting myself here. How cool. 
From Larry David's response I think I may have misinterpreted Walt's last speech to Jesse. He says that Gus killed Victor (slit his throat) because he started cooking/acting out of turn.

Was Walt telling Jesse to not ever speak out of turn, i.e never to rise up against him or was he planting the seed in Jesse's head; telling him to beware of Mike?

Also:

http://www.funnyordie.com/lists/51e11b74ab/the-60-best-breaking-bad-gifs?playlist=featured_pictures_and_words

2-Face Fring for the win.

I loved the ep. It had some of that old skool meph cooking flavour. As mentioned, it was great to see Badger & SP again.

Walt is just going to get worse, Breaking Bad, nah, Breaking Evil.

three1ne wrote:

three1ne wrote:

Ep 3 Wooaa, Walt's thoughts to Jesse at the end of the ep. He really is becoming a cunt. Also; Scarface. An insight to how this season (or part 2 of it anyway) will end?

Quoting myself here. How cool.  From Larry David's response I think I may have misinterpreted Walt's last speech to Jesse. He says that Gus killed Victor (slit his throat) because he started cooking/acting out of turn. Was Walt telling Jesse to not ever speak out of turn, i.e never to rise up against him or was he planting the seed in Jesse's head; telling him to beware of Mike?

Someone answer me bitch!