@avclub-d7f43e1fb2d4977c86163d9b0cb07814:disqus exactly, Saul has not hesitated, however cautiously, to play the "let's kill him" card for problematic people in Walter's life. I don't think he'd be overjoyed to find out Walter poisoned a kid, but it would not have stopped him from helping.

@avclub-d7f43e1fb2d4977c86163d9b0cb07814:disqus has what I'm thinking — not that Walter is in on any vacuum repairman backstabbing, but that it's something Saul knows about and is fine with passing on.

@avclub-188934b799f9c866379dd96bc600a688:disqus I think Jesse can (accurately) see that line as Hank saying something to get what he wants, but that doesn't mean it's not also true. And because of his isolation, Jesse has no one he can talk with about his problems, even though Badger's spec Star Trek script is gold…

"which was throwing down the gauntlet between parties where everyone knows the score."

I like this a lot, because by the show's logic it suggests WALTER is actually Sluggo and I can see him coming home from a long day of meth manufacturing/empire maintaining and blowing off steam by posting pictures of his abs on the internet.

Thanks for that, the Dead Kennedys one is brilliant. Ray's description of Biafra's voice is great (and I'm a fan of the band).

"Tyler learns how to be a wingman for a dog"

Exactly this. Jesse says it flat out — just tell me to get the fuck out of town! Don't try to make me think it's a good idea on my own! I'd turn around @avclub-7ca5ca499b1081df81cdd489c5f75f4e:disqus 's last sentence — even when Walter is being nice, he's being condescending about it.

Wait just a minute — you visit other message boards that discuss Breaking Bad? Traitor!

In some ways it's an odd omission — oh no, my neo-Nazi buddies won't approve of me killing a child who got in my way! But I think Todd is really trying to prove his worth and thinks admitting slipups of any kind is a bad idea.

Saul: "Hit me, Jesse! I'm too pretty for prison!"

Dittoing other people here. Fucking health care. I love that scene in Season 3 where Marie calls her provider on the bullshit services they're offering.

The "all this will seem like a dream" part seemed like a very intentional nod to 25th Hour and Brian Cox's amazing monologue to Edward Norton — another father trying to use his words on his son. But in that case it's a last moment of grace before the weight of facing punishment and both men know it and that's what…

I went on about this in another thread, but while Saul is sleazy and scuzzy and whiny and obnoxious he's also very good at what he does, both legally and illegally. The weed screw-up is the first time he's really fucked the dog, right? He talks a lot of shit but he generally keeps the empire running smoothly, I don't…

That went through my mind as well. Unrealistic and from what we know from the flashforward impossible, but the tension in this show gets your mind making all sorts of leaps.

That was my assumption too.

All the dramatic hallway shots in the "next week on" got me excited for a Mad Men crossover.

No way, it's I Was The Fool Beside You For Too Long.

So, is the vacuum repairman on the level? Because how would people know if he's not? You've disappeared.

I thought Hank made a connection with that "he lied to me too" emotional tack. And he's right, which unfortunately is leading him to act more like Jesse, isolating himself and refusing to get help.