Mike had no choice but to let Walt deliver the bag. Saul was not going to do it and he refused to let Jesse do it.

I thought Mike letting Lydia live was a pretty clear-cut example of a half-measure. She tried to have him murdered by one of his own guys and then he let her live. Cuffing Walt with zip-cuff (not a twist tie but a legitimate restraint device used by police) and leaving one hand free felt a little contrived, I will…

I thought Mike letting Lydia live was a pretty clear-cut example of a half-measure. She tried to have him murdered by one of his own guys and then he let her live. Cuffing Walt with zip-cuff (not a twist tie but a legitimate restraint device used by police) and leaving one hand free felt a little contrived, I will…

No, sorry, it is exactly that bad. It sounds like Maroon 4 or something.

No, sorry, it is exactly that bad. It sounds like Maroon 4 or something.

I.F.J.

I.F.J.

I don't know if Walt did, but I definitely did.

I don't know if Walt did, but I definitely did.

Mike has clearly been slipping this season, as the show has taken pains to establish (not killing Lydia being the main example). He knew Walter was dangerous but it is one thing to blow up Gus Fring with a bomb and another thing to shoot someone face to face. 

Mike has clearly been slipping this season, as the show has taken pains to establish (not killing Lydia being the main example). He knew Walter was dangerous but it is one thing to blow up Gus Fring with a bomb and another thing to shoot someone face to face. 

The information from the picture frame was about the offshore bank accounts. That heavy shit has already dropped.

The information from the picture frame was about the offshore bank accounts. That heavy shit has already dropped.

It is not just that he refers to him by his race. It's that he hasn't bothered to learn his name.

By what measure (other than as an excuse to exclude him from your list since he doesn't fit your criteria) is Chuck D more of a philosopher than a rapper? What is the ratio of his hip-hop albums released to philosophical treatises published?

Agreed.

God damn. My homie got shot, he's a goner, black
St. Louis niggas want they corner back

Good point, Professor. Why the hell were they standing there misty-eyed while a little kid walks up to a wild animal like he's at a petting zoo? If he hadn't gotten shot, he would have gotten a hoof to the skull. I was disappointed that he didn't get skull-hoofed, actually.

He didn't get into his vehicle because he sensed from Jesse's strange behavior that something was wrong. Decades of experience as a criminal overlord would presumably lead to some firsthand experience with attempted assassinations. In the previous weeks he had just murdered a couple dozen high-ranking cartel members…

Still, though, who would possibly know Walt set the bomb? Walt, Jesse, Saul, Skyler. Anyone else would assume it was a cartel-related murder, given that it involved Gus and a man with known cartel ties.