I believe he did mention leaving a little of it with Saul in case he needed him and Saul saying that he knows he will.

Skyler doesn't know anything about Jesse's unstable state of mind though. And the truth is for all she knows there could be any number of associates that Walt has who may know about him, since she has wisely chosen not to ask to many questions. So the idea of someone eventually talking for one reason or another is…

I think they're just being true to Walt's character. He's always cared about his kids even if his ego and ambition blinded him to how much his actions were endangering him. Now with the walls starting to close on him, I can imagine him going back to his original goal of providing for his family as being perhaps the…

No, I'm not saying its a weakness or a strength, it's simply the approach that the show takes. Some of my favorite films focus pretty singularly on one character and its just as valid an approach as having an ensemble piece. I think whats important is that the characters around them feel real, something that I feel…

To be fair, Vince Gilligan encourages a certain amount of that sort of speculation with his heavy use of flash forwards and foreshadowing.

Yeah, I was mainly talking about the way the general public saw the show. With critics it was just a good show with a great performance from Bryan Cranston at first.

1. I don't think Gilligan should have showed Walt poisoning Brock since the question of who did it in the first place was meant to be a mystery. However after the truth was revealed, he should have given us some idea as to how it was done.
2.Jesse is desperate for a father figure and while Walt was being cold and…

I think it boiled down to Gus realizing that Walt couldn't be controlled while Jesse (who had more to him that Gus originally thought) could. Walt was too smart to be manipulated like Jesse, he was growing increasingly defiant, and when he started showing up in various places trying, quite sloppily, to kill Gus it was…

The lack of development with the supporting cast has never been a problem with me because Breaking Bad is primarily about Walter White and the way the choices he makes ripple out and effect those around him. Everyone, either knowingly or not, is constantly reacting to what Walt does and while Breaking Bad is very plot…

Like Mike said, when Gus Fring was running things, it was like clock work. They had a great thing going and Walt (who Mike never liked anyways) destroyed that, so of course Mike is going to hate him, even if Walt acted in self defense. With Gus dead, Mike was like a samurai without a master. I also think Mike believes…

*I thought it was pretty bizarre that Jessica and the other vampires simply danced away while, Bill was left dying on the floor. I mean, I guess I can understand the others who don't know and don't care about Bill, but he literally had to call Jessica back. Then once Bill is saved the others praise him as a hero when…

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I think vindication is a huge part of what Walt wants, its why he drunkenly all but gives himself away when Hank starts to praise Gale as a genius meth cook. Its why he keeps Gale's book which praises his genius. Walt is consumed by the thought that he didn't live up to his potential and is not living the life he was…

I actually think splitting the season like this negatively affected the pacing and the plotting of the show, while forcing them to build to a mid-season climax. Walt's decision to leave the drug trade is something that should have played out over at least an entire episode. All season long we see him pushing everyone…

Being a drug dealer/cook gave Walt a place to channel his anger and his abilities that he felt he had wasted, but what if he was given another avenue to channel those emotions, one that didn't involve crime? Would he still have become what he is now? The offer from Walt's old college friend doesn't really count either…

"By now, it seems less about the slow fall of a good man and more about a
monster who pretended at decency for years, only to finally succumb to
his darker self."

@avclub-5729ca33ae94a781cb6466b86979fa06:disqus Oh I completely agree that the execution of the story was very flawed. I was mainly arguing that the withholding of the identity of the poisoner as well as choosing to poison Brock in the first place was a good story move. I think a simple solution as to how Walt could…

@avclub-e999715dfab2ab6a1fca1b7e45b295a3:disqus I think the Lily of the valley reveal isn't as memorable because its not as in your face as say, watching him stand there as Jane chokes to death, nor is it meant to be. The fact that Gus had a child killed is exactly why Walt does what he does. Its not lazy, its…

Are you saying that the Brock poisoning was a cheap trick because I thought they played that moment nicely. Throughout the season Jesse was torn between his loyalty to Walt and his new relationship with Mike and by extension Gus. By not revealing who was behind the poisoning, the audience is essentially in Jesse's…

I don't really see why one has to pick a side here as even the article states that the genius of Breaking Bad is in the way it embraces both plot and characters. More specifically its the fact that while Breaking Bad is a very plot heavy show, nearly every single thing that happens can be directly traced back to the…