So what you're basically saying is that all you people who got the spirit of the episode correct without getting every detail right should not say anything.  Even though people called you crazy, compared you to 9/11 conspiracy-mongers and said you understood nothing about this show…. well you need to not say anything…

Go read last week's comments and see if you really think people don't need it spelled out.  I promise you without that shot people would be typing that it was a random coincidence and anyone who thought otherwise was paranoid delusional.

No - it was obvious after watching last week and paying attention to the show the last 4 seasons that Walt poisoned the kid.  Oh no wait - I was told last week my theories are 9/11 conspiracy-type ravings. I guess some of you really do need the big ass 2x4 to the head to figure shit out.

No - I'm not saying you have to believe Walt poisoned the child. Not at all.  I'm saying you have to at least consider the possibility.  The writers leave enough grey area in what happened and the timeline that I feel we're supposed to be debating this point - not dismissing it out of hand.  That's what I mean by…

The reason why Mike planning to shoot Jesse before getting shot himself was ridiculous was that the show did nothing to set up that possibility.  A blink or you'll miss it shot is not the way good TV works.  Shooting or not shooting Gale is at least somewhat understandable because the camera moves slightly before you…

I'm fine with the kid found the cigarette on his own and touched off this horrible chain of events sort of clusterfuck though I don't think that's what they did.

9/11 territory?  Seriously?  Next you'll accuse me of thinking Adriana wasn't really killed at the end of Long Term Parking….

I think the whole point of the "tell-tale heart" drum beat as you called it was to be a callback to last week's final scene.  It wasn't - oh we're out of ideas - let's just re-use this.  I mean the first time is when Walter realizes he's in a ridiculous situation with no way out and the second time is when Walter is…

While I firmly believe Walt poisoned the kid, I would laugh very hard if Brock just ate some bad fish tacos and set in motion a very bad chain of events.  Okay - as I described it, it's kind of lame sounding but I know the writers could pretty it up nicely.

Go watch inside the episode on the AMC website and after Giancarlo's comments tell me you still feel the same way.

That means Walt's line of reasoning is as follows:  I just had my wife, son and infant daughter threatened.  I have a plan that might work to fix things but it would involve poisoning the child of some junkie Jesse is involved with.  All of Jesse's friends are junkies.  I really have no problem killing them or…

Of course all he did was talk about himself.  It's called misdirection.  Walt took Jesse down each step of the path to conclude that Gus poisoned the child.  Walt had the same tone of voice he used for every lie he told to Skylar that she usually saw through.

It's all about survival for Walt.  It's a line he never would have crossed last season but after becoming so marginalized this season by his own passivity…. well it's the kind of bad decision Walt is known for.

It has to be Walter who did it.  How else to manipulate Jesse back on his side.  And how else but to make the point that Walt really is no better than Gus - they both are willing to use children (and by extension Jesse at least for Walt) as their pawns.  I assume next week it will just become explicit when Walt wins…

Oh dear god please tell me that was a Tim and Eric Cinco product commerical and not something real…

Carmela and Furio?  Did it really matter who Carmela fixated on?  It was just a subplot designed to show how bad her and Tony's marriage had become.  Once we hit Whitecaps Carmela could have been fantasizing about Frank Sinatra Jr. for all it mattered.  Having Furio flee to Italy gave the writers a convenient excuse…

Penultimate episode
When I saw Alan Taylor was directing it I figured he'd bring some of that next to last episode magic - after all he did direct one of the most shocking Sopranos - The Blue Comet (Kennedy and Heidi as well which had a pretty stunning death in it as well).