The exasperated look on his face when he realized his ear was shot off was just priceless.

Do you really do that, Donna? Aren't episodes at the beginning of the season jsut at an inherent disadvantage then?

@Don Staples. I don't think it is a spoiler to tell you that if you break down and watch the extended preview, you'll probably have some interesting thoughts about your theory.

Also, by observations I mean possibilities.

I see that too. Mike stepping in and cleaning up Jesse and acting as a surrogate father, thus pissing Walt the hell off has some intriguing observations.

I keep wondering this. They mention the minerals too much not to have it play out somehow. I doubt that Walt's little upstaging of Hank is the end of it ….

God forbid a writer actually pay attention to a show and look for themes and then reflect that in her writing.

That was the funniest line I recall seeing on this show.

Forgot about him in Night on Earth also! Dammit ….

I actually went to exhibit about that in Rome years ago and knew they conquered Sicily, so you think I would've remembered that.

Should've been clearer. I meant that I think that is where Jesse is going. That look on his face when Victor was dying and at breakfast the next morning; I think he sees a way to fit in this new world.

thirded!

I absolutely see Jesse moving beyond redemption and Skyler getting sucked into it. I don't think we will have a moral center by the time this thing ends …

Writing, plot and larger amount of supporting actors goes to the Wire.

I love the Gayle/Victor idea. Unfortunately, I can't think of the slightest bit of evidence in the show for it.

I timed it on the rewatch (yes, I have no life) and it was just over ten minutes from his entrance to his line. I'm sure there is some precedent, but I cannot ever recall having a character be the center of action for ten minutes in a 45 minute long TV show without saying a word. That was as tense as can be and I…

That's where it seems like this is going to me. Walt is a killer who does it because he thinks he has to. Jesse is a killer who kind of enjoys the power. Only in Walt's fucked-up head is there any real difference between the two.

Holy shit Paradox! That's where I know him from! It's been bugging me but not enough to actually, you know, do anything about it.

I'm with Cinedouche. Hank is lost in some sort of new-agey let me find the right crystal so I can walk again nonsense.

I timed that scene with Gus in the lab during the encore. From when he walked in the door until he said "Get back to work," it was just over ten minutes. That was one long, ballsy single scene.