The loose thread on Walter's porkpie hat…

Vince Gilligan was on Conan O'Brien last night and aired a new scene from an upcoming episode. The new scene starts at the 2:47 mark and runs until 3:47, so you can watch it or avoid it depending on your opinion on spoilers. http://www.youtube.com/watc…

Vince Gilligan was on Conan O'Brien last night and aired a new scene from an upcoming episode. The new scene starts at the 2:47 mark and runs until 3:47, so you can watch it or avoid it depending on your opinion on spoilers. http://www.youtube.com/watc…

He's already betrayed his commitment to them repeatedly.  But he hasn't lost his love for them…yet.

He's already betrayed his commitment to them repeatedly.  But he hasn't lost his love for them…yet.

He was actually denied it because it was too flashy a purchase. I don't deny that Walt bought the car again out of hubris and a desire to manipulate his son, but Jr. dying in it would be a pretty tangential relation. Teenage boys drive like idiots, even when their fathers don't buy them flashy cars.

He was actually denied it because it was too flashy a purchase. I don't deny that Walt bought the car again out of hubris and a desire to manipulate his son, but Jr. dying in it would be a pretty tangential relation. Teenage boys drive like idiots, even when their fathers don't buy them flashy cars.

There's a potential spoiler about this in NPR's Fresh Air interview with Dean Norris: http://www.npr.org/2012/08/…

There's a potential spoiler about this in NPR's Fresh Air interview with Dean Norris: http://www.npr.org/2012/08/…

Because there is absolutely no reason to pull the bacon stunt if it isn't his birthday.  It's a very specific White family tradition that would be meaningless to anyone outside the immediate family.

Because there is absolutely no reason to pull the bacon stunt if it isn't his birthday.  It's a very specific White family tradition that would be meaningless to anyone outside the immediate family.

Right, Breaking Bad is not going to have one of Walt's kids die in a way that's unrelated to Walt's misdeeds.

Right, Breaking Bad is not going to have one of Walt's kids die in a way that's unrelated to Walt's misdeeds.

The one where they have a firearms handling class just before naptime.:)

The one where they have a firearms handling class just before naptime.:)

I didn't hear a plan-merely a decree.

I didn't hear a plan-merely a decree.

I've often wondered who is watching baby Holly while Skyler is working at the car wash. It would seem that they would need some sort of daycare or nanny, but it's never been mentioned.

I've often wondered who is watching baby Holly while Skyler is working at the car wash. It would seem that they would need some sort of daycare or nanny, but it's never been mentioned.

I think the ticking of the clock in the living room and then the faster ticking of the watch were both meant to signify that Walt's time is running out, as well as to make us recall Mikes "you're a time bomb speech", but I don't think it was meant to be specifically connected to Jesse.