I agree to a certain extent and I can understand how Brody would have a very strong attachment to Isa while he's there because Isa really is like his lifeline.  The part where it starts to fray for me is that now he's home. He's back with his family, his own kids, he has Carrie testing his beliefs. I feel like now…

Yes, of course >>> "5 years of brutal torture may break some men and cause them to abandon
the perfectly rational mindset you and I are in—that individuals are
sacrificed in war"

I liked the scenes with Brody and Isa but for that to be his primary (?) motivation for turning seems super thin. Anyone who joins the military knows that individuals are sacrificed for the greater cause, by all sides. Doesn't matter if you agree, that's the reality. If you're in the military you're complicit with…

In fact, I think he did care which is why he gave him something he knew had the probability of NOT killing him. And why he looked so relieved when he was told Brock was okay.

I have to say for all the "would Walt attempt to kill a child?" debate last week and now knowing that he did poison Brock, he hasn't taken as a big a step toward Scarface as I expected.  If he'd given him the RICIN then he'd be the equivalent of Gus.  But he knew the berries would make Brock sick, not kill him. Jesse…

Gilligan mentions possible Giancarlo flashback action in the NYT Q&A.  We can hope!

Great NYT Q&A with Gilligan just posted talking about the finale and what's next.  Coyote 102.5 came up with their own dialogue! Walking Dead helped them with the Terminator shot and it took months! So many great tidbits…

We never found out the details of Gus' badass history in Chile so there could very well be someone coming for Walt next season.

I felt like it was a Terminator allusion. That's what Gus has been this season but he's just a man in the end.

There are some great behind the scenes tidbits from the cast and Vince Gilligan in this panel they did at The Paley Center.  Amazing the different versions they considered for Jane's death.

It really is a fascinating moral dilemma that the show has set up and one that, IMO, makes this the best TV show ever.

As another comment here pointed out, if Gus did it that doesn't change anything or move the story forward.  It might get Jesse to kill Gus but that was the plan all along.

"if it turns out that Gus did it and we are back to a more status quo type "Walt and Jesse vs Gus" situation"

I listened to that today. Even tho he kept the teaser vague it was still more than I wanted to know!

Yes, the cig has to go missing for Jesse to suspect anything and think someone did this to hurt him.  If Brock's illness had nothing to do with the ricin that would be a letdown — to have all those consequences over something that never happened feels lazy for this show.

First of all, Brock's not dead. He may live.  Secondly, Jesse and Walt are responsible for many murders, the most ruthless of which was Gale which Walt masterminded and Jesse pulled the trigger.  And yet we still root for them.

Just watched. You're right. Giancarlo's explanation makes it sound like Gus learns of the whole thing the first time in the chapel with Jesse.

Aside from the logistics of how Walt would have poisoned Brock, I think most are thinking Walt would not poison a child and that's the logic he uses on Jesse — they know Gus would.  But Walt is the only reason Gale is dead.  And last week Gus said "I will kill your infant daughter".  Maybe Walt feels like he has to…

Totally. I feel like he's going to get shot next week and rise up like the Terminator.

OMG. From wiki: "Ricin, from the castor oil plant Ricinus
communis, is a highly toxic, naturally occurring protein. A dose as
small as a few grains of salt can kill an adult."Does that mean it was Walt? He could have made his own ricin but he couldn't have taken the cig from Jesse's pack.I don't know what to think…