I'm the exact same way. In a few days I'll probably re-watch this episode and I'll check for the look.

As I said, it seemed his post was pretending to be in good faith when, not too far below the surface, was a whole hell of a lot of sexism, and I don't think his "bitch" was just a Jesse quote but an indirect insult. You know, like the old "many a truth is said in jest" adage.

The moment where Skyler panics as Walt calls her a "stupid bitch" was perfect. Anna Gunn just nailed it. It was panic because she knew he was pulling something, but at the same time she is abused, and those suffering abuse get justifiably embarrassed and panicky when their abuser takes it public. There's a different…

I wouldn't call her an irredeemable bitch by any stretch, but Marie was gloating, definitely, and her comments about giving her sister a second chance now that Hank won seemed really awful since we knew Hank was dead. But Skyler gave Marie a "talk to me or else" ultimatum back when Marie's shoplifting almost got her…

Don't hurt yourself with your intellectual contortions there, Sparky, which are totally said in good faith and not a bunch of fucking bullshit you made up just to make this all Skyler's fault and to call Donna Bowman a bitch.

Hank was making a lot of mistakes during all this, and it seemed a foregone conclusion by the first episode of season 5 part 2 that he was going to screw it all up. I think that was set in stone when he went in to the office and wanted to talk to his supervisor about the whole mess, then changed his mind when Gomez…

Absolutely, it was terrific. And I think they used some CGI to get the effect, at least blacked the teeth out.

Like Skyler says, that's a good deal.

The guy is all over the comments saying he's the only one who sees things clearly and that women just don't have the intellectual capabilities of men. Hard to tell if he's a troll or a jackass. I'm going with both, personally.

I… did not catch the pants. Wow. That's terrific stuff.

I'm not really sure I buy the "calculated risk." I've seen others suggest similar theories but I can't find anything in the moment that makes me think Walt was expecting someone to interrupt Jack from shooting Jesse in the head.

Yeah, there aren't nearly as many mentions of Gomez as I thought there would be, not even in the recap, which surprises me. Gomez's death was almost glossed over in the show, not even shown. It was as though they wanted to get it out of the way so Hank could have his big cinematic final moment, and it didn't feel…

@avclub-5464de04a20d6f48ab22695edf00475e:disqus Walt Jr and Marie heard the conversation, that's why Marie broke down when Walt said that Hank would never be found.

@avclub-782066c88e9c574d6085f3ddfc7032e4:disqus This show has always mixed misdirection with the truth, and at this point, Walt is a master of that kind of deception. It's like that Exorcist quote: "The demon is a liar… he will also mix lies with the truth." Some of what Walt was saying was true, on some level, in…

Meta isn't new to the show, though, so it's not like they're suddenly bringing in the meta and it's unconvincing. Skyler's two "I'm the bitch wife" speeches plus that moment where she and Walt are practicing how they're going to pull off the gambling winnings story were both just as meta as his hate hurled at her…

What's interesting about this episode so fully exposing Walt as never having cared about Jesse — and I was certain until this episode that he DID, in some small part at least — is that we now have no clue what that big-ass gun is for. I would have thought it was to rescue Jesse but what could possibly happen in the…

@avclub-0d4efaa2c9d1041eb9b8b5319eec8531:disqus Since there were suitcases outside and she was under the impression Hank had Walt in custody, that Jesse was working with the DEA, plus she was overwhelmed by telling Walt Jr about his dad, I can let it slide.

I'm not gonna lie, I just cried like a child through the whole thing. My husband was doing pretty good until Holly's "mamas" and then even he was weeping like a baby.

Well, Saul did show him that device that picks up on radar waves. It wouldn't be too strange for Walt, in a panic, to just assume Saul or his men had used that on the rental van.

I have been wondering if he expected Saul's guys to check and later found out (or assumed) they didn't. They were the ones who rented it, after all. (EDIT: 30rock said it better below.)