shakes wrote:
So I've been rewatching this series from start to finish over the past couple months. Didn't think it was possible, but this show is even better the 2nd time around. Now that i know all the color symbolism its cool to watch the eps with that in mind. Also, knowing how everything will end up...there are so many subtle clues that I didn't notice the first time around.
I got up to Dead Freight last night, I think is ep 5 or 6 of the final season. What an amazing ep to see again. First time through I never noticed the distant faint train whistle at the end of the opening scene with the little kid on the dirt bike. Best part though was seeing the absolute pinacle of Walt and Jesse's relationship/drug empire when Todd tells them that the train caper plan was perfect and that Walt and Jesse thought of everything. Walt and Jesse give each other a smile as if to say, "yea we are pretty fucking awesome, aren't we." Of course as we all know they didn't think of everything and that moment right there was the last time either one of them would smile for the rest of the series. Its all basically downhill from there.
Also really enjoying the demise of Walt. I was a huge fan of him during my first viewing and thought he was a genius building his empire, but what I'm seeing this time is that he's really no different from a lot of criminals in that he lets his ego and hubris get him in trouble and in the end its a series of stupid mistakes that did him in. Getting drunk at Hank's house and pretty much telling Hank that there was probably someone a lot smarter than Gale Boedicker behind the scenes was the one singular event that led to the entire downfall of a meth empire. Before Walt did that, Hank was ready to drop the case. Only after Walt saying that did Hank take a closer look and find the Pullos Hermanos connection.
Wow, I agree with every single thing you've said here. We've found a common ground!
I haven't re-watched the entire series, but sometimes I'll put a few of my favorite episodes on. "Salud" (the second to last episode of Season 4, I believe) was so fucking brilliant that it made me love Gus for just a little while....pure genius and fucking badass!!
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bigfan wrote:
I am in the urination, puking, drunk, yelling zone.
The Original Kid Cairo wrote:
I once jerked in a chicken truck, so I have that going for me.