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Do we ever get an explanation for why Saul seems to be insistent on Walt buying a laser tag place for money laundering?

At the end of season 4, Walt is on the phone with Saul attempting to get him to fake call the DEA. He says something small like “I’m practically in the DEA family, I go to their Christmas parties”.

Can you imagine the conspiracy theories about who Walt actually was once the people following the case found out Walt went to DEA Christmas parties years before becoming Heisenberg.

I love the scene when Walt shows up to his underground lab for his first day and meets Gale, his new assistant. The nerdiness is so oddly wholesome and I’m here for it, especially because I don’t remember exactly what happens with Gale’s character, but I’m sure it wasn’t good. I love the little moments of levity throughout the series.

I'd like to think Skylar and Marie make up. I also really want Walt Jr. and Holly to have relatively normal childhoods, along with the benefit of receiving money from the Schwarts. Honestly, I am still holding out hope we get a sequel show. I could see it being really hopeful and heartwarming while being able to show the long lasting effects of walts abuse

"Who is the worst wife in all of television?" (seen on Reddit AskMen, can't link to it per this sub's rules)

I feel like Walt and Skyler were a triumph of the writer's room. We rooted for Walt, long past the point where he was obviously a really bad guy, and we blamed Skyler for things that were reasonable, occasionally standing in his way, and far smaller lapses of morality.

"Say my name" "Heisenberg" That's crazy, Walter really did evolved into a huge, respected, recognisable and feared name. Also if I we're Walt, I would've accepted the 5m dollars and end it right there with no more headaches, I mean, they couldn't even use all the money they earned without being suspicious, Walt had to buy a damn car wash just to wash a small portion of the money.

Rewatching and I’m on episode 4.13. When Hector goes to the DEA to lure Gus to his death he’s being watched by Tyrus. Walt must expect this because Hector being seen at the DEA is part of the plan. So the show implies Gus had some way to watch Hector (Gus must’ve had someone watching Hector to know when he left). We also know Gus has ppl watching Walt. So if someone was watching the nursing home and watching Walt how did Gus not know Walt visited Hector?

IMO the easiest answer has to be Skylar singing happy birthday to Ted. Curious what others think though.

Other options are Hector shitting himself in the DEA office, or the Jimmy vs Howard boxing match.

It's in the convo for greatest ending to a TV show and send-off to a character ever. I personally can't think of anything better.

But it also sets up an insane beginning of a story - El Camino. It's not the absolute beginning scene of the movie, but Jesse driving out of there full speed but then realizing his escape has only just begun is one hell of a way to kick things off.

He's the scariest depiction of a psychopath I've ever seen. Not because of his cruelty, but because of his seemingly total lack of morals and guilt. He's basically like a droid that has no notion of what it means to live or die. He shoots Andrea with a straight face. When Jack's gang dies, he's not in shock or pain. He's just surprised and wants to ask Walt something, before he gets strangled by Jesse.

Also, when he offers to torture Jesse to question him about what he might've told the authorities he isn't excited about it either. Which means he's also not a sadist who enjoys hurting people. He just proposes the idea as a reasonable solution and tells Jack 'he can finish the job afterwards', like it makes no difference.

The only person she seems to have real feelings to is Lydia. But even with her I don't wanna know what goes on in his head.

Psychopaths are usually shown to place themselves above others and to have no remorse committing terrible things, but you cannot see that in Todd. He doesn't seem to achieve anything for himself by hurting or killing others, he just seems to be totally emotionally empty.

Does this kind of psychopath exist?

I just finished watching Breaking Bad and am surprised to see how many characters are bald or have very little hair. Walter, Hank, Mike and even Gus and Jesse to a lesser extent. The only male character that is not entirely bad is Saul but even he has a noticeably large bald spot.

Could there, perhaps, be any symbolize in this extra ordinary presence of follically-challenged men? Are the show runners perhaps arguing that bald men are more prone to processing a weak moral conscious? Are follically-gifted women, thus, a symbol of morality or innocence?