Breaking Bad

personally, i think they made it a long gun battle to leave us with a cliffhanger and to give gomee and/or hank a meaningful death. if the nazis just slaughtered them right off the bat then it sets a different tone for the ending of the episode.

That's why it should have ended right after the first shot. Way more suspenseful than the bullshit we saw.

Maester Chuk_sl said:

personally, i think they made it a long gun battle to leave us with a cliffhanger and to give gomee and/or hank a meaningful death. if the nazis just slaughtered them right off the bat then it sets a different tone for the ending of the episode.

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Fair enough, but if Hank and Gomez (+/- Jessie) don't die at the start of the next episode, it's a bit silly. Hank basically had a "good-bye" phone call with Marie there at the end.

they still need people to tune in. if hank and gomee are killed right now, then stands to reason they then will kill jesse and rescue walt. heisenberg wins! shows over, i dont mind cliffhangers as long as they are done fairly. this gunfight wasnt the best it could be but it was still fine especially when dealing with machine guns that spray bullets everywhere.

I was getting so nervous during Hank's phone call - I can't believe they went with a crappy gunfight and "cliffhanger" instead of having Hank die after assuring his wife everything was going to be fine. That would have been a much more powerful ending.

True that..

Having hank getting no-scoped as he was saying goodbye to marie, then cut to black.. coulda shoulda woulda

My theory. Walt said "deal off" which to the nazi's, meant no kill and no cook. They weren't having that, so they showed up anyways. Hank and Gomie die. Pinkman escapes. Walt refuses to cook because no dead Jessie/angry for killing family. Bodies and vehicle are disposed of, and no one knows their location anyways, because it was all a secret operation.

Marie freaks out because Hank doesn't come home, Walt leaves or is kidnap/escapes. Walt gets family, calls vacuum man and gets the fuck out of dodge. Pinkman/Marie know what happened to Hank/Gomie, but cannot prove anything. Pinkman basically loses it, spraypaints/trashes his house, etc, and Marie agrees to help track down/kill Walt. Somehow Jessie/Marie find out through some stupid thing like a cancer website, or Walt Jr or whatever, where they are.

Obviously Walts family went to NH or some eastcoast state, so I am thinking the nazi's find out where he is too and want Walt to come cook as agreed, or are hired by Jessie/Marie to hit Walt. As far as Walt coming back with a big gun, I am assuming he isn't needing that for just Jessie. The rycin is for Jessie. He is going up against the Nazis with the big gun. The only thing I think that would drive him to that, is them killing his family. I don't think he would even go Rambo for the money barrels.

Its sad that they made the climactic scene in this episode into such a joke.

its only a joke if it ends with no deaths, since we wont find that out until next week all that can really be said is that it ran too long before that happened and really isnt a big deal compared to other tv show gunfights.

Who the hell ok'd that gunfight?

Hank could probably get them to stop firing if he would just realize they came to rescue Walt, grab him out of the vehicle and use him as a shield.

Whoever dies or lives at the beginning of the next episode, we know the nazis are going to come out on top. But they don't know anything about money being buried there. Wonder who will end up with it, or maybe it just stays buried out there forever.

Yeah, come on. Those of you trying to excuse that ridiculous gunfight should be ashamed. An assault rifle at 20ish yards is not a fucking uzi. Not only is it gonna be pretty fucking hard for 6-7 guys firing at you at that distance to miss, Hank and Gomez don't even dive for cover, they return fire whileslowlymoving behind the damn truck. As if that's not bad enough, after they get to the truck, they are both exposing themselves to the continuing hail of bullets when they return fire, something trained law enforcement would never do. Not to mention, when Hank does stand up and expose himself to empty his clip at stationary targets, it looks like he doesn't land a single shot either. Bad scene was bad. It's ok to admit that to yourself, I promise.

Edit: Shit, my bad. Hank did actually land a shot. He totally killed the headlight of that truck.

Last scene was some Walking Dead level of sloppiness.

Raes_sl said:

Yeah, come on. Those of you trying to excuse that ridiculous gunfight should be ashamed. An assault rifle at 20ish yards is not a fucking uzi. Not only is it gonna be pretty fucking hard for 6-7 guys firing at you at that distance to miss, Hank and Gomez don't even dive for cover, they return fire whileslowlymoving behind the damn truck. As if that's not bad enough, after they get to the truck, they are both exposing themselves to the continuing hail of bullets when they return fire, something trained law enforcement would never do. Not to mention, when Hank does stand up and expose himself to empty his clip at stationary targets, it looks like he doesn't land a single shot either. Bad scene was bad. It's ok to admit that to yourself, I promise.

Edit: Shit, my bad. Hank did actually land a shot. He totally killed the headlight of that truck.

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No, those of you who suddenly forgot what TV show you've been watching should be ashamed. Breaking Bad has never been afraid to stray from reality when the drama called for it. You don't stand up, walk out into a hallway and straighten your tie after having half your face blown off. You'd have better odds of winning the Powerball than pulling off that magnet-truck trick. The father of the girl Walt lets die just happens to be in a bar with him, and just happens to be an FAA air traffic controller that causes the accident over the city...yeah thats plausible in real life. Oh wait...fictional TV show...great drama!!!

Exactly. There was zero drama in that scene once the bullets started flying, it just became retarded.