59:25 not only is Walt whistling a happy tune while he works, just after trying to convince Jesse he's just as distraught about the boy being shot as he is... but the song he's actually whistling is called "Lilly of the Valley". Yikes! :)
The actor who played Mike had just filled in for Saul's character (cleaning up Jesse's mess at Jane's), because the actor who played Saul was not available. And just like Aaron (who wasn't supposed to make it past first season), they struck gold.
Almost at the end of the first half! The next episode was basically a season finale, there was a break of almost a year from it to "Season 5.5" that starts with episode 9. Love your analyses as always. Also, your hair looks great in this video!
But Mike wasn't right and was a bit hypocritical. It wasn't Walt's ego that caused his and Gus' relationship to fall apart. Go back to S3. Everything was more or less fine. Walt was content with running the lab. The thing went to sh!t when Gus' dealers killed Tomas and then Jesse couldn't let go and went on his revenge. Walt saved him. That set Gus Vs Walt, not Walt's ego. It was a matter of rather fighting to live. Only after killing Gus Walt's ego truly exploded. And Mike? He was more than ok with killing Jesse. And killing Walt. So no, it wasn't Walt's pride and ego, it was unfortunate event of Jesse meeting Andrea and well, Tomas being her brother and as a result Jesse going on his revenge after the murder of Thomas. I love Mike, I do. Great character. But he was wrong at the end and was speaking from his nerves
I personally find Mike's final speech was more of a validation address to the audience that Walter's character is always at his core driven by pride and ego, which of course he is correct in this regard, but it's not like Mike knows the full context behind Walt, Jesse, and Gus' relationship like the audience does. And beyond that I always felt that Walt always had ambition to go higher than Gus (his pride and ego), and the whole fiasco with Jesse and Hank's safety gave Walt the moral opportunity finally to get rid of Gus.
That goes into the broader "When could Walt have gotten out?" question. If he wanted to keep himself, his wife and children, Hank, and Jesse safe, as well as leaving enough money to secure his family's future, he didn't have a lot of exit points. Declan's 15m offer for the methylamine tanker was arguably the first such point without ambiguity. He would have had more money than he ever needed, and Tuco, Gus, the cartel, all enemies were gone or no longer interested. Thus the "empire business" line. Any semblance of justification by circumstance ended the moment he refused to sell out to Declan.
59:25 not only is Walt whistling a happy tune while he works, just after trying to convince Jesse he's just as distraught about the boy being shot as he is... but the song he's actually whistling is called "Lilly of the Valley". Yikes! :)
The actor who played Mike had just filled in for Saul's character (cleaning up Jesse's mess at Jane's), because the actor who played Saul was not available. And just like Aaron (who wasn't supposed to make it past first season), they struck gold.
Almost at the end of the first half! The next episode was basically a season finale, there was a break of almost a year from it to "Season 5.5" that starts with episode 9. Love your analyses as always.
Also, your hair looks great in this video!
The train robbery was awesome and an unforgettable episode.
We're so back!!
We're so back!!!
"the bed chamber" LOL
Rip mike 😥
But Mike wasn't right and was a bit hypocritical.
It wasn't Walt's ego that caused his and Gus' relationship to fall apart. Go back to S3. Everything was more or less fine. Walt was content with running the lab. The thing went to sh!t when Gus' dealers killed Tomas and then Jesse couldn't let go and went on his revenge. Walt saved him. That set Gus Vs Walt, not Walt's ego. It was a matter of rather fighting to live. Only after killing Gus Walt's ego truly exploded.
And Mike? He was more than ok with killing Jesse. And killing Walt.
So no, it wasn't Walt's pride and ego, it was unfortunate event of Jesse meeting Andrea and well, Tomas being her brother and as a result Jesse going on his revenge after the murder of Thomas.
I love Mike, I do. Great character. But he was wrong at the end and was speaking from his nerves
I personally find Mike's final speech was more of a validation address to the audience that Walter's character is always at his core driven by pride and ego, which of course he is correct in this regard, but it's not like Mike knows the full context behind Walt, Jesse, and Gus' relationship like the audience does.
And beyond that I always felt that Walt always had ambition to go higher than Gus (his pride and ego), and the whole fiasco with Jesse and Hank's safety gave Walt the moral opportunity finally to get rid of Gus.
That goes into the broader "When could Walt have gotten out?" question. If he wanted to keep himself, his wife and children, Hank, and Jesse safe, as well as leaving enough money to secure his family's future, he didn't have a lot of exit points.
Declan's 15m offer for the methylamine tanker was arguably the first such point without ambiguity. He would have had more money than he ever needed, and Tuco, Gus, the cartel, all enemies were gone or no longer interested. Thus the "empire business" line. Any semblance of justification by circumstance ended the moment he refused to sell out to Declan.