Breaking Bad Season four

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I just finished watching the season four opener for Breaking Bad... and I liked it!
I just knew Gus was going to cut that guy, when Walt was trying to convince him why he and Jesse were needed.
Any thoughts?

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

The scene with Gus was intense, loved the contrast between his calm, deliberate actions and Walt's desperate negotiations. This has to be one of the best TV shows in the last few years, glad it's finally back on.

Just thought I'd bump this in the hope that this thread can be used to post opinions after each episode airs (I was going to start a thread for the weekly discussion of episodes but there is no reason this shouldn't be suitable).

I must say, using light spoilers in case somebody hasn't seen it, "Cornered" could very well be my favourite 'slow' episode of the show, even better than 'Caballo Sin Nombre'. The scene with Skyler and Walter was absolutely chilling and the scene with Bogdhan (spelling?) afterwards just cemented his absolute evilness. In fact, everything about the episode was perfect as it showed how the wall between Walter White and Heisenberg is crumbling at a collosaul rate. He is just such a cancerous (is that a word?) character as he ruins every single person around him, corrupting them and making them more misreable. SLIGHTLY STRONGER SPOILER HERE. His twisted powerplay involving Walter Jr. was just terrible and absolutely repulsive. Up until now, I was neither rooting for the character nor against, but now I am hoping somebody (Jesse is my bet) kills the most evil character I've ever seen on television. In fact, Vince Gilligan has said that the show won't have a happy ending and at the start I thought this would mean Walter would be killed but now, I think the most unhappy ending would be him surviving.

Most admit I didn't see it until Gray Matters but I must congratulate you for finding it out at the beginning. Also, I must disagree that it'll end badly for him. I wouldn't be surprised if it ended with Walter escaping (while people around him continue to suffer or die) as (to me atleast) that would be a much more depressing ending seeing him go unpunished (something I think is more likely considering Jesse's recent brilliant scene at the NA meeting complaining about how he went unpunished by his actions).

Anyway, wow, that was an amazing episode. The cold open though was (to me) absolutely awful. I cringed almost the whole way through it and the "Restart/Quit" was too on the nose with regard to the main characters' situation. Even though blatant product placement I loved the scene with the Dodge Challenger. Aaron Paul as per usual this season was incredible and Jesse's story is my favourite arc of his in the series. But wow. Hank! Just wow. Incredible. He is made of pure amazing and that could be my favourite moment of this season except maybe Jesse's monologue this episode or Walter's monologue in Cornered. This season is definitely getting moment and based on Saul's comment that the eight hole is murder (when talking to the policeman on the phone) leads me to believe Hermanos is going to be one of the best episodes in the series and I cannot wait.

I think Hank will discover Walt and Jesse when he proves his case against Gus - just as Walt fears.
There will be, I believe, a huge blow out with Gus' feud with the Cartel. These are guys who aren't afraid of Gus, and that's something he's not used to. I get the impression that Gus is keeping Mike in the dark about who is actually highjacking their trucks. I suspect they would need more than the fifteen, twenty operators Nike had suggested to take care of the situation.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

I just got turned on to this show actually, a friend down in Boca Raton exposed us to it while we were down there and I was really impressed. I'm almost through season one and yeah - have a lot of catching up to do. Any places I can find it streaming?