Damn that episode completely floored me. That heist was so adrenaline pumping and they get to have that brief moment of celebration before the kid in the opener shows up again and wow frickin' brutal.

I loved the reference by Hank to watching Heat where in it another heist goes awry in a real hurry.

That Lance kid is now a serial killer

Same here, knew the opening scene had to have some point and since we didn't see him the whole time I knew he would be there at the end. Still, that heist scene was probably the most nervous I've ever felt watching a tv show haha.

Amazing television.

This show just keeps getting better.

Wow. Was on the edge of my seat, the heist and that ending were insane.

Holy fucking shit!!!!! What an amazing episode I pretty much can't add anything more to the discussion that hasn't already been said. Incredible hour of television. How this show manages to keep on topping itself week after week is just unbelievable.

The heist was just phenomenal and so damn intense. I too had wondered at the beginning of the episode what the cold open was going towards but had kind of forgotten about it by the time the heist happened. You knew right when the kid appeared that it wasn't going to be good for him. Also Walt is such a sleazeball and so good at lying now. Going to Hank with a sob story with no problem at all so that he could plant his phone tap or whatever the hell it was. I have to think that's going to end up being a loose end for Walt eventually unless he somehow manages to get back inside Hank's office and removes it again. I have to think somehow Hank will knock the picture or something and the backing will come off and he'll think back to Walt holding that picture for no real reason. I really can't wait for the ultimate confrontation between those two eventually.

There's talk that next season might be extended to 12 episodes.

...to be split between 2013 and 2014, no doubt.

Get over it. It's obviously not ideal but it's a smart move by AMC whether the fans like it or not. I can deal with waiting and looking forward to the best show on for another year.

Well, they keep saying it's just the back-half of this season.

But I mean, between it airing next year, the talk of extending it and the rumor that they'll sell 2 separate DVD/Blu sets I don't see why they don't just call it what it will be: season six.

Who is Lance?

On top of everything being near perfect in this episode, we got a "Yo" and what I believe was Jessie's first "Bitch" of the season.

Just ran across this poster. Pretty bad ass.

Nope. Jesse's first "bitch" of the season was in the premiere . Magnets BITCH!!! Also way cool poster.

Of course. How could I forget that?

If it's VG and the writers that want the extra episodes than that's awesome. If it's the network looking for them then no thanks. IMO they should just make this season 5 and next summers 8 or 12 episodes season 6. Who cares if s5 is only eight episodes? S1 was short as well.

The last thing I want to see is AMC copy what FX did with the final Season of the Shield. What was originally supposed to be s6a and s6b with a short delay in between turned into FX pushing S6b back two or three times until they just decided to call it s7. In the end most of the fans watched s7 on the internet via French broadcasts a few weeks before they aired here.

BTW, the pacing of this show is among the best I have ever seen. Most of episodes work in very slow-set character pieces but they work in transitions to action scenes almost without effort. Amazing.

I said that earlier tonight.

Bad ass indeed.

Walter's fault the kid's dead. He made it very clear to Todd. "No one can know about this."

What's their alternative?

"... there are two kinds of heists: those where the guys get away with it, and those that leave witnesses."

i loved the shot to where Hank opens the door and see's behind Walt's as he's putting the tracker in the picture but doesn't realize it

Actually it was Jesse who said that, and Walt who asked Todd "Are you sure?"

Then again, Walt had no reaction when Todd raised the gun, so there's also that.

Doesn't matter that Walt didn't freak out and say "NOOOOOO!" Jesse is just as guilty as the others. Hell, he has seen first hand what meth does to families and children in the "Peekaboo episode" and yet he still willingly produces it. Jesse is no born again moral saint. Guilty.

I think this episode was a homage to Heat. The gang brings in a new guy (Todd and Waingro) and they both kill someone during the heist. Hank even mentions the Heat Blu-ray.

I loved this episode. The heist was pulse-pounding, and I should have seen that ending coming but the show is so good that I didn't. Aside from the moral implications, I couldn't help but think of all the different ramifications that will come from a dead/missing white kid. Things are just going to get more insane and intense from here on out.

Checking today's Ript shirt gave me a chuckle just now, in that you can get it in kids' sizes and baby onesies.

Forgetting the dirtbike kid for a moment (once I saw that they were doing the heist in desert, I knew he would witness it, but didn't think it would end like that), Hank seems to be pretty attached to Holly, so I'm guessing that is going to figure into things.

I was pretty shocked that Walt put the bug and ethernet device in place without using gloves - his prints are all over those now. Interesting that one plot twist has already happened due to something found hidden behind a photo.