Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

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Synopsis:

An unusual strategy starts to pay off, while plans are set in motion that could bring major change.


Episode 12 of 16

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

Looking forward to seeing what goes down after the end of last week's episode. Only four to go after tonight. :(

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

I know. TV, for the most part, goes back to being crap.

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

You forgot about Boardwalk Empire!

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

no he didin't.

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

i am going to a bbque tonight so cannot see this live. hope i don't hear something before i see it...

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

Shouldn't be hard if you avoid sites talking about it.

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

i know, but such a part of lexicon that you never know where you might hear something. i will try to watch later tonight however...

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

Turn off your smart phone (don't be tempted to go on Facebook or Twitter), keep the computer off, after the BBQ is over, fire it up on the DVR. Problem solved.

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

Today's episode is written and directed by Sam Catlin. It's his sendoff of the show. He wrote several episodes in the series. He cowrote both "Fly" and "Crawling Space". This is his first time directing a BB episode.

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

Fly was one of the few episodes that I would consider filler during this series run. I hope that doesn't bode badly for tonight's episode.

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

Any thoughts as to when Breaking Bad went from little seen show with a cult following to pop culture sensation? I mean, I can't think of another program that doubled its highest ratings at the beginning of it's 6th (or 5th) season.

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It's something called DVDs.

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Thank Netflix and the advent of binge-watching.

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

Considering he also wrote Half Measures and Crawl Space, we're in good hands.

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

Netflix is credited with it, looking more for a time.

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

It seems like it happened after or some time during the fourth season to me but I could be wrong. I hardly knew anyone (offline) who talked about it before then but all the sudden season 5A started and everyone was saying it's their favorite show. I first got into it with the season two DVD set. I had the season one set for a while but for some reason put off watching it until season two came out. I watched season one really fast and bought season two right after and have been watching live since season three.

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

Yep, and Fly was a pretty fun episode. It's right in the middle of the series and the point in which Walt realized what he had become via his remarks about Jane's death, "I wish I had just stayed home". Crawl Space is one of my top three episodes.

Just FYI from comments made from Anna Gunn: The last 3 episodes of this show are supposed to be bloody amazing. Every episode of Breaking Bad is special to me though!

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

Yeah The Fly episode isn't nearly as bad as what everyone says it is if you ask me. It's actually a favorite of mine as I thought it built kind of interestingly on the relationship between Walt and Jesse. Also like you mentioned it seemed to be one of the only times we've seen Walt feel like he's guilty.

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

Strong word of mouth, and Netflix definitely helped. I remember watching this show since episode 1, and I would tell my friends about it, who just laughed it off. "Wait, you mean the dad from Malcolm In The Middle is in this, and his brother in law just so happens to be a DEA agent?"

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

People would also brush it off when you gave them the premise and they say "Oh so it's just Weeds with meth?"

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

Wasn't a fan of Fly but those 2 you mentioned are a couple of my favorites in the whole series.

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

Agreed on strong word of mouth, but that sadly didn't really do jack for shows like The Wire. I have to think a lot of the success over the last year or so has been a result of the pop culture appeal of The Walking Dead and the various age groups pulled in via BB promos.

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

Yeah, around season 4 it exploded. I bought the season 1 DVD, a few months before the Season 2 started and fell in love with the show. Wait... not sure if I also bought the series in PSN, digital version, because it was in HD, the second season, and then started watched the third season live(?), something like that. You can search the threads here, almost no one watched the first season, a few more in the second season, then the third season with more, and then it exploded in the fourth. The second part of the fifth season has reached "Lost" length threads.

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

And about the reasons, social media helps, FB, Twitter, etc. Sites like Buzzfeed, the show is pretty quotable, and great for gifs creatives, memes, etc. And yeah, in this world The Wire would have exploded the same or even more. You can already see all the Omar gifs everywhere...

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

There were plenty of Wire references online back in 2007-2008.

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The lying Walt does with Skylar makes me want to choke myself out.

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

Audio feed problems!!! WTF???

Skylar has become more of a sociopath than Walt is.

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

Looks like Skylar is going to call Saul and send Jessie to Belize

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

Hank getting Jesse to snitch...

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

damn...

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

The determination and ruthlessness Hank just showed towards Jesse...almost made it seem like he's going to get fucked for it.

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

Poor Jessie; used by everyone. I was starting to root for Hank. Not so much anymore.

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

Hank is about as bad as Walt. Walt really has the best interest in mind for the people around him except for other bad guys. He has never been unfaithful to his wife, is protective of Jessie and wants to make sure his family is taken care of once he is gone.

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

Jesse deserves it. He signed a deal with the devil and you don't escape that shit.

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

In terms of using Jesse? Remains to be seen. In terms of everything else? Not even close.

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

I think Hank just made it clear he doesn't give a shit about Jesse.

I also fear Jesse is going to be a dead man soon.

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

I also liked that at the end of the episode, Walt had a backup plan

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

A lot of things happened but this was a quiet, great, episode.

Right now, I WANT most of the characters that appeared in this episode dead. Jesse, Walt, Skyler, Marie, Hank... Saul no, of course.

Re: Breaking Bad -- "Rabid Dog" -- 9/01/13
 

Anyone wanna guess what Jesse's new plan is gonna be? I was thinking catch Walt hiring Todd's Uncles group in the act of a hit on Jesse.