I am a large, semi-muscular man. I can take it. Don't hide behind Mal 'cause you know he'll shoot it down for you. Tell me.

Wash ,'War Stories'


Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...

To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])


Theodosia - Sep 16, 2013 9:17:44 am PDT #11118 of 11998
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

My guess is that he wasn't thinking much ahead of taking Holly -- it was sheer panic, to grab a bargaining chip.

But when he'd had time to cool down, and admit to himself that Holly needed her mom, and that he was putting his family in big heaps of trouble, he manned up.

I'm sure the Amber Alert helped his decision along, though.


Jessica - Sep 16, 2013 9:25:59 am PDT #11119 of 11998
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

My guess is that he wasn't thinking much ahead of taking Holly -- it was sheer panic, to grab a bargaining chip.

That was what I saw, though clearly by the time he made the phone call he knew about the Amber Alert and was depending on the call being recorded by the police.

Guesses as to what the sniper gear and ricin are for 8 months down the line? DH thinks he's going to free Jesse from the Nazi meth lab, and I wonder if the ricin is a suicide pill.


le nubian - Sep 16, 2013 9:39:18 am PDT #11120 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Walt (the character) has periods of thinking and planning as well as periods of acting in a panic. The man who took Holly is the same man who drove screaming into the desert toward his $$.

This is not a man who has his shit together.


Scrappy - Sep 16, 2013 10:11:13 am PDT #11121 of 11998
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Yeah, I think he changed his mind because of seeing Holly's distress.


Polter-Cow - Sep 16, 2013 10:54:22 am PDT #11122 of 11998
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Guesses as to what the sniper gear and ricin are for 8 months down the line? DH thinks he's going to free Jesse from the Nazi meth lab, and I wonder if the ricin is a suicide pill.

I've seen that theory, and I've also seen suggestions he's going to poison Lydia. I guess because she's the one who got Uncle Jack involved in the business, and now he's on a Hank vendetta? All the weaponry to free Jesse sounds about right, though. But then Jesse kills him. Right? Riiiiight?


Amy - Sep 16, 2013 10:56:02 am PDT #11123 of 11998
Because books.

Wait. There's a Nazi meth lab?


Theodosia - Sep 16, 2013 10:57:26 am PDT #11124 of 11998
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Neo-Nazi meth lab -- that Tod is running, mostly. The Neos killed off the last meth lab crew while Lydia hid nearby.


Amy - Sep 16, 2013 11:02:46 am PDT #11125 of 11998
Because books.

Wow. I don't watch, but the reactions have been so dramatic, I had to see what was going on.


le nubian - Sep 16, 2013 11:22:23 pm PDT #11126 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Interview with writer of BB ep. [link]


Jessica - Sep 17, 2013 5:40:46 am PDT #11127 of 11998
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Huh. I don't buy it, but ok.

(Or rather, I believe that the actual baby said "Mama" on set; I do not believe that the shots of her saying "Mama" in the ep were captured live, because actual babies' mouths do not look like that.)

The blurb for next week's ep is "A conclusion closes in from events set in motion long ago."