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March 21, 2008

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Win a Winnebago (Toy Model): Week IX

Here's your chance to be the proud owner of a toy-sized version of Walt's Winnebago. Tell us: Do you think Hank would arrest Walt if he found out?

Once again, we'll randomly pick a winner from the answers and award a replica of the RV from the show.

We're giving away a miniature model every week, so be sure to check back for next week's question. Find out after the jump who our lucky winner was last week.

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Talk Forum: What You're Saying

The Breaking Bad Talk forum reflected on the entire first season this week, as AMC began airing encores of the series. Prompted by a post that after watching the first episode, the story of Skyler's hobbies never quite return, Colonel Panic stated, "It would be a mistake to detail Skyler's ebay hobby or her short story writing, just as it would be inefficient and a waste of momentum to journalize sister-in-law's thieving habits too much." Pamala, however, disagreed and offered, "You gotta give the supporting players some depth of their own to make the viewers interested enough in them as individuals before you play them off the heart of the show, which is clearly Walt and Jesse."

Other aspects of the premiere struck bird666, who after watching the scene where Walt defends his son in the clothing store commented, "My wife and I cheered Walt as he kicked those kids down a few pegs. We have a young son and both agreed that we would have also come to the defense of our child in that sort of situation." Taofledermaus busied himself trying to spot allusions to other great instances of characters breaking bad: "Is it possible that Mr. White, and Pinkman (Mr. Pink) are subtle references to Reservoir Dogs?" he asked. "The stylization of BB with subtle humor, mixed with brutal violence reminds me a lot of Tarantino's work."

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Q&A: Thomas Golubic (Music Supervisor)

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Breaking Bad's music supervisor Thomas Golubic talks about finding the perfect song and Walt's secret room for listening to R&B.

Q: How did Gnarls Barkley end up premiering a song for the finale?

A: I went to Sundance for a DJ gig and bumped into a friend. He mentioned in passing that he had just finished work on the new Gnarls Barkley record -- I didn't even know there was a new Gnarls Barkley record. So I basically reached out to the Gnarls Barkley management and ended up getting a copy of two tracks way way before the release. One of them was "Who's Gonna Save My Soul." And when I heard it, I thought: My God, the lyrics are absolutely perfect. We needed something that was going to end the series on a big note and really capture that feeling of Walt and Jesse having just got into something really really deep. It was like the heavens dropped the song in my lap.

Q: Do you ever hear a song and think: I have to get it in the show?

I'm very wary of falling in love with a song and being convinced it should go in the show. I hear songs where I think "Oh that's completely Walt", or "That's something Jesse would have," but there are many different flavors in this show. A lot of the music doesn't effect Walt or Jesse -- music of the outside world, whether it's the shoe store or the clothing store -- it's very pretty and a little bit numbing. It's very easy, soft, a solipsistic quality to the world outside of them. The world outside is a drugged up world of its own. Everything's a little bit too slick and too pleasant. Then you have this world of Walt and Jesse, which is ragged and bursting with awkward enthusiasm. It's the dichotomy of the two different worlds.

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