My thoughts on the series and S5

I didn’t post much this season, and had some issues signing in, so now I’m using my fb id to sign in. I used to post as Gracie. I have just a few thoughts to sum up the season ender and next season.

A lot of people are stating that with last nights events, there is little point of a S5, that the show has or will jumped the shark. While apparently the show was in the can before there was a deal for S5 and it was good to end with some closure, I think there is potential for ever escalation of violence and possibly the deaths of major characters.

Back during WWI, there was a popular song “How You Gonna Keep’em Down on the Farm After They’ve Seen Gay Paree?” Apparently people were worried simple farm boys would not be willing to go back behind a plow in Podunk USA after tasting the many sensual delights that was on every corner in the city of light. But there were darker urges let loose as well. In every war a very small percent of young men discover they have a talent for the nefarious. Walt has been through a war of his own of sorts. Remember in S1 when those brushes with death brought with them such a feeling of being alive for the first time? Remember that scene in the parking lot at the high school? Yeah, so who out there thinks Walt’s gonna settle down into the 9 to 5 at the carwash? A week, a month before he gets itchy for a new thrill? We never did know the results of the cancer test. A man with no fear of death is a dangerous man indeed.

Does anyone really think the DEA, FBI, Homeland Security et al are going to just sweep under the rug a bomb going off in a nursing home of all places? Explosive experts are going to crawl all over ABQ to get to the bottom of this. The revelation of such a respected community leader as Gus Fring being blown to smithereens by a cartel dude is going to smart. For those of you who are whining about never really finding out who Gus really is, we may just find out who he is.

And then poor old Ted. Someone in the IRS may wonder about the good timing of receiving such a large inheritance at such a time. Oh, and he is dead. Shuffled off his mortal coil. Rung down the final curtain. Joined the Choir invisible. He is an ex-scumbag. Same thing goes for Gus by the way. (I can’t believe after last years “Gale is alive” farce people are rerunning such nonsense.

Then there’s Hank. He will not let this die down. He will rub it in everyone’s face. Will he get access to the surveillance tapes of the laundry? Yeah, someone was going there a lot in a fugly Aztek. How many Azteks are there in ABQ? One thing for sure, Hank has nothing but time and he has the tenacity of a pitbull. Does he know about Walt but is keeping it mum? Sometimes I’m not so sure he still thinks of Walt as a meek Walter Mitty.

Let’s not forget about Walt’s ego, the source of all of this misery. How long before he gets drunk again and lets out a few choice tidbits, or worse Heisenberg?

Long post I know, but BB fans are the most thoughtful, insightful fans out there. The most sophisticated, intelligent show on TV ever draws us in and hopefully