AMC’s Breaking Bad has taken fans on one helluva journey over the past four seasons, and the series’ most recent season has been one of the best yet. There is, in fact, an argument to be made for the show getting better with each passing episode, but we’ll save that for another day. Instead, let’s talk about Breaking Bad’s Sunday-night season finale: will Hank figure out why Gus has been three steps ahead of him all this time? Will Skylar turn out to be pregnant again? And—as the old Texas Chainsaw Massacre poster used to ask—who will survive, and what will be left of them? Check out my predictions for the Breaking Bad fourth season finale after the jump, folks.
If you’ve taken a look around lately, you might have noticed that Breaking Bad’s become quite the popular series this season. Over the past few years, Vince Gilligan’s AMC-based masterpiece has always been one of the most critically-acclaimed shows on television, but this year the online-chatter surrounding the show (and, hell, the offline-chatter, as well: I’ve had more people ask me if I watch Breaking Bad this year than any other) has reached new levels, and last week’s episode seems to have inspired more crackpot guesswork, conspiracy theories, and speculation than any other episode in the series’ run (yes, even moreso than last year’s “Did he or didn’t he?” season finale).
Quite frankly, it’s awesome to look around and see this many people talking about the show, mainly because it feels like Breaking Bad’s finally starting to get the amount of attention it so richly deserves. But it’s also awesome for another reason: the (sometimes hilariously convoluted) conspiracy theories that have sprung up in response to last week’s episode. Over the past week, I’ve fielded some truly bizarre emails from Breaking Bad fans. Some of them have been compelling, some of them have been flat-out nuts, and some of them have even been spelled properly—but all of them were worth reading, and some of them have even changed my predictions for the show’s fourth season finale.
The finale—as you surely know—airs on Sunday evening, and after spending the week discussing Breaking Bad with some of you, I thought it might be a good idea to offer up a place for all of us to share our own predictions for the fourth season’s final episode. I’m going to give you mine, but I’d encourage all of you to offer your own below (as per usual, let’s keep things civil: if someone offers up a theory you find to be batsh-t insane, don’t call that person out for it. Instead, offer up your own predictions and revel in your correctness when they turn out to be wrong on Sunday night). Let’s start things off with a look at who might live to see season five.
WHO WILL SURVIVE (AND WHAT WILL BE LEFT OF THEM)
WALT: I think we’ll all agree that—as the star of the series—it’s incredibly unlikely that Walt (Bryan Cranston) will get offed on Sunday night. The show could theoretically go on without him, but based solely on Gilligan’s stated mission to show us the transformation of Walter White from “chemistry teacher” to “supervillain”, I think it’s safe to say that the mission hasn’t been accomplished just yet (more on this in a later section). And so:
ODDS of DYING: 100/1
JESSE: Jesse’s always been the Laurel to Walt’s Hardy, the Butch to his Sundance, the Han to his Chewie. Breaking Bad without Jesse would be like Jurassic Park without the dinosaurs (sorry for the outdated example; I just glanced up at my Jurassic Park Mondo print). While I’m certain that Jesse won’t live to see the end of this series, I think it’s a safe bet that he’ll definitely make it to season five. Whether or not he’ll live to see the series finale, however, is another question entirely.
ODDS of DYING: 75/1
SKYLAR, WALTER JR., MARIE, SAUL GOODMAN: All of these supporting characters have roughly the same odds of being taken out. The narrative hoops Gilligan and company would have to jump through change from character to character in order to pull that off are different, but—in the end—I think that most of these characters are safe. Still, though, we shouldn’t be surprised to see one of them killed off in order to drive the plot in season five, and so…
ODDS of DYING: 50/1
HANK: Now Hank, on the other hand…I could imagine Hank getting taken out. I don’t believe it’ll happen—if for no other reason than to stick around and finish out the “Who is Heisenberg?” subplot—but, again, it’s possible. I’d guess that Steve, Hank’s partner, would be far likelier to be killed off than Hank (did anyone else think he might get shot while poking around in the laundry last week?), which would a) make Gus happy and b) push Hank into overdrive on the whole finding-out-who-Heisenberg-is thing for the show’s final season. For Steve, I’d give 10/1 odds. For Hank, though?
ODDS of DYING: 40/1
MIKE: It’s been a minute since we’ve seen Mike, Gus’ right-hand man and Jesse’s current mentor. He’ll surely pop back up for the season finale, but with all that Cartel business having finally died down, the likelihood of him being killed has been greatly reduced. Let’s say this: if he does get taken out, he’ll be a collateral-damage death. I think Mike’ll stick around to either butt heads or join forces with Walt after Gus is out of the picture. And so..
ODDS of DYING: 30/1
GUS: Here’s the biggie. On the one hand, Gus is now sitting in the cat-bird seat in terms of meth distribution in ABQ: he’s wiped out the cartel, he’s got the world’s best recipe for meth, and he’s got unlimited resources. Gilligan could keep him around for season five (especially considering the awesome work that Giancarlo Esposito’s been doing in that role). On the other hand, this entire season has been about the cat-and-mouse game between Walt and Gus, and a showdown is inevitable. The only question is: will it happen Sunday night…or a few episodes into season five?
ODDS of DYING: 15/1
You’ll surely have your own opinion on these death-predictions, but again: offer your own in the comments section. Now, let’s talk about storyline predictions…
WHERE IS THIS ALL HEADED (AND WHAT’S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FINALE’S TITLE)?
The final episode of season four is titled “Face Off”, and apparently Vince Gilligan called this “a strangely appropriate title”. We could take that a number of ways, but I can fold that statement into the theory I’ve already got in place for how season four’s going to wrap. Be forewarned: what follows is complete speculation, and in all likelihood will turn out to be entirely incorrect (after all, if we could accurately predict and write Breaking Bad storylines, we’d be doing that for a living instead).
I think that the majority of the fourth season finale will deal with Walt and Jesse having their showdown with Gus. At some point, Mike will come back into the picture. Walt will realize his glasses were bugged, Jesse will tear himself away from the hospital to help hunt Gus down (perhaps turning to Mike in the process), and—eventually—Gus will get his. It’s entirely possible that Gus will live to see season five, but I personally think that he’s going to be taken out in the season finale. Furthermore, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Mike joining up with Walt and Jesse to make this happen: maybe Walt and Jesse will offer him more money to work for them (plus dental), or maybe Mike will be smarting over the fact that Jesse—not Gus—saved his ass in Mexico. Whatever the case may be, I think that Mike will be involved in Walt and Jesse’s plan to topple Gus.
I think that this back-and-forth will take up most of the episode, and that after Gus is good and dead, we’ll have one more “holy shit” moment before the credits roll.
To describe that moment, though, I gotta fess up: I like the theory that Walt poisoned Brock. I do. I know that it sounds insane at first, but once we start to analyze last week’s episode, the season finale’s title, what Gilligan said regarding that title, and—last but not least—a hint that Bryan Cranston tossed out during an interview earlier this week (which I’ll provide you with shortly), I’m confident that this is as good a theory as any. In case you haven’t heard this one, here’s how it goes:
Walt poisoned Brock. There’s a scene in last week’s episode where Walt is sitting in his backyard, spinning a gun on a table. The gun lands on Walt twice, but on the gun’s third spin, it points toward a potted plant. Walt seems to be struck by a sudden idea, and after leaping out of his chair, the scene ends. The next time we see Walt (as far as I can recall), it’s when Jesse comes over to confront him about Brock’s poisoning. An enormously tense scene follows, and ends with Walt finally convincing Jesse to come back to his side and kill Gus. It takes some convincing, but Walt pulls it off eventually.
According to this theory, Walt saw the plant, thought of Ricin, and devised a plot to poison Brock with some sort of chemical compound/elixir/whatever that’d simulate the effects of Ricin…but not kill him. Doing so would result in Jesse blaming Walt for the poisoning, which would then lead to Walt spinning a yarn about Gus being responsible. Walt would have justified the poisoning of a child to himself by thinking, “Well, the kid won’t actually die…and it’ll get Jesse back on my side…and that’ll allow me to take Gus out, which saves me, Hank, and my family”. One kid spends the night in a hospital bed, and Walt gets to stay alive (as does his family). We’ve seen Walt make justifications in the name of his family’s safety before.
And so, if this theory is correct—and I believe it might be—we’ll spend the majority of Sunday’s season finale watching Walt and Jesse take care of the Gus situation, and then—in the episode’s final moments—we’ll learn that Walt was the one who poisoned Brock. We’ll realize that Walt has made the transformation from “chemistry teacher” to “supervillain” (as Gilligan has warned us he would), and Jesse may or may not figure this out. If he does, expect season five to be about the showdown between Walt and Jesse. If not…well, expect Jesse to find out eventually, anyway.
I was going back and forth about all this, and then I noticed this quote from Cranston in an interview that took place earlier this week. Here’s Cranston talking about the season finale (spoilers follow):
“And then almost insignificantly, almost forgettable, the last scene, there is no dialogue. There are no actors. It’s a familiar exterior scene if you’ve watched the show. You’ll recognize the place, exterior shot, and you don’t even know really what you’re looking at. You’re looking at something that’s like, yeah, so? And the camera slowly pushes in, pushes in, pushes in, and you don’t even know where it’s going, it’s innocous. And then all of the sudden it rests on an object. And once you recognize, and understand the meaning of that object, you hold your head, once more, and go: NO! HOLY SHIT! NO! Blackout. End of the season.”
Y’know what I think? I think we’re going to see some sort of evidence that Walt poisoned Brock: maybe we’ll see the Lunchables that Walt switched out for the poisoned one in Brock’s lunch (that’s kind of a joke), or maybe we’ll see some of the non-poison that he actually used for this epic trick…who knows? But after reading this, I decided that I’d go ahead and adopt the “Walt poisoned Brock” theory. I especially like how this theory dovetails with Gilligan’s stated objective to make Walt a “supervillain”, and how shocking it would be for the audience. Can you imagine?
Of course, you probably think I’m nuts (as is anyone else who’s adopted this pet theory). But I thought the reader who sent me an email saying that Walt’s glasses were bugged was nuts…until I saw that little doohickey on the pad of his glasses. Over the years, Breaking Bad has painted its characters into so many corners, and every time we think, “Uh-oh, that’s it for (character name here)”, the show’s writers hit us with a narrative sucker punch: the character is saved, redeemed, killed, or does some other surprising thing, and we’re left marveling at just how brilliant Gilligan and company are.
We know two things going into this season finale: Walt’s gotta be a “supervillain” somewhere between now and 13 episodes from now, and Gus and Walt have to have a showdown. What are your predictions for how it’ll all turn out? Leave ‘em below (and remember: let’s respect our neighbors, kids), and be sure to come back on Sunday evening for my all-singing, all-dancing, fantastic-plastic recap-review of Breaking Bad’s fourth season finale.
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Gus will definitely die, and it has nothing to do with his character’s actions. Giancarlo’s accepting of a role on another television series on ABC, which tells me that his work on Breaking Bad is done.
http://www.deadline.com/2011/07/tv-bits-giancarlo-esposito-to-join-abc-series-howie-mandel-to-produce-reality-format-ben-silveran-to-publish-comic/
Watch Breaking Bad Season 4 Episode 13 – Face Off [FULL VIDEO UPDATED]
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Everyones so sure about Jesse eating it sooner or later. I think its time to wake up and realize its really his story; drug addiction struggle, making the moral choices (trying to save the drug dealer boy in season 3) i think were going to see him make a complete opposite arch as walt, who i do, my the last season expect to get blown away (by jesse maybe?) or meet his ultimate demise.
Also whats funny- and I bet Gilligan didnt expect this, just like he didnt expect to keep jesse around until he realized how good an actor aaron paul was- is how most people ive talked to about this show, is in a strange way Pro- Gus. Aside from Giancarlo’s performance being exceptional, the show has given us real reason to empathise somewhat with Gus; i.e watching the Cartel murder his partner, feeling the same anger as he would. I found myself cheering loudly when Gus made the move and destroyed those cartel members
I noticed just one inaccuracy and I hate to be that guy, but there are 16 episodes left of the show. It may be split into two separate seasons or one long season. That hasn’t been decided yet but I think it’s leaning toward one long season as Vince Gilligan stated that it won’t go past season 5. Although I think that is more up to AMC than Vince Gilligan.
I like the idea that Walt poisoned the kid. It hadn’t actually crossed my mind, I didn’t see how it was possible but it makes sense. The only loose thread is the missing cigarette from Jesse’s pack. I don’t know how Walt would have access to it. Though Gus did seem surprised that the kid was poisoned.
I don’t think Walt’s glasses were bugged but I did notice the emphasis on them when he was on the roof. I though maybe Gus saw a glint on the rooftop and it spooked him. But who knows.
On the WTF Podcast Bryan Cranston had several things to say about the finale, one of which you quoted. The other was the “Holy Shit” moment. I think either Jesse or Skylar will be offed. Those are the only two relationships in my opinion that would push Walt over the edge into villain status. Hank won’t be killed unless he finds out Walt is who he is really after, because that has been a storyline that’s been brewing since the beginning. Skylar being dead makes the most sense to me.
This final shot, the Holy shit moment, I spotted what it is Yo. Jesse is delivered to his car by the Lauanderia Brillante truck, and I caught something brilliant. SPOILER
HE DROPS HIS PACK OF CIGARETTES. at 16:27 left on the clock, he reaches for his keys, at 16:31 you can just barely see them drop into the sillouette of his car!!! Now if Brock really was poisoned by Ricin – we dont know that for sure yet- which, is probably the case. WALT must have actually done it. Gus could’ve but my guess is that the “appropriate response” he is thinking of is just attempting to slaughter his family. Also, could it be that the cigars Hank always smoked (think pool party, the ones that were a perk) could actually indicate an affiliation with the cartel. How about his paperweight with Tuco’s grill in it, sitting in the desert? There is a shot of that in season two somewhere. Shit is not is as it appears, my prediction.
To add to my post. I think Skylar dead means an end to Walt’s conscience. She has played this part for him for the run of the show. Without it, Walt is free to go deeper into it without having to answer to anyone.
An explosion. The nursing home. Somebody’s face gets literally cut off. I’m just guessin’ here.
Wow! Good call!
Is everyone forgetting the consequences of killing Gus. If Mexican Cartel Don wouldn’t kill him 20 years ago. Then what ever trouble that he wanted to avoid will be now be Walt problem now.
I didn’t think about that either. I don’t think it will make a difference in whether he dies or not but it will def play into next season.
I think Walt poisoned Brock and I think Brock will die. I think the finale will leave Gus dead. I also read about his accepting a new tv role next season. I think the finale title “Face Off” is what the Holy Shit moment will be. Someone gets their face cut or blown off and we won’t know for sure until we see a piece of a dark skin facial part on the ground in the close up. I think Walt blows off Gus’ face. Or to be a super villain, maybe he will cut it off. It has to be really gruesome. I also think at least one of Walt’s family members is murdered by Gus.
I think the ultimate face off is between Hank and Walt. For a true “super villain” metamorphosis, Walt must kill a member of his family. Hank will put two and two together, and Walt will off him (along the last vestiges of his morality).
Go back and watch that scene where Saul’s body guard pats down Jesse… just as Saul walks in you can see the body guard putting something into his own pocket as he moves away from Jesse. Walt is behind the poisoning, and Jesse’s assumption was right that Walt had Saul somehow get the ricin cigarette.
Matt, Saul was just nervous, and the guard would have had to re pat down Jesse to give him back the cigs.
Did you re-watch that scene? It’s pretty obvious that the body guard just lifted something off of Jesse, he goes straight for Jesses pockets too, he doesnt pat him down all over, only the pockets of Jesses jacket and pants. Then once Saul walks in and interrupts, the body guard quickly puts something into his own jacket pocket. Watch it, you’ll see.
You are right that there is still an issue of getting the pack of cigs back in Jesse’s pocket, and this may be revealed later.
I agree with the Walt poison Brock theory, and i think Gus not defending his innocence in the hospital chapel was him realising Walt did it, and that Walt had turned Jesse against him. This is why Gus didnt get in the car, knowing the two were cohorts, and Jesse not wanting to leave the hospital gave it away for him.
I think Gus is going to kill Jesse, he knows they are no longer seeing eye to eye, he cannot kill Walt without losing Jesse, and Walt has more to lose making him easier to be controlled, kids, wife, Hank, Hank’s annoying wife. Also I dont beleive Gus can be killed by the two, i think he might make it to next season.
If im wrong and Jesse does make it, then i have no idea who will die.
Here is why Vince Gilligan called the title “strangely appropriate”.
SPOILER AHEAD
http://i.imgur.com/RBw9a.jpg
That looks stupid, bad photoshop. If that’s real i’ll eat my poo.
Looks really fake!
Looks really fake and way too obvious.
Well, after seeing the episode last night, hope you’re hungry! Just make sure you eat something good before you “poo” it out! LMAO!
Just goes to show you, not everyone is trying to pull a fast one!
I am a film student, and I work with Special Effects and Prosthetics makeup all the time.
This is DEFINITELY real.
Also, this makes PERFECT sense with the car bomb.
Steven Gomez is in Gus Fring’s back pocket, as is Gomez’ boss, Merkert.
His GLASES aren’t fracking bugged. look at the picture above it looks like a bug in the picture from last week but it wasn’t then or now.
I agree with the theory that Walt poisoned Brock so that’s the end of that discussion with me. My twist in this matter could be that Hank or Steve find something that really perks their interest from seeing something in those pictures Steve took. Causing the DEA to raid the laundry forcing the operation to stop there. This would enrage Gus and possibly have him send people to kill Walt’s family, but they would fail…or possibly seriously hurt Skylar or Walt Jr.
For Gus and Walt facing off with one another directly I don’t know if I see that happening this season. I like the idea that they keep this indirect battle going, but it will get very close to seriously destroying both of their lives before the end of this episode.
One last thing, but it might not matter anymore, that bomb is still on Gus’s car. I wonder if it will come up again this episode maybe as a distraction for the police…or maybe Walt will even blow it up to distract DEA. for some reason.
“Face Off” could allude to a few things
a) Somebody gets their face blown off
b) Somebody (probably Gus) gets extensive plastic surgery to change their identity
c) Walt takes his “face” off to Hank and tells him everything
I keep reading about a HOLY SHIT moment…. I just want to wake up and have it be Sunday….
Walt will fail at killing Gus again and someone in his family will die.
Marie dies during an attempt to kill Hank, sending Skyler over the edge and into the “kill Gus” camp. Hank goes into “get Heisenberg” overdrive…gotta happen since we know the “Hank realizes Walt is Heisenberg” moment HAS to happen.
And give us more Kuby (love Bill Burr).
The DEA guy with white hair works for Gus. I think Hanks partner will die, Walter poisoned the kid, and Gus’ connections will be the primary antagonists next season or at least half the season, then Walter will. Jessie and Hank are the heroes. Jessie’s story is of redemption.
Does ANYONE else feel like the bear’s eye, which continues to show up throughout the series, will be the final shot?
YES
Walt’s cancer will return. That’s my prediction. I think they’ve been keeping that story line quiet all season just to build the surprise. In fact I think the cancer will eventually kill Walt in the end.
Hector poisoned Brock
Last scene will be a close up on Walt’s Car w/ a tracking device that we can assume Hank had planted there.
I still think Brock took Jesse’s cigerette pack and snagged the one with Ricin. He was just curious about smoking. The stuff takes a while to take effect. He could still die. It would fit with other things that happened as a result of what Walt did. Walt gave Jesse the Ricin. Brock dies because Walt was trying to save his own ass. Jesse thinking Walt poisoned Brock was just a cool coincidence that led to a great confrontion scene.
As for the “Holy Shit” moment, I think Hank is going bye-bye.
That’s all I could come up with because I chose not to read that Cranston quote.
Snipped from thee article:
“Walt would have justified the poisoning of a child to himself by thinking, “Well, the kid won’t actually die…”
That is some pretty far fetched reasoning, he might just as well beat him to a pulp but then say “it’s ok, he won’t actually die”
See how dumb that sounds?
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I do not agree with the Walt poisoned Brock theory. Most everything in the series, when it comes to Walt, is presented very clearly and almost never left to the viewers imagination (discounting the season ending cliff-hangers). Walt poisoning Brock would have been presented to us in an obvious manner so the viewers would know exactly what happened, yet Jessie would not know, much like when Walt killed Jane. I do not think that this would be an event left to our imagination. I think Gilligan would want to show us up front and personal how much of a super villan Walt is actually becoming without Jessie seeing it himself.
I think that the bomb in Gus’s car will be detonated, possibly killing Gus. That is still there as of the last episode.
I also think that Walt is going to kill Skylar, this I believe is a result of Skylar giving the money to Ted. Walter will feel as though he is making sacrifices for his family and Skyler does not appreciate it by going out of her way to give Walts hard earned money to her former fling.
I just cannot get my arms around how Jessie and Walt are going to run the drug operation. Gus put all of the pieces in place on his own. If he is gone I can’t see how Jessie and Walt will just walk in and run everything. Therefore the only Holy-Sh** moment I can think of is that Walt will somehow team up with Hector Salamanca and get his blessing to run the cartel. The last scene may be Don Eladio’s necklace being given to Walt to symbolize the passing of the torch, so to say.
Saul will die. Jessie will not die until he becomes the shining light of reason. and character. If he does, then Walt dies, and the the show will be over.
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Yeah I was passing around the Walt poisoned Brock theory in other forums, and people were calling me crazy and stupid. But if this series is about the transformation from chemistry teacher to supervillain then what’s the logical step for a supervillain than poisoning a little boy?
Also I think Gus dies in the finale. I wished I didn’t read that quote that Bryan Cranston said, but I have a feeling Scott Wampler is right in that it will reveal that Walt poisoned Brock.
I think the final season will focus on Hank getting close to Heisenberg’s identity. I also think Walt dies at the hands of Jesse. Jesse finds out that Walt was responsible for Jane’s death as well as Brock’s sickness/possible death. He then kills Walt and takes over the meth trade in New Mexico becoming a drug kingpin but with a code. He adopts the code that Walt made, but adheres to the code, never violating it, the code being a solid businessman, not just a sleezy drug dealer, never using violence unless necessary, and never hurting children. Jesse has already shown that he has adopted the good parts of Walt, like how he told Gus not to kill Walt. I think in the end of it all Jesse is the hero, and Walt the villain.
Gus will NOT die in the finale.
There is a future interaction indicated between Gus and another character. Gus offered Walt Jr. a job in his chicken restaurant. Walt Jr. will take the job, and thus Gus will have some leverage over Walter White.
By the way there are actually 16 episodes left not thirteen and apparently Gilligan is going to split it into two seasons. But yes, when I watched the episode I thought to myself that Walt is lying. He poisoned Brock.
I think Walt is going to kill Saul because he knows about the poison and Walt won’t take the chance of him spilling it to Jesse at some point. That will be one of the “Holy shit” moments.
I think mike will save Jessie somehow maybe from Gus.
IMO, Walt did not poison the child, Gus did. And he was attempting to see if Jesse was still under his thumb, which by lying, Jesse proved that he can’t be trusted. Also the wording that Jesse used to get Gus to the hospital meant that Gus was going to have to come to the hospital. What reason would Jesse have for wanting Gus there?
I think Gus is going to die, Mike saves Jesse from (Gomez?) or ?, and the final shot is of a tracker on Walt’s POS Aztek. The offseason question will be how long has it been there? Hank is NOT an idiot, after the duh inability to drive and subsequent wreck, Hank is even more suspicious of Walt.
BUt I really hope that Skylar goes the fuck away…I don’t care where. She’s a controlling bitch who thinks she knows more than she actually does. Offers to launder money without knowing how much needs to be laundered? WTF? Then the whole let’s give Ted $600+K and think that was a good idea? Moron…Oh, and one more Skylar dumbass thing…A Dodge Challenger is NOT an extravagant car (well, it is for a 16 year old retard). Depending on the model, you could walk into a dealership and get one for about $2k down and $325/mo. You just bought an $800k car wash, and now you think that a car that costs less than $35k is going to bring too much heat? DUMB.
Why would jesse WANT gus there? even by the end of that episode you know that jesse was luring gus there so that walt could put a bomb on his car… so yes, he wanted gus there
I think Walt Jr will be killed. Walter really cares about how his son sees him, with all the early morning breakfast, to Walt buying Jr a car and then the conversation they had where Walt said ” I don’t want you to see me like this”, I don’t think he just meant his moment of weakness after the Jesse/Walt fight… I think he meant what he had become in the past year-ish. So if Walt Jr is killed, Walter will have no reason to preserve the image of a great father, then he will go straight Kaiser Soze on everyone!
I read a article before the beginning of the season, where they were filming a scene between Walt and Jesse. In the scene Walt was supposedly.confessing about Jesse’s girlfriend. I have watched every episode multiple times and this hasn’t happened. Could it be possible Walt comes clean about watching her die and poisoning Brock? The Face Off could mean Walt vs Jesse heading into season 5 after Gus demise.
I think Walt will end up being Gus at the end and Hank will die by his hand.
i think the ending moment will have cctv footage of walt killing guus and that will be the cliffhanger.
after reading through all of your comments…
at first, the theory that walt poisoned brock seems a little bit of a stretch. BUT after thinking about it more, i asked myself, “is it really THAT crazy to think walt would do such a thing?” after all, this question, along with the brock/ricin plot point, play into one of the show’s larger motifs – that of moral relativism.
to an outsider, walt “finishing off” jesse’s girlfriend in season 2 would be considered morally reprehensible. but for those familiar with walt’s transformation…his decision to play dirty should come as no surprise. jesse is walt’s lifeline.
well, the stakes are similar now. yes, poisoning a child is an extreme measure, but again, walt had to flip jesse and regain his loyalty. without that relationship intact, walt and his family would be in even greater danger. how else was he going to flip jesse, considering they beat the living daylights out of one another just a few episodes ago? jesse had developed a HATRED for walt.
also, walt was clearly lying when he denied using the ricin. and gus seemed genuinely surprised.
season 3 was about gus’ ascent, season 4 has been all about walt’s desire to eliminate gus. gus will definitely be offed. this plot point has served its purpose. i think a major part of season 5 is going to tackle the question of what happens once gus has been removed from the equation.
and while i’m not ruling out hank’s death, i don’t think we’re going to see it in the season 4 finale. season 5 is going to return to the “who is Heisenberg” subplot, with hank eventually finding out about walt’s meth cooking. i bet the HOLY SHIT moment will be a bold step in that direction. there’s still a lot of great material with this story line, and it will culminate in the “final judgment” of walt and his decision to manufacture illegal drugs to pay for his cancer treatment and support his family.
I believe that Saul, Gus and Skylar are all possible candidates to be killed off in the finale. Although i dont want to go along with the theory that walt poisoned brock, it is certainly possible. Huel did shove something into his pocket after frisking jesse at sauls, but tyrus also had an opportunity to take it while jesse was cooking. I am leaning on Skylar getting killed off. The last shot we saw of her she was smoking a cigarette that one of the agents gave her. I just have a feeling that she will be shot in one of the next scenes at hanks.
I dont think Walt poisoned Brock. Dont forget that he would also have had to remove the cigarette from Jesse’s cigarette pack, while finding the time to make the poison and somehow get it into the kid. Seems like there wouldnt have been time and opportunity to do both.
I suspect Tyrus is the inside man, and has been working for the cartels. The cartels would be interested in splitting up Gus Walt and Jesse and would want revenge for Gus’ poisoning. Why not poison someone as revenge for that?
I also think if there’s going to be a reveal at the end of the episode, its going to be either of Jesse’s cigarette or something to do with Ted, perhaps even that Ted is still alive, and is in protective custody, and about to start blabbling to the cops about the two men his ex lover sent to frighten him.
I think where Breaking Bad is leading is to force Skyler to choose between going to jail or spilling the beans on Walt, forcing Walt to decide whether to kill her or not.
I think Walt poisoned the kid. He wasn’t answering his phone for the better part of the day, and Huell I believe swiped Jesse’s cigarettes while he was patting him down in Saul’s office.
The WTF moment at the end has my mind racing. Like someone else said, I think it’s going to have to do with Hank getting close(r) to finding out Walt = Heisenberg.
And maybe in a last ditch effort to screw over Walt (he may know he’s a dead man at some point) he calls in a tip to the DEA saying Walter White is Heisenberg.
Is it Sunday night yet?
Walt’s glasses weren’t bugged. All I saw in that shot was the little metal piece that holds the nose pad in place
I would like to say thanks to everyone. This is one of the few article in my life where I actually read everything including all of your comments. All very good ideas. We only need to wait a wee bit longer. And by the way ( no predictions…. sorry but your comments have said it all ) I would like to just say Bryan Cranston has proven to be a AMAZING AMAZING actor. I keep thinking…. “this is the dumb dad in Malcolm in the Middle?” WOW…. He is the kind of actor Hollywood needs. WONDERFUL job and THANK YOU sir.
Not to poke holes in your theory because it’s decent, but putting a kid in the hospital under the pretense of worse conditions in order to take out a homicidal maniac isn’t exactly supervillain behavior. It’s close. But I suppose that’s a good first step.
I know it really doesn’t go along with anything but my belief about Brock’s poisoning is that he saw Jesse smoking, stole the cigarette himself just to try it and unfortunately it happened to be the Ricin cigarette. Jesse just is pissed off at Walt as not to be blamed himself for having it on him in the first place. It would be one of the many in”conveniences” that have happened through out the show
I completely agree with Scott on his prediction. Gus will die (face blown off? Hence the name of episode?) . He’s exceeded his two season + existence on the show. Time to refocus on Walt and Jesse who probably will showdown eventually.
As far as Brock? It has to be Walt. He needed to get Jesse’s attention somehow. Besides, the gun scene seemed too perfect and seamless. Walt conveniently left the gun on the DEA friends begin to open the car doors, the car explodes. Who detonated it? Maybe Mike.
In the end, Gus dies but gets his last laugh by killing off Hank with his brother in laws bomb. We will also learn that Walt poisoned Brock. Probably toward the end.
I’m probably so off but regardless, should be a great episode!