A Breaking Bad Conversation Thread w/ *SPOILERS* Up the Wazoo (Page 3 of 12)

Hank's got frigg'n invincibility mode enabled. He's a big man with no cover. The goons had 1-2 minutes to line him up with their automatic weapons. And they all missed. And kept missing. And kept missing. And then Hanks pops up again to shoot some more, and then all miss him again. Useless hit-men!

Not unless Walt Jr. aka Flynn appears out of nowhere and reveals his crotches were shotguns all along.

It was a bit of a contrivance, albeit a typically awesome Breaking Bad Universe contrivance, just for Hank and Gomie to make it to the end of this episode without either of them being lit up by the Aryan brothers, who suddenly developed the shooting prowess of a bunch of Stormtroopers.

Whatever happens to Hank from here on out, it's gonna send Marie off the deep end.

My vote goes to Meth Damon's ringtone!

It would have been just as dramatic (if not more so) if the episode ended just before the first trigger was pulled. Then the audience would have been left wondering about more possibilities: Were the cops going to show their badge? Or were they going to put down their weapons? Was Walt going to intervene to get the Nazis to cease and desist? Was backup going to arrive before the shooting began? Then we would have been spared the ridiculous A-team shoot 'em up where no one gets hurt.

Todd's a cold sociopath. I want you to kill your mom. Okay, Mr White.

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I've asked a cop about the whole shootout-where-no-one-gets-hit thing in movies. Didn't he think it was ridiculous, I asked, how people sprayed bullets everywhere in that movie but never seemed to hit a damn thing? His response was that Hollywood definitely presents shootouts unrealistically, however, he assured me that in real life shooting someone is not easy. If you're standing two feet away, that's one thing. But if you've got someone who is 10, 20, 25-plus yards away, and they're not stationary, it's actually quite a challenge. "That's why the practice range exists—because it's so hard to hit exactly what you'd like to hit" he said. His larger point was that when you factor in the adrenaline and confusion of the moment, shooting someone at a distance is hard even if you're an excellent shot. He did mention that some weapons are easier to aim than others. Now the most important point: I don't know whether any of that is true because I know nothing about firearms. But I guess it makes sense. It still seems to me that a weapon that sprays rounds all over the place would be nearly fool-proof. But then I've never shot a machine gun. (I was deeply involved with Operation Wolf back in the day, but that's classified.)

Also keep in mind that if my theory is right, Walt will have directly saved their lives, and he will have done so by putting himself and his family back into the meth-game when he had the option of letting them die and walking away clean (from legal prosecution, at least).

Even if Walt's the reason they were all in danger, that's a dynamic that Hank would have to deal with.

I don't really imagine there's room for a last cook. I still have no idea how we're gonna from here to the flash forwards, but I think that this shootout is the beginning of the big last showdown.

Another clue for my theory that we're headed for a "last cook" that will echo the very first one...

Or on a purgatory-like island

*runs away*

He destroys the tape a few episodes later.

Not sure if this is the same guy, but apparently there was one actor who auditioned for the show more than any other actor, and they finally found a role for him in Jack's crew. He even got a few lines.

Tait was actually a contestant on season 3 of Ultimate FIghter too.  Hell of a half guard.