In a flashback, gale boetticher excitedly unpacks sterling new hightech lab equipment, making notes in a distinctive journal labeled lab notes he is setting up the superlab. This meaning telling gus that gale was dead but also breaking the news that they had to get rid of one of their own. It consists of episodes, each running approximately 47 minutes in length. Breaking bad season 4 list of breaking bad episodes. Face off is the thirteenth episode and season finale of the fourth season of the american television drama series breaking bad, and the 46th overall episode of the series. Jesse is picked up by the police to answer questions about the ricin. Bottom line, breaking bad season 4 is a must for fans and the entire series is a must for fans of high quality television. He indirectly got his brotherinlaw shot, and excused gus for allowing it. End times bryan cranston and the cast discuss lifeanddeath aspects in episode 412.
The episodes title refers to the final showdown between walt and gus, but can also be seen as a play on words regarding gus demise where half of his face is burnt off. Walts ego cant take it, and gus knows its only a matter of time. Ign seth amitin face off was the perfect blend of breaking bad. In order to win, he had to play a game that was 10 steps ahead of gus, who was. Hank encourages gomez to check out the industrial laun. The fourth season finale of breaking bad did a lot of things right, coursecorrecting most of my worries and giving viewers not only an actionpacked, satisfying episode but putting the show on the path to finish its final 16 episodes in a nearly perfect dramatic state. Walt arranges for hanks protective custody to include skyler and the children. Walter white and skyler white frantically pack their luggage in their bedroom and discuss preparing walter white jr. A recap of breaking bads season 4 finale starring bryan cranston, anna gunn, and aaron paul. As dea agents arrive at the white residence to take. Meanwhile, brock has fallen terribly ill and jesse suspects walt may be behind it. In the end, i think the episode stayed on the right side of that line right meaning the side that breaking bad specified early on, when it announced itself as a series driven by story and. Box cutter is the first episode of the fourth season of breaking bad and the thirty fourth episode altogether.
And even if gus had known about the ricin and managed to get his hands on it, how could he have gotten it to brock. The fourth season of the american television drama series breaking bad premiered on july 17, 2011 and concluded on october 9, 2011. And the bags in the river, the series fourth episode took a kinder. It turns out that gale was a big part in convincing gus to let walk cook for him back at the end of the second season. Vince gilligan walks us through season four of breaking.
But breaking bad isnt the kind of show that leaves loose ends. Breaking bad season 5 episode 11 walt talks jesse into leaving town, out in the desert duration. Jesse seemingly manages to lie to gus that he doesnt know how brock was poisoned. Loyal viewers of breaking bad know that we bid adios to drug kingpin gus fring in face off,the final episode of the series slow burn of a fourth season and anyone not yet up to that. I bought 12 broken ps4s from ebay lets try to fix them. It seemed to suggest that season 4 would show a walter white feeling and owning his power. Last nights episode of breaking bad proved that the walking dead isnt the only show that knows how to make good use of a special effects budget.
When breaking bads fourth season began airing, the show had been off the air for more than a year, and had left fans hanging with the question of whether walter whites desperate gamble to keep himself and his partner, jesse pinkman, alive would be successful. Matt richenthal of tv fanatic awarded the episode a 4. Walt pays sauls secretary to call him and get him to save jesse. The titles of the first, fourth, 10th and final episodes of the second season of breaking bad go like this. Critics praised aaron pauls performance, the intense ending with walt and gus and the revelation in the episode that brock is poisoned. Though it didnt premiere to overthetop ratings, over the course of five seasons, it morphed into a television phenomenonthanks in large. Breaking bad boss talks season finale, gus spidey sense and. How do you think breaking bads fourth season will end. In his final moments, gus bears a striking resemblance to the batman villain twoface. The following contains major spoilers from last nights episode of breaking bad. In the interim, the show won two additional emmys for performances by bryan cranston and aaron paul, as white and pinkman. Videothis morning in breaking bad land there seems to be much flatout confusion about what happened at the end of last nights episode 511. The history of breaking bad is a series of ethical lines crossed. A subreddit for fans and critics of the hit television series breaking bad on amc.
In season 4 episode 12 when gus is walking towards his car in the hospital that walt has rigged with a bomb, why did gus not get in the car did he know the bomb was there. For walt, jesse, and poor brock, the end times are nigh. In this weeks penultimate episode of breaking bad season 4, a most desperate walter white was poised to put a. Walter white had met privately with hector salamanca, who hated him and wanted him dead for numerous reasons including, and in particular, the deaths of his psychopathic nephew tuco salamanca and his equally pyschopathic cousins marco and leonel. I maintain that this fourth season of breaking bad has been. Doctors and nurses hastily prepare medical equipment until a phone call prompts them to wheel a stretcher out of the room. The episode received critical acclaim and it is regarded as one of season 4s best episodes. In tonights penultimate season 4 breaking bad episode, end times, everyones preparing andor bracing for an endgame. Box cutter is the first episode of the fourth season of breaking bad and the thirtyfourth episode altogether. End times is the twelfth episode of the fourth season of breaking bad and the fortyfifth. At the time of the interrogation walt brakes into saul goodmans. Walt asks jesse to think of somewhere he can catch gus with no cameras or men watching him. Obviously to us as the viewers we know its rigged with a bomb, but there is just absolutely no way he couldve known that unless im missing something that.
Box cutter is the fourth season premiere of the american television drama series breaking bad, and its 34th episode overall. The episode received unanimous acclaim from television critics. Walter and jesse know gus is not above killing children, after the death of andreas younger brother. Off camera, walt had somehow planted the juice box in brocks lunch at school, making sure only he came in contact with the drink. The season premiere gives pretty much everything one could want from an episode of breaking bad and succinctly catching us up with all these. Review of breaking bad season four finale, face off. As the first season ends, walter is almost back to square one. Walt would have to somehow know that jesse wouldve. At the beginning of this episode walt runs to gus car and removes the bomb that he attached to it. Gilligan provided more details regarding the poisonous ploy at san diego comiccon in 20. It was directed and written by series creator and executive producer vince gilligan. On tonights episode of breaking bad, bug, walt and the other characters are figuratively stepping gingerly in a field of landmines. It is a feast of information and background on this amazing series.
The episode marks the culmination of the arc concerning the conflict between walter white and gus fring which served as the focus of the fourth season. I believe that it is a clear and deliberate statement by the writers to show exactly how broken bad our protagonist walter white has become. Upon their exit its revealed that they are working in a fully equipped tent inside an abandoned warehouse. The complete fourth season was released on region 1 dvd and region a bluray on june 5, 2012. If you are breaking bad season four, and you have spent 10 episodes establishing the grave disasters, psychological and criminal, that your characters are spiraling down towards, and one horrifying episode showing that no options are left, an impressive parade of climaxes is now within reach. And right now, even saul knows that the days of easy money and. End times is the only episode in the series that gilligan directed without having written.
As dea agents arrive at the white residence to take them into protective custody at hank and marie schraders, walt tells skyler that the hitman is after. The ongoing standoff between walter, jesse, and gus will reach its breaking point tonight, in the breaking bad season 4 finale after last sundays shocking episode found the onetime partners in crystal meth cookery putting their disagreements behind them in order to kill the wouldbe drug kingpin, gus is going to have to watch his back now more than ever. What grade do you give the breaking bad season 4 finale. With bryan cranston, anna gunn, aaron paul, dean norris. The writers of breaking bad referred to the incident as walt becoming the evil juice box man, imagining him injecting the poison into brocks juice box. And then you watch him transform into the guy who really is gus, with the. End times is the twelfth and penultimate episode of the fourth season of the american. Breaking bad is widely considered one of the best tv shows of all time, but which episodes were the. Crawl space is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of breaking bad and the forty fourth episode altogether. That teed up one of the episodes few light moments, as sauls.
Its pretty masterful that creator vince gilligan has managed to keep up breaking bads intensity through four seasons. First off, it was great that a flashback opened the show. Rj mitte, the son of walt and skyler with minimal screentime, has desired two things so far this breaking bad season. Here you will find discussions and speculations about the show, pictures from the show, amas with the cast, and anything else breaking bad related. The final episode of amcs breaking bad airs this sunday and the guns. Gus had the upper hand and it burned walt up that gus was ten steps ahead of me at every turn, as he. The dea is putting hank and his family in protective custody. He then meets with jesse at the hospital and a while after jesse got taken by police for interrogation. In the last episode of the first half of season 5 gliding all over, walt went to the hospital for his routine mri, and the.
Gustavo fring visits gale in the lab to check on his process. It also produced one of the more extreme deaths youll ever see. One of the best things about breaking bad has always been that even when. On the flip side, gus has previous when it comes to harming children or at least threatening to. Hank has walter drive him to the chicken ranch for regular stakeouts then suggests a detour to check out an industrial laundry. It originally aired on amc in the united states on october 9, 2011. Mike uses the mark 23 again in the fourth season to take out a. Breaking bad season 4 episode 12 end times walt scrambles to protect his family this week, while jesse learns a key piece of information and hank leans on gomez. The season four finale of breaking bad produced a winner in the waltergus feud. End times is the twelfth episode of the fourth season of breaking bad and the fortyfifth episode altogether. As i said, every season of this series is exceptional and highly recommended but with season 4 the show reached new highs. The narrative follows protagonist walter white bryan cranston and his partner jesse pinkman as they face repercussions. As perfectly written, directed, and performed as always, but i. In season 3s finale, jesse aaron paul was on the run, with mike jonathan banks in hot pursuit, while walt bryan cranston negotiated for his life with gus giancarlo esposito.
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