Just went back and re-watched the scenes with Gretchen Schwartz. I've followed the show since day 1 so seeing stuff fresh with new information is fascinating. Couple of things.
1.) This show is incredibly deep. To bring back a plot line from 3 years ago without making it look hooky is extremely hard, but BB does it flawlessly. Is it hard to believe that Walt randomly happens to find Charlie Rose on TV for the first time he's watched TV in months and that his former friends and colleagues are on said show? Yes, but its no more unbelievable than a chemistry teacher cooking crystal methamphetamine.
2.) The meeting with Gretchen in Peekabo in season 2 is the first time Heisenberg makes a public appearance outside the criminal world and the reaction is awesome. The expression on Walt's face is the same one as after the television scene last night.
3.) The beginning of "... and the bags in the river" is epic foreshadowing. Gretchen and Walt are taking into account the human body in elements and come up 0.11% short. She suggests a soul makes up the 0.11%, which clearly Walt doesn't have.
4.) I think all of Walt's personality may stem from one incident of bruised ego/pride while on vacation with Gretchen. There is a extremely vital piece of information we are missing here and I think this might be where the wood working clue comes into play. Does Gretchen's father show Walt his wood working shop and intimidate Walt into an emotional scare through inadequacy? No idea, but this **** is fascinating and I'll be kinda shocked if we don't see a flashback to that weekend vacation in the final episode.
And later on in season 5, this event that happened comes back when telling Jesse about Grey Matter. It's so important that they named the episode after it, "Buyout."
Whatever happened has been subtlety hinted at for a while now. What the **** happened to be so damaging it guided and transformed Walter White into Heisenberg?
1.) This show is incredibly deep. To bring back a plot line from 3 years ago without making it look hooky is extremely hard, but BB does it flawlessly. Is it hard to believe that Walt randomly happens to find Charlie Rose on TV for the first time he's watched TV in months and that his former friends and colleagues are on said show? Yes, but its no more unbelievable than a chemistry teacher cooking crystal methamphetamine.
2.) The meeting with Gretchen in Peekabo in season 2 is the first time Heisenberg makes a public appearance outside the criminal world and the reaction is awesome. The expression on Walt's face is the same one as after the television scene last night.
3.) The beginning of "... and the bags in the river" is epic foreshadowing. Gretchen and Walt are taking into account the human body in elements and come up 0.11% short. She suggests a soul makes up the 0.11%, which clearly Walt doesn't have.
4.) I think all of Walt's personality may stem from one incident of bruised ego/pride while on vacation with Gretchen. There is a extremely vital piece of information we are missing here and I think this might be where the wood working clue comes into play. Does Gretchen's father show Walt his wood working shop and intimidate Walt into an emotional scare through inadequacy? No idea, but this **** is fascinating and I'll be kinda shocked if we don't see a flashback to that weekend vacation in the final episode.
And later on in season 5, this event that happened comes back when telling Jesse about Grey Matter. It's so important that they named the episode after it, "Buyout."
Whatever happened has been subtlety hinted at for a while now. What the **** happened to be so damaging it guided and transformed Walter White into Heisenberg?
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