Breaking bad season 5s fifteenth episode is an emotional rollercoaster through hell, but i. Lily of the valley want to own a piece of breaking bad. Walt is beaten for much of the season and pulls off a longshot attempt to extricate himself by leveraging jesse. It consists of episodes, each running approximately 47 minutes in length. A recap of breaking bad s season 4 finale starring bryan cranston, anna gunn, and aaron paul. 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. End times brock cantillo was poisoned by walt in an unknown way with the lily of the valley berry. But until the final shot of the next episode and season finale, face off. The following post and interview contain spoilers about the season finale of breaking bad. The fourth season of the american television drama series breaking bad premiered on. Visit tunefind for music from your favorite tv shows and movies. Later it is revealed that it was walt who had poisoned. Hed ingested some sweet berries from the lily of the valley plant, which a seasonending shot reveals is. So he used lily of the valley and removed the ricin just to put suspicion on gus.
Gilligan says that the season 4 finale was written before. Joking bad late night with jimmy fallon late night with jimmy fallon duration. And while some people did guess that walt was the one who poisoned brock, that closing lily of the valley shot was still a gut punch. In order to win, he had to play a game that was 10 steps ahead of gus, who was. As gus prepares to inject hector with a syringe of poison, hector finally looks at him for the first time in years. If the finale was your first episode, you might justifiably wonder what all the fuss was about.
This revelation doesnt come until after gus is dead, and jesse sort of shrugs. This is supposed to let us as the audience know that yes, walt poisoned brock. I dont have time to go over the last few episodes of the season, but how did walt have the opportunity to give brock the poison berries. Breaking bad season 4 list of breaking bad episodes. The nature of the poison it turns out not to be ricin. Review of breaking bad season four finale, face off. Why does walter use lily of the valley instead of ricin. This is the actual artificial plant, pot and marker used in the episode.
Note i havent completed season 5 yet, so dont know if it is addressed later. The fourth season of the american television drama series breaking bad premiered on july 17. The complete fourth season was released on region 1 dvd and region a bluray on june 5, 2012. The following contains monstrous spoilers from the season 4 finale of breaking bad. Breaking bad is widely considered one of the best tv shows of all time. Silicon valleys mike judge talks season 4 finale, the. Walter white won on the season finale of breaking bad. Felina all you breaking bad newbies, im sorry for you. Bryan cranston and bob odenkirk in breaking bad 2008 bryan cranston in breaking. This episode was originally written as a series finale because it was unclear if they were.
Well, the season 4 finale of breaking bad was stunning, though i called the very last scene about a minute or two before the end of the ending. 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. At the time walt convinces jessie that gus is the real guy who poisoned brock. It also produced one of the more extreme deaths youll ever see. When gus fring slits his henchmans throat with the box cutter in the season 4 premiere. 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. Brock is the son of jessie pinkmans second girlfriend. Matt zoller seitz on revisiting breaking bad season 4.
Jesse said brock was poisoned with lily of the valley, a type of flower, not ricin after all. The season closes with a shot of a lily of the valley plant in walts backyard, which he used to poison andreas son in order to win back jesses loyalty. Season 4 of breaking bad was absolutely the height of. Lily of the valley a central item in season 4, walter white used this plant to poison young brock. Series could have ended after season 4 would have been a fitting ending showing walt came out from gus etc, but still has evil imbedded with the lily of the valley ending. The reveal of the lily of the valley in the season 4 finale. But the poison wasnt caused by ricin as later confirmed, it was from a lily of the valley plant, revealed to be in walts backyard in the final shot of breaking bad s season 4 finale.
In what might be the most literal title ever used, the season 4 finale is. Last nights episode of breaking bad proved that the walking dead. Breaking bad 4 season finale spoiler lily of the valley see the original video. All 54 songs featured in breaking bad season 4 soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions.
Brock cantillo poisoning happened in season 4 of breaking bad. This week on breaking bad episode 15 september 22, 20. Now that the end is nigh, we thought wed revisit our initial set, plus a stack of bonus tracks that well be adding to throughout the day as fans weigh in with what we may have missed. Brock is intoxicated in the 4th season of breaking bad which prompts jessie to go rage against walter white thinking he might be the culprit. Walt convinces jesse to kill gus and concocts a ricin poison in the lab that jesse then hides. Note i havent completed season 5 yet, so dont know if. His aim is not to kill brock but to use jesses emotion towards brock in his favor. Breaking bad 4 season finale spoiler lily of the valley youtube. Not that there arent some breaking bad episodes that stand above the rest, but. Breaking bad just ended its fourth season in memorable fashion. It consisted of episodes, each running approximately 47 minutes in length. The tonight show starring jimmy fallon recommended for you. This week on breaking bad episode 11 august 25, 20 august 26, 20 by. Silicon valley s mike judge talks season 4 finale, the end of erlich and six season plan.
But how exactly did he poison brock with berries from the plant. The season four finale of breaking bad produced a winner in the waltergus feud. Sunday nights breaking bad season 4 finale contained any number of intense omg wtf moments, but perhaps the most disturbing arrived in the form of a quiet shot at the very end of the episode. The episode early on gives us one of the best lines of the season as jesse, questioned by cops about how he knew his girlfriends son was poisoned by ricin, responds that he saw it on house. Videothis morning in breaking bad land there seems to be much flatout confusion about what happened at the end of last nights episode 511. Breaking bad season 4 finale coming up just as soon. Breaking bad 4 season finale spoiler lily of the valley. How did walter white poison brock in breaking bad season 4. Matt richenthal of tv fanatic awarded the episode a 4. The fourth season of the american television drama series breaking bad premiered on july 17, 2011 and concluded on october 9, 2011.
Structurally, the finale and season 4 had echoes of season 3. In the last frames of season 4, the camera focuses in on the same plant that walts revolver pointed at in the earlier scene, and its tag, which says lily of the valley. Convallaria majalis, commonly known as the lily of the valley, is a poisonous flowering plant found in new mexico when walter white was contemplating how he was going to topple drug kingpin gustavo fring, he noticed the potted lilies in his backyard. Walt has planned the lily of the valley poison for some time. Last week, after watching a screener of breaking bad s gutpunch of a season ending, i got on the phone with vince gilligan, who is about a nice a man as the creator of an unflinchingly dark crime thriller can be. Face off is the thirteenth episode and season finale of the fourth season of the american. The episode received unanimous acclaim from television critics.
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