Remember those RV episodes from Frasier where Frasier and Niles went across the country with their dad? There were a couple of these episodes (Daphne was also in at least one of them). They are far more comedic than what I have in mind, but very memorable in terms of atmosphere and poignant moments. If you think this sounds bad, it only gets worse from here...
I want something similar for Walt’s reintroduction. Just cut out everything else and give us a concentrated dose of Walt for one hour. I’m talking the interior, gloomy, thoughtful Walt — the blankly staring at a fly after killing a certain someone in S5 Walt. Or even the slightly less broken Walt of S2 and S1.
I mean, there are presumably no action scenes in Walt’s BB years that we haven’t seen (maybe something set during the 8 months in S5). If they want to bring Cranston back — and they do — then just focus on a funny/serious road trip that shows the odd couple of Saul and Walt and explores their “friendship” at its best and worst.
What I’m basically suggesting is having the BB elements adapt to the BCS rhythm instead of vice versa. BCS is slower, more observational — BB did this, too, but not as much — so let’s not lose that once Walt reappears.
Why are Walt and Saul on a road trip? Some seemingly important but ultimately useless plot reason. Vetting a business opportunity or some potentially lucrative transaction, maybe. A side scheme of Saul’s that requires Walt’s expertise so Saul calls in a favour and Walt begrudgingly ageees? But it would fundamentally have the structure of a shaggy dog story. Like “Fly,” the meat and potatoes of the story would come from Saul and Walt opening up to each other in the dead of night after the drive has gone long and boredom has set in.
Submitted September 28, 2018 at 05:59PM by signs_unbreakable https://ift.tt/2Qi6jxv
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