Talk:Breaking Bad season 5

past tense

the season already ended but the article is still written in past tense. IE First paragraph says "season five will be the final season of breaking bad and will consist of 16 episodes" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.18.167.97 (talk) 06:53, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Technically speaking, the season is half way done. Leitmotiv (talk) 15:26, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

To also be technical, "season five will be the final season of breaking bad and will consist of 16 episodes" is present/future tense. I have heard Bryan Cranston speak of the second half of Season 5 as being the sixth season, but it is actually as it is posted. — WylieCoyote (talk) 22:28, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

episode #2

that businessman - he's from switzerland. at least that scene takes place in switzerland and people have a swiss accent. regards from austria ;) 84.114.197.3 (talk) 20:22, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

I think the "German" correlation means that the company is in Germany and employs the Swiss. It is a Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung company, a legal entity that covers several countries. — WylieCoyote (talk) 20:56, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

"Everybody Wins" episode

Has anyone else seen this episode title anywhere? I saw it on Futon Critic's listings for August 26. I wonder if this will be the September 2 title instead, or they just changed the title entirely? I checked AMC's future schedule which has yet to list Sept. 2 (scroll/page down if you view it). Just curious. A redirect article was created for "Everybody Wins" at some point too. — WylieCoyote (talk) 17:10, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

I nommed the "Everybody Wins (Breaking Bad)" for speedy deletion as I doubt an episode will be called that. — WylieCoyote (talk) 00:30, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

The episode was retitled "Say My Name". It aired last night. SchrutedIt08 (talk) 00:56, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

"Everybody Wins" has been re-directed to "Buyout (Breaking Bad)" as per this WP:RfD discussion. It was spoken at the end of the episode. — WylieCoyote (talk) 15:24, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Not going to argue over a little redirect, but the titles "Buyout" and "Everybody Wins" were known at the same time, so "Everybody Wins" didn't become "Buyout", it became "Say My Name", as "Everybody Wins" was known as episode 7. The Futon Critic has it labeled "(#507) Say My Name (FKA Everybody Wins)". The fact that that line is spoken at end of the previous episode doesn't mater much, given "Buyout" is about a buyout, and "Say My Name" is about Walter's plan of "everybody wins". But whatever, I just wanted to comment, don't want make a big deal out of nothing. Cheers. Drovethrughosts (talk) 15:37, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Just goes to show: don't title articles until they air. I changed it to the proper redirect, even though only a few commented at the RfD above. — WylieCoyote (talk) 16:04, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

I respectfully disagree, but will not undo what has been done - even though I'm a little discouraged that a consensus decision was undone in a matter of hours. I say it's more likely that a user would search on a term actually spoken in an episode (especially the last, pivotal line), rather than a "behind the scenes" title that was discarded. If Everybody Wins (Breaking Bad) points to Say My Name (Breaking Bad), it should at least mention the former title, to confirm to the user that they have reached the correct article. I'll add this information. Hoof Hearted (talk) 16:15, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Dead Freight Air Date

The Air Date for Dead Freight is Aug 12, not Aug 13 like in the article — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.252.183.127 (talk) 22:33, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

We fixed the article, thanks. This could've went on the episode article page. — WylieCoyote (talk) 20:13, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Creating episode articles

Not that anyone will see this, but in creating episode articles, please check Wikipedia before creating them to see if one has already been named and redirected here. For example, "Dead Freight" was created on July 29 and automatically redirected to the Season 5 page. Another editor created "Dead Freight (Breaking Bad)" on August 13. I had to go to the first and redirect to the second. Also, the proper Wikipedia naming policy is: if no other article exists, it's okay to title the episode article without the added series parentheses, as "Hazard Pay" has been done. The only time you added the series parentheses is in the case of "Say My Name", which has a disambiguation page, but, when typed in a search box by itself, takes you to the Destiny's Child song. By the way, "Say My Name (Breaking Bad)" was also pre-created on August 12 and redirected here. — WylieCoyote (talk) 20:13, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

This is why episode article redirects shouldn't be created in advance, because usually another editor will come along trying to create the article and will be redirected (and most likely not know how to get to that target article without being redirected), so they'll create another article, usually with an incorrect name or like what was done with "Dead Freight". Because yes, "Dead Freight (Breaking Bad)" should just be "Dead Freight", but can't be moved because there's already a page with that name, and an editor will probably have to request that the page be moved. It's easier if editors don't create these redirects in advance. Drovethrughosts (talk) 21:17, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Totally agree. What I do is: wait till a few days, maybe even just one, before the episode airs, create it with just enough info to pass as a stub using the basic information — episode number, writer/director, infobox, and ext. links — then add a "construction" tag to it. That saves redirecting. But, again, they should check to see if one exists before even jumping into it. And if it is redirected, it's easy to edit over the redirect, so long as the article is properly named. If anyone who reads our comments needs assistance with this, just ask on our...well, my talkpage. — WylieCoyote (talk) 14:29, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 28 August 2012

I noticed some spelling mistakes that need changing. The term "methalymine" is misspelled in two places under the Plot heading and should be replaced with "methylamine". Wrightgw (talk) 03:37, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

 Done Thank you for pointing it out. A boat that can float! (watch me float!) 07:04, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Second part of Season 5

Would it be possible to put the info of there being a second part of the season coming in 2013 (seemingly confirmed here)? Or at least point out that there will be 16 episodes? I made the mistake of thinking that the 8th episode was actually the last, I'm presuming, that by looking at the wiki, more people will think the same. Alphasoldier (talk) 10:47, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Nevermind this ridiculous addition, I just reread the top part of the article, I think I was just blinded by the fact that the episode list stopped by 8 episodes, my apologies. Alphasoldier (talk) 10:49, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

"Most likely" Walter White.

Is this a correct term to use? It seems to me that there is no doubt that Hank realised the other W.W reffered to Walter White. "Most likely"? Where's the doubt? 92.7.84.178 (talk) 15:47, 16 October 2012 (UTC)