Powered Through Season 5 today.
Yep. I'm pretty damn sure these 8 shows are about as perfect as episodic television gets. I liked it a lot when I saw it last year, one week at a time...but seeing it all in one shot makes some things very clear.
Fifty-One - Lydia is such a great character, ldo, but this episode is Skylar's. The pool plunge and then ""I'm waiting for the cancer to come back."
Dead Freight - The Train. So damn exciting. And it's Jesse's idea. Of course, the thrill of the train robbery is instantly destroyed by the death of the little boy.
Buyout - Empire building. Jesse is done. Mike tries to warn him.
Say My Name - Hiesenberg. Todd replaces Jesse. Say goodbye to Mike.
Gliding Over All - Lydia is one shrewd cookie. The Jail assasinations. Hank saying, "It's better than chasing monsters," and Walt giving him a perfect, disgusted look, while saying, "I used to like camping."
The things that are clear to me now:
- Walt is a complete psychopath. He's evil. The transformation from Mr. Chips to Scarface is complete. He no longer has any redeeming qualities.
- Jesse will be Walt's main antagonist in Season 5.2. They've set him up to be completely on the outs now. He's smarter than anyone gives him credit for - he was the one who thought of the magnet and the how to rob the train.
- In order to complete Walt's descent into pure evil, he will have to kill Hank. It's going to happen. Jesse will be the one to kill Walt in the end. The whole series has been set up for this.
If 5.2 is half as good as 5.1, Breaking Bad will go down as the greatest TV Drama of all time. Period.
Last edited by Dominic; 08-04-2013 at 07:03 PM.