I wouldn't say it was stupid, but understand why some feel that it was. Anyway, one of the big points of the last four or five episodes- everything from when Jesse beats the shit out of Saul onward - was that Jesse and Walt would never be all square. Walt had murdered Jesse's friends, manipulated Jesse into murder himself, paid for a hit on Jesse's life, and (more or less) sent Jesse into a life of methcook slavery. Jesse finally saw that he'd been used and abused, saw that Walt was, in fact, the devil. There was no squaring that - no more half-measures. Not with Jesse, not with Skyler or Flynn, and certainly not with Hank. The whole point was that you can't go back and undo what had been done and make it square. (and then Walt turns into Rambo and gets the happy, kickass dumb******** ending that so many Todds out there are circlejerking to)
The crazy 8 final episode is worth seeing again. That's where Walter turned the corner to Heizenberg. If crazy had not taken the broken plate Walter would have let him go. Then crazy would have said thanks then would come back and kill Walt, Jesse and Walter whole family.
All square doesn't have to mean all is forgiven. Walt gave that last look as Heisenberg, not the full of crap, lie spewing, manipulative Walter White, and on some level, Jesse seemed to give it the OK. I liken it somewhat to Walt admitting to Skyler that he did what he did for himself, and liked it. Walt had lain it all out on the table for Jesse--yes I might be the devil, but I've also been your savior. Meh, I'd go on, but judging by your last line, it would probably be pointless.
The acting in this show is staggeringly overrated, specifically Bryan Cranston's. Phew, that feels good to type out. Oh and the final season was a complete letdown.
Eh, I think when you look at the other dramas Breaking Bad was up against, the acting was pretty f'n top notch. I'm in agreement with the final season being a letdown. They had to tie up all the loose ends but I don't think they were very graceful in doing so. The ending wasn't a letdown for me though.
What the f*ck am I reading here? Compared to the seasons of other tv series this was one of the very best seasons at the moment. Cranston was brilliant in this tv show. Although I must say that the final episode wasn't exciting at all, but it was a satisfying one. You could clearly notice that Gilligan did everything he could to satisfy the fans.
Yeah? What does that guy know? And I wonder what he would think if he knew him primarily as "the guy who played Malcolm's dad on that show after The Simpsons and then watched it.
Obviously I respect Hopkins' opinion, but it does nothing to sway mine. Towards the end of the series it was just too over the top for me and the brilliant subtleties in the cinematography only highlighted the lack of subtlety in the acting, aside from a few brilliant scenes (some involving Cranston). But then, maybe I need to be questioning the directing and not the acting, if over-the-top was what they were going for (and obviously they were, based on the last season).
By and large, I agree... but it's really in the mouth (see: JJ Gittes). (still got four episodes to go, so I won't see any response to this for a few days and am afraid to Google Hank for fear of a shot of him getting off'ed on whatnot!)
I finally got round to watching the last 4 episodes which I had been saving Wow! They really changed things up from where it seemed to be going with the whole Jesse as a rat thing. Very dark. Loved the final episode.
I thought it was mentioned or infered that he was one of Pinochet's guys who fled Chile. This was what also might have protected him from the mexican cartel guys. My memory is very foggy though as to where I got that info.
Yep, missing the high that show gave me. I think amc is going to start it over again from the beginning so I may resort to that. I'm wondering if we will be seeing any of BB's characters in Better Call Saul.
Yeah, on August 10th AMC will run a Breaking Bad marathon. Get your binge on. Some characters have been confirmed, but they're only the ones who were directly connected to Saul before he showed up in BB, namely Mike Ehrmantraut and Huell Babineaux. There've been rumors about Jesse and/or Skyler making guest appearances, but I don't see how there could be any direct contact between them and Saul. Also, even though it's a prequel series, they might explore events that happen during/after the original series. Anyone seen the real billboard that appeared in Albuquerque?
I watched the first complete season over the last couple of nights. about 5 hours of my life I'll never get back. I guess I'd started believing all the hype about the show but simply ended up fast forwarding over all the filler sections. Disappointing but I won't be wondering if I've missed anything from now on.
At the end of the day, the show isn't for everyone though. It moves slowly at times and there are pacing issues in that yeah, there isn't always a ton of exciting stuff happening, particularly through the first act, and unless you got sucked in by the initial primary premises and you care about the characters, you aren't going to want to stick around for the show to "get good".
Not all of it was better IIRC, most of it was, but there were boring sections even after Season 1. I remember that one "catch the fly" episode. That was painful to watch.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BottleEpisode http://www.avclub.com/article/tv-in-a-bottle-19-great-tv-episodes-largely-confin-42284 TV in a bottle: 19 great TV episodes largely confined to one location