Breaking Bad Series Finale Review/Series Retrospective

Ugh. Where do I even begin? In my previous write up of an episode of Breaking Bad from Season 5, I stated that this is by far my favorite show ever. Not only is that still the truth, it is absolutely the best show I have ever watched. No other show has had me this hooked, made me want more, and made me want to re watch it so damn much. I watched the finale last night, I then ended up watching the last 15 minutes before I went to sleep, and watched it again today when my Mom got home. To still get chills and goosebumps after seeing how the show ends three times, knowing EXACTLY what is going to happen...it says something about how great this show truly was.

Think about how this show starts off. You find out Walt has lung cancer. At that time he's a extremely smart family man who is doing everything he can to basically pay the bills and take care of the family. To see how much the man changed in the span of 5 seasons (or a couple years show wise...yeah. It wasn't that much time.) it's mind blowing. This show is the only show that comes to mind that I can't say "Oh, that season dragged." or "That episode was fucking AWFUL!" The only episode I can do without is The Fly. Even that episode isn't bad! Vince Gilligan is a fucking genius. 

"Look at me, I'm better than you."

Not only did you see the change in Walt, you saw how much Jesse grew, how much Hank grew, how much Walt Jr. loved breakfast! What more could you want from a show? It's heartbreaking that I even have to write this...I wish this show was still on going. However, I am SO fucking thankful that they ended it how/when they did. They could have easily dragged the show out for another 3-4 seasons, but they didn't. I wish more shows would take a note from Breaking Bad and end on a high note, and not drag it out for far too long. So for that, I say thank you very much.

Now on to the episode. I thought it was an absolutely beautiful way to end Breaking Bad. First of all, I predicted a few things that were going to happen (the obvious, of course.) but even the things I predicted, I didn't come close to how they were going to happen. I was also happily surprised that my prediction of Jesse dying didn't come true. I'm so happy he made it out alive, he absolutely deserved to live on. I'm also SO fucking happy that he was the one to take out Todd...because fuck Todd. 

"I hate you so much, Todd. But this picture rules."

That's another thing I'd like to touch on, the ability this show had to make you love and hate characters, and then love the characters you hate, and hate the ones that you loved. Take shows like Dexter for example. There were characters that were just SOOOOO fucking annoying and unlikable, that it made it damn near impossible to care about what was happening. It wasn't the way you'd want your audience to dislike a character, it was a "go away, why are you here?" kind of hate. Breaking Bad did it right. On they very same episode of Breaking Bad, I knew I hated Walt. But for a split second, they had me loving him and rooting for him again...but within the span of a minute they gave me a reason to hate him again...and I was like..oh yeah, Walt's a piece of shit.

But lets get back to the episode, shall we? Just seeing the final couple of days of Walt's life was fantastic. Finally hearing him admit to Skyler that he loved doing what he did, and admitting that he was good at it...that was so fucking good. Seeing him set up how he was going to kill the Skinheads was so bad ass...basically everything about this episode was great. We got closure, everything that needed to happen...happened. Walt took out anyone who could possibly continue on cooking his meth outside of his partner, Jesse. Jesse also not taking Walt's orders anymore and making Walt die slowly was a great fuck you as well. 

The way Walt died was beautiful. Him alone with his babies, that's how it should have been done. The song choice was fabulous as well, it was just perfect. My guess is that Jesse goes and takes care of Brock and tries to finally live the life that he deserves. Thank you so much, Breaking Bad. No other show has made this big of an impact on me. Thankfully we all have Saul's spin-off/prequel to look forward to...so YAAAAAAY!

Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 13 Review

Holy shit. That's basically all I could think to say after watching last nights episode of Breaking Bad. With only 3 episodes left, what the fuck else is Vince Gilligan going to throw at us? There is just so much to say about this episode, and so little time to do it...well actually, I have all the time in the world considering I'm "under employed". So yeah, let me just jump right into this shit.

So up until the last ten minutes or so, this episode was more on the funny side. Huell getting tricked into telling Hank all about Walt's money. That was soooo damn smart and funny. We had Walt Jr. getting all excited to meet Saul because he's clearly a big deal. You also had Hank outsmarting Walt! It was fantastic!! But then...shit got real.

Walt thinking he had tricked Jesse into checking up on Brock, ended up fucking himself right in the ass. The most obvious thing hadn't even crossed MY mind. Walt still CLEARLY had no idea that Jesse and Hank were working together. Hank has Jesse call Walt and act as if he had found his money and was going to burn it. Ahh, this was so beautiful. They tricked Walt into admitting pretty much all of the horrible shit he had done. Hank finally has the proof he needs to bust Walt once and for all. Walt's reaction when he sees Jesse with Hank was so damn good.

But I left out something pretty damn important. Remember last weeks episode when Walt told Todd he had a job for his Uncle? Well, Jesse was clearly the target. Walt called them to come to the desert and take care of Jesse...until he sees who he's with. At this point, Walt basically gives up. We have a great scene between Walt and Jesse that gets quite heated, and it reminds you that Walt buried the fucking money where Jesse and he had cooked for the first time! That's just silly...but in a fantastic way.

But obviously this episode couldn't end with Walt getting put away in prison. So even after Walt called off the hit, Todd and his Family show up to fuck shit up any how. Oh how badly I wanted to shit my pants at this point. We get a great "show down" kinda, and just a tense build up wondering if/when the first shot will be fired. And when that shit happened, I couldn't believe that my pants didn't have any shit in them. Seriously. Wow. Added to the fact that we have Walt screaming for them to stop, this shit was bananas.

But no, we couldn't have this resolved this week, we have to wait until next week to see what the fuck is going to happen. Thanks a bunch, ass holes! This is my guess. Jesse, Hank, and Gomez are going to bite the bullet. Walt is clearly going to get away (we see the flash forward moments where Walt has hair and comes back home for the risen.) So my guess is this. Walt comes back to avenge them all. He kills Todd with the risen by putting it in the mug that he will use after Lydia did. (The one with her lipstick...that weird fucker) He will finish off whoever else survived...and die. Yay! That's my positive happy ending to Breaking Bad. If I'm right, this shit will be documented.

With all of that being said, I just want to express how much I love this show. It is the best show I've ever watched. I know that's probably saying a lot, but nothing else comes close for me. It's the perfect show. If you have yet to watch it, you're a dummy. Do yourself a favor and get a Netflix account for a month and watch this show.