WARNING: SPOILERS
I don’t normally do reviews on Breaking Bad but this thing was a masterpiece of cinema. It was all stuff I knew was coming, even from Season 2 to last weeks cliffhanger, I knew some of this would eventually be out in the open or happen and yet…I STILL wasn’t prepared for it. I still wasn’t ready to see Walt tell Jesse about Janes death, I still wasn’t ready to see Flynn learn about his fathers real job and I wasn’t ready to see Hank go, no matter how he went.
Hank and Skylar are two characters who I’ve never badmouthed like the majority of fans seem to have. I mean, put yourself in Skylars situation. She has EVERY RIGHT to be angry at Walt, just as her reactions have been realistic. Does that justify her? No. She’s just as bad as he is, as Flynn says at one point in tonights episode, and he’s right. As for Hank, I was all for Team Walt until he poisoned Brock. At that point I figured, ok, he did it to save his family and Jesse, but I still wasn’t fully against him.
Then he killed Mike.
FOR NO. DAMN. REASON.
THAT’S when I turned on him entirely. Brock was the start, and Mike was the finish. No matter what Walt says or does, he is beyond redemption at this point. I didn’t necessarily root for Hank either, but I didn’t want to see Walt win. At least Hank was trying to bring justice to light. Walt may have started this with the purest intentions-something that tonights episode was all about-but in the end the thing he did for his family is what destroyed his family. Hank was just doing his job. It all boils down to that, really. Even Marie didn’t deserve Hanks death and she’s the one character who HAS annoyed me endlessly. Hank didn’t deserve that. Marie didn’t deserve it. Gomez didn’t deserve it. Jesse doesn’t deserve this. Walt however…
Walt deserves everything that’s crumbling around him.
He brought this all upon himself, and as much as he’d like to blame others, I think he finally realizes he can’t. He’s clearly mad at Jesse for bringing Hank out there, because had he not, he may still be alive. But even Jesse can’t be blamed because had Walt not done any of what he’d done, Jesse never would’ve ratted on the tape they made. Which brings me to my next point…his family may be safe from the legal repercussions of the police through his alibi for Skylar on the phone, but they aren’t safe from Todd and Uncle Jack. Jesse states that tape was at Hanks, which leads to Marie, which leads to Walts family.
And as much as they are trying to show Walt having a bit of conscience left, it doesn’t matter because what’s done is done.
I’m glad they gave Hanks story more closure than last weeks “everyone shows up at once and they go out in a hail of bullets in slow motion set to sad music” or some stupid cliche shit. This was great. Breaking Bad is now in the point we always knew it would be; watching a man who always could get himself out of anything finally run out of options. He did it last week when he gave himself up. He knew this was it, and that’s why he called off the hit. Same thing goes here. Hank wasn’t leaving there and he knew it. No matter what, Walt or “Heisenburg” no longer had any tricks up his sleeve. Walt is finished. Heisenburg is finished. The empire is over.
And he’s left to watch it burn.
If anything, the only real people who deserve to get out of this clean are Flynn and Jesse. Jesse has only ever done what Walt made him do, and yet I’ve seen people get angry when he finally rats? Hell, after all he’s been through I’m shocked he didn’t rat sooner. If you’re still actually on Team Walt, you’re a FUCKING HEARTLESS, PSYCHOPATHIC LUNATIC. Jesse didn’t want to kill Gale. Jesse didn’t want to work for Gus. Jesse didn’t want to keep cooking. Now he’s basically sold into slavery, and people are angry? I guess the shows finally hit that mainstream “i’ll watch it cause it’s popular but i don’t understand it” audience.
But enough about that. This episode represented everything we knew it would build to. It ripped my heart out and shat on my soul.
And there’s still 2 episodes left.
I don’t normally do reviews on Breaking Bad but this thing was a masterpiece of cinema. It was all stuff I knew was coming, even from Season 2 to last weeks cliffhanger, I knew some of this would eventually be out in the open or happen and yet…I STILL wasn’t prepared for it. I still wasn’t ready to see Walt tell Jesse about Janes death, I still wasn’t ready to see Flynn learn about his fathers real job and I wasn’t ready to see Hank go, no matter how he went.
Hank and Skylar are two characters who I’ve never badmouthed like the majority of fans seem to have. I mean, put yourself in Skylars situation. She has EVERY RIGHT to be angry at Walt, just as her reactions have been realistic. Does that justify her? No. She’s just as bad as he is, as Flynn says at one point in tonights episode, and he’s right. As for Hank, I was all for Team Walt until he poisoned Brock. At that point I figured, ok, he did it to save his family and Jesse, but I still wasn’t fully against him.
Then he killed Mike.
FOR NO. DAMN. REASON.
THAT’S when I turned on him entirely. Brock was the start, and Mike was the finish. No matter what Walt says or does, he is beyond redemption at this point. I didn’t necessarily root for Hank either, but I didn’t want to see Walt win. At least Hank was trying to bring justice to light. Walt may have started this with the purest intentions-something that tonights episode was all about-but in the end the thing he did for his family is what destroyed his family. Hank was just doing his job. It all boils down to that, really. Even Marie didn’t deserve Hanks death and she’s the one character who HAS annoyed me endlessly. Hank didn’t deserve that. Marie didn’t deserve it. Gomez didn’t deserve it. Jesse doesn’t deserve this. Walt however…
Walt deserves everything that’s crumbling around him.
He brought this all upon himself, and as much as he’d like to blame others, I think he finally realizes he can’t. He’s clearly mad at Jesse for bringing Hank out there, because had he not, he may still be alive. But even Jesse can’t be blamed because had Walt not done any of what he’d done, Jesse never would’ve ratted on the tape they made. Which brings me to my next point…his family may be safe from the legal repercussions of the police through his alibi for Skylar on the phone, but they aren’t safe from Todd and Uncle Jack. Jesse states that tape was at Hanks, which leads to Marie, which leads to Walts family.
And as much as they are trying to show Walt having a bit of conscience left, it doesn’t matter because what’s done is done.
I’m glad they gave Hanks story more closure than last weeks “everyone shows up at once and they go out in a hail of bullets in slow motion set to sad music” or some stupid cliche shit. This was great. Breaking Bad is now in the point we always knew it would be; watching a man who always could get himself out of anything finally run out of options. He did it last week when he gave himself up. He knew this was it, and that’s why he called off the hit. Same thing goes here. Hank wasn’t leaving there and he knew it. No matter what, Walt or “Heisenburg” no longer had any tricks up his sleeve. Walt is finished. Heisenburg is finished. The empire is over.
And he’s left to watch it burn.
If anything, the only real people who deserve to get out of this clean are Flynn and Jesse. Jesse has only ever done what Walt made him do, and yet I’ve seen people get angry when he finally rats? Hell, after all he’s been through I’m shocked he didn’t rat sooner. If you’re still actually on Team Walt, you’re a FUCKING HEARTLESS, PSYCHOPATHIC LUNATIC. Jesse didn’t want to kill Gale. Jesse didn’t want to work for Gus. Jesse didn’t want to keep cooking. Now he’s basically sold into slavery, and people are angry? I guess the shows finally hit that mainstream “i’ll watch it cause it’s popular but i don’t understand it” audience.
But enough about that. This episode represented everything we knew it would build to. It ripped my heart out and shat on my soul.
And there’s still 2 episodes left.
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