Review: Breaking Bad, or My First True Series Finale
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AMC |
I wrote a poem last year entitled "The Ballad of Walt and Jesse". And truly, the entire series is, really, the ballad of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman.
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AMC via The Guardian
"The word 'ballad' doesn't mean we have to sing, Jesse! Don't be stupid." |
Breaking Bad's "Felina" is my first true television series finale. What's a "true finale", you ask? It's the final episode of a television series that you get to watch in real time, during the actual final broadcast, along with the rest of the fans. No spoiler can ruin a true finale, because you'll be one of the first ones to watch it. You'll be doing the spoiling.
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Spoilers. Hehe. |
I remember the first time I watched this. The sixth series of Doctor Who had just ended, and I only decided to watch Breaking Bad because there was nothing else to watch─a decision I do not regret at all, to this day.
I remember loving Hank Schrader, because he reminds me of my father. Yes, he's a law enforcer. But they are people, too, and often just like you and me.
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Not exactly like you and me. |
I remember loving Badger and Skinny Pete, because I've been around drugs long enough to know that the person does not equal the addict.
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The best hitmen west of the Mississippi. |
I remember loving Saul Goodman, because of Bob Odenkirk.
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Give him more shows, please. |
I remember hating Gus Fring, because Giancarlo Esposito is just too despicable.
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"You're welcome." ─Giancarlo Esposito |
I remember hating Skylar slutting herself with Ted Beneke.
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Skyler, you slut. |
And I remember loving Jesse Pinkman, simply because he's just a sweet young boy trapped in a world he didn't expect.
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See? Adorable. |
And now I say goodbye to Walter White a.k.a. Heisenberg. I would've wanted the series to end with the Season 4 finale, because that was a happy ending. But the series finale was a happy ending, too. Happy kind of sad, maybe. But still one of the most memorable television finales I have ever experienced. Ever.
Thanks, Vince Gilligan.
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Now take that shirt off. Bitch. |
Breaking Bad. USA. 2008-2013
Original rating: 8.8 / 10
Danny Trejo: + 0.05
Dean Norris as Hank Schrader: + 0.05
Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman: + 0.05
Bryan Cranston as Walter White: + 0.05
Walter White's slow but epic descent into evil: + 0.05
Meth cooking sequences: + 0.05
Final rating: 9.1 / 10
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