‘Breaking Bad’ Series Finale: “Felina”

“I did it for me. I liked it.” And so it ends. Can I now safely say that Breaking Bad was the best TV drama there ever was? Not without watching a whole lot of other TV dramas I haven’t caught up with yet, and not without stirring up a heated debate. There are a […]

‘Breaking Bad’ Season Five: “Granite State”

“Why don’t you just die already?” For once, the Sunday night television conversation was centered around a different series last night — Dexter, and how utterly disappointing the finale was. I’ve only seen the first season of Dexter, but I know that the show has disappointed fans for the past few seasons, and it’s for […]

‘Breaking Bad’ Season Five: “Ozymandias”

“The reaction has begun.” Leave it up to Breaking Bad to kill off one of the four leads in an episode and have that not be the scene everyone is talking about. Last week’s “To’hajiilee” was, for me, a mixed bag. A mostly good bag, but with a few questionable items mixed in. I didn’t […]

‘Breaking Bad’ Season Five: “To’hajiilee”

“Baby, I got him.” There isn’t a single episode of Breaking Bad that doesn’t advance the story and the characters in intriguing, insightful, and surprising ways. This show does not waste any of our time. For so long Breaking Bad has teased us in the most delightful manner, often dawdling when it comes to the […]

‘Breaking Bad’ Season Five: “Rabid Dog”

“Mr. White’s gay for me. Everybody knows it.” Possibly the biggest question mark surrounding the second half of Breaking Bad‘s fifth season pertained to Walt and Jesse’s relationship — it’s been a tense one over the years (or months, if we’re using the show’s timeline). They’ve been friends and enemies, back and forth — from […]

‘Breaking Bad’ Season Five: “Confessions”

“He really did a number on you, didn’t he?” Hoo boy! The final season (okay, half-season) of Breaking Bad is officially underway. There have been two pretty solid episodes so far, “Blood Money” and then “Buried,” both of which gave us scenes (and moments of hand-to-face contact) that have been a long time coming. This […]

‘Breaking Bad’ Season Five: “Buried”

“Am I under arrest?!” We had no idea what we were in for with the final half of the final season of Breaking Bad. Well… we had a pretty good idea of a few things we’d see — Hank confronting Walt about his meth-making, Marie learning the truth about her brother-in-law, Jesse pulling further away […]

‘Breaking Bad’ Season Five Part Two Premiere: “Blood Money”

“Tread lightly.” One episode into the new season (okay, technically, new half-season) of Breaking Bad, we’ve already got our latest lingo from AMC’s stellar series, the one I’d claim is the best currently on television. The series occasionally gifts us with such turns of phrase — “I am the danger,” “I fucked Ted,” “the one […]

‘Breaking Bad’ Season Five Part One Finale: “Gliding Over All”

Well! There have probably been at least five episodes of this show that left me thinking, “Well, now Walt’s really evil.” Just when you think our antihero has crossed every line he could possibly cross, he goes just a little bit further. Or, in the case of this week, he goes a lot further.

‘Breaking Bad’ Season Five: “Say My Name”

(Read about the previous episode here.) “You actin’ kinda shady Ain’t callin’ me baby Why the sudden change? Say my name, say my name If no one is around you Say baby I love you If you ain’t runnin’ game Say my name, say my name…”

‘Breaking Bad’ Season Five: “Buyout”

(Read about the previous episode here.) One of the established tricks of screenwriting is, when stuck, put two characters who haven’t had any scenes together in a room and see what they say. I’ve never knowingly had to resort to this, because I never run short on material, and I doubt the writers of Breaking […]

‘Breaking Bad’ Season Five: “Dead Freight”

(Read about the previous episode here.) Well, that didn’t go according to plan. Kids are often placed in harm’s way in movies and on TV. How many times have you seen a guy take a child hostage as leverage? But the kid gets away. Almost always. Because seeing children die is unpleasant, especially when it’s […]