This is it folks, the home stretch. The end is nigh, the curtain's calling and the fat lady's singing. Breaking Bad is over now. It's all in the can and I'm sittin' here, wagging my tail patiently, for AMC to dole out the last few chapters of one my my favorite stories ever told on film.
I have a laundry list of burning questions about how this is gonna wind down. I've long since given up on predicting anything about where it's gonna go and I'd much rather be surprised than see all those questions answered in ways I'd always assumed they'd be. This is not Lost, BB has earned a difficult and ambiguous ending, but that doesn't mean they can't twist their ankle at the finish line. So these next few weeks are gonna be rough for me.
But enough about my personal feelings and tired ending metaphors, how was the premiere? For those who haven't seen it yet and you're just dipping your toe into general critical reception, it's good. Really... really good. But I'm looking to roll up my sleeves and spoil this whole thing, so catch up if you aren't and meet me back here in 45 minutes.
If not, this GIF's gonna ruin your whole day.
Not kidding around here...
...Wow. 6 whole years of tension, sprung in an instant. I've always loved how separate Hank's stories were from Walt's. It was never truly a "cat and mouse" thing. It would dabble in that occasionally, but for the most part they only tangentially effected each other. It was a gun that never needed to go off necessarily. Hank had done his job, he cracked the Fring case which (if it were a real case) would make him a nationally recognized hero along side Captain Sullenberger.
In a way, a horrible way, Walt's homicidal ego gave Hank a career he could have never dreamed of. Everything would have been just fine at the end of last season (I know it's technically 5.2, but come on) but this was never gonna end happy. We don't want it to end happy. Sh*t, Mike's already dead by Walt's hand, how many more sacred cows... no, not Jessie!! Oh god, Gilligan don't do it! Unless it's brilliant. I think they can earn it, they've earned everything else.
So what was it that made Blood Money so special? I mean, besides the immediate reaction to the leaves of grass bombshell? Like most of the show, each episode is filled with competent, interesting, little scenes. And that's what most of this episode was, interesting insulation for the major bombshells. That was fine, there needed to be room to breath.
BB has always secretly been a really funny show, and Badger's Star Trek spec script will go down as one of it's all time funniest scenes. I won't spoil it, but you've probably already seen it's animated version. Other than that, Walt's going nuts attempting to deal with the day to day of the car wash business, Hank's hunkered down in his garage building his case against Walt... and what else? Oh, in the future, the White home is condemned by the government and Walt still needs that ricin cigarette. Also a trunk full of automatic weapons.
But who cares about any of that? Hank punched out Walt in the same episode Hank makes the connection! It was genius, they could have built up to that for half the episodes left and none of us would have cared. Is the show boxing itself into a corner here? I'd like to think not, I believe they have more interesting things to deal with other than building to this episode's finale.
Personally I think they're gonna do it. They are going to stick the landing on my favorite show ever made. So fingers crossed Breaking Bad doesn't smash cut to the end credits in a Diner.
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