Just like that, another chapter of America’s most riveting dramedy closes, meaning that another hour is spent by me, in the shower, furiously scrubbing away at the layers of inherent shame caked onto my soul for having once sympathized with the formerly pathetic, but now monster-of-a-human-being that is Walter White. But Season 4 of Breaking Bad was more than just the usual smattering of desperation and violence wrapped in a blanket of felonious drug manufacturing and...
Breaking Bad Season 4: Episode 13: “Face Off” “It’s over. We’re safe.” Death. Taxes. Nasty burps ten minutes after eating a hot dog. The list of life’s guarantees is a short yet bulletproof one. And after the clock struck 11:09 p.m. last night, you can unarguably add “collecting shattered bits of your jaw off of the floor at the end of a Breaking Bad season finale” to the record. Why? Well, in case you need...
Breaking Bad Season 4: Episode 12: “End Times” “I have lived under the threat of death for a year now. And because of that, I’ve made choices. I alone should suffer the consequences of those choices, not anyone else.” Over the past few years, we’ve come to expect a certain payoff of immeasurable graphic violence from the penultimate episode of each season of Breaking Bad. And last night’s episode, “End Times”, as foreboding as...
Breaking Bad Season 4: Episode 11: “Crawl Space” “It was an act of God. Ain’t no accountin’ for no act of God.” beautiful disaster , n.: 1. a very good 311 song, maybe even their best one, 2. a series of consecutive events so unfortunate that its calamity proves to be a work of art beyond any and all imagination. We’ve all experienced our own beautiful disaster(s) at some point in our lives. For example, my...
Breaking Bad Season 4: Episode 10: “Salud” “So you understand what ‘asshole’ means. Now go get me my phenylacetic acid…asshole.” If you had asked me a few weeks ago that the tenth episode of this season of Breaking Bad would contain racketeering, man tears, and the mass poisoning of the Mexican cartel, I would have said IT’S ABOUT FUCKING TIME because duh, this is Breaking Bad we’re talking about here – that shit should go down...
Breaking Bad Season 4: Episode 9: “Bug” “A guy this clean has got to be dirty.” When cooking a big pot of stew, it’s important to let the ingredients, however peculiar on their own, take the time to get to know one another over the course of a long, slow simmer. Doing so offers a chance for each of the elements of the dish to wrestle out rich, bold flavors from each other, complimenting...
Breaking Bad Season 4: Episode 8: “Hermanos” “This is what comes of blood for blood, Hector. Sangre por sangre.” I had the pleasure of having my parents visit me in San Francisco over the past four days, and in those four days we did quite a bit! Giants’ games. Alcatraz. Wine country. Inordinate amounts of Mexican food. LOTS OF MONEY SPENT GREAT THINGS. In addition to bloated guts and slimmer wallets, another shared experience was...
Breaking Bad Season 4: Episode 7: “Problem Dog” “You back your truck over your own kid and you, like, accept?? What a load of crap!” Walt takes advantage of Jesse’s acquaintance with Gus to conspire a plan to finally kill the Chicken Man. Jesse denies his two opportunities to pull the trigger, however, as his old allegiance to Walt and his new allegiances to Mike and Gus seem to be running more circles around...
Breaking Bad Season 4: Episode 6: “Cornered” “Someone has to protect this family from the man who protects this family.” Skyler is at both an emotional and literal crossroads in “Cornered” as Walt’s wine-fueled ego tripping from the previous night has her questioning how committed he is to the facade they’ve constructed to hide the high-stakes nature of their felonious alter egos. Walt, when he’s not having three ADROABLE Honduran cleaning women deported because...
Breaking Bad Season 4: Episode 5: “Shotgun” “Since when do vegans eat fried chicken?” Mike has Jesse accompany him on his day trip to the “anal recesses” of New Mexico to pick up cash at various dead drops across the state. At the tail end of their journey Jesse proves to be an adequate sidekick as he successfully navigates his way out of a planned ambush. Walt and Skyler become official proprietors of Bogdan’s...
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