Review: Breaking Bad, or My First True Series Finale

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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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"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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