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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsBreaking Bad, should I keep watching?
Got to the episode where Walter lets Jesse's girlfriend die. It slipped to a new low... And unless there's some redeeming, I'm done.
Sedona
(3,769 posts)I have watched all complete seasons and it keeps getting better and better!
Who are you looking to get redemmed?
No spoilers but yeah more people die and some of them don't deserve it and some of them do.
"We all got it coming kid" ~ Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven
flying_wahini
(6,667 posts)Great show but had to quit it. Too anxiety provoking for me.
onlyadream
(2,168 posts)I thought the title meant that we'd see some bad turning good...but it looks like it just getting worse. I might just quit it.
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)Systematic Chaos
(8,601 posts)Now, I'm no total couch potato, but I've seen a lot of the popular shows and IMHO nothing else beats Breaking Bad.
I hope you'll stay with it because the final episodes next summer are going to be freaking insane.
onlyadream
(2,168 posts)It's getting hard to watch... Like a train wreck.
Systematic Chaos
(8,601 posts)I'm not going to spoil anything for you except to say that Walt's descent is amazing to behold and the tempo is up to about 240 b.p.m. and accelerating rapidly as we get into the second half of the final season. I want so badly to say more but I won't.
Incitatus
(5,317 posts)In fact, Walt gets darker and his hands get a lot dirtier than what you've seen so far.
Generic Brad
(14,276 posts)Walt has only begun. You have not seen his worst yet.
MiddleFingerMom
(25,163 posts).
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There be no redemption here. "Breaking Bad" is in the same genre as "Heart of Darkness" or
"Apocalypse Now" -- the slow, incremental yet seamless descent into deeper and deeper
levels/layers of madness/evil.
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There may or may not be redemption for some of the other characters (Jessie has started --
but who knows if Walt will allow it).
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Walt is an undeniable train wreck -- it's not IF it's going to happen, but HOW that is so
fascinating.
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onlyadream
(2,168 posts)deutsey
(20,166 posts)follows the descent of a basically good man into darkness.
So, I'm not expecting there to be a happy ending to the show.
Walt reminds me of Michael in Godfather I and II (not a fan of Godfather III). In the name of protecting his family, he gains the world but loses his family and his soul.
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)This is where it all comes to an end. There will be resolution in these final eight. We will know where everybody stands. Gosh, what can I say about it? Im being very maddeningly vague and general. We are going to swing for the fences in these final eight episodes. Its terrifying, and yet its liberating for me and for the writers to know that these are the final eight hours that well ever have for this series. Theres been talk of a movie and whatnot, but I can tell you that none of that is even remotely on my radar right now. As far as Im concerned, the end of this story is contained within these final eight episodes. We now have freedom, carte blanche I suppose, to dispense with the timid, pusillanimous storytelling weve been doing so far.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/vince-gilligan-on-breaking-bad-and-the-plumbing-of-it-all/
deutsey
(20,166 posts)If he considers the final episode of season 4 "timid"...woo boy! Hold on to your seats for the final four episodes.
Sedona
(3,769 posts)Kali
(55,026 posts)the best freaking thing I have EVER seen on tee vee. And I don't even watch tee vee any more, but I managed to get a hold of the first 4 seasons and binged through each of them. can't wait to see the next batch.
a kennedy
(29,723 posts)We could only watch 2 episodes at a time, they were so nail bitting, edge of our seat, gonna throw up, we could only handle so much. We taped episode 5 and are now watching them...two at a time. Whew...... love it so much, but can only handle so much too.
The2ndWheel
(7,947 posts)deutsey
(20,166 posts)Kablooie
(18,641 posts)The producer said it's about how Mr. Chips turns into Scarface.
It's an odd structure for a story and we don't know how it will ultimately turn out but the characters are not clear cut good and bad.
They all have a wide range of characteristics and we see different sides emerge as the story progresses.
It's definitely worth watching but expect to be sitting on the edge of your seat a lot and at not being spoon fed a fairytale view of who are the good guys and who are the bad ones.
Initech
(100,108 posts)Kablooie
(18,641 posts)He was watching it with his son and his daughter in his lap.
Initech
(100,108 posts)I need to watch the whole series again - I always forget about all the clues leading up to the end of the second season. Vince Gilligan is a master.
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)I mean the basic premise is always pretty dark, but season 4 is incredible and season 5 is excellent as well.
I felt the same way you do, and did stop watching for a few months around the same point you're at, but I came back and it was definitely worth it. The first 2 seasons are.....almost difficult to watch, but that helps to build up the story for the incredible seasons that follow, particularly season 4.
Initech
(100,108 posts)BronxBoy
(2,286 posts)Season 4 was amazing
VOX
(22,976 posts)Crazy music cues and an overall incredible style. It is dark, and it won't end well, but the payoffs are plenty. It's one of the best series ever, period!
MuttLikeMe
(279 posts)this show is addictive.