My intention was to rewatch the entirety of Breaking Bad before El Camino but given the lack of time I haven't nor will be able to... Does anyone have a list of must seen episodes that could serve as a good sort of recap?
...have Googled around but have only found these, but I know there are more:
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As the title says, about 5 years ago, my wife was away for the weekend, I was channel surfing and landed in the middle of a breaking bad episode. I had heard of the cancer-stricken, meth cooking teacher crime show, not really my wife’s cup of tea so I figured now is the chance to take a peek. So watching it, I could see the acting was on another level and the way the episode structure was put together, I could appreciate what made this special. The episode finished and the next one started right away. “Cool!, I’ll watch this one too!”
About I dunno, 20 min into the finale and I Burst out loud “this is the friggin series ender isn’t it?“ as you could see the structure of these two episodes was leading to a permanent end. Apparently, I accidentally channel surfed onto the tail end of a Breaking Bad marathon. Doh!
Boy was I pissed... Anyway I worked on my wife the past few years trying to convince her to give it a chance. So about 3 weeks ago, we did. And of course you know what I’m going to say next: We couldn’t stop watching it and the wife and I both loved it (well real world stuff made it that on most days, we could only watch 1-2 episodes, only reason why it took a long 3 weeks to watch it all Lol)
What an amazing TV show. El Camino is next, then it’s “Better Call Saul”. I can’t believe the performances from everyone on that show, every single actor nailed their roles, from the incredible dynamic duo leads to even the smaller roles. So many plot twists happen that aren’t just there for the sake of a twist, everything worked perfectly. Both my wife and I’s heart sank for many of the deaths, we got mad at Walt several times, but still couldn’t help feeling some pity for him at the end.
I guess I’m now ready for phase two of this love affair. No not watch BCS or EC, but to catch up on what other fellow redditors have to say about it. Great shows breed passionate fans so I suspect this subreddit will keep me busy for a while.
Thanks Vince/crew and special thanks to Bryan, Anna, Aaron, Dean, Betsy, RJ and all the others who brought to life an amazing cast of characters.
They used to call the TV the “idiot box”. How the medium has grown this past decade or two; so many great shows I’m now at the point where I’m not sure I’ll ever watch everything I want to watch.
TLDR; Accidentally watched the last bits of the series 5 years ago; finally got around to it, both wife and I were blown away.
Worth it.
Game of Thrones is now the 4th highest rated show on IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/chart/toptv/?ref_=nv_tvv_250_3
That’s all... also when walt is in his last moments touching all the equipment just smiling about and looking in such peace... that’s gets me
And that's the most hockey I've watched in three weeks.
So, Emilio in our show isn't fully developed right now--he hasn't reached that "Nacho" type stage.. I hope the writers really show us what exactly happened in the next season!
Hey Reddit, it's Alan Sepinwall, TV critic at Uproxx and author of Breaking Bad 101: The Complete Critical Companion, released yesterday. You can find excerpts of the book here ("Face Off") and here ("One Minute"), and I'll be happy to take your questions for the next couple of hours about the book, the show, Better Call Saul, Bryan Cranston's career in daytime soaps, or what have you.
I will be here to answer your questions at 12pm ET on 10/11
I recently started binge watching the series, but I knew beforehand that RJ had directed one of the episodes because that was one of RJ's big claims to fame that his fans and even many of his detractors brought up as being one of his best works. I didn't know which episode it would be, but it was pretty apparent once I got to it.
Now, don't get me wrong, I actually enjoyed the episode a lot. But at the same time, I can't see how anyone could look at that episode and think "this is the guy who should direct the next main series Star Wars film". Like, even if TLJ had ended up being a good movie, it would STILL be completely wrong for Star Wars because Rian Johnson's style, even at its best, is just deeply, intrinsically wrong for Star Wars. His core mindset is not compatible with the type of fiction that Star Wars is.
I just feel like the more I learn about everything behind TLJ the more layers of baffling absurdity I find.
