To me, this is the pinnacle of Breaking Bad. The pure escalation of events going from Walt's helplessness to pure, out of control fear that really cements just what kind of person Walt has become, and how everyone he knows and loves is dragged into it, it's just incredible. The last three episodes are some of the the best pieces of visual media I have ever seen in my life, and if I could I would give this season 11/10.
Everyone in this season is at their A-Game, some of these episodes (Salud, Box Cutter, and the last three) are series best episodes, and to top it all off you have one of the scariest and cold and calculated villains ever in Gustavo Fring, played masterfully by Giancarlo Esposito (and as a result he got typecasted for many more roles after this lmao - not that I think he's complaining, I think he loves it!). I genuinely just, don't know what else to say about this season that I can't put into the simple phrase: it's perfect. It makes me kinda sad knowing that I'm done with my favorite season and that some of the fifth season kinda falters, but I also do know that the second half of season 5 is on par with season 4, so I'm very excited to get back to it.
Review by faustyBlockedParent2023-06-28T03:44:20Z
To me, this is the pinnacle of Breaking Bad. The pure escalation of events going from Walt's helplessness to pure, out of control fear that really cements just what kind of person Walt has become, and how everyone he knows and loves is dragged into it, it's just incredible. The last three episodes are some of the the best pieces of visual media I have ever seen in my life, and if I could I would give this season 11/10.
Everyone in this season is at their A-Game, some of these episodes (Salud, Box Cutter, and the last three) are series best episodes, and to top it all off you have one of the scariest and cold and calculated villains ever in Gustavo Fring, played masterfully by Giancarlo Esposito (and as a result he got typecasted for many more roles after this lmao - not that I think he's complaining, I think he loves it!). I genuinely just, don't know what else to say about this season that I can't put into the simple phrase: it's perfect.
It makes me kinda sad knowing that I'm done with my favorite season and that some of the fifth season kinda falters, but I also do know that the second half of season 5 is on par with season 4, so I'm very excited to get back to it.
Just fucking stellar.