Breaking Bad Final Season, Episode 6: Ozymandias

Recap: Breaking Bad Season 5 – “Ozymandias”

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Flashback to Jesse and Walt’s first cook. Wow, they really were hostile towards each other during MethLab: The Early Years. And Walt had such lustrous hair! Walt takes a break from work to practice his lie to Skyler before wandering off to a nearby rock to get cellphone reception. He tells his wife that he will be home a little late. Now, the RV is gone, Jesse is gone, Walt is gone, and the lies are gone.

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Breaking Bad Final Season, Episode 5: To’hajiilee

Breaking Bad Season 5 To'hajiilee (3)

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It’s amateur hour in the meth lab, with the bosses going masks-free, not-Matt Damon only achieving 76% purity, and a clear lack of a blue tint in the product. Lydia is not pleased. The meth must be blue.  Not-Matt Damon’s phone rings (nice “She Blinded Me With Science” ringtone, nerd). It’s Walt calling about the job he might have for his uncle. There’s just one target. Jesse Pinkman. Continue reading

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Breaking Bad Final Season, Episode 4: Rabid Dog

Jesse Pinkman In Hank's House

Walt arrives home to find a strange car in his driveway, so he enters through the backyard, gun drawn. He sees the gasoline can in the living room and feels the soaked carpet underneath his feet. “Jessie? JESSIE! SHOW YOURSELF, RIGHT NOW!” Walt’s words are panicked, and his gun is unsteady as he makes his way around familiar corners. But Jessie is no longer in the house, and the car in the driveway has been abandoned. Continue reading

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Breaking Bad Final Season, Episode 3: Confessions

Recap: Breaking Bad Season 5 – “Confessions”

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Todd Alquist, the ingénue from Vamonos Pest who looks way too much like Matt Damon’s less attractive little brother and killed the small child watching the freight train last season calls “Mr. White” to let him know that there has been a change in management. He then has breakfast with a couple of random scary dudes who want set up a meth lab, with Todd as their cook. And they want to do it in New Mexico. Continue reading

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Breaking Bad Final Season, Episode 1: Blood Money

Recap: Breaking Bad Season 5 – “Blood Money”

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The final season begins with a flash forwards. A newly-bearded Walt arrives at his former home, which has long since been abandoned. Someone spray painted “Heisenberg” on the living room wall, and bugs inhabit Skylar’s once-clean kitchen countertops, and kids are skateboarding in an empty pool. Walt retrieves a small vial from behind an outlet cover in the bedroom that I assume contains ricin. On his way back to the car, he sees his neighbor. “Hello, Carol.” Continue reading

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