Breaking Bad Season 2
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lightofdayeSo I just reached the end of season 2 of Breaking Bad. Only been watching one or two episodes a day, so its taken a while. Being nearly twice the length of season 1.
Remember how I said, I mostly review about complaining about things? Well I actually have stuff for Season 2 alas. Though to be fair, I am perpetually unable to stop myself looking things up on the Breaking Bad wiki so things, Jane's death and the plane
Chief amongst them. The Flashforwards I mentioned. The ones that suggest something awful and violent going to happen to Walt at home. Turns out it's a plane crash that happens right at the end of the finale. So not only is it not say, Walt's criminal activities being tacked to him. There's not much real impact it's like. We'll tease you all season for something you're going to have to wait until S3 to really see the impact of. It's like... artiness for the sake of artiness to me.
Okay, okay okay. We do a little more about the crash, that it was caused by Jane's dad, owing to his grief about Jane who Walt purposefully let die. So I've seen it said that is representation of the pain and destruction Walt has caused. But Walt is far removed from the consequences and responsibility here that it's difficult to actually look at the plane crash and blame Walt for it.
The other big complaint I would make is that the plot seems to be all over the place. There doesn't seem to be one single long thread that's season long. There's dealing with Tucco and the aftermath, then Jesse and Walt trying to strick out on their own. Then them giving up on that and getting in bed with Gus at the end. Even the characters arc seem to start and stop abruptly. Cheifly Skyler not talking to Walt and Hanks' PTSD. The former just seems to stop happend and the latter is cleaned up with one pep talk from Walt.
I was very glad when Skye's suspicion came back full force at the end of the finale and that Hank was finally back on the trail of Heisenburg as well.
More positively, I loved the episodes, Peakaboo and 4 Days Out. And especially Walt's first proper conversation with Gus. The way Gus just pierces Walt's impression of himself. 'No, you are not are cautious man.' And that's blatantly true of Walt and even if he does have the excuse of dying of cancer being a time limit.
Walt and Jesse's interactions and altercations are still very entertaining. As they bicker their way through many of their problems. though that doesn't stop them from being actively aggressive. Despite what I said before if there is a theme for the season it has to be consequences. Walt, Jesse and Jane all end up facing unavoidable consequences for their deceptions. There's a notable similarity between Jesse and Jane's dealing with their parents in that they'll say anything, what they think the parent want to hear to avoid the consequences. Jesse tells his mum he'll stop doing drugs, get a proper job etc. And Jane promises her dad she'll go to rehab. Even when pressed it's hard to tell if either of them actually mean it at the time they're saying. But even if they do, they quickly fall back in to bad habits.
Walt's attitude to Jesse seems to fluxuate between extremes. He's often verbally abuses and blames Jesse for everything but other times adopts a familial fondness for him, even when he's not really trying to coax cooperation out of Jesse. He calls Jesse his nephew and even son by the end of the season and gives him half his cut in Down. (and i got to side with Walt's initial stance here. They split their take. It's not Walt's fault Jesse subsequently lost his half. I was expecting Jesse to eventually get money from Walt on the grounds of shoring up the business; stashing/repairing/storing the RV. etc.
Looking forward to starting season 3. Given Gus now knows Walt is connected to the DEA (i wonder if he believes Hanks that Walt is not an Agent) plus Walt and Jesse sold their whole stock in one go and don't have the means to make a delivery that big again, should be plenty of trouble in store or them. And Hank's back on their trail as wel.
Whoops well i nattered on quite a lot there...
Remember how I said, I mostly review about complaining about things? Well I actually have stuff for Season 2 alas. Though to be fair, I am perpetually unable to stop myself looking things up on the Breaking Bad wiki so things, Jane's death and the plane
Chief amongst them. The Flashforwards I mentioned. The ones that suggest something awful and violent going to happen to Walt at home. Turns out it's a plane crash that happens right at the end of the finale. So not only is it not say, Walt's criminal activities being tacked to him. There's not much real impact it's like. We'll tease you all season for something you're going to have to wait until S3 to really see the impact of. It's like... artiness for the sake of artiness to me.
Okay, okay okay. We do a little more about the crash, that it was caused by Jane's dad, owing to his grief about Jane who Walt purposefully let die. So I've seen it said that is representation of the pain and destruction Walt has caused. But Walt is far removed from the consequences and responsibility here that it's difficult to actually look at the plane crash and blame Walt for it.
The other big complaint I would make is that the plot seems to be all over the place. There doesn't seem to be one single long thread that's season long. There's dealing with Tucco and the aftermath, then Jesse and Walt trying to strick out on their own. Then them giving up on that and getting in bed with Gus at the end. Even the characters arc seem to start and stop abruptly. Cheifly Skyler not talking to Walt and Hanks' PTSD. The former just seems to stop happend and the latter is cleaned up with one pep talk from Walt.
I was very glad when Skye's suspicion came back full force at the end of the finale and that Hank was finally back on the trail of Heisenburg as well.
More positively, I loved the episodes, Peakaboo and 4 Days Out. And especially Walt's first proper conversation with Gus. The way Gus just pierces Walt's impression of himself. 'No, you are not are cautious man.' And that's blatantly true of Walt and even if he does have the excuse of dying of cancer being a time limit.
Walt and Jesse's interactions and altercations are still very entertaining. As they bicker their way through many of their problems. though that doesn't stop them from being actively aggressive. Despite what I said before if there is a theme for the season it has to be consequences. Walt, Jesse and Jane all end up facing unavoidable consequences for their deceptions. There's a notable similarity between Jesse and Jane's dealing with their parents in that they'll say anything, what they think the parent want to hear to avoid the consequences. Jesse tells his mum he'll stop doing drugs, get a proper job etc. And Jane promises her dad she'll go to rehab. Even when pressed it's hard to tell if either of them actually mean it at the time they're saying. But even if they do, they quickly fall back in to bad habits.
Walt's attitude to Jesse seems to fluxuate between extremes. He's often verbally abuses and blames Jesse for everything but other times adopts a familial fondness for him, even when he's not really trying to coax cooperation out of Jesse. He calls Jesse his nephew and even son by the end of the season and gives him half his cut in Down. (and i got to side with Walt's initial stance here. They split their take. It's not Walt's fault Jesse subsequently lost his half. I was expecting Jesse to eventually get money from Walt on the grounds of shoring up the business; stashing/repairing/storing the RV. etc.
Looking forward to starting season 3. Given Gus now knows Walt is connected to the DEA (i wonder if he believes Hanks that Walt is not an Agent) plus Walt and Jesse sold their whole stock in one go and don't have the means to make a delivery that big again, should be plenty of trouble in store or them. And Hank's back on their trail as wel.
Whoops well i nattered on quite a lot there...
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Date: 2014-07-16 02:06 am (UTC)Some of the show seems to wander at times, but they always seem to manage to tie it in later.
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Date: 2014-07-16 01:13 pm (UTC)I am very happy when these thinks crop up again. Hank's just ducked out of going back to El Paso in the last episode I watched.