The biggest question that is on every one's mind is HOW WILL IT ALL END!? This has been a phenomenal series with such an unique storyline. I hope the series finale finds an equally great way to end what has been one of my favorite TV shows of all time. Here is my prediction for Walter White and friends.
I see this going one of two ways:
1) A Wyatt Earp, Armageddon esque shoot out where a ton of people die, including Walt
or
2) A quiet, yet powerful tell all moment with Walt on his death bed in which Schrader finally catches the illusive Heisenberg.
I could be all wet about these two theories, or maybe in my heart of hearts, I wish the series would end in similar fashion. Either way, I could not be more stoked for the final season and I hope it is as exciting as the first.
To honor Vince Gilligan, I thought I'd recap some of my FAVORITE Breaking Bad moments with all of you:
1) I dub the first memorable moment: The Ceramic Shank
I feel this moment was such a turning point for Walter White. It almost marks the moment he leaves all of his old self behind and crosses a line that he could never cross back over. I'm talking about the moment he kills Krazy-8 in the basement by choking him with a bike lock. You spend a good part of the episode thinking Walt decides to forgo the path of evil and will choose to save the life of his prisoner until the end of the episode when Walt completes a simple task: making a sandwich. Earlier in the episode Walt has a coughing fit and drops a plate of food by Krazy-8. When Walt comes-to he picks up the pieces of the plate, takes them upstairs, and throws them away. At the end of the episode, Walt happens to pick the pieces out of the trashcan when he realizes a piece of the plate is missing and that Krazy-8 has been plotting to stab him with the piece the entire time. Walt then decides to go where he's never gone before. This is only the first spot in the long line of black marks that decorate Walt's soul as his journey of cooking meth continues.
2) Moment number two: The Birth of Heisenberg
I was at a softball tournament this weekend and when everyone met at the bar afterward, a friend and I, agreed that this memorable moment was the birth of Heisenberg: the moment Walt blows up Tuco's lair as a retaliation for severely beating Jesse. This is the moment, I feel, Walt truly grows some stones and starts to become the BA character we all love to see in later seasons.
3) The next favorite Breaking Bad moment occurs in season 3, I call this one: Locked in a RV. For those of you who don't know, there have been many memorable RV moments, but this was my favorite. This list would not be complete without mentioning the RV AT LEAST once. Walt and Jesse cooked Meth in the RV for awhile before moving on to bigger and better labs. In this episode Hank, (a DEA agent and coincidentally Walt's brother-in-law) through a series of unfortunate events, traces the RV to the junk yard with Walt and Jesse locked in it. It's about 'game over' when Hank receives a fake phone call telling him his wife has just been in a terrible motor accident. Hank leaves the scene, rushes to the hospital, only to figure out he's been had. In the mean time, the RV gets destroyed along with all of the evidence and probably finds it's scraps being sent to a third world country.
4) One of the most epic episodes ever, finds itself as number four on my list: Adios Cartel de Droga 'Bye Drug Cartel'. This was an insane episode where most of Gustavo Fring's hated enemies south of the border are killed by poisoned tequila Gus serves everyone. All but a few bad guys drink the poison and one by one they drop like flies. There is a final shoot out where Mike gets shot, but he, Jesse, and Gus escape and live to cook another day.
5) This is BY FAR MY FAVORITE BREAKING BAD MOMENT EVERRR! I call this amazing TV moment: Two Face. If you've followed this show, you'll get the play on words for several different reasons. One, this episode Walt tricks Jesse into believing that GUS poisoned Jesse's girlfriend's son, when really at the end of the episode you find out Mr. White was the culprit behind the almost nearly fatal event all along. And two, once Walt makes Gus a common enemy for he and Jesse the plot to end Gustavo is set in motion. Gus visits an old enemy at a Nursing Home with plans to berate an aged and mute Hector for speaking to the DEA. Hector communicates by ringing a bell attached to his wheelchair. As Hector begins to ring his bell one of the greatest moments in any TV series occurs, a bomb goes off. A giant explosion occurs and then the camera pans to the hallway. You think HE DID IT, HEISENBERG ENDED GUS' REIGN and then GUS WALKS OUT OF THE ROOM AND STRAIGHTENS HIS TIE...you then begin a downward emotional spiral in which you think, HOW DID HE SURVIVE THIS!? Then after he straightens his tie, he turns to the camera and you discover half of his face is missing!!!! Absolutely crazy!! Way to go Walt. Movin' on up.
6) I grant this TV moment: The Meth Father Pt. I. In this scene there is an all out Godfather pt. I prison killing spree that is absolutely BANANAS! It's partly scary, but mostly INSANE. Taking care of witnesses and anyone who might threaten Walt's climb to the throne.
7) The final amazing TV moment I'll leave you with is how they left me last season as I patiently await, the coming story. I will call this one: The Porcelain Throne. This is such a special scene because this is the scene that Hank (the DEA agent and Walt's brother-in-law) FINALLY connects the dots. This episode ends with a family BBQ, Skyler (Walt's wife) thinking Walt has given up the drug trade (when really we know he is just outsourcing to the Czech Republic -or that's my guess), and the kids moving back into the house. All is hunky-dory. Or is it? The very last minute of the episode we find ourselves in the bathroom with Hank as he's sitting on the toilet, relieving himself, and reading a copy of "Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman. Hank then notices a hand written note on the cover of the book. "To my other favorite W.W. It's been an honor working with you. Fondly, G.B." Hank realizes that this book once belonged to Gail Boetticher (a former chem associate of Walt who was murdered in season 3) and then realizes that W.W. stands for Walter White and that he is Heisenberg. With this powerful revelation at his fingertips, what will Hank do next?
These are just a few of the MANY amazing TV moments that this show has provided its fans. I obviously could go on-and-on, about all of the moments I loved, but you don't have all day and either do I! So here were a few to pay homage to amazing writers, producers, actors, and other individuals involved that make this show so special.
Make sure you check out the season 6 (the final season) premiere on Sunday August 11, 2013!
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