Sunday, February 5, 2012

my safe word is 'keep going'.


i cant get enough of him and i am quite sure anyone who has watched him though out the years would agree.


We're reminded in the finale just how far Walt (Bryan Cranston) has fallen in a poignant little pre-credits flashback. (We also, in the clever way of this series, get a glimpse of the seeds of his destruction.) Then we're back to reality, with our anti-hero in trouble again and, for better or worse, well able to hold his own against the most villainous of villains. As always, it's not the tense standoffs that are the most scary. It's the seemingly innocent moments - a bunch of balloons, a bloke watering his pot plants, a man kicking off his shoes - that really raise the hairs on the back of your neck. You just know something hideous is around the corner. Even a tender moment between Walt and Jesse devolves into something more sinister. As always, this is a tough watch, not because of the drugs and blood and guns but because of the endless depths to which Walter is prepared to sink. But it's also a testament to our investment in these characters. To make us care about someone so despicable is really quite a feat.

i was sad when it was all over but i suppose all good things must come to an end. bryan cranston is breaking bad.