Okay, lets all take a deep breath. Exhale. Wow.
No matter what happens in these last two episodes, the fourth season of Breaking Bad is the show's best season hands down. We could talk about how Skyler's decision to tell Ted that it was her who gave him the money backfired in a big way. I have to admit, the scene of Skyler demanding that Ted pay off the IRS was actually very enjoyable, Anna Gunn even acted well enough to show us that she was not through with Ted as she walked out the door, brilliant stuff. Her method to get him to pay? Not the best, I would have just forged that check and been done with it but that's me. Now for all we know Ted is now dead and you know that there will be an investigation and you know that Skyler will be investigated. Whether the police will look at the shady accounting or the sending of thugs to Ted's house to sign that check remains to be seen. We can talk about Gus's sheer coldness and planning ability, or his stupidity. He is brilliant in his planning; he set up an emergency site where he, Mike, or Jesse could receive instant (well, almost) treatment for any wounds they could have picked up when obliterating the cartel. He is ice cold when he tells Hector (old man with the bell) about how he killed all of the big players in the cartel, colder still when he informs him that the last of his family is left, and even colder when he presents Jesse to him as the guy who helped Gus do it all. Despite what I just said about the guy, for the first time in the series I am calling him stupid. All he had to do was 'fire' or pay Walt off, guarantee his safety and he would be leading a much less stressful life right now. But we need to have a fifth season, so he had to make a big show to Walt, taking him to the desert just to tell him to stay away from Jesse? Of course Walt figured out that Jesse was still loyal to him and not to Gus and of course Gus (normally calm and collected, even when he finished the cartel off in Mexico) had to snap; threatening to kill Walt's entire family AND telling Walt that he planned to kill Hank!? After many years of being careful, Gustavo Fring has finally made a mistake, a really big mistake (I will discuss this towards the end of the review).
We could talk about Jesse and his incredible loyalty to Walt. After all this time, despite what Walt has put him through, Jesse still will not let Gus kill him. Carrying Mike into the bed maybe saved Mike's life, and it really is nice to see this Jesse, not the depressed suicidal one we were treated to earlier in the season. It was also really nice to see him hanging out with Andrea and her little brother Brock again, he somehow turned it all around and finally he is leading a somewhat normal life (way more normal than he has had in a while at least). He also managed to be the domino that finally pushed Walt over the edge, the line "Last time I asked for your help you said you wish that I'd be dead in a waste container!" was delivered with such venom that I flinched a little. It's a shame we did not get to see Aaron Paul act more in this episode, but the fact that it appears (I am done predicting things with this show, hence the word 'appears') that Jesse will be in season five, I can't be happier about this. Besides, Aaron Paul carried the early part of this season, so for now its cool if we get a little bit less of him. We could break down Saul and his 'A' team but nobody will care because of our antagonist (call him a protagonist if you want, I can't he has killed too many people) Walter White!
We will talk about that scene (if you don't know which one I am referring to, go watch the episode again and this time stay awake) for a long time, it may be one of the top five scenes of Breaking Bad, it is definitely top ten. Before we get to it, lets quickly look at how we got there. First Hank discovers the laundromat/meth mega factory, causing Walter to crash into another car on purpose to prevent Hank from having a look around. Then Walter notices that the lab is being used even when he is not there, then his plea for help is thrown back at him by Jesse, and lastly Gus threatens all he loves. We have to give Mr. White some credit, a normal human would have snapped in season one. Walt tells Saul to get him the guy who will make him 'disappear' and he also tells him to tip off the DEA about the future hit on Hank. One problem: Walt doesn't have enough money to get his family to safety because Skyler gave it to Ted! When Skyler told him this and he started laughing maniacally (after a bout of screaming maniacally) I got goosebumps. It was like watching a horror movie at the scariest part, all I could focus on was the scene, nothing else seemed to matter. Bryan Cranston proceeds to do this for a solid two minutes as Marie calls their house and tells them that the DEA is sending agents to their house to protect Hank (when she called I thought they killed him already whew!). Two things about this, one; give Bryan Cranston next year's Emmy the race is over. Two: Hank will no doubt put two and two together and realize that the only reason there is a hit out on him is because of his recent activity. This is why I think Gus made a big mistake, because now the DEA might have to dig a little deeper and listen to Hank and Hank's already figured it all out, now he needs some luck and some evidence. I expect next weeks episode to be a bit slower (we've been sprinting for about 8 straight now) and then the final episode of the season to have some nice fireworks at the end that will depress us when we realize that season five is a year away... Cant wait!
Overall score for this episode: 9.2/10 a few things kept it from being a 10, for the record, this rating does not include the last 5 minutes which receive a score of 15/10
Best scene: Come on... do I have to say it?
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