All Time Greatest Television Series: #7 Breaking Bad

I started watching this series a little over a year ago, and I have completely caught up with the show, so it’s very fresh on my mind. The reason why I started watching it was because I had heard so much hype about the show. I had to give it a try. Other than this past season, the series has lived up to the hype. It was such a different kind of show, not you’re typical gangster show that one would expect with the basis of the series being dealing crystal meth.

There was a certain charm with Walter White, the underachieving but very intelligent chemistry teacher getting into the cooking meth business with his former student Jesse, who although not very intelligent, has good street smarts. Walter and Jesse seemed to be in over their heads every single episode. They would get into crazy situations and have to figure a way out of it. Walter and Jesse have really good on screen chemistry together, and the characters grew on the show.

The reason that I wasn’t so crazy about this past season is that Walter is no longer a likeable character. I understand that the writers wanted to show the transformation of Walt from uncertain high school teacher to gangster, but you can’t have the character who dominates the screen not be likeable. My hope is that Walt will find his way as a character in the final season of the show. I also like the dynamic between Walt and Hank, which looks like it will play out in the final season. But my absolute favorite character is the ultra sleezy lawyer Saul Goodman. Come on writers, give us some more Saul. He steals the show every time he is on the screen.