I want a flashback-laden climax depicting Jesse, Badger, and Skinny Pete plotting and setting up Walt all through the season...even dipping its hidden history back as far as season one, ala Combo's strip club/RV origin scene.
Can I jump to the defence of those who believe the Gus moment was completely incongruous with the rest of the show? For some people, the plane crash was a problem; for others, the Terminator twins; for me, it was Gus' tie-adjust-then-die moment. I thought the explosion itself was cool, I'd even have liked them to have done the half-face moment, but if he instead stumbled out rather than cooly walking out and adjusting his tie. Yes, shock might be able to do that to a person, but it still seemed cartoonish.
And - for the record - I fucking love Fly, let's start another argument about that
Well played.
True. I think the acting was superb, it has to be to carry an entire episode with two characters in a room, but the premise was fundamentally flawed. Walt didn't really show any signs of this kind of OCD behavior prior, nor did he have a good reason to show it then. If they would have set it up in a previous episode, I think it would have worked better, or if he had some kind of reveal that really made it his behavior make genuine sense near the end. They kind of accomplished this with the "it's all contaminated" line, which was brilliant and I'd argue validates the episode alone. But the steps he took to reach that realization just weren't in line with much anything else in the series so as a whole it seemed forced.
This sounds like "writing was subpar" more than the acting. I don't think the acting ever came off as disingenuous, and on the surface the writing was really well done. It had to be hard to have constant turns in the mere act of catching a fly but there were many. It just lacked a solid foundation and I think that is people's real problem with, if only on a subconscious level. The episode was very character driven, which is fine, but not predicated on a weak plot. I think that type of episode was really well placed, however, as getting to know Walt and Jesse and their relation helped to strengthen our empathy for them in the pivotal final episodes of the season that followed.
Star Bryan Cranston, actor Giancarlo Esposito and series creator Vince Gilligan share their thoughts on what might be the AMC drama's finest hour its Season 4 finish.
lol that's pretty funny and neat.
