Someone very dear to me told me innumerable times to watch this show. He passed away last year and now I finally have. I regret not doing it sooner because I now have all these conversations I wish I could have had with him about it! He loved watching me watch shows because I'm a talker, ask stupid questions, come up with silly theories, and generally get emotional. He laughed a lot as we watched True Blood and The Wire.
Anyways since I can't share with him, I need to share with a random group of internet strangers.
1) Love Jesse Pinkman - how can you not? He's the impulsive, goofball small time drug dealer with moments of absolute brilliance. His story arc is the most gut wrenching. Just the physical transformation made me sad. He was also one of the few who remained true to his core and values - he cared about Brock right till the end despite the toll on him. I hate it when writers destroy characters I love. That's how I felt about Jesse. I really hope they have a series dedicated to him so the writers can redeem themselves!
2) Also liked Hank a lot. He was true and authentic and just a bulldog. Killing him felt unnecessary and over the top. Yes he was cocky but he was so good at his job.
3) I think I lost sympathy for Walt fairly early. And so I ended up watching the show not for him, but more for Jesse and Hank. Which is why the back half of the final season was even harder to get through.
4) Skyler was one of the most unsympathetic characters for me. First the affair. Second giving the money to Beneke?!?!? I liked that they didn't leave her as a simple submissive wife trope (which I'm sure could have happened). Once she started laundering the money, I think she would have been okay enjoying the wealth and still hating Walt. And that makes her weak and unprincipled.
5) I didn't mind Marie or the purple :). Her backhanded comments reminded me of my own aunts. But she didn't have much more depth.
6) I wish they had done more with Flynn/Junior. He was so bland and I can't believe that Walts kid would be. His only moment of strength was the 911 call towards the end. He didn't show a moments hesitation to do what none of the adults had done.
7) Why was there a baby in there? Why not just two kids or just Junior?
8) Most of the non-core characters felt very cartoonish to me - Gus Fring, Tuco, the brothers, the cartel, Gomez. The show was long enough to bring more depth.
9) They should have avoided the whole Welker crew and Todd storyline. It added so little in the way of drama for me and could have been achieved another way. Plus I hate them and it makes rewatching so much harder.
10) The heists and "science" of the show was the best part! I wish they had done more of it. Some of the individual episodes are probably better than 80% of heist movies out there.
11) I'm mostly neutral towards Walt. But I do admire him for his gumption, brains and deep seated hate. I wish I had half his desire for revenge because there's an asshole at work who really deserves an (verbal) ass whooping and I wish I had a Walt-like-over-engineered revenge I could exact.
12) I might have let Jane Margolis choke too. And Andrea was annoying. Sorry Pinkman.
Submitted April 27, 2017 at 09:12PM by happydumpyboo http://ift.tt/2qctU6A
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