Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Breaking Bad: "Confessions"
Finally, a real "Breaking Bad" type episode. If the first episode was a C+, and the previous one was a B+, this was definitely an A+.
Let's start at the end, with the most dramatic action yet this season. It was a little confusing and I needed a little refresher before I fully comprehended it, and even so it's a big leap of cognition for Jesse, but here's my understanding. Jesse had a joint in his cigarette pack and when it was missing he realized Saul had Huell (aka the huge black guy) picked his pocket. His mind immediately ran to the ricin which was in his cigarette pack and had been removed. If that was also done by Huell/Saul/Walt then it was done to frame Gus for poisoning Brock, which means it was actually done by Walt. Quite a revelation to make while standing on the street corner waiting to enter the Criminal Protection Program, but as best as I can figure, that's what happened.
After that Jessie barges into Walt's house with gasoline. Now the scene we've already seen, the flash-forward as it were, doesn't seem to show Walt's house being in charred ruins, so obviously something is going to happen before Jessie strikes the match. I have a hunch Walt will once again manipulate him. I don't think he will kill him with the frozen gun.
As for the other big twist in the episode, brilliant move by Walt making that DVD.
It does just enough to slow Hank down. Now if you really thought about it, there's too many holes in the story for people to seriously believe Hank was the mastermind. But, it's enough to give him pause. And the fact that Hank is and has already sat on evidence and not presented it, and that he (inadvertently) accepted drug money to pay his medical bills, would make him look even worse. This brings me back to my original suspicion that this season would be a cat-and-mouse game between Walt and Hank.
There's also this pesky storyline about Todd and Lydia that won't go away. Todd calls Walt to give him the latest. But he also speaks way too openly about the details and the real names of Walt and Jesse.
There was also a tarantula walking by at one point. What the hell could that mean? Another juvenile death?
Five episodes to go and I can't wait.
I love the show, but actually I thought the ricin revelation was too cute for its own good and was confusing to viewers. Mrs. Damino and I watch the show closely and carefully like you, and we had to rewind to even notice Huell's thievery. And as you mentioned, it's kind of a big mental leap for Jesse to automatically use that knowledge to confirm that this had happened in the past with the ricin cigarette.
ReplyDeleteTodd can't be long for this show the way he was carelessly throwing names and information around both in the diner and on the telephone. I wonder if his Aryan Nation relatives might knock him off.
Nice to see Flynn back on the show, even if only briefly where he was manipulated by Walt.