More on Breaking Bad (and Dexter!)

If you, my non-existing reader, Breaking Bad fan, take a look at my previous text about the show you may think: “what a stupid fella!” Well, in my judgement, I’m not stupid. So let me try to explain myself a little.

Ok, I was really overwhelmed by the series when the credits for the seventh episode from the forth season took place on the screen. “That’s a little late, dumbass. There’s plenty of amazing stuff before that”, the fan may also think. I’m not a complete dumbass, but I agree with him. There’s a bunch of really cool, catchy events before s04e07. I could name some: the Tuco’s saga, some intriguing events regarding Walter’s family, the development of Jesse’s character and his affair with that cute drug addict, Rank’s attempt by the twins from hell, and more. So much more. Highlights were the episode with the old man in the wheelchair  (the closest of “genius” the series ever was), and all events regarding Gale’s death at the end of third season; that was really, really thrilling.

Satisfied, non-existing-breaking-bad-fan-reader? There’s more.

I deeply appreciated the creation of Hank’s character. A criminal as Walt having a DEA agent in the core of his family was charming, such as Dexter having a lieutenant sister. Feels like a time-bomb. You know something very juicy comes from that relation at some point. At least you expect that.

Now what I don’t quite like. Something that bothered me so far in BB: the main character took too small part in the action as I thought he would. In Dexter, the serial killer conducts the events, taking the lead in the process, as his narrative perspective confirms. Heinsenberg, in the other hand, did a small contribution for the main events so far (and I said SO FAR), drifting along, passively, while big things happens around him (I can’t be more specific unless I give some spoilers, which I won’t). I believe, though, that this is going to change, as Heinsenberg will take major steps to solve his problems and that won’t happen without some confrontation.

One last awful thing about Dexter: the end is simply terrible. The final episode is poor and messy. For all the reactions I’ve seen, It doesn’t seem that BB is gonna end the same way.

Breaking Bad, at last!

Finally, I'm hooked to Breaking Bad. It took me a while, almost 4 out of 5 seasons actually. I just finished watching s04e07, Problem Dog. I can say, it is spectacular, specially the closure of the episode (how thrilling!).

Why it took me almost the whole series to be amazed? Guess it was the excess of expectations. Ever since 2013's Emmy, some friends of mine couldn't talk about anything else. The word I saw the most to describe the series was "genius". To be honest, I haven't seen anything genius until the present moment. What I've seen was a pretty well-constructed screenplay, a great cast and some really friendly characters. Nothing genius in that, though.

I can't help it to compare with another series I've seen in the last months: Dexter. The plots are similar in many levels. Both are about an anti-hero, going through wrong paths and deceiveing their closest. While Dexter series suffered with uneven seasons (why season 3 was ever created for?), Breaking Bad, for what I think, suffers with rhythm. Sometimes things happens in such a slow pace that I ask myself if it was really necessary to develop some scenes. Although BB has a huge advantage: the plot is solid and the screenplay has no apparent (at least for me) flaws. In the other hand, one doesn't need to be a genius to catch the holes in Dexter's screenplay.

Well, that's a lot to happen in the final episodes of BB. Actually, there's a whole season to be seen. But I can assure: it is an excelent series, despite of my extra-high expectations (at first, now i don't have them anymore). Let's see if anything seriously genius comes up, then I'll come back to tell. For now, I still prefer Dexter rather than BB, even with all the incongruences of the first one.