"Stay out of my territory."
Something I'm finding during my third full watch-through of Breaking Bad is that many of the episodes that I, on first watch, found to be unremarkable, are now growing on me in a big way. Of this episode, I remembered nothing more than the scary opening and the tequila-drinking scene. In actual fact, it's a well-constructed episode and another great instalment of Breaking Bad's fantastic second season.
My favourite scene from the episode is still the tequila scene, as we see Walt at his very worst. It's the first time we see Walt's behaviour directly affect his son and it's the first time we see Walt confront Hank like that. It's the first time that they act like the enemies they look increasingly likely to one day become. It seems that Walt has, before the events of the series, felt a little threatened by Hank and it's clear that he feels proud of the fact that he is the mysterious Heisenberg and his brother-in-law has no idea.
We really do get to see different sides of Walt in this episode - I can't explain why I love the scenes where he does some work around the house, but I really do. "Skyler, there's rot." somehow says so much about where their relationship is at the moment.
Jesse, meanwhile, meets Jane's father for the first time here, but he doesn't quite get the grand introduction he is hoping for. It looks as though their relationship may not mean all that much to Jane as she asks "Who's you and me?", but by the end of the episode, she slides the rather touching 'Apology Girl' sketch under Jesse's door, and we realise she does care.
I haven't even talked about the first or last scene of the episode! Dead bodies outside the White's house and then Walt telling two pretenders to stay out of his territory? Oh yes, they were excellent too, the former leaving us anticipating something shocking in the last three episodes of the season.
'Over' is another brilliant episode from one of the all-time great television seasons.
9.3/10
Something I'm finding during my third full watch-through of Breaking Bad is that many of the episodes that I, on first watch, found to be unremarkable, are now growing on me in a big way. Of this episode, I remembered nothing more than the scary opening and the tequila-drinking scene. In actual fact, it's a well-constructed episode and another great instalment of Breaking Bad's fantastic second season.
My favourite scene from the episode is still the tequila scene, as we see Walt at his very worst. It's the first time we see Walt's behaviour directly affect his son and it's the first time we see Walt confront Hank like that. It's the first time that they act like the enemies they look increasingly likely to one day become. It seems that Walt has, before the events of the series, felt a little threatened by Hank and it's clear that he feels proud of the fact that he is the mysterious Heisenberg and his brother-in-law has no idea.
We really do get to see different sides of Walt in this episode - I can't explain why I love the scenes where he does some work around the house, but I really do. "Skyler, there's rot." somehow says so much about where their relationship is at the moment.
Jesse, meanwhile, meets Jane's father for the first time here, but he doesn't quite get the grand introduction he is hoping for. It looks as though their relationship may not mean all that much to Jane as she asks "Who's you and me?", but by the end of the episode, she slides the rather touching 'Apology Girl' sketch under Jesse's door, and we realise she does care.
I haven't even talked about the first or last scene of the episode! Dead bodies outside the White's house and then Walt telling two pretenders to stay out of his territory? Oh yes, they were excellent too, the former leaving us anticipating something shocking in the last three episodes of the season.
'Over' is another brilliant episode from one of the all-time great television seasons.
9.3/10