For me, this was the episode where the show got good. Up to now when I first watched, the show was good, yes, but not in my favorite peices of media. This episode is for me when the show went from say a 7.4 to a 9 (and only climbed from there).
In this episode you see the show get much more serious than prior; up to now, yes, things had consequences and there were dark parts, sure. But Gale was the first likable character who you see die, and not in a dramatic or cool way, a cold, sad, drawn out and painful way that the show hadn't done before. And this would be nothing if not for the way the whole segment is put together, which is also done incredibly well.
In this episode Walter stops taking Half Measures, and after this episode the show certainly does as well.
In this episode you see the show get much more serious than prior; up to now, yes, things had consequences and there were dark parts, sure. But Gale was the first likable character who you see die, and not in a dramatic or cool way, a cold, sad, drawn out and painful way that the show hadn't done before. And this would be nothing if not for the way the whole segment is put together, which is also done incredibly well.
In this episode Walter stops taking Half Measures, and after this episode the show certainly does as well.