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Episode seven of season three is the best BREAKING BAD has been, thus far. It takes everything successful from previous episode and rolls it into one. The performances are rawer and more true to life than ever, the plotting denser, the character work fine. Aaron Paul really pulls out all the stops here and impresses tremendously. The climactic set-piece in the car park is an astonishing piece of direction, and doesn't disappoint. My only sadness is that we lose a couple of great characters whose presence I'd grown to love.

I just finished watching this episode and had to come here to see what others thought of it. I was fully expecting it to be highly praised and so it was. Well this is Breaking Bad of course, you wouldn't expect anything less. It was a culmination of the story lines that had gone in the past seasons with Walt, Jesse and Hank. For one Walt and Jesse have a very moving scene in the hospital where Jesse lays bare his soul in front of Walt saying how he doesn't care about him and that he has felt MORE alone since he met Walt. I couldn't help but shed a tear with Jesse as he delivered his monologue. I defy anyone not to. This is undoubtedly Aaron Paul's finest hour on the show.

Secondly Hank's PTSD since killing Tuco and the explosion in the desert killing the officers in season 2 now bubbles over and he finds himself taking out his anger on Jesse. This costs him his job. He also puts in a wonderful acting job in this episode confessing his feelings to Marie about everything that has happened before. The show ends when the Mexican cousins have been on the hunt for Tuco's murderer for a while and finally find Hank in the parking lot of a mall.

And thus begins one of the most tense, edge of seat, rear clenching moments of the entire series. I didn't think they could get any more tense in this show but they do. I stress there have been MANY suspenseful situations where you are literally gritting your teeth.

All in all the episode started off fast paced, no scene was filler and (but maybe the brief meet with Walt and Skylar) went full throttle all the way to the end.

This show took you to the edge and pushed you over.

Awesome.

One of the most intense episodes of the series! A great episode, well acted directed, and the storyline and character development melds together perfectly. All the subplots, plot devices, and character development leads up to an intense parking lot confrontation between Hank and two drug cartel members. I have never seen an action climax on television like this. The only comparable action scene to this episode would be the gun fight in the movie Taxi Driver (1976). Wow what a episode! The aftermath of the incident leads the viewer wanting to know more of what will happen next. I give the episode One Minute a ten out of ten.

Hank is understandably furious about the phone call he received telling him that Marie had been badly hurt in a car crash and naturally assumes Jesse was the person responsible so goes to his house and beats him to a pulp... a move that could cost him his career. Jesse certainly wants to see Hank's life destroyed for what he did. Saul and Walt counsel against this but he is adamant. Saul is concerned that if Jesse carries on the DEA will be keeping a very close eye on him and it would only be a matter of time before he got caught; to this end Walt convinces Gus that he needs Jesse as his assistant; convincing Jesse to work with him again might not be so easy though. Having beaten Jesse, Hank doesn't try to make excuses; he knows things have been going badly for him emotionally since he shot Tuco. The inevitable consequence of this honesty is that he is asked to hand over is badge and sidearm before being suspended... this couldn't have happened at a worse time as the two Mexicans catch up with him in the car park as he is preparing to drive away.

This was one if the best episodes yet as the creators turn the tension up to eleven! It opens with a bang as Hank repeatedly punched Jesse in the face and ends with one of the most exciting scenes I've seen on television; by the time it was over I was sitting on the edge of my seat and my heart was pounding! Dean Norris really shone as Hank; early on his character provided some light relief but there was none of that here as we see the culmination of the events that began when he shot Tuco in Season Two; both in the way the stress lead to him beating Jesse rather than restraining himself and in the confrontation with the two vengeful Mexicans. He wasn't the only actor on top form though; the scenes in the hospital room where Walt tries to get Jesse to work with him again showed Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul at the top of their game. If you've enjoyed the show so far you will love this episode; just try to avoid learning about the ultimate ending before you watch it for the first time.

The acting was phenomenal and I mostly understand the 9.6 rating on the episode (one of the highest of the series), but the ending just seemed really stupid. Hank takes like 5 shots but remains conscious and breathing, the brothers have an awful strategy, and the whole thing takes place in a crowded parking lot where basically no one is to be seen after the first brother gets hit by the car (which he made like no attempt to avoid) and the "too easy" line is really cliche. I love the series but the ending to this episode was a huge let down.

It's shocking how every part of the last scene was meticulously crafted into the episode in order to not make it a forced scene. That's how action is supposed to be. At the end everything comes together.

I've been going back through Breaking Bad after finishing the series in 2014. I was looking forward to this episode in particular.

Dean Norris (Hank Schraeder) never won the supporting actor Emmy, and it's very difficult to understand why. His acting is difficult and executed flawlessly, in this episode in particular. At least four distinctive and intense emotional displays in one episode (anger, despair, hope, fear), which is one of the very best of the series and of all TV.

The final scene is, I believe, the best shootout ever on TV, perhaps even in a movie. Vince Gilligan calls BB a modern western, and the shootout here rivals the climax of High Noon. Every second, every shot, every edit thought out in painstaking detail, and tied to superb writing so in a completely watertight storyline. Not as visually spectacular as the climaxes in GOT's The Mountain and The Viper, or The Battle of the B*strds, but more thoughtful and intense.

One of the great hours of TV history, probably second in the series to Ozymandias. Burned in my memory, that's the testament to its greatness. Bravo.

Very, very good.

Just some dang good television from beginning to end. It didn't at all start how I thought it would, and it didn't end how I thought it would either

Hank has really lost it, but I never disliked the guy, despite the way he has treated his wife and colleagues this season. And just when he kind of starts to come around, sht hits the fan again.

I really liked Aaron Paul's two scenes in the hospital. Jesse is someone I've been waiting to see walk back in to the spotlight this season, and the wait was worth it. I feel for the guy. I'm going to miss Gale, assuming he won't be in the rest of the season. It's good to have Jesse back though.

I don't mention this often either, but Bob Odenkirk is awesome as Saul Goodman. He's hilarious in this, rather intentional or not. Such a good performance and character.

The highlight of the episode, of course, is the last act. It was built up to perfectly. With the two brothers getting a new target, it was evident they weren't going to waste any time finding him. That whole shooting sequence was phenomenally shot and choreographed. One jaw dropping moment to the next, and it all took place between some parking spaces. I'm both content and anxious for whatever comes next. Poor Hank. Poor Marie. Poor Lionel and Marco I guess😂

I rate it a 10/10, but it really is just a great episode form the very beginning to the very end. Best episode so far, and I can already tell the quality of the rest of the season, and the series, will probably be much better still.

With a very exciting start of the episode that immediately catches your attention, to a solid middle of the episode that contributes to the plot, we were already looking at a very good episode right there. Then came the last 6 minutes. These last 6 minutes were among the best minutes of any TV episode I have ever seen. Unbelievable work right here. Scenes like the last one are why this show is considered to be among the best of all time.

The quality and story progression of "Breaking Bad" both follow the plot diagram we learned about in grade school with each episode and season. The first season being the exposition and conflict. We became well acquainted with both main characters, Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, and their families and friends who will consistently remain supporting characters constantly affected by the choices of the two protagonists. From the very beginning, "Breaking Bad" was a chaotic ride with great comedy, in my opinion, and even some fantastic thrills. Season two continued to develop the conflict and bring us to the rising action, if you will, and there was a notable improvement in quality in terms of plot lines, character depth and growth, acting, and directing. Walter continued to dig his grave and assist Jesse with his. Then, Vince Gilligan decided to inject steroids into season two and that is season three.

As if it was not enough for Vince Gilligan to produce one episode with several iconic masterfully directed, written, and acted scenes, he decided to produce two back to back, first 'Sunset' and now 'One Minute'. The previous episode, 'Sunset', ended with one of my favorite moments of tension, Walter and Jesse locked in the RV while Hank Schrader, attempting to break in, was feet away from finding his whale, Heisenberg. To top it off, there was another phenomenal scene right after when Hank got the call that his wife was in critical condition from a car accident. As annoying as Hank is sometimes, we've seen so many sides to him already, he's humanized in our minds, so seeing him having a panic attack in the ER was heartbreaking and claustrophobic to say the least.

Here we are after one of the best episodes in the third season and the series as a whole. The claustrophobic nightmare of 'Sunset' is over and we are left with a vengeful Hank. He takes his anger out on Jesse by beating him bloody and almost completely loses control of himself. Both Hank and Jesse are now left with even greater repercussions from their proximity to Heisenberg but only Jesse is aware of how close that proximity is.

The phone call about Marie, the altercation with Jesse in his house, and the masterpiece that is parking lot scene all give incredible weight to the hatred and vengeance Hank has for Heisenberg in retrospect. With repeated viewings of "Breaking Bad" you develop a deeper and more complex understanding of every character's inevitable hatred of Walter White. I think what Walter, knowingly and unknowingly, caused Hank is ultimately the greatest tragedy of all, maybe more so than what probably happened to his immediate family afterwards. Although, Hank was at least granted a bullet to the head after the suffering Walter brought him. That is perhaps the best fare you could ask for when you cross Heisenberg's path.

And, of course, the hospital scene was one of the best moments in the series as well. We witness the continuing transformation of Jesse from punk rich kid into a self sabotaging time bomb. He began to accept himself as "the bad guy" in the beginning of the season and now he is probably completely nihilistic and hateful.

"Breaking Bad" is tragedy after tragedy. I think I need to watch a Pixar movie when I am done with this viewing of the show...

This is by far the most best episode acted by Pinkman ,that hospital scene,u can really feel his pain that been build up since His OD gf.But still Not even sober Pinkman can refused 1.5 million dollar offer.

This is a significantly worse episode than the previous one, yet, for some reason, it has a higher rating.

After the previous episode I thought that this show will finally get into the high gear, but here, again, as so many times before, things grind to pretty much a halt. It is not as bad as some of the earlier episodes that were all about the family drama (which is the worst subplot of Breaking Bad), but it is noticeably weaker than the excellent episode 6.

Jesse has turned from a likeable loser that he was in seasons 1 and 2 into this pathetic, annoying whiner who seemingly just wants to oppose others.

And that ending. It was better acted than some 80's B action movie, but the quality of writing is of that caliber. Two supposed super killers suddenly become Stormtrooper-level marksmen, unable to hit a barn from two steps apart. One of them just stands and waits to be hit by a car. The other just waits to be shot in the face. Nobody hears a hundred gunshots being fired in the middle of a busy parking lot in the middle of the day. Convenient bullet is convenient. Hank, shot at least three times, manages to stay awake, load the bullet, and aim with his right hand, while being shot in the right forearm and right side of chest. Ridiculous.

Breaking Bad's first two seasons are some of the best TV I have ever seen. I especially liked the frequent black humour, usually conveyed via the crazy, unpredictable situations that Walt and Jesse would find themselves in. I also liked Walt's "MacGyver" solutions to the various problems he encountered.

"One Minute" was the first ep which left me feeling unconvinced, unamused and unimpressed. The ending scenario between Hank and Tuco's cousins was totally ridiculous, one step too far into unconvincing nonsense. DEA training and warning phone call or not, I just don't buy that the over-weight, middle-aged Hank (initailly unarmed) could survive the attack and then best these two born killing machines...why the hell did one of the brothers just stand there and allow himself to be crushed by the car (after conveniently becoming a very bad shot at the same time i'll add)?

This episode basically marks the end of the black humour and quirky nature of the show, which in my opinion is what made it stand out from the acres of other crime-based shows on TV. The black humour and Walt's "MacGyver" solutions are now seemingly gone, the show is now approaching a pretty standard crime/drugs drama and I don't think the serious nature of organised crime is the writer's forte anyway.

I have reached the end of season four in my viewing, and there are now too many filler episodes and too much irrelevant, uninteresting interpersonal melodrama which adds nothing to the story, even Saul's and Hank's previously amusing banter has dimished in frequency and quality of writing.