What do we want from a finale? Should it be a spectacular episode that serves as the dramatic peak of the series? Should it like any other episode of the series, only more so? Should it be surprising, shocking, or transformative? Or should it offer closure? For me, the main thing that I’m looking...
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Dots are connected and characters suffer, setting up what is sure to be a heartwarming series finale.
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Still recovering from this week's emotional devastation, but Jason Mittell works through the carnage with an extra-long post.
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Walt and Jesse return to where the series began to stage the program's climactic peak.
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The season hits its first speed bump, as characters bide time while looking toward the inevitable confrontation.
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This week we get plenty of confessions, but not the ones we might have expected.
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All of the characters are digging themselves out, and deeper, after last week's confrontation.
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Breaking Bad returns from almost a year off to reset our timeframes and set-up its endgame.
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