The episode started on its grinding, inevitable course, and then took a sharp turn that left it headed in the same direction.

Everyone, it seems, is trapped. 

This week’s episode was all about the best laid plans.

One scene elevated this episode above all of the others this season. 

Something is bothering me.

This was probably the first Breaking Bad episode ever in which the majority of screen time didn’t go to Walt, Jesse or Skyler. 

The first episode of the fifth and final season of Breaking Bad was really all about the opening.

The second season of Breaking Bad is when the show’s brilliance and ambition were revealed, week after impressive week.

As the new, divided-up final season of Breaking Bad gets ready to start again later in the month (the 16-episode “final season starts with 8 this year, and another 8 next year), I have used the show’s impending return as an excuse to watch the whole thing from the beginning. What’s striking, albeit not surprising, is ...