Breaking Bad
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Early reviews coming in
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Though there’s plenty of tension in this season’s first three episodes, the show has shifted a bit toward more character drama. I’m not going to spoil these episodes for you, but I will say that where season three had the Cousins and season two had Tuco, the fourth season has a much more wide-ranging, far-reaching threat, one that seems more existential than immediate. To say more would be to give away too much, but I hope you’ll see what I mean once we’ve reached the end of episode three.
This is not to say that this is a bad move – indeed, the third episode of this season is one of my favorites the show has ever done. But it definitely reminds me of season four of “The Sopranos,” when fans of the show groused about how the series wasn’t “whacking” enough people and was too focused on character stories and relationships fraying and falling apart. So if you’re someone who watches this series for the little islands of action – like the gunfight between Hank and the Cousins or Walt saving Jesse at the last minute – you might wonder if the show has lost its mind. But there’s just as much at stake and just as much tension in these relationship stories as there was in the more action-y moments. It’s just a different mixture of the show’s usual elements, choosing to emphasize different things.
- I will read nothing from this, sorry ukit! you are the man, but this is too good to spoil :)Miguex
- Seriously. Leave us a spoiler alert.CyBrainX
- No spoilers, it was just talking about the overall pacing and toneukit
- la+times+blog equal enough of a spoiler and = a http://www.qbn.com/t… justly ..e-pill