Makers:
Vince GilliganMuziek:
Dave PorterActeurs:
Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte, Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Giancarlo Esposito, Jesse Plemons (meer)Seizoen(5) / Afleveringen(62)
Samenvattingen(1)
Een terminaal zieke scheikundeleraar probeert samen met een oud-leerling de toekomst van zijn gezin veilig te stellen door de productie en verkoop van crystal meth. (Netflix)
Recensie van Isherwood voor deze serie (1)
Breaking Bad (2008)
Seeing Breaking Bad makes me want to extract the ricin from the beans, but that's essentially my only complaint. This is the first series since The Wire that honestly fascinates me with its attention to plot sophistication, fictional characters, and, most importantly, absolute unpredictability. I gave up guessing the storyline halfway through the second season because there's no point. The way in which Walter White, who learns the value and brevity of human life from one day to the next, functions on both sides of the law while (un)consciously pulling in people around him is perhaps even better than in Dexter. This is mainly because the moments when we realize that he is really becoming evil are conveyed by the filmmakers through complete banality. Like ordinary marital conversations: "I'm not in danger." I am the danger!"
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