This meaning telling gus that gale was dead but also breaking the news that they had to get rid of one of their own. As perfectly written, directed, and performed as always, but i. It seemed to suggest that season 4 would show a walter white feeling and owning his power. In the interim, the show won two additional emmys for performances by bryan cranston and aaron paul, as white and pinkman.
Matt richenthal of tv fanatic awarded the episode a 4. And right now, even saul knows that the days of easy money and. If you are breaking bad season four, and you have spent 10 episodes establishing the grave disasters, psychological and criminal, that your characters are spiraling down towards, and one horrifying episode showing that no options are left, an impressive parade of climaxes is now within reach. At the time of the interrogation walt brakes into saul goodmans. Walter and jesse know gus is not above killing children, after the death of andreas younger brother. He indirectly got his brotherinlaw shot, and excused gus for allowing it. End times is the twelfth episode of the fourth season of breaking bad and the fortyfifth episode altogether. A recap of breaking bads season 4 finale starring bryan cranston, anna gunn, and aaron paul. The episodes title refers to the final showdown between walt and gus, but can also be seen as a play on words regarding gus demise where half of his face is burnt off. The season premiere gives pretty much everything one could want from an episode of breaking bad and succinctly catching us up with all these. Written by series creator vince gilligan and directed by adam bernstein, box cutter originally aired on amc in the united states on july 17, 2011. The history of breaking bad is a series of ethical lines crossed.
On the flip side, gus has previous when it comes to harming children or at least threatening to. One of the best things about breaking bad has always been that even when. Its pretty masterful that creator vince gilligan has managed to keep up breaking bads intensity through four seasons. I believe that it is a clear and deliberate statement by the writers to show exactly how broken bad our protagonist walter white has become. Box cutter is the fourth season premiere of the american television drama series breaking bad, and its 34th episode overall. Walter white and skyler white frantically pack their luggage in their bedroom and discuss preparing walter white jr. That teed up one of the episodes few light moments, as sauls.
In the last episode of the first half of season 5 gliding all over, walt went to the hospital for his routine mri, and the. Hank has walter drive him to the chicken ranch for regular stakeouts then suggests a detour to check out an industrial laundry. What grade do you give the breaking bad season 4 finale. Meanwhile, brock has fallen terribly ill and jesse suspects walt may be behind it. In a desperate attempt to escape certain death, walt concocted a disturbing plan kill his former lab assistant gale to provide for his and jesses safety. In tonights penultimate season 4 breaking bad episode, end times, everyones preparing andor bracing for an endgame. Gilligan provided more details regarding the poisonous ploy at san diego comiccon in 20. Breaking bad season 4 list of breaking bad episodes. First off, it was great that a flashback opened the show.
The season four finale of breaking bad produced a winner in the waltergus feud. And then you watch him transform into the guy who really is gus, with the. Though it didnt premiere to overthetop ratings, over the course of five seasons, it morphed into a television phenomenonthanks in large. It is a feast of information and background on this amazing series. Critics praised aaron pauls performance, the intense ending with walt and gus and the revelation in the episode that brock is poisoned. How do you think breaking bads fourth season will end. As dea agents arrive at the white residence to take. In order to win, he had to play a game that was 10 steps ahead of gus, who was. When breaking bads fourth season began airing, the show had been off the air for more than a year, and had left fans hanging with the question of whether walter whites desperate gamble to keep himself and his partner, jesse pinkman, alive would be successful.
Here you will find discussions and speculations about the show, pictures from the show, amas with the cast, and anything else breaking bad related. Gus had the upper hand and it burned walt up that gus was ten steps ahead of me at every turn, as he. Rj mitte, the son of walt and skyler with minimal screentime, has desired two things so far this breaking bad season. It consists of episodes, each running approximately 47 minutes in length. I maintain that this fourth season of breaking bad has been. Walt would have to somehow know that jesse wouldve. End times is the twelfth episode of the fourth season of breaking bad and the fortyfifth.
Crawl space is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of breaking bad and the forty fourth episode altogether. Review of breaking bad season four finale, face off. Upon their exit its revealed that they are working in a fully equipped tent inside an abandoned warehouse. The ongoing standoff between walter, jesse, and gus will reach its breaking point tonight, in the breaking bad season 4 finale after last sundays shocking episode found the onetime partners in crystal meth cookery putting their disagreements behind them in order to kill the wouldbe drug kingpin, gus is going to have to watch his back now more than ever. I bought 12 broken ps4s from ebay lets try to fix them. He then meets with jesse at the hospital and a while after jesse got taken by police for interrogation. End times is the twelfth and penultimate episode of the fourth season of the american. End times bryan cranston and the cast discuss lifeanddeath aspects in episode 412. And even if gus had known about the ricin and managed to get his hands on it, how could he have gotten it to brock. The episode marks the culmination of the arc concerning the conflict between walter white and gus fring which served as the focus of the fourth season. Last nights episode of breaking bad proved that the walking dead isnt the only show that knows how to make good use of a special effects budget. Breaking bad season 5 episode 11 walt talks jesse into leaving town, out in the desert duration. A subreddit for fans and critics of the hit television series breaking bad on amc. It was directed and written by series creator and executive producer vince gilligan.
With bryan cranston, anna gunn, aaron paul, dean norris. Season 4 of breaking bad was absolutely the height of television and planted breaking bad firmly in the best current tv show category. The writers of breaking bad referred to the incident as walt becoming the evil juice box man, imagining him injecting the poison into brocks juice box. The episode received unanimous acclaim from television critics. Vince gilligan walks us through season four of breaking. Breaking bad season 4 episode 12 end times walt scrambles to protect his family this week, while jesse learns a key piece of information and hank leans on gomez. Walt arranges for hanks protective custody to include skyler and the children.
Off camera, walt had somehow planted the juice box in brocks lunch at school, making sure only he came in contact with the drink. In season 3s finale, jesse aaron paul was on the run, with mike jonathan banks in hot pursuit, while walt bryan cranston negotiated for his life with gus giancarlo esposito. The fourth season finale of breaking bad did a lot of things right, coursecorrecting most of my worries and giving viewers not only an actionpacked, satisfying episode but putting the show on the path to finish its final 16 episodes in a nearly perfect dramatic state. Obviously to us as the viewers we know its rigged with a bomb, but there is just absolutely no way he couldve known that unless im missing something that. In this weeks penultimate episode of breaking bad season 4, a most desperate walter white was poised to put a. The narrative follows protagonist walter white bryan cranston and his partner jesse pinkman as they face repercussions. Bottom line, breaking bad season 4 is a must for fans and the entire series is a must for fans of high quality television. In his final moments, gus bears a striking resemblance to the batman villain twoface. Ign seth amitin face off was the perfect blend of breaking bad. As dea agents arrive at the white residence to take them into protective custody at hank and marie schraders, walt tells skyler that the hitman is after.
The complete fourth season was released on region 1 dvd and region a bluray on june 5, 2012. It originally aired on amc in the united states on october 9, 2011. Doctors and nurses hastily prepare medical equipment until a phone call prompts them to wheel a stretcher out of the room. For walt, jesse, and poor brock, the end times are nigh. It also produced one of the more extreme deaths youll ever see. Breaking bad is widely considered one of the best tv shows of all time, but which episodes were the. The episode received critical acclaim and it is regarded as one of season 4s best episodes. The titles of the first, fourth, 10th and final episodes of the second season of breaking bad go like this. And the bags in the river, the series fourth episode took a kinder. As i said, every season of this series is exceptional and highly recommended but with season 4 the show reached new highs. End times is the only episode in the series that gilligan directed without having written. Walts ego cant take it, and gus knows its only a matter of time. In season 4 episode 12 when gus is walking towards his car in the hospital that walt has rigged with a bomb, why did gus not get in the car did he know the bomb was there.
Walter white had met privately with hector salamanca, who hated him and wanted him dead for numerous reasons including, and in particular, the deaths of his psychopathic nephew tuco salamanca and his equally pyschopathic cousins marco and leonel. The formidable breaking bad villain gus fring first entered the fray in season three, and he was a fairly major part of the last series as well which focused heavily on the building of the. Gustavo fring visits gale in the lab to check on his process. The fourth season of the american television drama series breaking bad premiered on july 17, 2011 and concluded on october 9, 2011. Hank encourages gomez to check out the industrial laun. On tonights episode of breaking bad, bug, walt and the other characters are figuratively stepping gingerly in a field of landmines. Breaking bad boss talks season finale, gus spidey sense and. In the end, i think the episode stayed on the right side of that line right meaning the side that breaking bad specified early on, when it announced itself as a series driven by story and. In a flashback, gale boetticher excitedly unpacks sterling new hightech lab equipment, making notes in a distinctive journal labeled lab notes he is setting up the superlab. Jesse is picked up by the police to answer questions about the ricin. The dea is putting hank and his family in protective custody. Box cutter is the first episode of the fourth season of breaking bad and the thirtyfourth episode altogether.
Loyal viewers of breaking bad know that we bid adios to drug kingpin gus fring in face off,the final episode of the series slow burn of a fourth season and anyone not yet up to that. The following contains major spoilers from last nights episode of breaking bad. Walt pays sauls secretary to call him and get him to save jesse. Box cutter is the first episode of the fourth season of breaking bad and the thirty fourth episode altogether. Jesse seemingly manages to lie to gus that he doesnt know how brock was poisoned.
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