Waterworks

This episode was absolutely superb. I won't get into spoilers but they didn't waste a single minute. The acting was amazing and there were some utterly heartbreaking moments, I can't wait to see what they do in the finale.

It's always bugged me watching Rhea Seehorn get snubbed by the Emmys (not that I really care about award shows - but I'm fairly sure the actors care). Her performance in this episode was epic and she deserves an Emmy for it alone.

I know everyone is talking about Kim and Jimmy/Saul/Gene. But Carol Burnett's appearance in the last 3 episodes has been terrific. I thought originally it would be a one show appearance, but for her to become the central figure in the fate of Saul was a very unexpected pleasure. Give her the Emmy for Best Guest Appearance in TV series.

Actually what I mean is watching these final few episodes of BCS just makes me very sad, not just because this all-time great writing, which has inspired me to feel actual connection and care about fictional characters whose lives are falling part...but because it just shows how bad 99.9 percent of TV and movies are in 2022

Sure BB/BCS would always be the elite of the elite in any era, but I felt like back with BB we had other classics in the making like Mad Men, the excitement of early seasons TWD (even though I stopped watching after S4, early on it was great), GoT in it's prime seasons, SO much more. Same goes for movies.

What do we have now though? Succession, although I would say even though I absolutely love that show it's not on the level of any of those I mentioned except TWD. A couple other smaller niche shows, and then just mountains of recycled IP garbage like all of this Marvel magic man in tights BS that I got the initial appeal of but if you're still excited about Marvel releases idk what to say to you. Same goes for the ever expanding DC, Star Wars, etc etc universes. Never mind the cultural messages that have been worked into almost everything, especially those on Netflix and other platforms...and to be fair I agree with a lot of the underlying goals of them, but I just don't want them in place of story and character.

Anyway, everyone else said a lot about the episode, so I just want to say I hope this inspires original creations and slow burn, classic storytelling to be created and green lit by studios because wow, when this is gone, we will be in a quality content Death Valley.

"Waterworks" like Breaking Bad's "Granite State" is a perfect penultimate episode that intensifies expectations for an already highly anticipated finale by showcasing the many great talents of both the cast and crew. The writing, directing, and acting, you know, the usual great qualities we've seen from this show, are absolutely amazing. A scene including Rhea Seehorn's Kim Wexler is a standout that deserves the most praise possible. And those are just a couple of the many great moments of this episode. Vince Gilligan returned for one last episode and I can't thank him enough for bringing this great universe to fruition. This was a great sendoff for him as a writer of BB/BCS/EC.