Crazy Handful of Nothin'

If you thought you witnessed the best Breaking Bad episode yet, then you have witnessed wrong. This particular episode is the strongest one by far. It's powerful, a little gut-wrenching, and just a pleasure to watch. It helps that Walt has one of his signature badass moments that have come to define him.

This episode, "Crazy Handful of Nothing'" has Walt and Jesse resuming their meth business. They have a new distributor named Tuco who shows, not in a nice way, why he is an effective businessman.

Overall, this is the most powerful episode yet in this drama series. There will be some moments when it's hard to keep your eyes on the screen. Walt is becoming my favorite TV character, especially when he shows in this episode how he proves he is not the guy to mess around with. I rate this episode 10/10.

From the beginning to the end of this episode I was sitting there not knowing what to expect. But it was amazing. It had its sad moments and its bad *** moments. The great thing about this show is it always has you guessing. The best part is you will always guess wrong. Not to mention the subtle foreshadowing I always seem to miss until the episode is done. The show excels in keeping you involved from beginning to end; making every moment and every episode relevant. It is shown clearly in this episode what a man will do when he has got nothing to lose. This time, it's Walter's turn to show them who's boss. A great semi-finale to the great Walter White who continues to Break Bad.

10/10 for me!

In a way, this is like the first episode of the REAL Breaking Bad;

The first few episodes, the show was still trying to find it's feet- Walt was far more submissive, and brow-beaten than the Walt we know, who maintained a life as a suburban father, but at his core, he's a fiercely proud, ego-driven man who'll go to extremes to keep the upper hand; Virtually the total opposite of the meek, early-episodes-Walt. And at the start of season 1, Jesse was more of a comedic, 'Bill and Ted'-esque stoner side-character, who the writers intended to kill off, before the end of the season, very different to the three dimensional, central character he'd eventually become.

But in 'Crazy Handful of Nothin', we finally see the first appearance of 'Heisenberg'; arguably "the real Walt", and the driving force of Breaking Bad. And by now, Jesse has mostly lost his cartoonish quality of the first few episodes, and after the interactions with his parents and shielding his younger brother from drugs, last episode, and ending up hospitalized now, he's growing into a fleshed-out, sympathetic character... as well as a victim of Walt's hubris and ambition...

This is a great episode. Most likely my favorite episode of the first season on rewatch. My favorite things about this episode were the storyline, the action, and the Protagonist. My favorite characters in this episode were Walter, Jesse, and Tuco. I didn't really think there were any episodes in this season that were perfect, but there were definitely more episodes that I rated a 9 than episodes with an 8. I am glad that episode 4 and episode 5 were the last of the episodes considered to be "filler". I also love that this is the true start to Heisenberg. Overall, yeah, this was a great episode.

Breaking Bad is the kind of show that started out good. And with every episode it seemed to get more and more interesting. But it's not until this episode that you realize you've come across Genius. How could you ever imagine this 50-year old guy, battling cancer, and a middle-grade teacher would find himself in such a predicament, yet ends up being the Badass. Yes, I rarely say this about anyone, ever. But, it's never been more accurate.

Whilst Tuco is the one you initially fear, Heisenberg shows off his true colours with nothing more than "a little tweak of chemistry". Hats off to everybody who had anything to do with this. An awesome kickstart to the greatest show ever made.