Crazy Handful of Nothin'

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.

Great scene clever way and very brave I hope the characters keep developing that way

THIS KICKS LIKE A MULE WITH HIS BALLS RAPPED IN DUCTAPE!

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...