Fly

I recently rewatched this one and wanted to review it. It's hilarious, has amazing camera shots, like every episode of Breaking Bad it's well edited and incredible director Rian Johnson had the honor of directing the lowest rated episode and the highest rated one of the series!

This is the tenth episode of the third season of Breaking Bad and while seen as a filler episode, it is very bizarre and very interesting. I thought it was going to be boring, but then the famed fly came into play. Based off many of the reviews, people seemed to dislike this episode a lot. Well, not me. This is a testimony of how great Cranston's and Paul's acting is, because they practically carried the entire episode.

In this episode, "Fly," Walt begins to suffer from extreme paranoia and insomnia. Walt believes his formula doesn't add up to the amount of meth they are producing. But when a housefly is located in the lab, Walt becomes so paranoid that he goes to any length to kill the fly.

Overall, I found this to be a good psychological case study. It shows how the emotions of Walt are starting to catch up with him. It's very funny to see how Walt tries to kill the fly. I can understand why people would hate this episode, but I certainly didn't. I rate this episode 9/10.

I feel bad for this episode. Not that so many people hate it; people are entitled to their opinions. I feel bad that what I think is a masterfully executed episode is, in the popular opinion, the lowest rated episode of the entire series.

While the beginning starts off a tad bit slow, the payoff is all worth it in the long scene towards the middle/end of the episode where Walt and Jesse are having a lengthy conversation. The whole scene is splendid. The camera angles that provide a bit of an uneasy feeling (like when the frame is shaky when it is looking directly at Walt). The lighting that is, as per usual, superb and is just beautiful. And the background music, even though it is minimal, adds to the tension. Just so many things go right to make this an excellent episode.

Somehow this is the lowest rated episode in the series. How.

Walt's monologue about the perfect moment is one of the best of the show and maybe one of the greatest monologues in tv.

After watching S6E7 of Better Call Saul - I wonder where that fly came from... Almost seems like the writers already had the whole story figured out 14 years ago. Amazing storytelling.