Gliding Over All

There was a short clip in the beginning of this episode of Walt getting a cancer check..First time in forever his sickness was blurbed, even ths small, I wondered when it would come up again..Maybe he's really sick now & doesn't let on to anyone? This may sound crazy, but maybe he's dying and that's why he quit cooking? Maybe he also left the book in the bathroom knowing Hank would probably take a look at it...I saw the Americans and the neighbor pulled a huge surprise at the end..WIll this series end similarly? Will Hank let him die and keep the secret? Just a guess* yes, it's my first time through this excellent series.

So, where to start? First of all i have seen this episode, it was good enough, but i unfortunately think it is overrated. Ya'know it has good acting and the story is... WOW. But Really? It has (currently) 9,6/10? Thats almost all full stars. It doesn't happened THAT much in the episode, it had a weak ago 8,5/10. Thats what i think it should have instead of 9,6. If you compare this with for example the episode "Confessions" which also (currently) has 9,6/10 (which in my opinion it should have) you'll see that its a BIG difference and that this episode should have lower rating than it. Its more than one star higher since its last rating. Confessions had some action in it, but in this episode it only has that prison scene which is more ridiculous than action-full. Rest of it they are just talking (what I remember). I don't know about you but in my opinion, it is a very overrated episode. Ratings like 9,6 should be watched over and over again.

All what happens is that they are talking, cook, cries almost like every episodes. Walt quits his meth-making, Gives Jesse his 5 million dollars in cash, and thats just about it.

8,5/10

All of Walt's hard work finally pays off and he is all set to happily retire. This would have been a good ending because Walt worked so hard during the series. I hope in the end he prevails and is able to live in peace.

The first part of Breaking Bad's final season ends on a phenomenal note – a twist audiences have feared since the character of Walter White was introduced in 2008, but have stashed away in the subconscious after more than 50 episodes of the series. "Gliding Over All" sets up so many possibilities and a whole new direction for the final eight episodes of the series and makes predicting the end of this amazing story an impossible endeavour.

To rephrase one of Walt's lines in this episode, last things first: the ultimate scene in "Gliding Over All", that simple yet momentous and jaw- dropping epiphany for one of the characters, wouldn't be as great as it turns out to be if it weren't for the perfect lead-up to it. The intensity is lacking for most parts of this episode, but that turns out to be the perfect calm before the storm – a storm that one could also describe as the best season-ending cliffhanger of the series. However, my 10 rating isn't the result of merely one remarkable scene, since there are loads of other things to praise in this episode. Firstly, there are Breaking Bad's best two minutes of non-stop violence in the most beautifully (not inappropriate to say, right?) shot murder montage. If such bloodshed isn't your cup of tea, there's still the drug cooking and contributing, getting stretched out to a three-minute chain of the whole process, set to contrasting music, looking purely amazing, and impressing with more match cuts you could ever expect to find in any other episode of any TV series.

Fans of subtlety will find a lot to admire about "Gliding Over All" too, with hints to episodes quite a while ago and the little disguised murder contemplations (Walt's ricin, Jesse's gun) being present in these 50 minutes, which may not be the series' most intense or thoroughly entertaining, but are artistically made and opening an outstanding new story for the series, making it the best episode of this half of the fifth season.

This episode is disturbing, is straight-up insane, it's just amazing. Unsurprisingly good.