W.W.

DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED THE ENTIRE SERIES OF BREAKING BAD.

Whenever you get through an entire television series, its always bittersweet. And in this case, I feel like I came down off of a Bad high… a Breaking Bad high. I think I mentioned before that this show has captivated so many people, like myself. And why are so many people interested in watching someone cook methamphetamine? Beats me. But, the action and drama surrounding the drug industry is nothing to dismiss.

I found myself quite often in Skylar's shoes. What if I was a mother and a wife? What would I do if I found out my husband had two cell phones? The head games that would come from that... Whoa. And then to find out the truth, that your husband, the father of your children is a meth cook. Yikes! First thought, why? Money. Second thought, why this? Because Walter White is damn good at chemistry, my friends. Third thought, what about the children? This is where I become uneasy. The entire situation was irresponsible and he put his children under a lot of risk and danger. 

Did I mention that Walt White is damn good at chemistry? Ya. The devil on the other side of my shoulder was rooting for him. I think we all want to be great at something in this life and with his cancer, he wanted to feel alive. Wouldn't we all? What if we all lived everyday like it's our last? Not a care in the world, just you and whatever makes you happy. However, I don't think I would have the heart to forget about my family, if doing something without them made me the most happy.

Something that the show does not even come close to touching on into detail is the effects that the drug has on users and their families. These mass quantities of the drug, any drug, are even worse than what Walter White's family went through, IMO. I recently watched a documentary (on Netflix, of course) that addressed methamphetamine, its users, its effects, the cost, etc. One hit of meth can make someone high for up to 12 hours!! That can't be serious. And its very cheap to make, so you can imagine the amount of users it touches. There is also another perspective in the "functional users" group. These people use the drug when working low-income jobs to stay awake. Pretty wild if you ask me.

Season 4's finale blew my mind. I couldn't even comprehend that Walt blew Gus up. WOW! Mr. White  was really a smart guy and that is what made this show awesome. Great movies and action packed shows are great because of the little ingenious things that they leave out until later. I mean, he literally melted part of his face off. Never thought I'd see that on TV. I thought that Mr. White kept pushing and pushing Gus to make him eliminate him for cooking. If it were me, Gus had a great thing going with Walt and Jesse, why would you want to ruin that?

Once Hank put the pieces together that W.W. meant Walter White, he flipped a paranoid switch. I was shocked that Skylar stayed by Walt's side. She hated what he had done. "For better or for worse", I suppose. I couldn't believe Jesse gave a fully detailed account of what Walt and him had done the past year. He didn't even ask for immunity. I mean. c'mon... Hank was housing you at his own residence. Dumb. The scene where Hank and Gomez "arrest" Mr. White had me yelling at the TV. Hank read him his rights, but never told him what he was being arrested for.

As the last eight episodes unraveled, the tension kept building. I think a turning point for me was when Hank was killed. Action packed scene. To me, I felt like there wasn't a threat anymore. The last episodes were for tying up loose ends, smaller players that deserved revenge. I wasn't on the edge of my seat as much, but still wanted to know what would happen to the infamous Heisnenberg aka Walt White. 

The showdown between Jesse and Mr. White was intense. I knew that he could never pull the trigger on Jesse... However, I was surprised Jesse didn't pull it on him. Deep down, the two had a unique bond. And in the end, Mr. White was Heisenberg and did what he liked doing best... Hashing out the chemistry with a final cook.

"Its all in the Chemistry. Thanks to everyone for making Bad so good."

Amazing show. I would recommend it to anyone out there looking for an action and drama filled BAD time.