TV Review: Breaking Bad - The End

I have finally managed to get to the end of Breaking Bad – five seasons done and dusted.  The final season is broken into two parts and as the last season (four) finished with the death of Gus Fring, now season 5 starts with Walter erasing all his links to the murder.

Walter also starts his own Meth operation along with Jesse and Mike (a former employer of Gus who used to make life hell for Jesse and Walt.  They have no lab to produce the meth in so they end up setting up a portable laboratory and move it from location to location under the guise of Vamamos Pest – a pest control company run by burglars.

In order to make the meth the trio need to get more methyl-amine. They find out lots of it is coming in by train so they decide to rob the train which ends up in the killing of an innocent child. This results in Jesse leaving the business due to remorse and guilt at all those Walt has killed in the process of all the meth making.  Mike also decided to leave due to the DEA being on his tail.

Since Gus is dead, the DEA think Mike is the best person to talk to about his death and to find out information on the drug business Gus had.  But Mike burns or buries all the evidence which links him to Gus and his businesses.  Despite this setback, it looks like the DEA are closing in on the real Heisenberg as Hank makes a shocking discovery while over at Walter’s for dinner.  Remember they are brothers in law.

I don’t really want to say anymore on this as it will give away a massive spoiler alert and don’t want it to spoil things for those who have not yet watched Season 5 or the entire series. But will just say that the season ends in a deadly confrontation, but will not tell you who is in that confrontation or the outcome.

When this season ended it made me want to know what happens to Jesse. I really warmed about him  and would love to see a spin off based around him.

Overall the season was a good one and the ending befit the rest of the series.  It is a brilliant series though there are some episodes which are nonsense episodes and feel like time fillers.  But then there are some great episodes as well.