I bought a new laptop, which means that this post will probably be the last I write from my old one. An interesting bit of trivia. Anyway I fnished the second season of Breaking Bad, which like the first season is awesome, maybe more so since they introduced that Saul character, who with his suit and combover has to be the lawyeriest lawyer I have ever seen. I've been to court, I've been in law offices and this guy reeks of more lawyer than any of those places combined. But he also reeks of crooked lawyer, which is just what he is. More on him later.
The first two episodes of this season were all about Tuco, a deranged drug dealer whom Walter and his meth cooking sidekick Jessie were very much afraid of. And for a good reason. He was the kind of guy you wouldn't want to lock eyes with on the street for fear he'll bludgeon you to death with his crack pipe. He's just lethal. The last season ended with this guy beating the shit out of one of his henchmen in a meth-trip rage, and because the guy died and Walt/Jessie were witnesses, they're expecting a visit from Tuco soon. Suffice it to say this whole plot was intense and ended with the kind of epic, bloody showdown you don't often get on TV these days.
Another thing this season dealt with was all the moral consequences of Walt's actions. He lies to his family, he engages in criminal activity on a regular basis. In some ways Breaking Bad is Scarface the TV show, and you just know it can only get worse. Walter is still dying of cancer and is still struggling to come up with the money for treatment. His wife is so pregnant you're expecting the baby to shoot out at any second. So he has a lot of problems for the writers to exploit and mould into clusterfuckery. Saul comes into the picture about halfway through the season, after Jessie's dumb fuck friend/distributor accidentally deals meth to a cop (he thinks he's safe to bring out the product after he asks the guy if he's a cop and the guy says no - such is his sheer stupidity). Saul becomes their very own "Tom Hagen" legal go-to-guy, and also recommends they do business with Gustavo Fring, this creepy mysterious businessman who apparently owns fourteen fast food restaraunts. So you know he's your guy for setting up a crystal meth enterprise.
As much as I love this show, it has its fair share of random subplots. Season One had Walt's sister-in-law's shoplifting problem for some reason, and this season had her DEA husband Hank's post-traumatic stress disorder after a firefight. But this season also had a guy getting his head crushed by an ATM, which cancels out any other problem I might have because that was just great.
Now for Season 3...
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