My overall rating of "Breaking Bad"'s Season 3: 4/10
As much as I'd like to harp on about how this season has introduced way too many unnecessary plotlines, and that it mostly feels superficial and absent of artistic intent, these plotlines do tie up with a bang in this episode. I'm not sure why "Breaking Bad" has become so action-filled all of a sudden, but the PI guy playing out a "Splinter Cell" level makes for a pretty satisfying sequence. Many other sequences - the plot-laden dialogues - also feel significant, as the status quo of this series is certainly not coming back after these events. The acting is, as always, top notch.
I still have my reservations about the overall direction of the plot, as well as the questionable motives of some characters (Why is Saul even remotely OK with playing this game? Does the PI guy actually work for Gus full-time now? Is he Gus' only enforcer other than that Victor (?) guy, for that matter? Why did Walter not talk it out with Gus before killing his dealers? Did Gus authorise the child murder? How much of Gus' motivation did Gale understand?); but at the end of the day, this episode is a very solid one - almost better stand-alone, I'd say.
As much as I'd like to harp on about how this season has introduced way too many unnecessary plotlines, and that it mostly feels superficial and absent of artistic intent, these plotlines do tie up with a bang in this episode. I'm not sure why "Breaking Bad" has become so action-filled all of a sudden, but the PI guy playing out a "Splinter Cell" level makes for a pretty satisfying sequence. Many other sequences - the plot-laden dialogues - also feel significant, as the status quo of this series is certainly not coming back after these events. The acting is, as always, top notch.
I still have my reservations about the overall direction of the plot, as well as the questionable motives of some characters (Why is Saul even remotely OK with playing this game? Does the PI guy actually work for Gus full-time now? Is he Gus' only enforcer other than that Victor (?) guy, for that matter? Why did Walter not talk it out with Gus before killing his dealers? Did Gus authorise the child murder? How much of Gus' motivation did Gale understand?); but at the end of the day, this episode is a very solid one - almost better stand-alone, I'd say.