When Breaking Bad was still on the air, originally playing these thrilling episodes, any kind of slower episode was known as filler, as simply taking up time and not moving the intensity forward... it was until the entire series ran its course and, when you re-watch the series as a whole, it's mind-blowing and rather dated how much of a bad critique these so-called slower episodes get, because you cannot have the more thrilling moments without the stuff leading up...
If every episode of Breaking Bad tried to outdo itself, there wouldn't be those great moments being led to... I had read that Season 2 was the most unpopular season; meanwhile how could you have season 3 without 2, or 4, the best season, without 3...
This is a series that had its site on the end the entire time, so it only "wastes time" leading up to moments that only seem "better" by the curve...
Interestingly enough... when Better Call Saul came out, almost the entire first season was deliberately slow like only a few of the lower-voted episodes are with this series...
This is as great an episode as the more exciting episodes because you cannot speed up without starting the vehicle and gaining momentum...
The characters are are setting up, being set up... Walt getting back with his family, turning down the inevitable cooking job with Gus, which can be a bit annoying since you already know he will, but, again... you gotta build suspense, and this is yet another foundational, as opposed to filler, episode.
If every episode of Breaking Bad tried to outdo itself, there wouldn't be those great moments being led to... I had read that Season 2 was the most unpopular season; meanwhile how could you have season 3 without 2, or 4, the best season, without 3...
This is a series that had its site on the end the entire time, so it only "wastes time" leading up to moments that only seem "better" by the curve...
Interestingly enough... when Better Call Saul came out, almost the entire first season was deliberately slow like only a few of the lower-voted episodes are with this series...
This is as great an episode as the more exciting episodes because you cannot speed up without starting the vehicle and gaining momentum...
The characters are are setting up, being set up... Walt getting back with his family, turning down the inevitable cooking job with Gus, which can be a bit annoying since you already know he will, but, again... you gotta build suspense, and this is yet another foundational, as opposed to filler, episode.