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Walter's diagnosis should be about freedom. It's over. But a man who has gone from a failed mundane existence must face a return to the boredom. Skyler throws a party and Walter is uncomfortable. He is becoming a different person and with all that has happened, a much harsher, more self assured one. He throws himself into home repair but that will only satisfy him for a short time. The closing scene in the hardware store tells it all. Meanwhile, Jesse has his heart broken. Probably, for the first time in his life, he has fallen in love. He is such a complex character. I'm stunned at this point. They actually did five seasons. Where is this going?

Can't wait what is gonna happen next but my conclusion is is going down

This is the tenth episode in the second season of Breaking Bad and once again, I must say I was impressed. This time around, I was slightly disappointed because I was expecting this episode to be more intense, but nonetheless I was still hooked into the story thanks to great writing and acting.

In this episode, "Over," Walt has been feeling angry despite all the good news, which leads to a confrontation between himself and Hank. Meanwhile, Jesse and his landlady, Jane are falling for each other, but Jesse feels hurt when she doesn't introduce him to her father.

Overall, this is a rather solid episode. There were many interesting moments, but this episode is a step-down from the previous few episodes, but just barely. I rate this episode 9/10.

This episode is straight heat. Its Walts territory now, yo!

A slow, boring, pretty terrible episode. The problem with this show is that it just can't seem to avoid all the feet dragging. Even in the exciting episodes, there is always some unnecessary slowness and needless scenes. And this is not an exciting episode. Like I've said before, this is not supposed to be some family drama, so whenever we get an episode that is more suited to Desperate Housewives than BB, it is going to be terrible. Who wants to have an entire episode of Walter doing house repairs? Because, that is the most important part of being a drug lord, right?

Two more points - First, Walter's mood swings and character changes have not been done great during the show. The cancer diagnosis, that is used as the magical reason for everything, just can't be a satisfactory reason (I just hope they will not go for some lame explanation like the cancer's got into his brain and that is what's causing it). Second, the foreboding beginning of the episode, similar to what we've had several times so far in season two, has gotten really old. It serves no purpose and adds nothing and looks like they just needed a minute or two to fill the time. Yes, something bad is going to happen, but since we don't have nearly enough information to connect it with anything that is happening, it just feels empty and meaningless.

'Breaking Bad' is one of the most popular rated shows on IMDb, is one of those rarities where every season has either been very positively received or near-universally acclaimed critically and where all of my friends have said nothing but great things about.

Very few shows in recent memory had me so hooked from the very start that before the week was over the whole show had been watched, especially when for a lot of shows now airing watching one episode all the way through can be an endeavour. 'Breaking Bad' had that effect on me, and its reputation as one of the best, consistently brilliant and most addictive shows in many years (maybe even ever) is more than deserved in my eyes. Its weakest season is perhaps the first season, understandable as any show's first season is the one where things are still settling.

Actually everything is established remarkably from the very start, but once the writing and characterisation becomes even meatier the show reaches even higher levels.

"Over" is not one of the best episodes of Season 2 or of the show, and is a slight let down after a run of taut, intense episodes. It is still wonderful though, which is testament to how amazing a show 'Breaking Bad' is. It does lack a little in tautness and intensity, being a slower, comparatively quieter and character-driven episode, but it does all that incredibly well.

Visually, "Over" is both stylish and beautiful, with photography and editing that are cinematic quality and put a lot of films today to shame, where there are a lot of visually beautiful ones but also some painfully amateurish looking ones. The music always has the appropriate mood, never too intrusive, never too muted.

The writing for "Over" is a fine example of how to have a lot of style but also to have a lot of substance. The dialogue throughout is thought-provoking and tense, while also have a darkly wicked sense of humour, nail-biting tension and heart-tugging pathos. The story is texturally rich, intimate, tense and layered, with the pace of it consistently deliberate but taut.

Can't say anything bad about the acting. Bryan Cranston is phenomenal as one of the most fascinating anti-heroes, or even of any kind of character, in either film or television. Aaron Paul has never been better, love the chemistry between them, and Anna Gunn is affecting. The characters are compelling in their realism.

To conclude, wonderful. 9/10 Bethany Cox

Wonderful ending.first 44 minute is 8 star and last 3 minutes hase 10 star what an criminal ending.the masterpiece for reasons.and jesse and jane is so awesome.

When the episode begins Skylar organizes a barbecue for thanking all their friends for their support: during the party Walter is with his son and Hank that talks about his great adventures in the DEA and Walter pours some tequila in his son's glass. At the third glass Hank is angry and takes away the bottle, just for making Walter nervous, but when Walter Jr goes near the pool he throws up. The party is ruined, and once at home Walter is embarassed of his own behaviour. In the meanwhile Jesse knows better Jane and she presents him her dad but things don't go smoothly because her dad is cold and old-fashioned. Since the water heater doesn't work Walt goes to the supermarket and decides to buy a new one, and after seemingly discussing with another drug dealer once outside the supermarket he scolds him off.

Despite some of the situations (including the party one) the acting and writing are always good, and that is the most important thing. Jesse's storyline was brief here, but fortunately in the next episodes we'll see more of him and his new girlfriend Jane, or so I have been told.

Good filler episode, filler on purpose, getting things in gear, in shape, but Aaron Paul's Jesse acts like a teenage girl, hurt that he can't meet Jagger Jane's parents, in particular her father, and that's painful and the beginning of the whiny Jesse that carries through till the end. Still a great co-star/sidekick character but plays the victim again and again. Mostly this is the Walter having the midlife crisis he might've had hadn't he the Cancer diagnoses, fixing the house up, etc. Good as far as stepping-stones go.

Walter is okay with Heisenberg, because under that gray layer he can do and say what he kept quiet for many years, and with the death just around the corner, tell me, who wouldn't cling to being the person he always thought he was?

Heisenberg is not a nice person, but even in his early stage he is not a villain either.

At this moment Heisenberg is the voice that Walter uses to feel alive, to feel that he is really dying for something.