Skyler gets more involved in Walt's business, much to his chagrin, as Hank struggles with his recovery. Meanwhile, Jesse takes an active role in his new enterprise, leading him to a startlin... Read allSkyler gets more involved in Walt's business, much to his chagrin, as Hank struggles with his recovery. Meanwhile, Jesse takes an active role in his new enterprise, leading him to a startling discovery.Skyler gets more involved in Walt's business, much to his chagrin, as Hank struggles with his recovery. Meanwhile, Jesse takes an active role in his new enterprise, leading him to a startling discovery.
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- TriviaWhen Walter and Skyler visit the lawyer, the scene cuts to a shot that displays a Master of Arts degree from the University of American Samoa presented to Saul Goodman. In the prequel series Better Call Saul (2015) it is revealed that a law degree was earned by Saul who at the time still went by his real name, James McGill, but Jimmy got his law license suspended in BCS. When he was reinstated he practiced law under the name Saul Goodman and had his paperwork changed to reflect that.
- GoofsIn the close-up of Saul Goodman's university diploma, the word "privileges" is misspelled as "priveleges".
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Saul Goodman: If you're committed enough, you can make any story work. I once told a woman I was Kevin Costner, and it worked because I believed it.
- ConnectionsReferenced in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
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Written by Benjamin Darvill
Performed by Benjamin Darvill (as Son of Dave)
Courtesy of Kartel Ltd.
By Arrangement with Zync Music Inc.
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.
"Abiquiu" is not a Season 3, or 'Breaking Bad, high-point, it is not a "taut" episode strictly speaking and other episodes of the season and show have more intensity. All that aside, "Abiquiu" is still a great episode that in no way disgraces the show at all (far from it).
Visually, "Abiquiu" 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 in "Abiquiu" 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 and Anna Gunn is affecting. Bob Odenkirk is once again terrific, he and the character of Saul add a good deal. The characters are compelling in their realism and the episode is strongly directed.
Overall, great as expected. 9/10 Bethany Cox
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- Jun 8, 2018
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- Runtime47 minutes
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- 16:9 HD