Walt and Jesse clean up after the bathtub incident before Walt decides what course of action to take with their prisoner Krazy-8.Walt and Jesse clean up after the bathtub incident before Walt decides what course of action to take with their prisoner Krazy-8.Walt and Jesse clean up after the bathtub incident before Walt decides what course of action to take with their prisoner Krazy-8.
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Did you know
- TriviaDuring filming, the introduction of Wendy the prostitute was briefly interrupted when a non-actor attempted to pick up actress Julia Minesci, mistaking her for an actual prostitute.
- GoofsAt the end, Walt is sitting in his car on an overpass above a divided highway. From inside the car, you clearly see that he is positioned over one side of the divided highway, with vehicles zooming by directly beneath him. But when the camera cuts to an exterior view just before he starts his engine, his car is now over the wide, grass divider, nowhere near directly above either side of the freeway.
- Quotes
Krazy-8: Unlock me, Walter.
Walter White: [crying] The moment I do, are you going to stick me with that broken piece of plate?
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Breaking Bad Scenes (2014)
Featured review
To kill or not to kill
'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.
Season 1's previous two episodes, especially "Pilot", were both extremely good. So is "And the Bag's in the River", closer to the quality of "Pilot" than the wonderful-but-not-quite-as-good quality as the previous episode.
Visually, "And the Bag's in the River" 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 "And the Bag's in the River" 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 and heart-tugging pathos. The story texturally rich, intimate, tense and layered, with the pace of it consistently deliberate but taut. Also involving the season's most intense scene up to this point of the season and show, involving Walt and Krazy-8. The direction couldn't be better.
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. The characters are compelling in their realism.
Overall, brilliant. 10/10 Bethany Cox
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.
Season 1's previous two episodes, especially "Pilot", were both extremely good. So is "And the Bag's in the River", closer to the quality of "Pilot" than the wonderful-but-not-quite-as-good quality as the previous episode.
Visually, "And the Bag's in the River" 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 "And the Bag's in the River" 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 and heart-tugging pathos. The story texturally rich, intimate, tense and layered, with the pace of it consistently deliberate but taut. Also involving the season's most intense scene up to this point of the season and show, involving Walt and Krazy-8. The direction couldn't be better.
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. The characters are compelling in their realism.
Overall, brilliant. 10/10 Bethany Cox
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