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| Bryan Cranston |
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Season 5, Episode 2
"Madrigal"
"The crystal ship has been good to us"
-Jesse Pinkman
This week's episode is somewhat a more relaxing conclusion to wrapping up the loose ends and preparing for the Heisenberg conclusion that we are all waiting for. After an intriguing opening where a man who has invested with Gus Frings (Giancarlo Esposito) discovers that he has died commits suicide, we move into the actual story. While the first opening looked to be an intriguing universe expansion, it is another week of discovering who Mike (Jonathan Banks) is. After being used as a supporting character in the past, he has quickly moved into the forefront with an interrogation scene with Hank (Dean Norris) that reveals he is a cop and an old partner named Lydia (Laura Fraser) discusses how much she trusts his men, he get a sense that Mike may be facing some serious issues. If he wants to keep money for his daughter, he may have to rat out Walter (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse (Aaron Paul). He also reveals that he is an ex-cop from Philadelphia. Meanwhile Walter and Jesse consider starting back up business because they too are broke. The episode ends with everyone in tight corners and left with nothing to do but carry on.
Rating: 4 out of 5
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| Laura Fraser |
MVP: Hank
It is nice to see Hank back out on the case. While he was also inspecting things in the previous episode, here we get a sense that he is going somewhere with it. He also helps to reveal an intriguing background to the Mike character. It is also intriguing to think of the meth empire building with the death of the Schuler character. How big is the Los Pollos Hermanos meth empire? Maybe Hank will find out soon enough. This was also an intriguing episode because while many guns were pointed and eventually withdrawn, it is still suspenseful to think that anyone could have gotten shot.
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| Jonathan Banks |
Best scene: While the interrogation scene was very interesting, the opening with the Schuler character was also intriguing because in the course of a few minutes you created this character that gives sense that Walter hasn't actually won. Also, it introduces the world to ideas like Franch and Cajun Kick-ass, which sound great.
Come back tomorrow when we recap "Hazard Pay"
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