It seems every summer I take the time to catch up on come TV shows that have fallen on the wayside. Two summers ago it was Supernatural, last year Sons of Anarchy and earlier this year I caught up on Mad Men. So far I am very happy I caught up with those shows as they are among my favorite shows on TV, and now Breaking Bad seems to be following the same mold.
For only being 7 episodes long, the first season of Walter Whites decent into the grips of lung cancer and eventual Meth cooking is really powerful TV. A lot of the gimmick of the show originally was seeing Bryan Cranston take on such a departure from his role on Malcolm in the Middle, but he gives a performance worthy of the Emmy's he has received since.
The drama is intense but there is still that small element of finding humor in this kind of despair that makes the show really work. A lot of big over the top things happen, but it never gets out of control like the second season on Nip/Tuck quickly relying on shock to produce drama. Here we have a wonderful character piece about a mans decent into darkness for the higher purpose of taking care of his family once the cancer has taken him. The creator does a superb job of framing it all in a way that questions Walt's true motives as he seems to be coming out of his shell, is he doing this for his family or will the power become his main goal? We shall see soon enough.
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