I am appreciative of the way the series adds small details and takes time to give us a sense of the ordinary rhythm of the character's lives. While Walt White starts out as much more sympathetic than Tony Soprano, both series are adept at getting us to see people as much more complex than their bad acts. I was always surprised at how I could feel for the criminals in that series and I find myself doing that again here. In a sense the series reminds me a great deal of the Sopranos.
I don't remember seeing drug addicts as a child, but I do remember seeing drunk people slumped behind grocery stores or gathered in parks. I grew up in the Southwest and I think the show is very good at showing the juxtaposition between middle class life and green lawns and backyard pools with the edges of poverty and drug addiction. Voila! He is starting a rewatch just as I am starting to watch. I just turned back to the series and wondered if Robin had prepared reviews of the early seasons. I put it aside due to work and other time constraints. I had watched the pilot several years ago and enjoyed its dark and realistic portrayal of ordinary people caught up in extraordinary events. There must be some sort of karma link between my viewing choices and Robin's. I`m sure if I`d started with this episode I would have also loved Breaking Bad and kept going. The way those two clash in this episode but sort of start to bond was very entertaining. Probably the best thing about the pilot is seeing the Walt and Jesse dynamic from the beginning as Jesse is more hostile, understandably, and Walt is trying very hard to fit in but also motivate Jesse, acting completely like a teacher (the emergency eye wash station was classic). I eventually caught up on series one and got to see how it all fitted together. Even though I didn`t know the back story I found it very easy to follow and loved it. I had heard about it and was intrigued by the premise and the first episode I saw was A Crazy Handful of Nothing in season one where Walt throws the mercury at Tuco and then weeks later I saw Negro Y Azul in season 2 and after that watched religiously every week. I actually didn`t start with this episode when I began Breaking Bad. Great episode and start to a fantastic series. It’s an exhilarating and scary thought at the same time. Walt is taking a shortcut through the rules of society to get what he wants.
Or porn stars or star athletes taking steroids or bankers risking other people’s money.
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On a societal level I can’t help but see a parallel to reality TV stars doing shameful things to become famous. He is now a murderer and drug dealer and there is no going back from that. Walt is crossing a line to get what he wants. As I’ve already said, it’s the dark side to this story which makes me think we could be onto something very special. He is “awake” he says and living life intensely in a way most of us can only imagine. He is finding his own shortcut to riches and happiness. On a deeper level Walt is taking his own short cut out of the rat race that the ninety nine per cent live in. On a basic level it’s easy to cheer on the man condemned to death by cancer as he tries to use his skills and courage to help his family. The story of how Walter White broke bad is both a simple story of zero to hero and a modern fantasy story.
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