Battlemouth

I tend to steer clear of most television shows for fear of brain washing, but every once in a while a show comes along that needs mentioning. Everyone has by now heard of (if not seen) “Mad Men” from AMC, but little is being said about Vince Gilligan’s (of X-files fame) creation “Breaking Bad”. Nowadays with crime shows and reality television destroying the brains of house wives and teens worldwide it is few and far between that a show comes along that I not only watch, but think that others need to see as well. Breaking Bad is that show.
Everyone has bad days, but not like the one Walter H. White, played by “Malcolm in the Middles” Brian Cranston, was having. Lets just say that the Emmy and Satellite award that were given to Cranston for his work on the show might have been given to him just because the critics felt so bad for Walter in that first episode. So what does a large percentage of America do when the shit hits the fan, the health care systems fail you, the money is short, your son (Walter Jr./ RJ Mitte) has cerebral palsy, and your wife (Skyler White/ Anna Gunn) is pregnant again? No you don’t start an indie gay porn company, you do what the rest of America does, sell drugs! Walter White is a brilliant chemist, a high school chemistry teacher, in fact. At Walt’s 50th birthday party his pompous brother-in-law (Hank/ Dean Norris) slash DEA agent makes everyone stop the party to watch his big drug bust on the news from earlier that day, and thus Walter is introduced to crystal meth. After going on a ride-along with Hank, and bumping into the shows other main character Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) an old student, Walt finds his in to the world of meth. And the scene is set.
Cranston takes an amazing step up from the world of “Malcolm in the Middle”. At the risk of sounding cliché, you really do laugh at, cry with, and hate Walter all at the same time. And Aaron ,in my opinion, gives his best performance I have seen in a long list of TV show and movie appearances. Not to mention the brilliant work of RJ Mitte as Walt Jr. who until now had only been cast as a “regular student” on the Disney Channels latests pre-teen shitfest Hannah Montana.

In summation I guess all I can say is, simply, watch it. Season two started on Sunday March 8th and there are only 7 episodes in the first season, so no excuses about catching up (I did it in one night). I assure you, your time will not be wasted. After all… who doesn’t love a heartwarming tale of endearment about the modern American family and crystal meth? Shit, who doesn’t love crystal meth?