Breaking Bad Season Three Episode Twelve Review

Revenge Is A Dish Served Cold

With a quick demise of the Cousins from Juarez earlier in the season, many were wondering what direction the rest of the season would go. Well, as the final episodes approach for Season Three of Breaking Bad, we are offered a look back at Combo’s death and the revelation that Gus’s soldiers had an involvement in the dirty deed. Jesse (Aaron Paul) now seeks revenge for the death of Combo and goes to Walt (Bryan Cranston) for approval. Throughout this season, underneath the surface of drug deals and DEA shootouts, we have seen a quiet evolution in the relationship between Walt and Jesse. Despite Walt’s multimillion dollar deal and a chance to leave the troublesome drug addict behind, Walt has this sense of guilt/father figure hold on his damaged protege and refuses to let him go despite how Gus and Saul feel about this which leads to the deadly conclusion of this weeks episode.

Skyler is Breaking Bad

Why is it that when women in movies and series tend to draw more and more to their dark side do they get sexier and sexier? this is no different in Skyler (Anna Gunn) as she gets more and more involved in Walt’s business, she becomes a more sexy and attractive woman to the doting and pregnant mother of season One. Skyler is now breaking bad in her own way and Walt is once again just a passenger to the events around him. It is not until the end of the episode that we see the return of Heisenberg to the show.

Heisenberg To The Rescue

After Walt refuses to help Jesse with his plans for revenge, Jesse decides to take matters into his own hands by poisoning the dealers with tainted hamburgers. He enlists the aid of his favorite hooker, Wendy, to deliver the ricin-laced patties, but the plan is diverted as Gus’s henchman abduct Pinkman and take him to a summit between Walt, Gus, and the dealers. Jesse is ordered to shake hands with the dealers but not before he mentions that they stop using kids. Gus gives the orders to stop using kids and this settles matters.

Not exactly.

Jesse learns that young Tomas has been gunned down by the very dealers who had used the young boy in the first place. Now, enraged even more, Jesse ignores his safety and the truth and heads off to face the dealers himself. As they stand in the street ready to shoot each other, Walt arrives and runs over both dealers. He proceeds to pick up a gun off the ground and finishes the job he started.

As Jesse looks over, Walt tells his young protege to run.

The Season Finale

Season Three has been a mixed bag of tricks, some good, some bad, but overall disappointing to fans of the series. This seems like a year where there is no clear vision to the series future and the writers are not sure what direction to go. The fact that Walt has entered the high end of drug dealing leaves a lot of interpretation when things fall off with Gus. Will the series end next year? Will he go back to making meth out of an RV?

The fact that Gus and Walt’s relationship are now strained due to Jesse’s actions is now evident. With one episode to wrap this up, will we see a showdown between these characters are is everything going to be left hanging until next season, as we saw in Season One. AMC’s hit series Breaking Bad likes to keep a few cards hidden up their sleeve and it will be interesting to see just what happens in next week’s season finale. I still think Jesse is going to die, but the show will not be the same without him.

Let me know what you think.

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