Breaking Bad (TV Series) Fifty-One (2012) User Reviews

"Pool Party!"

[TheFearmakers · 9/10 · 1 December 2020]

Hank has some great lines, and they waned because of his serious push on the show as the plot itself got more heavy, and serious, but when he says "Pool Party!" when Skylar walks into the pool is perhaps the greatest moment ever.

Best of Anna Gunn

[isaacmhglmf · 10/10 · 9 July 2020]

I really don't understand why so much hate on Skyler's character. I think all of the actors and actresses are brilliant on this show but on this episode Anna's acting is just amazing to watch. I feel like I'm living exactly what Skyler is feeling. Her words and reactions fits perfectly with the situation she's in. As an actress I think she deserves more recognition and respect because we don't see many like her lately.

The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions

[deltaop · 10/10 · 6 August 2012]

This has to be the most compelling episode of this season yet because of the way the writers of Breaking Bad have engineered a Skyler vs. Walt scenario in an hour of explosive television without the use of guns or pyrotechnics.

To start off, Walt is done with any subtlety regarding his wealth as he shows off his bombastic side to the tune of dubstep in an intense scene that looks straight out of a 'Fast and Furious' movie.

Meanwhile, Lydia gives us a glimpse of her calculating side at a Madrigal warehouse sequence with Jesse. She is really uptight and leaves us wondering at the end about what really happened to that barrel of Methamphetamine. Is Mike right or Jesse?

On the other hand, Skyler and Walter are getting increasingly distanced from each other. Skyler remains restrained and fearful throughout most of this episode but in the end she finally unwinds. The pool scene is very powerful, Skyler literally 'shows her back' to Walter's concocted cocktail of truth and lies as if to say that she can't take it anymore, she can't make up a complimenting guise anymore.

The animosity between Skyler and Walt is further heightened when the former says that "she can't wait for his cancer to come back". This hurts Walter but not as much as the notion of being away from his children. This ramps up to another emotionally piercing scene.

All in all, this episode is great because it focuses on the struggling Walt-Skyler relationship which has been relegated to the background in recent times. Effectively, adding another variable to Walt's fate.

On another note, the ending scene (unlike the previous episode) is great. It shows a wristwatch (a birthday present from Jesse) ticking away. Is it Walt's run as a self-proclaimed drug lord that is close to an end or is it the Walt-Jesse relationship that might get strained to a breaking point in the near future?

P.S: And Breaking Bad time is really slow. You will find out.

Hard to Watch

[Hitchcoc · 9/10 · 10 May 2018]

This is such an unsettling episode. Skyler has gone from the cocky, overbearing, self righteous wife, to a depressed, fearful woman with no options. It involves sending the kids to Hank and Marie's house. Much of the episode involves Walter trying to get her to change her mind. I was never a fan of hers but I really see her point here. On the other front, the distributor of a necessary ingredient is sitting in all her paranoid glory. Mike believes she should be killed. Tension in the ranks.

Walt Turns 51!

[g-bodyl · 9/10 · 12 February 2015]

This is the fourth episode of the fifth episode of Breaking Bad. I thought this episode was a meaningful filler episode that features outstanding dialogue and great acting. The episode finally has Skylar getting out of her funk in a big way. The action may be limited, but the the main focus of this episode is the exposition and characterization.

In this episode, "Fifty-One," Walt turns 51 years old and he requests a birthday party, in which turns out to be a somber affair. Walt tells Hank and Marie about Skylar's affair with Ted. Skylar is horrified when she finds out Walt is back in the drug business and she wants to send the children away. Meanwhile, Jesse discovers a GPS tracker on one of the main ingredients, prompting the anger of Mike.

Overall, this is a solid episode. It's a little on the slow side, but it's far from uneventful. The ending is very promising and I gather we are in for a treat next episode. I rate this episode 9/10.

Strong psychology

[Leofwine_draca · 9/10 · 23 April 2021]

One of the episodes that gets into the psychology of the characters and allows them some time for much-needed venting. This one in particular showcases Skyler's situation and thoughts and Anna Gunn's acting is excellent as you'd expect. The rest moves along well enough and it feels like we're in a place now for something new to occur.

Anna steals it!

[and_mikkelsen · 9/10 · 26 April 2023]

How far Walt has come since The Pilot! This episode reminds us that only a year has passed and a lot happened during that year!

This episode was qlso dark and depressing with some amazing character drama! Anna Gun does great as Skyler! Love or have her, but she plays her character to perfection! The scenes with her are tense and unsettling cause we can see she is not well! Pool scene was dark, realistic and uncomfortable! As dark as it may sound, this is how depression looks and feels like!

Great scene between Walt and Skyler! We really see just how much Walt has changed and how much his behaviour and work affects those around him! It was all about her and Walts relationship! Anna Gun was amazing and the drama was great as well!

Overall a great psyhological episode that explores the mental consequences of Walts profession and that not everyone shares his enthusiasm!

Powerful

[wyrihu14 · 9/10 · 21 October 2021]

I was so ready to mark this one as another somewhat mediocre and slow early season 5 ep, but suddenly i was faced with one of my favourite moments in the show so far.

Anna Gunn completely steals the show with her pool scene. It's such a raw, powerful and emotional moment for Skylar, who despite her annoying moments in the earlier seasons and negative reception from the fanbase (lowkey think its just bc shes walt's wife and theyre misogynists) has proven to be one of the most interesting and relatable characters.

I still have all the rest of Season 5 to get through, but I'd say it's the third best moment in the show yet! Top 2 would be Gus's death and The Crawl Space ending.

Walt and Skylar arguing and him manipulating her, hearing her misguided plans, she wants the cancer to kill him, Jesus Christ.

Whatever else happened in this episode doesn't matter, it's enough to be one of the best so far. Amazing!

A slow but interesting episode

[Tweekums · 8/10 · 24 June 2015]

As Walt approaches his fifty first birthday he decides it is time to ditch his 'boring' old car and replace it was a pair of leased muscle cars; a move Walt Jnr clearly likes. Skyler is less happy though; she thought Walt was out of the meth business and the dangers that come with it. Tensions are raised between them and finally come to a head at Walt's birthday dinner where she walks into the swimming pool fully dressed. Afterwards she suggests that Hank and Marie look after the children for a few days; she wants them away from Walt and says she will do whatever she can to keep them away. Meanwhile ingredient supplier Lydia is getting cold feet; the DEA have arrested one of the men at the warehouse and she is convinced they are onto her. When a tracking device is found on one of the barrels Mike is convinced she put it there to get out of the business and he intends to kill her; something Jesse and Walt veto.

This is another fairly quiet episode; however it feels like the calm before the storm. With Mike being outvoted it looks like only a matter of time before things come to a head between him and Walt and Skyler's threat to do anything to keep the children away from Walt could certainly put her in danger. While some relationships are strained the episode nicely emphasised the improving relationship between Walt and Jesse. The birthday breakfast scene could be thought of as rather boring but I thought it was important; it served the emphasise that everything we've seen since the first episode of season one took place over the course of a single year and the way Skyler arranged his bacon to make the number '51' was a reminder of the opening episode of this season where Walt arranges it to make the number '52'… I have a feeling his next year will be interesting.

Depressing episode

[thefoochie · 10/10 · 16 October 2020]

In this episode, we see Walter and Skyler's relationship continually getting worse. It gets as bad as Skyler telling Walt she will hurt herself and blame it on him. This one was very hard to watch, yet I think it was executed very well. I'm sad no one talks about this episode.

I think an underrated episode

[manmcmanman · 10/10 · 2 February 2022]

We can see clearly from the ratings, season 5 is pact end to end with stellar episodes, but despite the high 8.9 star, this episode is one of the lowest rated ones. I loved the part when walt and skyler argued, i really do understand why both people acted this way and they were in a sort of stalemate, but also how walt has become more aggressive while skyler was the weak one in the argument. Also, one other thing is (though not limited to just this episode) how different jesse has become. In the beginning of the series, he was just some snobby drug addict, and now we see him like a totally different person, willing to actually step back from all the greediness of profits and such, and when he got a gift for walt, I just couldn't help but smile.

Good character development episode.

[Kamikaze_NZ · 7/10 · 7 August 2012]

A very underestimated, and subtle but good episode of Breaking Bad this week. I can see why some people are criticizing it, this one i saw was definitely more of a character development "setting up the final scene" kind of episode to me.

For the first three episodes of the season, we have seen a near catatonic Skylar, a Skylar that is a shattered nervous wreck, a terrified woman who feels trapped in her situation/surroundings. we have also seen Walt bit by bit becoming Heisenberg, and less of what was left of the careful and conscious Walt on screen.

This is the episode where we finally see Skylar and Walt come head to head and lay it all out on the table. we see Skylars motivation as a character for the remainder of the season. I wont give away too much, but this episode definitely shines a glaring spotlight on the very fragile state of affairs that is Skylar/Walts relationship.

Season 5 is finally getting back to the breaking bad we know and love

[etane · 5 August 2012]

If you've seen this episode already, you need not read this for you already know how intense this episode is. If you haven't, then you are in for a real treat, what starts off as a slow and monotonous we've seen it before episode. Quickly turns into an emotional roller coaster, not only does this episode show the quickening mental health decline of Skyler, but it also sheds some light upon the season opener, and why Walt was in the middle of nowhere on his 52nd birthday breaking his own bacon. But it is also bringing back our favorite character from the entire show, no, not Walt, HEISENBURG! As soon as you see him put on the hat and step up to Skyler, you know what is soon to follow. I feel this is one of my favorite breaking bad episodes thus far, Walt and Jesse step up to Mike, and this ensures Walt is truly the leader of their little operation, and, it creates a huge dilemma in Walt and Skyler's marriage. Will Skyler snap out of her drama queen attitude, or will this turn into a much bigger problem, not only for their marriage, but for Walt's business? All I know is, I cant wait for next week! (Side note) Also, I could be wrong, but does anyone else believe Skyler is smoking in the house to bring Walt's cancer back quicker?

Slow!

[mm-39 · 4/10 · 16 August 2012]

Slow! A slow paced episode. Fifty-One is a slow episode because the viewer watches the Skyler-Walter feud storyline, which is getting old. There is plot development with the Hank promotion which will pit Hank against Walter which is needed but slows the story down. The GPS bugging devices are planted on the barrels which is the only sub-plot which was exciting in this instalment. The question that needs to be asked is "Who put the GPS on the barrels?" Was it Hank's group or was it the lady thinking she would get these guys out of her hair if they thought they were being watched. Fifty-One is a plot development episode for the series. If you miss Fifty-One the viewer did not miss out on much. Fifty-one is a boring episode. I give Fifty-One a four out of ten.

Happy Birthday?

[tbmforclasstsar · 10/10 · 6 August 2012]

Reflections. There were at least three (physical ones) this episode, if I recall correctly (anyone else catch them?). According to Wikipedia (which, I know, isn't exactly the most reliable source of information—shame on me—but for quick fixes, it'll do), in physics, "a reflection is a change in direction of a wave front at an interface between two different medium from which it originated." We could likewise push this idea into the realm of human self-reflection which, again, according to the not-so-credible site, is "the capacity of humans to exercise introspection and the willingness to learn more about their fundamental nature, purpose, and essence." So, where am I going with this?

Perhaps most obviously, to Walt's confrontation with Skyler in last night's stellar episode of Breaking Bad. At the heart of this episode, and in what is perhaps to become one of the major turning points of this season, Skyler (this time, after a much quieter act of desperation) admits to her now all-but-deranged husband that she's prepared to fight back, and the first way in which she'll do so is by taking their children away from him ("there's no better reason than family," right?). It's interesting, as hers is one of the reflections the camera lingers on this episode (think back to the bathroom scene she shares with Walt), that she chooses her husband's fifty-first birthday in particular, very nearly one year since Walt was first diagnosed with cancer (and, we officially know, one year before the the season's opener), to "change her direction." That moment, and those leading up to it, serve as yet another reminder, one that hits us forcefully at the conclusion the unbelievably executed exchange.

In a beautiful scene (an increasingly frequent occurrence on this show lately), Walt stalks his wife in their suddenly-too-small bedroom, threatening her and willing her to reveal what exactly it is she plans to do; will she harm herself? Nope; Walt will have her committed. Will she make it look as though Walt beats her? She can't do that either, lest she wishes the police to learn of the Ted Beneke scandal. No, all Skyler really has now is the opportunity to bide her time; to remove her children from the toxic environment she and her husband have created (interestingly enough, this episode she admits that, on some level, she and Walt are on similar planes—she, too, has blood on her hands), and wait. For what, precisely? For the cancer—Walt's silent stalker—to return.

Again, the reminder. Up to this point in the season, we've busied ourselves wondering who rather than what is to ultimately lead Walt to his demise (I'm, of course, guilty of it, too), seemingly forgetting that Walt's most frightening enemy is his incurable disease. That, in part, helps to make Skyler's threat that much more terrifying. Of course, she has no control over the turns her husband's health will take (though I will say, the shot of her smoking in the house was a nice little wink), but her eerie revelation almost forces us, along with perhaps Walt himself, to put things into perspective; it is, after all, only a matter of time (which, apparently, Jesse subconsciously thinks too, as his birthday gift to Walt is, quite fittingly, a watch; a watch the episode closes on a close-up of, just past second 51—hmm, symbolism much?).

In our defense though, the who enemies (as opposed to the what) are certainly the ones at the forefront of thought; some of them, after all, are even sitting at the same dinner table as our hero. I've got to say, I particularly enjoyed Hank's involvement in this episode. Early on, we learn that he is being offered the position of Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC), a promotion he jokes about having to take, but one we know he's eager to accept. What's interesting about the promotion is that it requires him to set aside all of his fieldwork projects, the Fring case (which, is hinted, needs to wrap up soon) included; that he seems a little skeptical about. So what does this mean for Walt? Does this signal that there's one less person he has to worry about? I'm not so sure. Knowing Hank, I'm sure he's bound to find some loophole that will allow him to remain involved. After all, it was the Fring case that spared him from a bed-ridden life filled with examining rocks—excuse me, minerals—and he was getting so good at it. Likewise, his DEA-style interrogation of Marie (not that it takes much to crack her) for the information surrounding Skyler's affair, as well as his exchanges with the White family (while some of them were, admittedly, depressing) offered just the right balance of comedic relief this episode was mostly starved of.

To read the best of the recap/review (IMDb form too short) visit: http://custodianfilmcritic.com/breaking-bad-5-4-fifty-one/

Best of the season

[elijah0010 · 9/10 · 8 August 2012]

I found this episode to be the most thrilling of the season so far. The first episodes of the season were less of a thrill then season 4 (there were some exhilarating parts though) due to Gus's death. Now that there must be a new chapter set for Breaking Bad this episode has shown that there is some "Crazy-ass s***" coming up according to the show's creator Vince Gilligan. We got a hint of that when Skyler made a cry for help by walking into the pool and then telling Walt that she is waiting for the cancer to come back. I give this a 9 and not a 10 because a 10 is the PERFECT and THRILLING episode. An episode that would leave you in awe during the commercial break like the last few episodes of season 4. Great episode and the BEST of the season so far.

Momentum picks up

[Ananas238 · 10/10 · 8 August 2012]

After being mostly catatonic the first 3 episodes, Skyler softly suggests sending Walt JR to a boarding school in Arizona. Walt's reaction is just like ours - WTF? She says "a new environment might be good for them". And, now we see where this is going... but she doesn't really push the issue and Walt figures she'll sleep-off the idea.

We know what's-her-face the sister in law can't keep a secret for more than 15 minutes, and of course she tells Hank that Skyler was having an affair recently with Ted. This might actually go to help the Whites' cause, given the infidelity situation justifies Skyler's odd behavior.

We don't get to see a meth cook this episode, although it does go down. Upon wrapping up the supplies at a colorfully-tented, soon-to-be insecticide-bombed house, Walt asks Jesse to finish the bitch-work so he can head home early for his birthday party. The party is lackluster, and full of tension. Walt JR takes off, leaving the adults alone. Skyler finally makes her move, and acts out strangely - setting off events she had evidently planned. She gets Hank and what's-her-face to take the kids overnight, or maybe a few days.

With the kids gone, Skyler finally speaks. She admits that she wants the children out of the house permanently, which she claims is a poor atmosphere for them, and unsafe. She admits she can't get away from Walt and feels trapped, blah blah. It's actually the first fight she's had with Walt that seemed real, well acted, and was pretty emotional to even watch. As I said before, Skyler is a contender now, and we see that as she faces off against Walt. I think it's clear now that Walt's ultimate nemesis is Skyler - even if it's seasons away before they kill each other.

Walt and Skyler's battle in this episode is the climax. As much as we want to root for Walt, Skyler's argument is valid. Walt is only safe until he isn't safe again. One excellent point Skyler made in the argument is she's just 'normal'. Or as she puts it "a coward". In comparison to Walt who seems magical and fearless to cooking meth and murdering people, she's relegated to being a coward for taking a 'normal' person's perspective. She can't help but be rattled - not totally for Walt's evils - but also for the fact that she's caused pain to a paralyzed Ted.

Well, in earlier episodes it seemed Skyler was transforming into the accomplice-wife. But, now we find out that she can't take it. She's barely gotten her hands dirty and she's losing her mind over it. She's a pussy-ass weakling, WEAK LINK. But, as much as I want to tell her to suck it up, be a man - in as many words as Walt tried to say - she has a right to be upset about these things going on. We want to believe that Walt is desensitized to plotting evil, cooking drugs, and committing murder - especially now that he's done it a few times - but the reality of the case might be that Walt is actually a criminal, and always was a criminal, but never realized his niche until now. Obviously the producers are trying to show us something there - that Skyler may represent normal people being subjected to harsh things and her reactions are such and suitable... and then there's Walt and Hank that almost live for that action. This isn't to say that women are typically the weaklings that take the cowardly stance. I'm sure there are plenty men that wouldn't be okay committing the same crimes that Walt does.

Lydia is interviewed by the DEA, and for some reason or another, she rats out the warehouse guy that's been helping her steal methylamine. I guess he's set for hazard pay if he does jail time. This leaves Lydia shorthanded, and in a hilarious scene, she has to learn the way the warehouse works. Jesse flies 900 miles out to Madrigal to meet Lydia and cart off a barrel by van. I would have advised against this, as a van with out-of-state plates is a target for highway patrols - and if Jesse got pulled over with a barrel of stolen methylmine he would be stuck in prison for a while.

Luckily, Jesse can't take the barrel for good reason. He flies back home to report to Mike that the Madrigal methylmine supply may be compromised. Mike and Jesse deliver the best scene in the show as they discuss what happened at the warehouse at Madrigal. I have to admit, I did not realize what Mike realized right away - and I should have. Upon further review, the director purposely made no clues toward what actually happened, making it realistically difficult, so we get the perspective that Mike, Jesse, and Walt have. I laughed uncontrollably as Mike figured out the problem and summed up the situation. Good writing always makes me laugh. He admits Lydia is difficult to deal with, to say the least. I have to admit - she's pretty slick, and she's pretty gutsy, but she also is serially amateur at crime. I'd like to see her stay around a while, but she's so goofy... who knows.

There are scenes in this episode which are just simple quiet dialogue, but it's so quiet you can hear the clock ticking. Ominously, the clocks are ticking now, also Jesse gets Walt a new wristwatch as a gift for his birthday. Earlier, Mike mentioned that Walt is a ticking bomb. The walls are closing in, as usual.

The Zombie and the Pupet Master

[scott677 · 8/10 · 8 August 2012]

This episode is a slow one. I was never a great fan of Skyler, as i suspect other fans of the show must feel; she must have been written to annoy people as i cannot imagine anyone that likes Walt and Jesse also liking the neurotic/complaining/moody Skyler. Every other character in the show has either grown on me or i liked from the start, even her crazy sister now seems more normal somehow. Although i realize she may need more story time now and again to push the story along, but, in the end i think every episode that focuses on Skyler ends up a neurotic boring drudgery; although i still gave it an 8 because i felt it had enough pushing it along apart from the crazy woman.

We are also left to wonder exactly what extent Walt runs his life and how much time Hiezenburg is spending running the show; is he an alter ego or has he become a split personality, or even scarier, is he now Hiezenburg? One thing is for sure, Walt seems to like running the show now, and he doesn't like taking no for an answer. There doesn't seem to be any more Mr Nice Guy, and even though Walt was always an "ends justifies the means" kind of guy he always seemed to have a bit of nice guy underneath.

The Sky(ler) is falling (apart)

[JasonSterling29 · 9/10 · 16 February 2021]

At this rate, we'll have two cancer patients in the White's household if Skyler continues to stress chain smoke. She wants to separate Walt from his children but he's not having it. How are you going to stop the Father of your child who is also responsible for taking down one of the biggest drug kingpins?

This isn't checkers Sky it's Chess and Heisenberg has a counter to whatever silky idea pops into your head. Keep laundering the money and be a good little wife. That being said I could go some Mr. and Mrs. Smith type action. 9/10

51

[chudurbudur · 8/10 · 28 May 2019]

How much i hate this Skyler caharacter I dont know! She has the ability to srew a good episode!!

Too slow and uneventful for my taste

[stillworkingfortheknife · 17 January 2014]

"Can the Breaking Bad soundtrack get more diverse?", you may ask. "Yes.", responds Vince Gilligan and adds Australian dubstep duo Knife Party for the scene of Walt and his son enjoying themselves with their freshly leased muscle cars. Just as this intro isn't of much importance for the rest of the episode, this also applies for the introduction of my review and I'm now going to make a similarly unsmooth change of topic.

As we meet Lydia again, not only will native German speakers notice that Laura Fraser's German is the epitome of halting, but her story arc is also getting more interesting. Her relationship with Mike hasn't got any rosier since he was on the verge of blasting her head off in "Madrigal" and a little GPS tracker on a methylamine barrel secures that the next episode, "Dead Freight", will be outstanding. That adjective isn't yet fitting for "Fifty-One", but the season's fourth episode has clearly got its moments to shine, to wit the scene that Fraser and Aaron Paul share together and that leads to the aforementioned discovery or the last shot of Walt's birthday present clock ticking. However, that's about everything worth mentioning, which is a fairly low yield from an episode lasting three quarters of an hour.

With that, I'm not insinuating that I didn't like "Fifty-One" since Sam Catlin did a nice job with the script and made some of the duller story lines a bit more interesting. Nevertheless, the episode was too slow for my taste and I disliked the lengthy scene at the White house, which also sets off a new living situation for the family that I'm not too fond of. Additionally, there's a blemish with the episode's title and the actual overall number of it, which is the 50th and not the 51st. But my generous self won't be reducing the rating for "Fifty-One" just because of that.

Birthdays, drugs and depression

[TheLittleSongbird · 9/10 · 22 June 2018]

'Breaking Bad' is one of the most popular rated shows on IMDb, is one of those rarities where every season has either been very positively received or near-universally acclaimed critically and where all of my friends have said nothing but great things about.

Very few shows in recent memory had me so hooked from the very start that before the week was over the whole show had been watched, especially when for a lot of shows now airing watching one episode all the way through can be an endeavour. 'Breaking Bad' had that effect on me, and its reputation as one of the best, consistently brilliant and most addictive shows in many years (maybe even ever) is more than deserved in my eyes. Its weakest season is perhaps the first season, understandable as any show's first season is the one where things are still settling.

Actually everything is established remarkably from the very start, but once the writing and characterisation becomes even meatier the show reaches even higher levels.

"Fifty-One" may not have the tight pace, being more of a slow burner (nothing wrong with that, 'Breaking Bad' does slow burners well), and red-hot intensity of the best episodes or the Season 5 opener, but everything that makes 'Breaking Bad' as a show so great is present. It may be something of a "filler" episode, with other episodes doing better in story and character advancing, but it's a great one. Skylar is written a little too neurotically at times, making it not always easy to root for her situation, but there is really not much to complain about.

Visually, "Fifty-One" is both stylish and beautiful, with photography and editing that are cinematic quality and put a lot of films today to shame, where there are a lot of visually beautiful ones but also some painfully amateurish looking ones. The music always has the appropriate mood, never too intrusive, never too muted.

The writing in "Fifty-One" is a fine example of how to have a lot of style but also to have a lot of substance. The dialogue throughout is thought-provoking and tense, while also have a darkly wicked sense of humour, nail-biting tension and heart-tugging pathos. The story is texturally rich, intimate, tense and layered, with the pace of it consistently deliberate but taut.

Can't say anything bad about the acting. Bryan Cranston is phenomenal as one of the most fascinating anti-heroes, or even of any kind of character, in either film or television. Aaron Paul has never been better and Anna Gunn is affecting. The supporting cast are both intriguing and entertaining, especially Dean Norris. The characters are compelling in their realism, likewise with their chemistry, and the episode is superbly directed.

The denial of the reality of the situation by skyler

[belaidinazim-57060 · 10/10 · 21 September 2021]

This episode concentrates on the relationship between Skyler and Walter. So, we follow the mental breakdown of Skyler, and now it gets even worse, she gets in the pool, and basically drown until Walter rescue her. This incident shows us how much an issue this is, we see a confrontation between them, and what an acting, the best performance of Anna Gunn so far in the show. She looks confused and doesn't know the solution of whatever she thinks it's a problem. Well she is saying she is afraid from outsiders that may target Walter. But I think she is afraid of him. And that shows out when she said "I am waiting for the cancer to get back". But she is clearly clueless. She doesn't want dirty walts image. And like she said "I can't even get you out of the bed". Of course, Walter doesn't give damn what she thinks about what he is doing. He is just waiting for her to calm down. There is something else happening, this new character Lydia who I really like because she is mysterious and you can't predict what she will do, what brings suspense. We see her with Jesse finding a GPS remote on the methyl amine barrel, but whether she is the one who put it there or it's really a cop work, that stays a mystery for now. However, Mike trusts his guts and want go and kill her until Jesse stopped him and Walter got his back. So, the softness of Jesse and the determination of Walter to keep cooking keep her alive for the moment.

Love this show but I really hate Skyler here.

[aillxnr-573-398301 · 6/10 · 18 November 2020]

I had to come here to see if I was the only was who was hating that much Skyler here. I was never very found off of her in the first place, like someone has already written here, she always was the buzzkill in an overwise very great and entertaining show. But she really jumped the shark here and so were the writers.

How can someone who reacts like that could really exist, I don't know. I cannot stress enough how YOU CANNOT love someone as much as having kids with him to end HATING HIM so much that you wish him cancer. WTF is that ?!

It's really unbelieveable. What a biatch ! I'm glad to notice that I'm not the only one who hated her here. This character really becomes annoying to the point that you really wish her to be dead in this damn pool scene.

The show kept getting better and better but I believe that Season Four can't be matched. I don't know how it is going to end but I can already say that it's a very great and entertaining show through and through but I really wish the character of Skyler will mellow in the end. Or else, she might as well really die as far as I am concerned.

Brought to you by Chrysler Corporation

[quiddity9 · 2/10 · 4 August 2013]

Season 5 is awful. Product placement has REALLY become an issue, with Chrysler occupying the greatest amount of ad space.

Samsung, Whistle Pig, Xbox 360, etc, all given their ad spots.

The show is nowhere near as interesting as it was in the first three seasons, which is a shame because it was one of the best shows in TV history.

It's a bit sad to me that people review season 5 as being in the same class as 1 - 4.

The show has moved from a fairly credible premise into an over-written and ludicrous story with mediocre writing, less interesting characters, etc. In time, I think the later seasons will be the counterpart to Godfather 3.