Breaking Bad Season 4, Episode 11: “Crawl Space”
Written by Sam Catlin and George Mastras
Directed by Scott Winant
Airs Sundays, 10pm Et on AMC
Let’s talk about antiheroes. We all know that when HBO unleashed The Sopranos, the idea that an entire series could be oriented around an inherently despicable figure was not necessarily an accepted one. Now, it’s almost a requirement that our protagonists carry a deep, dark secret or two around with them – at the very least. Breaking Bad used to have an antihero – Walter White, meek chemist turned criminal mastermind. But then something happened. Walt was quickly revealed to have no charisma, instead simply possessing a strong survival instinct in hand with the abiity to debase himself in new and exciting ways. He inspired either too much disgust or too much pity (or both) to qualify for the “hero” part.
But as Gus Fring has shows us,...
Written by Sam Catlin and George Mastras
Directed by Scott Winant
Airs Sundays, 10pm Et on AMC
Let’s talk about antiheroes. We all know that when HBO unleashed The Sopranos, the idea that an entire series could be oriented around an inherently despicable figure was not necessarily an accepted one. Now, it’s almost a requirement that our protagonists carry a deep, dark secret or two around with them – at the very least. Breaking Bad used to have an antihero – Walter White, meek chemist turned criminal mastermind. But then something happened. Walt was quickly revealed to have no charisma, instead simply possessing a strong survival instinct in hand with the abiity to debase himself in new and exciting ways. He inspired either too much disgust or too much pity (or both) to qualify for the “hero” part.
But as Gus Fring has shows us,...
- 9/26/2011
- by Simon Howell
- SoundOnSight
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