This Sunday the long awaited season 3 of Breaking Bad finally hit our
television sets. I was antsy on where we left off last season, with an
explosive finish, to an explosive season. However the season left fans
of the series itching for more, and it felt like forever ago that a
giant plane exploded over Walt's neighborhood.
We start off season 3 with a more melancholy tone to it. But before
getting into that, it seems that this season has added a brand new twist
that I'm sure many viewers were not expecting.
They introduce us to Mexican voodoo, aka Santeria.
We begin with 2 very bad ass looking men who roll up in a beautiful
black car to a small village in the middle of the desert. While they are
driving up to this village, we see that a whole bunch of the locals in
the town are crawling on their stomachs. We are left not knowing what
the hell is going on, or why they are doing it.
The two men stop their luxurious car, and get out. As a viewer you are
left thinking that maybe the locals are worshiping these men, who give
off a very powerful drug lord vibe.
Instead of stomping on these crawling locals, they join them. They get
down in the dirt, to the ground, and begin crawling towards a run down
little shack.
If you've got any brains you begin to put the pieces together. These
locals, and these men are about to embark on some ritual. Their target
happens to be Walter White. You know this because on the wall there is a
crude, yet obvious drawing of him on paper.
Yikes! But seriously how cool is that? I was not expecting voodoo to
take part in this show, and here it is, presented to us in all of its
creepy glory!
Next we are taken back over to Walter White, who seems to be depressed
about his entire situation. His wife left him and took the kids, while
at the same time, he is aware that he played a role in the death of
Jane, and the reason her father went over the edge, who then coordinated
a planes crash. It was sort of a domino effect; daughter dies, father
goes nuts, goes back to work as an air traffic controller, and in turn
kills a slew of passengers on a plane.
While sitting outside on his pool deck, he chucks a slew of money into
his BBQ grill, ignites it and sets it on fire. He eventually snaps out
of it, and throws the money into the pool, and then himself for
accidentally lighting his sleeve on fire.
Walt begins to gather up the money, and comes to find the stuffed
animals eye in his pool filter. This eye is apparently significant, as
it was consistently briefly added in season 2 during fast forward frames
throughout the season.
The eye belonged to a child's stuffed toy, that had fallen out of the sky from the plane that crashed.
Walt pockets the toys eye, as his brother in law comes over to help
him move into his new abode. I was expecting a nifty nice upgrade
considering all of the money he has, but instead Walt keeps his profile
low and goes with a ratty little apartment.
Next we are taken over to Walt's wife, who is discussing divorce with a
lawyer. I don't really take this scene to heart, and frankly would love
to see the wife axed off of the show, so Walt could go full combo Rambo
drug lord with a heart as cold as stone.
But alas, this is where we are. Skyler is attempting to file for divorce.
Meanwhile Jesse is in his rehab center still trying to come to his own
terms with the fact that he believes he is responsible for Jane's
death, and responsible for Jane's father going insane, and killing a
bunch of people on the plane he directed to crash.
Skyler eventually meets with Walt to let him know that she feels he is
a drug dealer, and that she will remain silent so long as he disappears
from her, and the children's lives. Being completely resistant to
hearing his side of why he even began doing what he is doing, she walks
out. (Yeah, knock her off the show, it's just annoying at this point).
Shortly afterward we fast forward to Walt meeting up with Gus, the
biggest drug lord, who conveniently keeps a low profile by running a
Pollo restaurant. Walt had received a phone call from him earlier in the
show, but ignored the call. Walt tells him he no longer wants to be a
part of the crime network. He of course, says it in a much more
respectful way. He is after all dealing with the VIP drug lord.
Gus offers him 3 million dollars for 3 months of his time. Walt thinks about it, but rejects the offer.
As viewers we are left not knowing how Gus will handle the rejection. He will either let it be, or attempt to knock him off.
Shortly afterward we see that Jesse has been released, and is coming to stay with Walt in his new apartment.
The episode ends off with the 2 Mexican cartels once again returning
to the small desolate little town in the desert. They remove their
expensive clothing, and hand over the keys to their car. Initially we
thought they were going to come kill the goat that had been given too
much camera time. Instead they hang their keys on his horn.
Next we see that they have shacked in the back of a large pickup truck
that is filled with others who seem to be attempting to cross the
borders illegally.
One man notices their lovely shoes though, and soon hushes up when he
realizes what the silver skulls on their shoes represent.
Before you know it, you hear a bunch of rat, tat, tats, and you're aware that the 2 had just shot everyone in the truck.
This is basically where we leave off. Apparently the mass murder was
part of some sort of ritual in hopes to bringing down Walt.
This season looks like it is going to be awesome, and frankly I didn't
think they could do better than season 2; by the looks of it though, I
may be wrong!
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