I Love Breaking Bad So Much.

 This has nothing to do with my dogs but I need to rant about how great Breaking Bad is. I just finished the series a couple of days ago and this is the first time I have ever been sad to see a television series go. In particular, the sheer amount of literary techniques that went into this show is something that I really appreciate.

 I was in AP Literature in high school so I studied a lot of literary techniques that authors use to demonstrate themes, and I loved doing that. So when I saw Breaking Bad and how much thought went into each scene I was in love. I love the use of symbolism throughout the show to convey different traits of characters becoming more prevalent. Some of my favorites were Walter’s “Heisenberg” hat, Gus’s suits which represented his temperament at any moment, the use of shadows in the show to represent deceit and confliction and my personal favorite: Walter’s pool.

Walter’s pool was possibly my favorite part of this whole series. Any time Walt would contemplate his own actions he would stare into the light blue glow of his pool. I don’t want to spoil this series, but the pool’s color is very important and represents a key component of Walt’s life. Whenever things are going awry Walt stares into his pool and just thinks in silence. I love the tranquility of these scenes which parallel the chaos elsewhere, and I love what these scenes lead to.

Anyway, this was my favorite show of all time. Easily.