Walt and Jesse seek out an unlikely partner for a new business venture. The DEA follows up new leads in its investigation.Walt and Jesse seek out an unlikely partner for a new business venture. The DEA follows up new leads in its investigation.Walt and Jesse seek out an unlikely partner for a new business venture. The DEA follows up new leads in its investigation.
Betsy Brandt
- Marie Schrader
- (credit only)
Kaija Bales
- Kaylee Ehrmantraut
- (as Kaija Roze Bales)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Madrigal building was really a newly built high school that had not yet opened.
- GoofsStandard automatic external defibrillators do not allow the manual administration of a shock: they must first analyze the patient's heart rhythm - a tough thing to do when one of the electrodes is in your mouth - to determine what type of shock, if any, is required. Therefore, successfully using an AED to commit suicide, especially the way shown in this episode, would be a matter of extreme luck. (By the same token, don't try it as a party trick.)
- Quotes
Mike Ehrmantraut: Now I don't know what kind of movies you've been watching, but here in the real world, we don't kill eleven people as some kind of prophylactic measure.
- Crazy creditsBryan Cranston is credited both as an actor and a producer. For his actor credits (Br) is highlighted and for his producer credits (Y) is highlighted for chemical elements Bromine and Yttrium from periodic table.
- ConnectionsFeatures The Caine Mutiny (1954)
- SoundtracksStay On The Outside
Written by Whitey
Performed by Whitey
Featured review
Sings brilliantly
'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.
It would be a hard task following on from such an incredible start to the season, but "Madrigal" does so brilliantly, it really does sing. It is a transition episode, but a fine one at that, and may not have the tight pace and red-hot intensity of the best episodes, but everything that makes 'Breaking Bad' as a show so great is present. Lydia is a fascinating character and the episode is worth seeing for her and how she's introduced, Madrigal itself cuts a formidable presence.
Visually, "Madrigal" 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 "Madrigal" 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. The characters are compelling in their realism, likewise with their chemistry, and the episode is superbly directed.
In conclusion, truly impressive. 9/10 Bethany Cox
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.
It would be a hard task following on from such an incredible start to the season, but "Madrigal" does so brilliantly, it really does sing. It is a transition episode, but a fine one at that, and may not have the tight pace and red-hot intensity of the best episodes, but everything that makes 'Breaking Bad' as a show so great is present. Lydia is a fascinating character and the episode is worth seeing for her and how she's introduced, Madrigal itself cuts a formidable presence.
Visually, "Madrigal" 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 "Madrigal" 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. The characters are compelling in their realism, likewise with their chemistry, and the episode is superbly directed.
In conclusion, truly impressive. 9/10 Bethany Cox
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- TheLittleSongbird
- Jun 19, 2018
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- 306 Edith Blvd SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA(Chow's Home)
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- Runtime47 minutes
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- 16:9 HD
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