by Lee Padrick, October 16, 2013
WARNING: This review contains spoilers.
Brody's back! And thing's are not going well for him.
When we last saw Brody (Damian Lewis, the 2012 Best Actor in Drama Emmy winner), he was sneaking into Canada and on the run. He shows up in this third episode of Season Three and because of a $10 million bounty on his head, he has caught a bullet on the Columbian/Venezuelan border. He is taken in by local drug lords from Caracas.
The drug lords take him to an unfinished high-rise somewhere in Caracas and his wound is treated by Graham (Erik Dellums), a pedophilic "doctor" that's found a home in the Tower of David, a project that was started by an Evil Banker, but never finished, and is the home of squatters and those folks under the protection of El Nino and his gang.
by Lee Padrick, September 30, 2013
WARNING: This review contains spoilers
Don't make me put my watch down.
The series finale, written and directed by showrunner/creator Vince Gilligan, had the dubious task of tying up loose ends and providing a satisficing valediction to the world of television. And he had 75 minutes to accomplish this. He succeeded.
Breaking Bad is the story of a high school chemistry teacher. The teacher discovers he has lung cancer, so he decides to use his knowledge of chemistry and science to make methamphetamine to secure his family's finance. Only a strange thing happens along the way. He discovers he's very good at it. And that he enjoys it. But the cost to achieve success in this underworld is steep, and the price demands a complete transformation. In order to transform from Walter White, teacher-husband-father, to Heisenberg, drug lord-liar-murderer, he must shelve his moral compass. No half-measures allowed.
by Lee Padrick, September 24, 2013
WARNING: This review contains spoilers
Dexter has ended its run, and all I can say is .. I enjoyed it.
I watched this series finale and decided to enjoy the last hour of the world of Miami Metro.
We dealing with the aftermath of the Saxon-Clayton-Deb confrontation, and Miami Metro is on the scene (its sad seeing some of my favorite characters over the past eight seasons for the last time). Deb is taken to the hospital and Quinn is with her in a touching moment. I like Quinn, his character caught a lot of grief over the years, but it was fun watching his tribulations on the force. Deb is looking like she's going to be OK, she's cursing.
And Dex, Hannah, and Harrison are in the airport. Elway stopped Blake Shelton's closet for today's clothes and is in hot pursuit. But Dexter pulls a classic Bay Harbor Butcher con and gets Elway detained by airport security. Sawyer would be proud.
