Backdrop poster for Breaking Bad (2008)
Breaking Bad (2008)
Poster for Breaking Bad
A mostly-terrific pressure cooker that completely shoots itself in the foot with one of the most horribly misguided final episodes of the prestige era. Doesn't kill it, of course -- it remains frequently thrilling and "Ozymandias" is just as great an hour of television as its reputation suggests -- but I'm sorry that finale will pretty much always prevent it from being anything more than another (admittedly fun, tense, formally inventive) thriller that doesn't stick the landing. "Fly" remains a downright perfect episode of television though, front-to-back.

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