It’s been a long while since I last posted a blog. January is one of those months where nothing really happens and to be honest, I didn’t think I had that much to write about. Most people, like myself spend the month trying to save money and pay back yet another expensive Christmas. This is normally achieved but not doing very much that could involve spending money and staying at home watching TV and keeping warm. Nature initially provided whole days distraction outside the house by snowing and giving us the chance to build a snowman which was great fun but bloody cold work…
However, the real distraction was a TV show that a good friend of mine recommended for me called, ‘Breaking Bad’.
It seems to be something British TV has missed and anyone that I’ve talk to about it hasn’t even heard of it. The worry about starting to watch something new is that you end up wasting time, not getting any answers and left scratching your head at the end of each episode. I’m mostly talking about ‘Lost’, which initially started well and then descended into a bunch of people day dreaming about the past and not getting any answers. I did watch the last episode after giving up soon after the second season and it ended with a bunch of people daydreaming and not getting any answers. Apparently they were all dead in the end, which was something they should have got to after episode 2.
However, ‘Breaking Bad’ rewards you with every watch and does more than any other show to draw you back in for the next episode. It’s funny, sad and shocking all within 45 minutes. The performance from lead actor Bryan Cranston is fully engaging, authentic and natural. His character of Walter White, a chemistry teacher who turns to manufacturing crystal meth to pay for his cancer care is juxtaposed with his relationship to former student, drug addict and Crystal Meth dealer Jessie Pinkman played by Aaron Paul.
Almost as proof of Cranston’s great performance, he has won many awards such as Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Drama Series, Picture Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama, Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor – Drama Series. I can’t recommend it enough to get you through this period of austerity but don’t get any ideas for changing your fortunes as a great many people die trying to get rich this way…
I’m off to Los Pollos Hermanos…
M