Crystal Clear

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He realized he has lung cancer. 

It's very ironic since he knows how chemicals bond and how the unstable ones react to humans. He is a chemistry teacher and a good one at that. Learning his condition, a numbness covers him like an unwanted embrace from a stranger...

He started being detached, How could he spill the facts to his wife who's pregnant and to his son with cerebral palsy? How could he go along with the medical treatment with his measly income?

But isn't he good with chemicals? Why not turn this skill to his benefit? Why not find a former student who knows the drug trade and start cooking crystal?

BREAKING BAD is one of the best crime drama ever telecast. The genius of Vince Gilligan who created the series with the acclaimed acting of Byan Cranston and Aaron Paul as the main thespians of the series could transport the viewer to the desserts of New Mexico and how the methamphetamine (shabu in the local lingo) trade is being dealt.

The cinematography is done with all aesthetic qualities while the direction is raw. Of course, this is not recommended to the young ones since it's violent and could be catered to mature audiences alone. For how could one explain to a youngster why a mother would allow her son to witness their wasting out with the husband? (The wife later crushed the head of the husband with an ATM machine!)

It's really an interesting work of fiction. Critics gave lots of accolade to the episodes and after the final airing on the 5th season, ratings raised to an all-time high.

How I wish that our TV networks would also venture on such productions. But then we know that it won't sell and the madlang people will raise their eyebrows in protest. For even the flicks of Brillante Mendoza “Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres” (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) seem taboo in his own backyard.

Thanks to the technology of downloading we could now view the missed episodes... then we could do the so-called marathons.

Here's a salute to the ensemble which makes the series flawless. I could invite a friend and allow him not to blink as a thug turns the face of his companion into a bloody mess with his bare fists.