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This was a creepy and yet sweet story at heart.

This story held the classic images and aspects of a haunted house story including lightning, candlelight, ghost-like apparitions, writing on the hall and a spooky house. The image of the ghost and its appearance made it look like a classic portrayal of a ghost, with I supposed was used to try and reinforce the possibility of it actually being a ghost. Although it later turned out to be a time traveller trapped in a collapsing pocket universe reaching out to her empathic ancestor.

More continuity and development appeared in this episode as the empathic Emma Grayling warned Clara to not trust the Doctor while also declaring that Clara was an ordinary person to the Doctor as he really wanted to try and find out more about her. Also it's interesting to see how they are using the TARDIS to show that something must be wrong with Clara as it doesn't seem to like her. It was then good how the TARDIS and Clara worked together to save the Doctor from the pocket universe.

I like how Clara questions the Doctor, especially in this episode as they watch Earth from birth to death to get images of the ghost and Clara realises that she can be seen as a ghost to the Doctor. In addition. I thought that the scenes between Emma and Major Alec Palmer are really sweet and it was good how these two lost souls were able to find each other.

Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman were superb, with guest stars Jessica Raine, Dougray Scott and Kemi-Bo Jacobs gave great performances, making it a strong episode.

Doctor Who: Series 7 - Cold War

A good story with a great return for an old enemy.

This episode saw the long awaited return of the Ice Warriors and their first appearance in the new series format. It really worked well to give to the classic image with the design of the suit, while adding new elements with the reptile inside leaving the suit to attack the crew of a Soviet Union submarine in the middle of the Cold War. This use of the creature outside the suit allowed for it to be seen as something more scarier and dangerous, while not showing too much of it to ruin the mystic of what could be inside. Similar to the reintroduction of the Daleks in Dalek, this episode combines old and new to create and re-imagine a classic enemy.

Meanwhile, I liked how this episode saw Clara trying to deal with the danger that travelling with the Doctor brings to her and other people. Her relationship with the Doctor remains strong as Clara discovers more about him and the TARDIS. In turn, I like how the Doctor is very strong in the face of the lone Ice Warrior Skaldak, especially when convincing him to not fire the nuclear weapon that would change history and also gave a little bit of humanity to Skaldak when he hesitated and allowed them to live.

I also liked the character of Professor Grisenko who added a good bit of comedy that worked well to make the episode more diverse and at the same time not taking away from the tension that is built through the shots used. Moreover, I thought how Lieutenant Stepashin tried to negotiate with Skaldak like how would use to happen in the classic series before being killed.

Matt Smith and Jenna-Lousie Coleman are great and carried the episode well, while Liam Cunningham, David Warner, Tobias Menzies and Spencer Wilding also gave good performances and the voice of Skaldak provided by Nicholas Briggs was really good and creepy.

Doctor Who: Series 7 - The Rings Of Akhaten

This was a great and interesting futuristic episode.

I like how the episode was used to establish a lot of character development for Clara, through the Doctor trying to work out what makes her so special for him to have met her in three different times. This allowed me to see how Clara seemed to have a normal life, shown through the meeting of her parents Dave Oswald and Ellie Davenport, them playing in the park with her and the funeral of her mother, which were all observed by the Doctor. This allowed for a lot more depth in Clara's character and allowed for the story to become more stronger and empowered.

As the Doctor and Clara arrived for the Festival of Offerings, it felt like a really good 'first trip' story as the appearance of various new and strange aliens allowed for me to empathise with Clara's wonder and excitement. Meanwhile, the story also explored the importance of history and treasured memories and items, as these were used as currency on the planet. Clara was then able to take centre stage as she had to give up her mother's ring in order to save Merry Gejelh, known as the Queen of Years, and then when she used the leaf that caused her parents to met in order to defeat the awaking god that feed on history and precious memories. The idea that the creature was defeated by the potential of the what could have beens and the possible future that Clara's mum should have had, was an interesting aspect to explore.

Furthermore, I also liked the use and possible power of song and storytelling and how it is often used to comfort or unity people. Murray Gold's soundtrack really added to these aspects to make a big and strong episode. In addition, the use, look and filming of the Vigil did well to add a bit of a creepy sense to the story, giving it a good mix of light and shade throughout.

Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman were superb in showing the continuing chemistry between the Doctor and Clara and their further development. Guests stars Michael Dixon, Nicola Sian and Emilia Jones gave great performances and supported the main characters and development of the story in really good way.

Ripper Street - Series 1

This was a strong episode to start a new gritty drama.

This series had a good exploration of how the police had to deal with controlling law and order in the aftermath of the Ripper murders, with it set six months after the last murder and a new one causing fear of his return. Within this an interesting clash of industrial and technology against the old ways was highlighted. This was also heightened by the police's attempts to control society, including vigilante groups baiting for blood and answers after a Ripper copy cat murder victim is found. The main character DI Edmund Reid, the name of one of the factual policemen that hunted for the Ripper, faces conflict and struggle from Inspector Frederick Abberline (also factual) who was determined and obsessed with identifying the man behind the Ripper mask.

 

Reid was well developed and complex with a good heart, hard exterior, but not so fused to the use of rough tactics in order to crack a case. The lose of his daughter years earlier and the testing effects it had on his marriage to Emily, leading to him start an affair with Deborah Goren also gave a good deal of depth to the character and a good bit of exploration alongside the other storylines. These storylines including business corruption, the terror caused by a gang, murder as part of pornographic films, the reliability of someone suffering from mental health and the fears of cholera.

 

The last two episodes really built up the tension and sent it up a gear as the truth around the mystery Dr Homer Jackson and Long Susan emerged. This had been that Jackson or rather Matthew Goode had seduced and run away with Susan or rather Caitlin Swift the daughter of American shipping magnet Theodore P. Swift, who along with members of the Pinkman association try to hunt them. This led to the death of PC Dick Hobbs which caused a lot of shock waves to the force and a showdown between Jackson and Frank Goodnight resulting in Goodnight's death, which came after he framed Jackson as the Ripper but was later released by Reid's determination to get to the truth.

 

Matthew Macfadyen gave a great portrayal of Reid, providing a complex and connectible character, while other cast members including Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg, MyAnna Burling, Amanda Hale, Charlenee McKenna, Jonathan Barnwell, David Wilnot and David Dawson all provided good performances of their respective characters making it a varied, intriguing and diverse series.

Doctor Who: Series 7 - The Bells Of Saint John

This was a great return for the second half of Series 7 with a strong opener.

I really enjoyed this episode with changes in some of the usual aspects of the show and re-introduction of the new companion Clara Oswald. This was a great way for Clara to have her 'intro adventure' while at the same time being recognisable. This had come in the strong continuity ties of her being a nanny like she was in The Snowmen, the gaining of computer skills linking to the skill of her appearance at the start of the series in Asylum of the Daleks and the return of the Great Intelligence.

The Doctor and Clara's chemistry works really well and they bounce off each in a fun and interesting manner. Clara herself seems like a strong character with a lot of potential for growth especially surrounding her mystery of her dying twice. I was slightly worried that she might end up being another Rory-like situation where she dies a lot, but hopefully that won't get to used too much. Also I liked the remastered theme tune, with its classic series 1970s or 80s aspect, which was a good way of acknowledging the old with the new in this momentous year.

The story of Miss Kizlet and the Spoonheads highlighted the fears around the control of Wi-Fi, our reliance on it and a fear that people's souls would be taken by the internet. The use of the Wi-Fi to control and 'download' people's minds was quite a scary thought especially when it turned out that Kizlet and her staff were returned to their original mind sets and in Kizlet's case that of a child. The reappearance of the Great Intelligence further created intrigue as to how and why it all ties in together.

Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman gave great performances with a good amount of chemistry. In turn Celia Imrie, Robert Whitlock, Dan Li, Manpreet Bachu, Sean Knopp and Richard E. Grant's voice all gave good performances and really added to the episode.

Mayday

This was an atmospheric mystery drama and twisted and turned in an effective way.

Surrounding the disappearance of May Day Queen Hattie Sutton, four residents of the tight nip community, Fiona Hill, Gail Spicer, Linus Newcombe and Steve Docker come to suspect one of their loved ones of being involved. This narratives allowed for a set of intriguing and contrasting situations that kept twisting and turning, keeping my attention as I tried to work out who and what had happened.

The plot thickened with the suicide of Gail's husband Malcolm whose project had been destroyed by Hattie's campaign and led him to financial ruin. This threw more suspicion on Malcolm which led Gail and her son James to get rid of the evidence showing Malcolm's obsession over the failed project. It also added more into this vigilante feeling that emerged and made the people searching and their intentions quite dark. This can be seen by Steve who leads the search and tries to divert it from his mentally ill brother Seth who often lives in the woods because of his belief in druidism.

There are also strange happenings as the trees seem to whisper, the odd behaviour of Fiona's daughter Charlotte and Linus kept seeing the ghost of his mother as he tried to discover more about his father. Meanwhile, his friendship with Hattie's sister Caitlin added a good and nice quality compared to the psychological darkness. There was a lot of character development looking into differing aspects creating an effective and complex narrative, leading to a dramatic finale where it was revealed to be Fiona's husband Alan was the murderer, but she framed Linus' father Everett, and Caitlin transformed into Hattie and haunted Alan as he picnicked with this family.

The main cast including Leila Mimmack, Sophie Okonedo, Max Fowler, Lesley Manville and Sam Spruell all gave great performances and really held the story and me captivated. Peter Firth, Aidan Gillen, Peter McDonald and Tom Fisher also gave good portrayals and worked well with the main cast to make it an intriguing and complicated drama.

Dancing On The Edge

This was a great five-part series that intrigued and made a big impact.

This 1930s period drama was a vibrant and well developed story around the struggle of the Louis Lester Band, a black jazz band who faced scrutiny, discrimination, but found fame. It had many aspects including journalist Stanley Mitchell who discovered the band run by its namesake and strove to get them heard and recognised. It was good how Louis and Stanley developed a friendship and the band were able to become famous through Stanley's connections to Arthur Donaldson and Lady Cremone, and their approval by royalty.

This, along with the music, added a stylish and unique quality, making me be able to enjoy the songs and made it a great soundtrack to help the story develop. In turn the series also used the scrutiny that black people faced as the band had to have constant employment in order to be allowed to stay in the country, apart from Louis who was originally born in the UK. This is emphasised by the deportation of the band's manager Wesley, who was actually also born in the UK, but couldn't find his birth certificate to prove it.

Louis' relationship with Sarah Peters added a sweat and light quality to the series and it helped to develop the characters well especially with their sad parting of the ways. In turn Stanley's relationship with Pamela Luscombe, his friendship with Lady Cremone, Donaldson's encourage towards Jessie to awaken from her coma and the changes made at Stanley's music magazine made the series full of various storylines and interesting ways to see the character's develop and form.

From the start there was a mystery of Walter Masterson and Julian Luscombe especially when Louis was pulled into helping to dealt with a drunken women found in Masterson's room. Also the plot thickened with the attack on the band's lead singer Jessie Taylor which further created mystery as Julian seemed to be the last person to see her before it happened and she herself didn't seem to be herself. Then her later death came as a shock and started to reveal what the flash forwards at the start of the episodes had been about Louis getting accused of Jessie's murder and having to go on the run. Then the ending was tense as Julian planned to shot Masterson but instead killed himself leaving a confession to Jessie's murder.

Matthew Goode and Chiwetel Ejiofor gave great performances as Stanley and Louis, along with Angel Coulby, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Head, Joanna Vanderman, Janet Montgomery and Tom Hughes who were really good and added a lot to the episode. Other cast including Wunmi Mosaku, Jenna-Louise Coleman, John Goodman and Ariyon Bakare all did well to support the main cast and hold their own.

Silent Witness - Series 16

A very powerful series, displaying its strength and integrity.

Initially the series has to deal with the departure of Harry Cunningham played by Tom Ward who left the show between this and the last series and his replacement in the form of Jack does work well to bring another aspect to the show. Although not the most likable character, his knowledge and work in forensics brings an interesting new side to the investigations especially in the first story where the techniques he used were effectively created and made to look stylised and interesting. Moreover, this interaction with established characters Nikki Alexander and Leo Dalton worked well. The addition of Jack's assistant Clarrisa Mullery also helped to strength the team and to allow for more of the technically side to come out.

The stories in this series were, as ever, dark, gritty and poignant. The first story, Change, saw the lengths someone would go in order to secure the future of a suffering business, especially when faces from the past emerged. Although with this one I wasn't really sure about the sceptical attitude of the leading investigator DS Gold. The second one, Trust, saw to contrasting stories of trust where is had been abused in order to develop a deadly form of anthrax or it had been lost in the premature death of a baby believed to have been murdered but later found to have been natural causes.

The third, True Love Waits, saw the destructiveness of love as a man would do anything including murder in order to find his wife and control her life again. Within this there was a better development of the police officer character, DI Kate Warren, as she faced pressure from her high ranking father to solve the case quickly leading her to conceal evidence. Then the fourth, Legacy, revealed a conspiracy to hid a nuclear warhead that led to the deaths of two boys and the questioning of Leo's conduct by Nikki.

The final story, Greater Love, saw a lot of elements with a shock ending. It's quite a dark story, with the team going to Afghanistan to investigate human remains believed to be that of missing and presumed dead soldier Dan Lambert. The story was tense as it twisted and turned and often my suspicions over what really happened and who was responsible would shift from terrorists to rogue British soldiers. It also tried to highlight the motives behind terrorists through Nikki's interaction with some Taliban prisoners, one of which was later identified as Lambert having been forced to join and brainwashed. It ended in a very dramatic way as Lambert was forced to be a suicide bomber in order to destroy the water project, but Leo sacrifice himself by leading Lambert away before the blast took place.

William Gaminara is superb in his final series, along with great performances from Emilia Fox, David Caves and Liz Carr. The guest cast included Sharon Small, Anna Brewster, Derek Riddell, Bryan Dick, Bill Ward, Ashley Chin, Adam James, Christine Bottomley, Rob Jarvis, David Murray, Penny Downie, Ed Stoppard, Cal Macaninch, Richard Johnson, Mark Womack, Joe Doyle, Chris Reilly and Brana Bajic, who all gave good performances and made their stories unique and work well.

Black Mirror: Series 2 - Episode 3

This last episode highlighted issues of politics, satire and technology.

The story follows failed comedian Jamie Salter who voices a cartoon blue bear Waldo, whose appearance on a satirical comedy show. In this setting it was interesting to see how Waldo, portrayed as a children's character, was used in quite a grotesque satirical way in order to attack politicians and other figure, while Jamie expressed no interest in politics and was only in it for the comedy. In turn Jamie's struggle with life compared to the success of Waldo helped to create a believable and connectible character.

It was interesting to see how Jamie was constantly pressured into entering the world of politics as Waldo's success spiralled. This success came after a passionate speech that Jamie makes through Waldo about the state of politics and how useless it could be and used just to further a career. This is especially seen with the prospect that Waldo could win the election which would be a really weird situation. Although this doesn't happen, it raises good questions about the influence of technology, especially how it has become a central part of the political campaigning machine.

It was also good how Jamie's relationship with Gwendolyn Harris works well to add a bit of light to the episode and makes it more terrible when during the speech mentioned above on a televised debate show, he attacks the main rival Liam Morgan but also Gwendolyn after she rejected him because she was told by her campaign manager to not associate with him. This led to Jamie refusing to do anymore of Waldo, but under pressure relented and then tried to convince people to not vote for Waldo and left the van in which Waldo was created. It was also a sad ending to see that Jamie had become homeless while Waldo the brand had gone worldwide.

Daniel Rigby gave a great performance as Jamie, really holding the episode, while Chloe Pirrie, Jason Flemying, Tobias Menzies, Christina Chong, James Lance and Michael Shaeffer all gave good performances and really working to make it a strong story.

Black Mirror: Series 2 - Episode 2

This was an initially creepy and unusual story with a very surprising twist.

The episode opened with an intriguing mystery of Victoria Skillane who wakes up in a bedroom, not being able to remember who she is. It was interesting and creepy as she adventured outside to find everyone filming her every move. This was an weird and good idea explore and reflect as this does seem to be a thing nowadays that whenever something happens people start filming it. The apocalyptic situation is well thought through and was a scary concept.

The tension is built up again with the introduction of Jem, Damian and Baxter, especially as Baxter, who had initially saved Victoria and Jem from the voyageurs: the people constantly filming, then turned on them and was about to torture Victoria before being shot dead by Jem. The constant use of flashbacks also helps to create more mystery and intrigue around the truth identity of Victoria and why this world exists.

The revelation of the truth was in itself twisted and such a shock. Victoria was revealed to be an accomplice to the kidnap and murder of a toddler by her fiance. She had filmed the whole thing and was found guilty and sentenced in a kind of eye for an eye situation where she has to suffer this strange world everyday and then be made to remember in front of a baiting group as part of a reality tv show. This is a very twisted concept of punishment and it was kind of strange to feel sympathy for Victoria especially when her mind is being wiped by some electrodes while having to watch the footage she filmed.

Lenora Crichlow gave a fantastic performance as Victoria, really allowing for me to connect with the character and maintain that even when the character's true identity was revealed. The rest of the main cast, including Michael Smiley, Tuppence Middleton, Ian Bonar, Nick Ofield, Russell Barnett and Imani Jackman, all gave great portrayals of their characters enabling me to believe in the fake world that they aimed to create.

Mary & Martha

This was a powerful one-off drama about the effects of malaria on two mother's lives.

This was the story of two mothers, Mary and Martha, whose sons George and Ben tragically die of malaria after visiting Mozambique. Mary and Martha are contrasting characters with differing lives but they are united in grief and work well together. The chemistry between is well developed and the two act as very strong and empowering individuals. Their journey shows the need for help and resources that Africa needs in order to combat, not just malaria, but diseases in general.

It did show a good side to Africa, with its beauty, animals, its modernisation and the great work of that volunteers can achieve. In turn it showed the devastating effects of malaria, with the condition itself, the difficulty to get help in time and the way the death of George was shot in a fast paced manner was effective in showing how the disease rapidly takes the sufferer's life. The aftermath scenes are very powerful and emotive allowing for me to develop a great connection and concern for the characters.

Both women's reaction are very understandable and Richard Curtis' script goes far to make it a heart-breaking and yet positive story. This positivity came with their determination to make a change that led them to fight and tackle the political policy machine in order to increase aid tot he children affected. The scene in the committee was so powerful, well scripted and performance making it an important message about the work countries need to do in order to help prevent malaria.

Hilary Swank and Brenda Blethyn gave superb performances as Mary and Martha, along with Lux Haney-Jardine as George and Sam Claflin as Ben who also gave good performances. The supporting cast did well including Frank Grillo, Ian Redford, Bongo Mbutuma and Nokuthula  Ledwaba.

Spies Of Warsaw

This two-part period spy thriller was a great one-off epic.

 Based on the novel by Alan Furst, this story felt different from a usual spy drama, which was mainly due to the central character Lt. Col. Jean-Francois Mercier. He wasn’t the usual spy, who enjoys mingling with the wealthy, womanising and seeking the big action, but instead felt more like a normal person who didn’t like the pomp and ceremony and spied in a very secret and well organised way in order for him to remain undetected.

Mercier's relationship with Anna Skarbek was also different as it wasn't the usual thing of the woman just falls for the man. Mainly by the fact that Anna is in a relationship and the supposed death of her partner Max Mostov leads her to flee to Spain, while Mercier is sent to Czechoslovakia. It was good how having the two start an affair and then get torn apart allowed for me to want them to find each other again and reunite, which later happens. The two character alone do a lot to keep the story going and showing different aspects of the pre-war Europe that we may not know much about.

The setting of the story, in pre-war 1937 Warsaw where the emerging presence of the Nazis and the prospect of war make it a very interesting background. This setting allowed for much of the tension to be created as Mercier tried to discover what the Nazis were planning and at the end of the story where Mercier and Anna had to escape Warsaw, while a Jewish couple took their own lives after becoming informants for Mercier and pursued by the Nazis, which was done in a very touching and appropriate manner.

There were great performances from David Tennant as Mercier and Janet Montgomery as Anna, with good portrayals from Ellie Haddington, Piotr Baumann, Marcin Dorocinski, Radoslaw Kaim, Linda Bassett and Allan Corduner.

Black Mirror: Series 2 - Episode 1

This was a compelling opening episode to the second series dealing with a very interesting concept.

Centring around the idea of being able to talk to a virtual version pasted love one constructed from their social media content, the story of Martha's struggle in the aftermath of the death of her boyfriend Ash was very interesting. I have myself thought about how it could be possible to construct a clone version of yourself from the content we place on social network sites and this story shows the positives and negatives of this possibility. The scheme in the story uses public information at first to allow people to talk via email to the virtual versions of their love ones and then allowing the use of private information enables for a more authentic version to emerge. An idea which is terrifying and intriguing at the same time.

I can see how the idea would help people to cope with the grief but at the same time it would stop the person from moving on. It also fed into this idea of how much social media has integrated into their lives and how much control it could have over us. This can certainly be seen when the software was able to replicate Ash's voice and then when she moved onto the next level. This was where Martha was able to 'brew' a physical clone of Ash, which when revealed was creepy.

The character of Martha was a strong and very easy to sympathise with and it was understandable how she changed from disgust at initially learning of the scheme to her later use of it. She held and carried the story way and she makes me consider what I would do in that situation. Her development throughout worked well and her conflicting emotions over what she did were interesting to see, especially as she realises that the clone was not really Ash and how it couldn't portray the real character of its namesake. When she tells the clone to jump over a cliff it was very powerful and the ending left a few questions in the air.

Hayley Atwell and Domhnall Gleeson gave great performances and really made the story strong and powerful.

Lewis: Series 7

This new and final series was very strong despite a change in format.

The change in format from the usual two hour stories to two one hour parts was strange at first, but the stories were written well and created effectively which allowed for it to not lose any of its appeal and traditional feel. Furthermore, the adding of the cliffhangers at the end of the first parts of each story were dramatic and built up in a good way to keep the audience wanting more.

The series also did well to conclude the main characters of DI Robert Lewis and DS James Hathaway in subtle ways in order to not detract from the stories which have always be the central point of each episode. This was mainly seen with Lewis and Laura Hobson finally becoming an item and it was good to see Lewis in a good place which allowed for him to decide to retire and offer Hathaway to take his place.

Overall, the show has done very well to achieve a good list of stories that explored the classic and modern aspects of Oxford life, questions over love and death and the various motives behind murder. The main cast, supporting cast and guest cast have all contributed and made the show a great success.

Meanwhile, in this series, Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox give strong performance, along with that of the recurring cast of Rebecca Front and Clare Holman. The guest cast also were good including Edwin Thomas, Tuppence Middleton, Peter Davison, Taron Egerton, Harriet Ballard, Camilla Power, Lucy Speed,, Jane Slavin, Miranda Raison, Alison Steadman.

Breaking Bad - Series 2

This series saw the show continue to become more stronger.

This series, due to the Writer's Strike of 2008 which cut short the first series, started by wrapping up the series 1 continuity in the first few episodes. It was interesting to see how in wake of Tuco's demise, Walter and Jesse started to take his place as distributors and I liked how they learnt how to deal with problems and build their empire and how this would cause more conflict among Walt and Jesse. This also allowed for the dark side of the drug world to be shown, especially through Jesse meeting a kid left alone in a crack house and the murder of the kid's father and his friend Combo. The introduction of Saul Goodman, Gustavo 'Gus' Fring and Mike Ehrmantraut, also helped to make Jesse and Walt's influence more prominent and powerful.

The series also focused more on how Walt's lies and actions impacted on his family life and how it caused it to start falling apart. Within this, more stronger characterisation of Skyler and Walter Jr took place, allowing them to grow more effectively and hold their own against the development of other characters. The build up of lies and trying to deal with the criminal world saw Walt neglecting his family, especially with him missing the birth of his daughter in order to make a deal with Gus and prompting Skyler to leave him. One character in particular who had a great deal of good development was Hank, which took place after he was traumatised from his showdown with Tuco and the bomb explosion in Juarez. This saw him become more of a deeper and well thought out character that I could sympathise and connect with.

It was good to see more development into Jesse with his family throwing him out and having to try and fend for himself. Through this and the many traumatic events that happen to Jesse throughout the series including the death of his girlfriend Jane Margolis, I see how much Jesse was tested and had to grow up a lot. In contrast, Walt become more darker and determined to see the operation increase, while after learning that his tumour had decreased it was interesting to see how he sought the excitement and instead moved into a willingness to commit crime instead out of the need to. This helped to further his development a lot and move the character into new territory. His darker side can also be seen when, after Jane had relapsed and Jesse became addicted to heroin, Walt watched as Jane choked on her vomit and died, and then left, leaving Jesse to think it was his fault.

Walt's action can be seen as very terrible after the mystery of the pink teddy and the other teasers seen in numerous episodes was revealed to be the result of a deadly and destructive plane collison caused by Jane's grief-stricken father, showing how Walt's action are starting to have far reaching consequences. Although the old Walt still comes through by his support of Hank and how he saved himself and Jesse from dying in the desert. Although the quick deterioration of their friendship comes as an interesting way to end the series.

Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul gave superb performances, along with Dean Norris who did very well with Hank's new development.  Anna Gunn and RJ Mitte also gave strong performances, while Raymond Cruz gave a very convincing and good performance as the crazy Tuco Salamanca.  Bob Odenkirk, Giancarlo Esposito and Jonathan Banks did well to add a lot of new areas of exploration for the show.