In the first season,
Laobai (White), Xiaofan (Pinkman), together is exactly the Chinese "white powder", who came up with such a wonderful nickname?
The boring and useless middle school teacher's work, the heavy family burden, the lack of vitality and mediocre middle-aged life, everything is like the water heater at home that has been broken for a long time. base color.
Lao Bai refused the help of his former partners, preferring to make drugs to save himself. What kind of person could make such a decision? Perhaps from here we can vaguely glimpse the hardness, cruelty and ruthlessness hidden under the hooded sweater of the old white good man.
Xiao Ba said to Lao Bai, "You are not suitable to be a criminal." He saw Lao Bai's cowardly, tangled, indecisive side, but he never imagined that not being able to save himself or take care of his family would be a deep scar in Lao Bai's heart. What do you do for this, let alone how the sense of accomplishment in drug production will burn Lao Bai's desire in the future, and what chemical effects will all this bring to Lao Bai's life.
Lao Bai drew lots to kill Xiao Ba. Judging from his series of ridiculous behaviors (such as carefully helping Xiaoba cut the crust of his sandwich, etc.), murder is almost unimaginable for him. However, it was known from the beginning that this old white hand would definitely go, because it would be a nomination for his criminal career.
The second season of
modern business sales rules, teaching Xiaofan to scare people to stand out, using other people's evil deeds to build their own momentum, ambitious to expand the scale of business, careful calculation... I'll go, Lao Bai, don't say you are really a talented person, Why did you go 50 years earlier?
As soon as the desert was trapped, it was a sublimation of the feelings and trust between Lao Bai and Xiaofan based on the accumulation of all past experiences, reaching a new stage. At the end of the play, Lao Bai said that The sentence "I trust you".
Old Bai, who had just become a father again, was full of love and tenderness for his daughter, but let another father's daughter twitch and die in front of him, and he just shivered and burst into tears - I don't know if it was for this girl or for ,he himself. And the last shot of this scene is of Lao Bai and the girl's father -- of course they don't know each other -- drinking together in a bar, each having his own thoughts, and talking about how to raise his daughter. In contrast to the next shocking scene, and looking back at the previous shot, the first shot was brutally torn to shreds by the latter, like Lao Bai's face split by tears. With brushstrokes like this, it's no wonder that "Breaking Bad" is called the best script written by an American drama so far.
"Breaking Bad" has a kind of bravery. It boldly shows the "evil" side of the characters. Regarding evil, there is no twist or cover up. The screenwriter made it so ugly and naked. It is a kind of courage. I think I will remember this drama. The tragedy of the plane crash in
season three was a huge turning point, emotionally and morally, for both Lao Bai and Xiaofan.
There is a domino-like connection between the plane crash and the girl's death, which is naturally the result of Lao Bai's initial "evil", and the catastrophic consequences are also the mirror image of Lao Bai's "evil". The eyeball of the teddy bear that Lao Bai kept was a little bit of conscience he wanted to preserve for himself.
For Xiaofan, he began to try to make himself a real bad guy, to convince himself to face and bear all this by "being a bad guy", to try to find a way out for himself.
One episode was about slugging flies, and Lao Bai and Xiaofen fought a whole episode of flies, a fly that flies to their drug lab because Lao Bai insists it will contaminate the entire production process. They couldn't fight and tried every means, just like the confusion and pain in their respective lives that could not be resolved. They hit it hard, as if they had hit it, as if they had found a way out for themselves. However, cleanliness and rigor are like old whites, and they still can't escape the stains on their life. The perfectionism and rigor still insisted at this time are even more powerless and helpless. Well, you are not fighting flies, but loneliness.
PS, after that, some netizens broke the news that the reason why they played the flies for an episode was because the crew ran out of money at that time - does this count as a sentence to destroy the literary style?
fourth season
Old Bai, who is getting more and more courageous, and Xiaofan, who keeps making mistakes and stumbles, sometimes make people feel that they are "like teammates who are afraid of pigs". However, when Lao Bai set foot on this road from the beginning, he dragged Xiaofan to run with him, and now he can't let him go, whether in terms of interests or emotions. After Lao Bai said "I trust you", he decided that Xiaofan was his most reliable companion on this road. However, he also tried to give up Xiaofan in the process (after saying "I am in, you are out." to him), but it turns out that they have been, or have to be, inseparable.
Episode 6: Lao Bai said: I am not in danger, I am the danger. The BOSS consciousness is further awakened, from being forced to take the initiative step by step. Mrs. Bai's ability to accept is also facing further tests. Lao Bai said to her, "Look at the person in front of you." This person is changing from a poor middle school chemistry teacher who was forced to commit a crime to a real criminal.
In this episode, Mrs. Bai is driving and playing missing again, but I believe that she finally accepts Lao Bai's transformation is inevitable, since she began to lie about Lao Bai's crimes. However, the continuous ups and downs of the relationship between the two men and women accompanied by this process made me as entangled as "Golden Wedding"...
In this episode, Mike, the killer of Uncle Fried Chicken, began to get along with Xiaofan. I felt that Xiaofan was a little interesting, so Teacher Bai's little universe began to sound the alarm, partly because he suspected that Uncle Fried Chicken was trying to alienate them, and partly because Mr. Bai, just admit it, you are jealous! Ha ha!
Lao Bai said: Everyone is going to die. The period when I got cancer was the happiest day in my life. Indeed, after being forced into a desperate situation, money, material, affirmation, achievement, and the realization of his own potential, the dark criminal life compensated him for everything he wanted in the life of a good man, and that was what he was following the rules. An experience that is not in the trajectory of life. In the days when he was sentenced to death by fate, Lao Bai really lived.
There is a rift between Lao Bai and Xiaofan, and even a big fight, naturally there is also the provocation of Uncle Fried Chicken. However, Xiaofan, who was in an advantageous position on the scale of Uncle Fried Chicken, made the same decision as Lao Bai at the time, that is, insisting on the bottom line of protecting the opponent's life.
Lao Bai's "love" for Xiaofan is selfish. From the very beginning, he has held onto him tightly and will never let go. In the relationship between the two, Lao Bai is the active party. "I" choose you; "I" trust you; "I" keep you; and, of course, "I" sacrifice you. On this road, Xiaofan may have some greed, but Lao Bai has shown more and more distinct ambitions. Without Laobai, Xiaofan might just be a mediocre little drug dealer, as he said to Laobai at the beginning of the first season, "You pulled me to do all this." Their relationship has been sealed since then. keynote. Xiaofan was pulled farther and farther, and finally became inseparable from Lao Bai and couldn't look back. For Lao Bai, Xiaofan is a very ideal choice: he is greedy and willing to commit crimes with him; he is simple and easy to control; he is kind and loyal and will not frame himself. So Xiaofan is very important to him. It is hard to say that there is no emotion here, but the factor of interest may be more powerful. In order to make Xiaofan stand with him, Lao Bai will try his best to protect him, and at the same time he will hurt him, and he will do the same for both of these things. Because he was afraid that Xiaofan would leave him, Lao Bai could watch Xiaofan's girlfriend die without helping him. If the former is just sitting on the sidelines, in this season, in order to make Xiaofan on the same front as him, Lao Bai began to poison the son of Xiaofan's new girlfriend and blame Uncle Fried Chicken. It has become easier and easier for Lao Bai to cross the boundaries of conscience and morality here, and in the process, he has become more and more active in controlling Xiaofan, which is bound to pave the way for the final relationship between the two.
The fifth season
is a season when Lao Bai's ambition explodes. Lao Bai's ambitions and desires have been aroused at this time, and without the cover of being forced into a desperate situation before, Lao Bai's face begins to look a bit hideous.
Regarding Lao Bai's ambitions, as Sol said, this time you escaped from the dead, just like people who won the jackpot. Isn't it best to just quit? However, at this moment, Lao Bai has made up his mind. There are no huge bills to pay, no one holding a gun to his head to force him to do it, and no heavy family burden (with the income from the car wash, Mrs. Bai has long persuaded him to do so) It’s already Lao Bai’s choice to start making drugs at this time. He believes that after a lot of tossing, there is not much cash left. Maybe he feels that he is really unwilling to give up everything and become a criminal for such a reward. The achievement and the satisfaction that he has achieved is overwhelming, and it is more like his revenge for his unsatisfactory life in the past.
Lao Bai's mantra to escape moral condemnation is "As long as it's for a good purpose, anything can be forgiven." Xiaofan's bottom line is not to harm the lives of innocent people. On the road of being a bad guy, this is Lao Bai's shield, this is Xiaofen's anesthetic, but both of them are very wrong.
Lao Bai and Xiaofan walked all the way, Xiaofan could never be a "qualified" bad guy, and the dark reality hit him again and again until he was overwhelmed. Old Bai's steps were getting faster and more determined, and Xiaofan was dragged and staggered forward until it was no longer possible to keep up and parted ways.
Xiaofan was once again disheartened and ready to quit, but Lao Bai was still ambitious. From the time when he was timidly calculating "just make more than 700,000 and then stop" to now excitedly depicting the prospect of the drug kingdom to Xiaofan, he said to Xiaofan: "You think 5 million US dollars is a lot now, and I was also because Do you know how much it can be worth now?” Xiaofan said, “tens of millions?” Lao Bai replied: “Tens of billions, it has become a listed company, and its share price is worth every Zhou Du see." The break with the original partner was the beginning of Lao Bai's frustrated life, and this pain point has been buried there, and he cared about it for the rest of his life. (So Lao Bai would rather choose to make drugs than accept the help of his ex-partners. Maybe from that moment, the thirst for self-worth stood in front of morality.) At this time, a typical Chinese emerges in front of us. An image of an aggrieved man.
At first, Lao Bai started to make drugs for the purpose of curing diseases and burdening his family. Later, he gradually evolved to be addicted to and enjoy everything brought about by drug production. These two things may also be regarded as one thing, that is, Lao Bai is eager to use money to prove his love for his family and prove that he has the ability to love them. This is actually quite wishful thinking. His biggest mistake was ignoring the feelings of the recipient. Here, what he holds is still the same as for Xiaofan: "I" love you. Deeply speaking, it can also be said that Lao Bai's love for his most cherished family is also selfish. Lao Bai is proving himself by proving his ability to "love" his family. Making drugs has become a way to save his life from failure. the last straw.
Episode 8: Lao Bai decides to wash his hands and enjoy his family life. Maybe some real crime stories will end here, but of course this is a drama, and the future will be the "correct" ending that bad guys deserve. I sincerely wish all corrupt officials in the world have such a "correct" ending.
"Leaves of Grass" turns the plot around. Why is such a book with obvious evidence (and Lao Bai knows that Hank has seen Gale's message and questioned it) so clearly outside? Is it that I don't understand or is it a bug?
Hank, Mary, and Xiaobai, who knew the truth about Laobai's drug production, broke with him resolutely, agreeing with some netizens that this is too heartless, I would like to believe that it may be because of the timing, which makes it too late for them to show their love-hate relationship On the one hand, because if he encounters a change, he will turn his face and be ruthless immediately, which can only show that the previous feelings are fake, and then there is no trace of emotional retreat.
Lao Bai kept reproducing the poison for his family, and in Lao Bai's mind, his family must spare no effort to protect it. Hank's death marked a big "fork" for Lao Bai's two expectations. And then Mary and Xiaobai hated him, betrayed Xiaofan who he regarded as family, and finally the knife that Madam Bai stabbed at him frantically, and finally stabbed it all to smithereens.
Old Bai blamed Xiaofan for Hank's death, which also made him see Xiaofan's complete betrayal of him, and the hatred that grew out of it made him want to kill Xiaofan with the hands of Jack's gang, but he didn't succeed. He told Xiaofan that he had watched Jane die before his eyes. At this time, Lao Bai no longer cherished the relationship with Xiaofan, but wanted to use a knife to cut this relationship to vent his anger.
The last episode: Lao Bai asked his former partner to help him transfer the money from drug production to his children. He repeatedly emphasized: "All the money must be mine, including taxes, fees, and everything. Your money." He paid all the price to prove himself to himself, to others, and to life. The self-esteem that he has recovered is so precious that he is not willing to give up one bit.
Mrs. Bai said to Lao Bai, "Don't say that you are doing this for this family." Lao Bai said, "I did it for myself. Making drugs makes me feel like I'm still alive.
" in a drug lab. Lao Bai carefully stroked the utensils used to make the poison, lingering. Those things that were sinful in the eyes of others were like the light of life in his heart. This is the fatal temptation that springs from sin.
Breaking Bad ends here, and it's a good one. From the very beginning of watching the show, I was thinking: "Don't let Lao Bai become a big drug lord like the ultimate boss, that would be boring!" I was obviously thinking too much. The theme of "Breaking Bad" is not to describe the history of Lao Bai's growth as a big drug lord. Until the end, Lao Bai's expertise was still in drug production, and the distribution channel still cooperated with others, and did not become a "narco superman" ”, which makes this show, despite its due drama, still adhere to the purpose of not being too detached from reality.
The above is what I wrote while reading, and the following is the sporadic feeling after reading it.
The biggest charm of "Breaking Bad" lies in being naked, just like the image of the old white wearing only a pair of white underwear from time to time, a rough, real and intuitive feeling. The remote border town, the desolate and empty desert background, and the shocking underlying ecology, all of which are completely different from the picture about the United States in our impression, and also achieve the unique temperament of "Breaking Bad".
"Breaking Bad" does not focus on violence, but the scenes of violence in it are absolutely full of weight and unforgettable, and can be called a "classic shocking violence" on the screen.
The context of "Breaking Bad" is the process of Lao Bai's step by step towards a deformed and excited life, and the process of Mrs. Bai and Xiaofan's step by step towards collapse. I saw that there are a lot of buns who don't like Mrs. Bai and Xiaofan. In fact, I think they are all victims of Lao Bai on this road.
"Breaking Bad" is a classic man's play, with solemn tones, rough lines, shocking excitement, and most importantly, the collision and roar of the beast in the cage that has everyone's heart. Either they are suppressed by reality, or they think that their ambitions are difficult to stretch. Of course, not everyone is a time bomb, but being able to see the explosion of another bomb is enough to arouse the resonance in my heart.
Finally, thank you for the days with "Breaking Bad".
Goodbye, old white.
View more about Live Free or Die reviews
