Sunday, August 26, 2012

Eulogy to Mike

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This post is about the AMC show Breaking Bad.  If you have not seen up to season 5 episode 7 this post will contain spoilers.
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Watching the opening scene of this week's episode I honestly didn't think anything could detract from Walt's complete transformation into Heisenberg, but something did.  How could you, Walt?  How could you?  How could you kill Mike?  Mike was actually one of my favorite characters in recent episodes, I thought the writers had developed his character quite well.  He had moved on from the forgettable muscle to a more integral character with dimension.  Mike was an honorable person and a real family man.  You could see the love he had for his granddaughter and the internal conflict he was struggling with between staying and being arrested or fleeing and leaving his beloved Kaylee.  Even Mike's parting words were true and honest to his character, "Shut the fuck up and let me die in piece."  Mike was like that, just honest, a real straight-shooter, with Mike you always knew where you stood, he wasn't about games or deception.  Mike was brutally honest and pure, even when he was killing or threatening someone Mike was pure of heart, everything he did he did for his family, biological and work, and he was loyal 'til the end.  We'll miss you Mike.

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