Buried

It is difficult to reveal plot details without spoilers so I will just say that Buried moves Walt (and his family's) predicament forward in a gripping way that has incredible tension and character interaction.

As to be expected following the wham scene at the end of Blood Money there follows a number of tense exchanges of dialogue between characters. Characters like Hank, Skyler and Marie take centre stage and their scenes together are absolutely compelling. Dean Norris, Anna Gunn and Betsy Brandt do some of their best work in this episode, but are given fantastic material by the writers as always.

Walt is on top 'panicky Walt' form as he is portrayed attempting to deal with big problems. The writers lay the groundwork for what appears to be another miraculous extraction from a painted in corner via this character.

Saul makes another hilarious cameo providing legal advice and likewise Huell and Kuby. These scenes are necessary given the high amount of traumatic drama on display in other scenes.

Visually it is another fantastic example of cinematography and editing. I love the look of the pre-credit introduction, particularly Jesse on the roundabout, I also love the desert scenes, and every shot involving the character Lydia. It ends with another moment that makes you have to know what happens next. Good thing I watched it back in 2013 when it was first released as I'd be hard pressed to binge it nowadays as a father of two young children.

Once again we get an episode that is carried and remembered for its great drama and acting! We get some truely great and dramatic scenes as we are at a point in the series where every actor/actress are giving it 100%!

As Walt knows Hank knows it becomes a game of who knows what and what can be done to slow down the investigation or further it!

Anna Gun is brilliant as Skyler in this episode and she gets some of the best scene in the episode when she is confronted by Hank and Marie! Its sad and heartbreaking to see it all crumble!

Walt once again shows that money and familly matters more than anything!

The scene near the end with Lydia, Todd and Jacks crew taking control of the business remains memorable as well!

This is the tenth episode of the fifth season of Breaking Bad. It is an episode that basically shows Hank trying to beat time to take down Walt. It is not as high-stakes as previous episodes, but the episode is still entertaining. There is one scene in particular that I liked, and that involves Lydia trying to perfect her meth supply with the help of Todd.

In this episode, "Buried," Hank reaches Skylar before Walt, but she refuses to speak to him. Marie also confronts Skylar, and that does not end well. Meanwhile, Walt takes the money he locked in a storage house and buries it. Jesse, in another state of depression, gets arrested by the police.

Overall, this is an entertaining episode as we see the family being turned enemies. I am definitely curious to see what will happen next as we near the series finish line.

My Grade: A

Walt wouldn't have left that book in the bathroom for Hank to find at the end of episode 8. The people behind this show are trying to tell us that crime doesn't pay. I can tell you first hand that it pays a lot.

Walt won as far as I'm concerned.

Review by: Black Noodle Enterprises.

With Breaking Bad, there are a lot of things you just can't predict, and having one of the most hilarious and rememberable moments of the entire series appear in the final eight episodes is indubitably one of them. The scene I'm referring to is – what else could it be? – Huell and Kuby's Scrooge McDuck impersonation, which is actually my favourite moment of "Buried", another episode of the series not exploiting the full potential of the current storyline, by far.

Jesse, having not a single line of dialogue over all 47 minutes, sinks into one of his all too frequent depression states once again, which wasn't exactly a brilliant or original idea, but at least serves as a half-decent reason to get him involved in the big plot currently going on. This big plot is, highly understandably considering the occurrences in the previous two episodes, still centred on Walt and Hank and the increasingly different situation their families are facing. But while Anna Gunn, Betsy Brandt, and Dean Norris share some intense and well- acted scenes, there isn't anything to special about them in this episode and I wouldn't have minded if one or two minutes of their screen time were reduced. One really good part about "Buried" comes most unexpected, as Lydia, with a little help of Todd(ler, in comparison to his colleagues) and his evil-looking gang, employs her trademark mixture of unscrupulousness and sensitivity in an enthralling and entertaining scene.

Walt takes a slight step back in this episode and also has fewer lines than usual, but participates in a beautifully looking desert scene that has Breaking Bad proving yet for another time how creative one can be with cinematography. Those are the aspects of "Buried" I care to mention as the remainder doesn't serve much a greater purpose than establishing future story lines, which I'll discuss in future reviews.