Breaking Bad: Season 5 (2012)

DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:

(-)Why is the new strategy to get you hooked on a TV show, or purchases thereof, and then split the purchasing in two for the final seasons of something. I hate that, and has gotten me NOT to buy several iterations of TV shows on DVD or BluRay. I hate being toyed with, financially. Like a drug dealer that gives FREE tastes of drugs and then the horror pricing hits you after addiction.

(+)OK, enough on the negative, great TV show from AMC. The subject matter is dark, whether dark drama or dark humor. Not everyone is going to find this a diamond in the rough, but maybe just a zircon diamond. I think it is wonderful either way. People thrown in to desperate circumstances, which only makes the desperation more dire by their actions. Lies upon more lies, and illegal doings, by a mild mannered family-man school teacher devolving into a hellish world. Bryan Cranston and others won several awards during this shows run, and deservedly so.

This is the first of a volumes 1-2 with 8 episodes, and a final 8 episodes follow later. The show has one of the best endings ever, because it crosses all the T’s and dots all the I’s for a complete ending scenario. So buy this and the follow up 8 episodes. Great TV!! BUT don’t look for puppies or hugs and kisses here.
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-Movieskinny

I ordered two other series of this groundbreaking show. Now, as an Albuquerque, NM resident, I appreciate this series more looking at the different streets, shooting sites, restaurants, etc. I did not want this show to end but something had to happen to Walter White/Heisenberg. I never get tired of watching it countless times. They actually have a “Breaking Bad” trolley tour here in the ABQ. I took a short tour of ABQ which showed Jesse Pinkman’s house and places along Central Ave. (The Dog House). If you are ever in Burque, I recommend the long tour. “Better Call Saul” pales in comparison with the original. Somehow, it still is playing.

-Don Crisostomo

By 2012, “Breaking Bad” was a cultural phenomenon–most people who had never watched the show had probably at least heard of it. Viewership was up sharply for these eight episodes originally broadcast on AMC in the summer of 2012–the decision was made to split the final season into two parts, and this DVD set contains the first half of Season Five.

These episodes see more outstanding writing and plot twists–Walter (Bryan Cranston), Jesse (Aaron Paul), and the other characters at times want to break free of each other and from their life of crime but are unable to do so. Walt’s pride makes several more appearances, as he is clinging to the meth business as a means of reversing past life defeats.

As has been the case throughout, Walt’s relationships with the other characters have their ups and downs, and the amusing cliffhanger of these episodes points toward the final resolution in the last episodes of the series. And as always, there are the scenic shots of the New Mexico desert that provide a superb setting for “Breaking Bad.”

Special features on this DVD set include brief commentary by series creator Vince Gilligan and some of the lead characters. The first half of Season Five of “Breaking Bad” won the 2013 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, and set the stage for an unforgettable final eight episodes of the television series that many critics claim is one of the best ever.

-Eric Mayforth

DVD Wholesale Main Features:

Actors: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt
Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English
Subtitles: French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Thai
Dubbed: French
Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: English
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number of discs: 3
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Release Date: June 4, 2013
Run Time: 375 minutes