In a show about a science teacher turned drug kingpin - which at one point depicts, in gruesome detail, Walt’s biggest adversary turning into Two-Face - it’s what Johnson doesn’t show that stands out. Instead of focusing on the brutality of the murder, as you might expect, Johnson’s camera lingers on the anguished expression of Bryan Cranston’s Walter White. The murder happens at the beginning of the episode, catching viewers off guard, but also causing the death to fester like an open wound for the rest of the hour. Rian Johnson was behind the camera for one of the best episodes of television ever made, Breaking Bad’s “Ozymandias.” The centerpiece of the episode, the death of DEA Agent Hank Schrader, is not just unceremonious - Hank is cut off mid-sentence with a bullet to the head - but unexpected.
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