‘Breaking Bad’ Cleans Up At The WGA Awards
Breaking Bad the AMC drama that aired its final season over the summer has had a fantastic year. Not only did it score a ratings high with its last eight episodes, but its critical acclaim grew tenfold with praise worthy reviews. The enormous reception for the show has continued as we go into awards season. The show has scored big awards at the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
One of the last award shows that celebrates achievements in television is the Writers Guild Awards. The big winner for film was Spike Jonze’s Her, but as far as television is concerned Vince Gilligan’s Breaking Bad took the top prize home. The show wound up taking home the trophy for Best Drama Series, beating tough competition like Homeland, House of Cars, The Good Wife, and Mad Men.
The WGAs also gave Breaking Bad the win for Episodic Drama category for the “Confessions” episode from the final season. In this particular episode Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) discovers that Walt (Bryan Cranston) poisoned Brock, his girlfriend’s son. Another huge development made in the series in “Confessions” happened when Walt incriminated his brother-in-law and DEA agent Hank with a tape, having silenced him from going to the agency about his identity as Heisenberg.
The last time we saw Breaking Bad pick up an award it caused a bit of controversy. Although they took home the SAG award for Outstanding Dramatic Cast, it was overshadowed by what happened when a cast member decided to give a Nazi salute. It occurred when Bryan Cranston made a joke about having the, “nicest bunch of white supremacist Nazis I have ever worked with… I swear to you that I would kill you all over again; I really would.” The joke was immediately followed by a “heil Hitler” salute, Nazi style.
As for the WGAs, creator Vince Gilligan attended and even spoke a bit about the spin-off prequel series Better Off Saul. So far it will star Bob Odenkirk as Breaking Bad’s favorite lawyer Saul Goodman. The show is said to focus on the early days of Saul’s wheeling and dealing, but with a more dramatic tone. It’s also been confirmed that Jonathan Banks, who played Mike will also appear on the show. As for Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, both actors have said that they are open to appearing on the spin off series. Although Cranston’s character learned about Saul from Jesse, there’s no doubt that Gilligan will find a way to write both characters in if he wanted to.
