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Video: Breaking Down Breaking Bad With Matt Zoller Seitz

New York Magazine TV critic Matt Zoller Seitz incisively recaps Breaking Bad for Vulture, and for the show’s last eight episodes, he will be offering a supplementary next-day video that breaks down each episode. In today’s debut, he parses the religious symbolism throughout (Walt’s bowing at the porcelain god, and Jesse’s penance), as well as the confrontation between Hank and Walt.

Watch Matt Zoller Seitz Break Down Breaking Bad