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or bad.
• As much as fans may miss "Breaking Bad," they were able to bid farewell satisfied that it met its obligations at the end no less than it did every week from the first episode.
• "Breaking Bad" left the air with a finale that stands alongside the best ever, inventively tying up five seasons of narrative loose ends.
• Now what about a bad finale? Easy: "Dexter," which aired the week before.
• It was disappointing, full of holes and a disservice to a series that, against all odds, managed to make a sociopathic serial killer attractive and believable to viewers for eight slice-and-dice seasons. The finale was a contrivance meant to drag the series to the finish line. In only that respect did it succeed.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
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• Today is Wednesday, Oct. 2, the 275th day of 2013. There are 90 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Oct. 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court as the court opened its new term.
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• On this date:
• In 1780, British spy John Andre was hanged in Tappan, N.Y., during the Revolutionary War.
• In 1835, the first battle of the Texas Revolution took place as American settlers fought Mexican soldiers near the Guadalupe River; the Mexicans ended up withdrawing.
• In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson suffered a serious stroke at the White House that left him paralyzed on his left side.
• In 1941, during World War II, German armies launched an all-out drive against Moscow.
• In 1944, Nazi troops crushed the two-month-old Warsaw Uprising, during which a quarter of a million people were killed.
• In 1950, the comic strip "Peanuts," created by Charles M. Schulz, was syndicated to seven newspapers.
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