Fantastic in Gracepoint
She was excellent in Gracepoint. She got better and better through the episodes.
During the last episode she was amazing - she deserves an Emmy nomination for that.
I love her.
She really was rather good. I mostly know her from "Breaking Bad," where I thought she did a fine job, but I hated all the character in that show so much it was hard to take, sometimes. GP could have been better, but she humanized a character who was, I thought, kind of under-written at the beginning.
You're right that she got better, but then, I have to credit at least some of that with the writing, which I thought got stronger in the last 3-4 episodes, especially in regard to her character.
It's unfortunate that the show was so low-rated. The ending set-up the possibilities for a continuing story, and I think that story would be more interesting than the one they told, with lots of space for moral ambiguity and an exploration of responsibility--there's just so much there for good writers to work with. Unfortunately, a kind of clumsy start (which reminded me perhaps a bit too much of "The Killing") didn't keep viewers around, so we won't be seeing what could have been really interesting TV.