Breaking Bad

[OhioBlue]

couple more things that stuck out to me about Jesse in particular...the dream scene where he's crafting the wood box provided a glimpse of something better for a character that probably most deserved 'something better.' I haven't looked it up yet, but wasn't he talking to either his therapy group or Jane at some point about what he would do with his life, and mentioned woodworking? Nice touch. Also, loved how he got to call Walt out on his one last attempt to get Jesse to do what he (Walt) wanted when Walt passed him the gun...a fitting final shift in their relationship. Kind of a "I'm not doing your bidding anymore."

So many satisfying details. You can do so much in an episode with even a couple lines of dialogue. Which is why I hate the excuse that's given for why a show doesn't revisit or tie up loose ends: "there just wasn't time." Wrong. You just weren't creative enough to figure out how in a way that does it justice. Breaking Bad should serve as one of those model shows from here on out.

[YOhio]

This may be the approach that gets Il Pad to join the Breaking Bad craze.

http://www.theonion.com/video/story-of-small-businessman-struggling-under-obama,34037/

[ERCougar]

Very satisfying finale, or felina. Among many highlights was Walt's conversation with Sky--as he started in with "I did this for...", she cut him off, essentially giving voice to the audience, with something like "Walt, if I have to hear one more time that you did this for the family...." , and he cuts her off and says, "I did it for me." A great moment of self-acknowledgment.

I also liked when Uncle Jack told Walt that if he shot him, Walt wouldn't know where the money was, and Walt shot him in the head without hesitation--some things are more important than money, as shown by Walt's final moments as he walked through the meth lab with a look of pride/satisfaction, perverse thought it was.

I loved Walt's statement that 'I was alive'. Almost Thoreau-like.

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[CardiacCoug]

Swish!

Yeah and you were also right about Walt and Skyler's house just being trashed by random kids, not the Nazis or Jesse.

Sort of implausible that Walt could have such a perfect setup for his machine gun plan, but that's OK.

[scottie]

Because of the flashback to episode 1 in the finale, I went back and watched the first 15 minutes of it. Episode 1 and the finale both were Walt's birthdays (#50 and #52). In the flashback Hank says, "It's easy money, til we catch ya!" Just before that, he was toasting his BIL Walt and said, "Walt... your heart's in the right place man, your heart's in the right place. We love you man, we love you."

[The_Douger]

I can't add anything here that hasn't been said.

Super happy with how it ended. Thought it was appropriate, was glad Walt eliminated all ties to his product so that when he's gone, it's gone. Was glad to see Todd finally get his. Liked the ingenious way he set up the gun to mow them down. Liked how it was shot so that you didn't know Walt was there initially when Skyler was talking to Marie.

Best series ever.

[woot]

The finale was well done, but I have to agree with Gilligan that Ozymandias was the high watermark here. To me that episode felt like the natural climax and consequence of everything the show was leading to, with these last two episodes seeming like more of an epilogue to what happened there.

Agreed. I loved this finale for how it wrapped everythiing up, while simultaneously feeling a little out of sorts about it because of how strangely tidy it was. That's what a finale is for, obviously. Other than the conduits for Flynn's money and the nazis' deaths, this episode was predictable, but intentionally so. Very cool to finally see all the little pieces fit together.

[Commando]

I guess I should've known this, but I just learned that a show will submit one single episode for Emmy consideration for a given category. Guess that settles which one's sweeping next year's awards.

[Jeff Lebowski]

The finale was well done, but I have to agree with Gilligan that Ozymandias was the high watermark here. To me that episode felt like the natural climax and consequence of everything the show was leading to, with these last two episodes seeming like more of an epilogue to what happened there.

Yep. And that is totally fine.

[MarkGrace]

The finale was well done, but I have to agree with Gilligan that Ozymandias was the high watermark here. To me that episode felt like the natural climax and consequence of everything the show was leading to, with these last two episodes seeming like more of an epilogue to what happened there.

[Commando]

And Baby Blue by Badfinger was perfect. Great song and the lyrics match up. I wonder how many people (in addition to me) are cueing that up on Spotify tonight.

You should subscribe to the official Breaking Bad playlist if you haven't already...

[Commando]

Pretty satisfying ending. Favorite moment was Jesse choking out Todd. I seriously started yelling and clapping.

LOL. Just before he did it I was shouting at the screen "JABBA THE HUTT THAT MUTHAF8KKA!!!"

[OhioBlue]

Great ending. Sad to see it done. Also happy to see it done...and done right. In addition to what's already been mentioned above, I'll add that Cranston acted this episode perfectly yet again. Gone was any hint of anxiety or internal distress...just peaceful resignation and cold acceptance. A final transformation in Walt's psychological journey.

What a ride.

[MarkGrace]

Pretty satisfying ending. Favorite moment was Jesse choking out Todd. I seriously started yelling and clapping.

[MarkGrace]

Wait, no Schraderbrau?

Funny. Went over to a buddy's place the other night and he handed me some bottles and said it was Schraderbrau. He home brews root beer and cream soda. But he didn't attend the party tonight because he's not totally caught up.