The Breaking Bad Finale Discussion Thread [SPOILERS WITHIN - UP TO FINALE]

[luciusfunk]

Love when Jesse slams the phone down in "Down" and the moving guy pops his head up and takes it with him. "Here! You forgot your ice trays!"

Skyler really is a bitch in season two.

[luciusfunk]

[RussTCB]

Skyler really is a bitch in season two.

And to top that off, she fucked Ted as I understand it.

[luciusfunk]

Yeah, but that's next season.

[Crash Diet]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLaWiUWEX1k


The Ballad of Heisenberg

[Lithium]

Fuck it, I have to rewatch this motherfucker. I can hardly remember anything from season 1.

[Gia]

Season 2 is the only season I have a tough time watching because of Jane

I really couldn't stand her character... was pretty happy when Walt let her die

I really love season 1... I'm usually not a big fan of season 1 in any series but this is the few because of the character development

what awesome writing

[Lithium]

Season 2 is the only season I have a tough time watching because of Jane

I really couldn't stand her character... was pretty happy when Walt let her die

Agreed. That bitch was annoying.

[dalsh327]

I do wish they would have clarified how exactly that stick came to be up his ass when it came to Gretchen and Elliot.

Only big loose end they didn't fully tie up in my book.

Also didn't Lydia say the police were looking for Jessie in granite state? Where exactly would he go to live happily ever after? Especially with Saul gone.

Don't get me wrong, I was pretty satisfied with the finale. But after fully digesting it, I've come to feel they let a tad too much go unresolved only to get answered in 50 minutes.

http://blogs.amctv.com/breaking-bad/2009/05/jessica-hecht-interview/

"Vince Gilligan told us exactly what went down between the characters off screen: We were very much in love and we were to get married. And he came home and met my family, and I come from this really successful, wealthy family, and that knocks him on his side. He couldn’t deal with this inferiority he felt — this lack of connection to privilege. It made him terrified, and he literally just left me, and I was devastated. Walt is fighting his way out of going back to that emotional place, so he says, “F— you.”

[Tater Totts]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlZZFX8lqbg

[Powerage5]

http://www.empireonline.com/features/best-breaking-bad-moments/p1

Good read, Empire's top 25 Breaking Bad moments. Can't say I agree with them all, but entertaining nonetheless. Got me thinking, what would all you guys put as your top 25 moments? Here's mine, in no particular order:

1. "I'm in the empire business"

2. The crawl space

3. Jesse shoots Gale

4. The box cutter

5. Walt's confession DVD

6. Walt blows up Tuco's place

7. Crystal Blue Persuasion

8. "Yeah bitch, magnets!"

9. Hank's death

10. Walt's last conversation with Skyler

11. Walt's phone call in Ozymandias

12. Walt lets Jane die

13. "No more half measures"

14. "I am the danger"

15. Walt and Jesse kidnap Saul

16. The RV showdown in the junkyard

17. "Tread lightly"

18. Mike's death

19. Gus' death

20. Jesse's problem dog

21. Hank on the toilet

22. Walt and Jesse's methylmine heist

23. Skyler in the pool

24. Gus wipes out Don Eladio & crew

25. The finale

[bacardimayne]

There are just too many to list. I'd say my all time favorite is probably "Stay out of my territory" though.

[Dan H.]

Am I the only one who thought 'The Fly' was one of the best episodes of the series?

[Powerage5]

Am I the only one who thought 'The Fly' was one of the best episodes of the series?

There's plenty of people who like it. I'd say it's the episode the fanbase is most split over, though. I appreciate it, I just don't particularly like it.

[Coma16]

Am I the only one who thought 'The Fly' was one of the best episodes of the series?

There's plenty of people who like it. I'd say it's the episode the fanbase is most split over, though. I appreciate it, I just don't particularly like it.

I didn't like it all that much - seemed like a filler episode. However, I've only seen it once.

Edited October 7, 2013 by Coma16

[wasted]

I'll probably go back and give the podcasts for the second half of season 5 a listen. I think I want to watch the series again in about a year with the commentary and aftershow podcast the next go round.

To me it was the ultimate "the action is the juice" ending. You kick ass and make money just for the sake of it and make sure your family are safe. Thats all you can do.

Dexter will never change, hes still out there cutting up lumberjacks.

Both Walt and Dexter had to die to save they family.

Its obviously imperial propanganda.

I don't know if Dexter was a long haul driver where he would be able to kill at random truck stops because he's not under Harry's Code anymore.

Walt knew the end was inevitable, but the show was about him going from the nerdy nice guy schoolteacher who was pushed around most of his life, into a full on outlaw.

He rejected his former partners' money in the beginning, and then forced their hand to give up their millions.

The question I had was why was Walt Jr/Flynn not to know his dad didn't kill his Uncle Hank?

To me the dexter ending was he had to give up his family so they dont get hurt. And he was going to continue killing. But the last shot gave the impression that he had changed he was just going to kill because the other way didnt work out so well.

I think Dexter will have a reason to go back to Miami again.

i could see another season. His sister could pull herself out of the ocean. Or it all starts again in the lumberyard.

[Powerage5]

Am I the only one who thought 'The Fly' was one of the best episodes of the series?

There's plenty of people who like it. I'd say it's the episode the fanbase is most split over, though. I appreciate it, I just don't particularly like it.

I didn't like it all that much - seemed like a filler episode. However, I've only seen it once.

That's how I felt after only watching it once. Watching it a second time and not having the shock of how radically different it is to any other episode of Breaking Bad, it wasn't so bad.

[PappyTron]

Look on the ground - it's Walt's trousers that blew away in the pilot episode!!!

[sweetness]

Am I the only one who thought 'The Fly' was one of the best episodes of the series?

Nope, I definitely thought it was one of the best of the "Gus era" and more important to the overall series than most fans give it credit for. Until that episode we were never really given any clue as to how much Walt cared for what he was doing beyond the repeated "its for my family" shit, plus it was a nice break from the main plot which felt necessary given the stress Walt and Jesse were under at the time, it was cool to see their characters at work "as a fly on the wall" (no pun intended) and it helped make their situation feel a little bit more real. I get why some fans don't like it, especially if you first saw it when it aired and you spent all week anticipating an episode with more plot developement, I thought it was great though.

Edited October 7, 2013 by sweetness

[Ace Nova]

Look on the ground - it's Walt's trousers that blew away in the pilot episode!!!

Welcome to a month ago.

j/k

[Forsaken]

Look on the ground - it's Walt's trousers that blew away in the pilot episode!!!

Yeah, I remember calling this out loud when the episode was being aired. Nice little addon.

[Forsaken]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlZZFX8lqbg

Epic!!!

[Tater Totts]

I remember seeing the first incarnation of that video just after season 4 ended, the final version has been a long time coming.

[Forsaken]

Cranston and Thomas Schnauz apparently tweeted the vid out, great tribute for sure.

[bacardimayne]

http://imgur.com/Ep7T1Kh