Perfect finale, I couldn't be happier with it.
To everyone complaining it's 'predictable' - the reason you probably feel that way is because generally, everything that should have happened, happened. This isn't because of luck, it isn't bullshit, it was 'by the numbers' because that's how Walter White is. He had months to mull things over, think up plans, decide what he was going to do. He was meticulous and it paid off, there were moments where it could have gone wrong (his keys being taken, being shot by Jack) but as usual he found a way to influence what was happening and control the situation. He used logic and careful planning to tie up the loose ends.
I didn't expect him to save Jesse, there's no way we could have known if he would or not - I believe that after spending months alone with his regrets he learned to understand and forgive Jesse. In the moments after Hank's death he would have been blinded by rage. I think if he'd seen Jesse unchained and willingly making meth he may have acted differently and killed him too, but instead he saw a broken man, forced into it and probably realised to a certain extent that he was the reason for it all.
I'd argue that this episode was anything but predictable, who knew, when comparing this episode to every other Breaking Bad episode that actually, Walt's intelligence would pay off and he'd actually manage to execute his plans to perfection (apart from indirectly killing himself). The usual pattern of BB is that actually everything goes wrong and the unpredictableness is 'how does it go wrong?'. He went into the lab simply to implicate himself as the cook instead of someone else, such as Jesse (and also to cement his legend as heisenberg). Every scene in this show counted towards something, so fucking clever and considered.
I'm incredibly sad it's over but also very very happy we all got to witness it, and five seasons of it at that. Farewell Walter White, you magnificent bastard.
To everyone complaining it's 'predictable' - the reason you probably feel that way is because generally, everything that should have happened, happened. This isn't because of luck, it isn't bullshit, it was 'by the numbers' because that's how Walter White is. He had months to mull things over, think up plans, decide what he was going to do. He was meticulous and it paid off, there were moments where it could have gone wrong (his keys being taken, being shot by Jack) but as usual he found a way to influence what was happening and control the situation. He used logic and careful planning to tie up the loose ends.
I didn't expect him to save Jesse, there's no way we could have known if he would or not - I believe that after spending months alone with his regrets he learned to understand and forgive Jesse. In the moments after Hank's death he would have been blinded by rage. I think if he'd seen Jesse unchained and willingly making meth he may have acted differently and killed him too, but instead he saw a broken man, forced into it and probably realised to a certain extent that he was the reason for it all.
I'd argue that this episode was anything but predictable, who knew, when comparing this episode to every other Breaking Bad episode that actually, Walt's intelligence would pay off and he'd actually manage to execute his plans to perfection (apart from indirectly killing himself). The usual pattern of BB is that actually everything goes wrong and the unpredictableness is 'how does it go wrong?'. He went into the lab simply to implicate himself as the cook instead of someone else, such as Jesse (and also to cement his legend as heisenberg). Every scene in this show counted towards something, so fucking clever and considered.
I'm incredibly sad it's over but also very very happy we all got to witness it, and five seasons of it at that. Farewell Walter White, you magnificent bastard.
