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Breaking Bad - The (Beautiful) Finale - Season 5 Part 2 - Sunday on AMC - OT3
- Thread starter Cornballer
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Suddenly, the veil has been lifted from my eyes. I now realize that this show I have enjoyed so long has been an utter fraud.
"Jesus. Mr. White,...."
"Jesus"
Wag
Member
I don't think he says much of anything, I think he just goes into something like, "Mr. White, You know..." and Jesse chokes him.
Does he say Jesus? I couldn't make that out either.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
oh my god LOL
Ha it is so obvious now. It sounded like two or three words in my head when I was trying make it out. Thanks.
WyndhamPrice
Member
What is the deal with folks thinking some ultra nihilistic "it was all for nothing" ending would in any universe be appropriate for this show?
No problem.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
Jesse is a free man. Everyone knowing his involvement is dead, his labs are destroyed and his confession with them. Like before with Walt, they need hard evidence, they have none.
The internet has spent the last decade telling us that unceasing depravity, darkness, and nihilism is the most valid form of conclusion and perfectly applicable to any story.
His fingerprints would be all over the lab at the compound, not to mention the room full of dead neo nazis
So? He's still broke and has no connections. Maybe he eventually leads a happy life, but I don't think he's going straight to Alaska and he's especially not going there through the vacuum guy like some people are saying.
Also Marie knows of his involvement, he has his fingerprints all over a meth lab adjacent to a room full of dead people, and he's going to have to drive by an army of cops on his way out.
Who's saying he gets away through the vacuum cleaner guy?
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Jesse would be happy with a simple life of pumping gas for people at this point.
blame space
Banned
as long as he can smoke cigarettes while he does it.
Multiple people in the past few pages. It was just bothering me that nobody was pointing out that that scenario isn't possible.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
He's gonna go for Alaska.
He's gonna get bored and stop in Portland
He is going to end up running the best little artsy/craftsy coffee shop in town.
(He learned to make meth - he learned how to make coffee on that same equipment, too)
He's gonna get bored and stop in Portland
He is going to end up running the best little artsy/craftsy coffee shop in town.
(He learned to make meth - he learned how to make coffee on that same equipment, too)
Sorry to disappoint you but.. nope.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
Member
Assuming Jesse didn't get picked up from the cops as he sped away from where they thought Heisenberg was, I'd say it's likely he just kinda... drives. He could go to Mexico, South America - somewhere where his identity and past don't really matter.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
If they couldn't find even Walt while was he was prancing all over town and they were actively looking for him, I think Jesse will be fine.
CharminUltra
Member
Man, I ALMOST believed you, but then I rememberd that Breaking Bad has been amazing from the beginning, that it got exponentially better over time and that the shows you mentioned had lousy final seasons.
Um, no it didn't.
PushTheButtonMax
Banned
How exactly do you figure that?
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Gonna work on a fishing boat. Teach Superman how to grow a beard.
Lamel
Banned
Scalpel Knight
Member
Totally agree, I thought that as well when watching Granite State.
PushTheButtonMax
Banned
Lol, you'll have to do better than that. I wouldn't describe myself as a Walt hater.
Go on, we're waiting.
Taco_Human
Member
Rewatched it again.......such a good song. I don't get how a show can make me feel this way. Makes me wonder if I'll ever die close to what I love.
Nameless
Member
I'm sure Lydia made Todd eat the tape while she watched
Anybody who took issue with Walt's cowardice and selfishness was validated by Walt flat-out admitting he was as such.
It was a transformative piece of humility and one of the best moments on the show.
Lamel
Banned
It's okay, it'll be okay.
But on a more serious note, I know people who really clearly hated Walt did not appreciate any redemptive quality that he may have displayed in the finale.
Doctor Decimate
Member
heh. Baby Blue is number 15 on iTunes.
PushTheButtonMax
Banned
It's okay, it'll be okay.
But on a more serious note, I know people who really clearly hated Walt did not appreciate any redemptive quality that he may have displayed in the finale.
Ok. I personally didn't see it as redemptive on his part though. He admitted his faults and then embraced them until his last breath in the meth lab.
triplestation
Member
the air feels so empty now that this show is gone
In the end Walt took a bullet for Jessie
Astral Dog
Member
people hate Walt ? 
triplestation
Member
i loved that
he also lives on in jesse since jesse carries the mantle of his techniques
its a twisted yet beautiful father/son type thing
son of heisenberg is still out there :333333
-Pyromaniac-
Member
heartless pricks!people hate Walt ?
ProfessorLobo
Banned
Mr. White someone put a gun in your car.
Lamel
Banned
Infinite Justice
Member
And I think because of that his plan went super well (along with some lady luck).
No ego to fuck it up like the magnet job.
I'll admit that the Gus arc was still the best parts of Breaking Bad. So fucking good. Now looking back at season 5 it feels like it was all over the place. I still enjoyed it but if you ignore the fact that there was 1 year wait, then season 5 a lot of stuff happens. The aftermath of Gus, the rise of Walt's empire, Mike's death, the introduction of Lydia, the introduction of Todd and the Nazis, Walt retiring, Walt's cancer comes back, Jesse retiring and going into deep depression (albeit again), Hank finding out, Jesse finding out about Brock, Jesse and Hank team up, the Nazis running the meth empire Walt left behind, Hank dying by the Nazis, Walt losing his family and running away, Jesse becomes a slave, Saul runs away, Huell still stuck in that safe house, Walt going to New Hampshire, Walt coming back, Walt says goodbye to Skyler, Walt kills the nazis, Jesse is saved, Walt dies. All that in 16 episodes, compare that to season 4 which only had 3 episodes less where only a fewer things happened but they were paced well and it took its time.
A lot happened. Because of that I'm gonna say it, I think this was one of the weakest seasons. I may not have shown this before but I realized it today. Don't get me wrong, it being the weakest season still tops some of the best seasons out there of other shows and it's nowhere near The Wire S5 level, but still this season 5 there was no breathing air. I think it will be worse for those marathon the show and go from one episode where Walt is still channeling himself as Gus to a couple of episodes later where he is trying to preserve everything he has left from Hank.
I know many of you guys will disagree and I could see why but for me the seasons now go as:
S4 > S2 > S3 > S1 = S5
A lot happened. Because of that I'm gonna say it, I think this was one of the weakest seasons. I may not have shown this before but I realized it today. Don't get me wrong, it being the weakest season still tops some of the best seasons out there of other shows and it's nowhere near The Wire S5 level, but still this season 5 there was no breathing air. I think it will be worse for those marathon the show and go from one episode where Walt is still channeling himself as Gus to a couple of episodes later where he is trying to preserve everything he has left from Hank.
I know many of you guys will disagree and I could see why but for me the seasons now go as:
S4 > S2 > S3 > S1 = S5