Wrong thread? Anyways like I said on FB, the show ended pretty much the way I thought it would end after last week's episode. No real surprises. But a good ending nonetheless.
The appearance of Badger and Pete was so good, haha. It felt kind of nice to add at least a little bit of levity to the finale.
That would have been the best surprise, IF THE FUCKING CREDITS HADN'T SPOILED IT!!!! I saw their names in there and thought "well it's the last episode, of course they'll be in there" and when the 2 dots appeared I immediately knew they were sitting in the bushes with laser pointers and not real guns. And for those of you that will say "But Bob Odenkirks name was in the credits, the characters don't always appear", Bob Odenkirk was a main cast member and always had his name in the credits since he became one.
I rewatched on cable Kafkaesque some days ago before this, and I loved the woodworking scene. The box, damn. It feels fitting, because the Heisenberg we knew had died already, and the man we saw in these last 2 episodes was Walter White again. Mike must be somewhere happy that Jesse got away.
I like how Walt cleaned up his mess as much as he could. He gave Skyler the coordinates and have her use it as leverage to get the cops off her back. He saved Jesse and made it look like he was cooking for/with the Nazi's the whole time.
I guess it's cause they "knew" he wasn't going to be going back to his car. He was supposed to be taken inside and killed, so if there was an M60 or anything sitting in his trunk it wouldn't matter. They couldn't have foreseen all the science.
They know he's pretty damn good at making bombs. He could have even had somebody hiding in the trunk with a monster gun to take everyone out. Season 4 was the epicness to this story, whereas Seasons 5 and 6 were more to tie the story up it seemed like. There were a lot of conveniences that I had to look past to fully enjoy it. Even though I bitch, I still liked how it played out. I just wonder if the story deserved an epic sendoff.
....................... That's it ... it's all over ... I loved it. Brilliant. Now excuse me whilst I go into a deep, dark depression for the remainder of my life.
So in that first scene in the car, is Walt talking to Heisenberg? "Just get me home and I'll do the rest." Seemed like he was going to go full-blown split personality, but that was all we saw that episode. Did Walt want Heisenberg to kill the cop and do whatever it takes to get home?
I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand, Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things, The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed. And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains: round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away.
That's an interesting interpretation I hadn't thought of. I took it more literally and thought he was praying in a moment of panic, which even non-religious people are known to do. Everyone always talks about how the world of Breaking Bad is ruled by consequences and karma. Walt got what was coming to him in Ozymandias, but in Felina he's basically acting as divine retribution against Lydia and Todd/the Nazi's. So it made sense that he got a small grant from whatever higher power guides the Breaking Bad universe. But your interpretation makes sense too. I'll rewatch it.
Going on that: ~ "my children are blameless victims of their monstrous father. A man who you once knew, quite well." Walter White is dead. Heisenberg is king. All hail the king.