TV: Breaking Bad

[Mecca]

This is totally a thing that matters.

when presented with perfection, we find things to nitpick. I still think it was a needless shot.

[spike]

This is totally a thing that matters.

when presented with perfection, we find things to nitpick. I still think it was a needless shot.

it was probably a ham handed way for walt to signal that he knew he was out of time and gilligan was just too embarrassed to admit it

[Mecca]

This is totally a thing that matters.

when presented with perfection, we find things to nitpick. I still think it was a needless shot.

it was probably a ham handed way for walt to signal that he knew he was out of time and gilligan was just too embarrassed to admit it

he had an "artsy-fartsy" explanation that he admitted was bullshit and it was something loose about it being the watch Jesse bought him and he was "letting him go"

[Jorge]

Saw a lot of Mike Ehrmantraut in Walt today. Even their deaths were similar. I loved Walt's look before collapsing. He really did love chemistry.

[Jorge]

"Whole thing felt kind of shady, you know, like morality-wise?"

Skinny Pete and Badger are the Rosencrantz & Guildenstern of New Mexico.

[WtOB?]

that was a little underwhelming.

[numbers]

I loved it, everything that I wanted out of this episode came to fruition.

[broken iris]

"Whole thing felt kind of shady, you know, like morality-wise?"

Skinny Pete and Badger are the Rosencrantz & Guildenstern of New Mexico.

This is a pretty good observation. I wonder if they were the Gilligan's inspiration.

[broken iris]

New Mexico police are awful at protecting the people inside the homes they are guarding.

[Fuzzcharger]

that was a little underwhelming.

It did what it needed to do and tied up all the necessary loose ends with a blaze of glory.

I can get why you'd feel that way after the last half a dozen episodes. It did feel a bit obvious but I'm still pretty comfortable with it personally.

[Soma.]

I'm down with this. Fuck yeah @Jessie GTA V with 4 stars getaway.

(Obviously 5 star'd then died, but lets keep the dream alive for the children.)

[Harry Lime]

Good question posed by The New York Times:

But the show never fully spelled out why Walt broke away from Gretchen and Elliott in the first place.

There were hints throughout the series. On several occasions, Walt accused them of cheating him out of his share; that bitterness seemingly helped steer him into his life of crime. But it wasn’t clear that his version was correct -- in an episode where they confront each other at a restaurant, Gretchen said that Walt left her without any explanation. And the true story never came out.

“Breaking Bad” brilliantly tracked Walt’s transformation from teacher to criminal mastermind. But it’s still a mystery why that talented chemist turned his back on fame and fortune and became a humble high school chemistry teacher. That is one secret Walter White took to the grave.

I know in those flashback scenes between a young Walt & Skyler that Walt was ambitious and confident, but it makes you wonder why he gave up that particular path with Grey Matter.

[Jorge]

It was strongly hinted that there was some sort of romantic triangle between Walt, Elliott and Gretchen. I remember in an early episode, there was this great flashback of a young Walt and Gretchen breaking down the human body. They seemed awfully close.

[Soma.]

I would pay a small sum to read your summary of Final Fantasy games, Jorge. Please consider.

[Harry Lime]

And he did tell Gretchen that she looked great on Charlie Rose.

[Soma.]

Dudes, he loved Gretch and he was eternally bummed. Next.

[@SkitchP]

I thought this was a well done finale.

[@SkitchP]

I also liked that they crammed all but one commercial break into the first half hour or so. it let the show end without too many breaks

[zeb]

That really could not have been any better.

[intodeep]

No more Breaking Bad

That said i'm so happy they told their story and got out instead of trying to milk it for all it was worth.

I enjoyed the final. Good Stuff