Breaking Bad

[georgec]

"You're welcome, Vince and AMC."

- Netflix streaming

 

[FCEEVIPER]

Spoiler

 

[Soapy]

10+ million is absolutely insane, and it's totally deserved, but who are these people that decide to watch the last episode of a series presumably without having seen the rest of it??

 

[Liam_H]

Well there was a marathon.

 

[Hyde]

I know a few people that decided to watch the finale without having seen it before. IMO it's ridiculous but to each their own

 

[kguillou]

The finale really wasn't that amazing...it's everything that preceded it that was truly amazing. This one just took it home. To me it's like Ozymandias bowled a 9, and Granite State/Felina completed the spare.

Very well said, my friend. I think you hit the nail on the head. It wasn't an amazing episode but it was a very satisfying conclusion and tied up all loose ends. Ozymandias...THAT was an amazing episode and even Gilligan seems to agree with that.

 

[StarLord]

Spoiler

 

[dark_b]

the fact that Walt was calm makes this perfect. remember Hank? and what he said? be a f... man.

 

[BestGirl]

Was anyone else surprised that Skyler, Jr., and Jesse didn't die? I really thought this last episode was going to be balls-to-the-wall action, ending with the deaths of just about every major character. Instead, it was a fairly subdued episode and only the bad guys bought the farm.

Two really great moments in the finale stand out to me: when the lasers appeared on Gretchen and Elliott (I nearly jumped out of my seat); and when the nazis put the gun to Walt's head. For a moment I thought there would be a twist that Walt would be unceremoniously shot and it would be up to Jesse to somehow save himself and kill the nazis.

 

[DyeLorean]

I know a few people that decided to watch the finale without having seen it before.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Imagine someone who has never seen the show before trying to watch it in reverse, starting with the finale and ending with the premiere. I wonder what that would be like.

I should try that with a show sometime, just to see what it's like. Everyone keeps telling me I need to watch The Wire, so maybe I'll do it with that show.

 

[Tron Bonne]

The finale really wasn't that amazing...it's everything that preceded it that was truly amazing. This one just took it home. To me it's like Ozymandias bowled a 9, and Granite State/Felina completed the spare.

Yeah, I sort of have similar feelings about it. The finale was good, but it had a very safe feel to it, but not in a bad way, more in a 'this is how everything fit into place' kind of way. Nothing wrong with that at all.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

I thought it was obvious Skyler and Jr. would live. They didn't deserve to die. Jesse deserved to live.

I watched the finale with a friend who's only seen seasons 1 and 2.

 

[Wolfwood]

I was reading up on Ricin (i'm probably on a watchlist now). Apparently it's a bit more survivable when it's ingested and death can take up to five days. So Lydia has a chance of surviving, but she would also be facing the possibility of severe organ damage. Which, all in all, sounds like a pretty horrible fate either way.

 

[scatterax]

Still sticking with the season 4 finale as my favorite episode. This was so satisfying though.

 

[Kane52630]

10+ million is absolutely insane, and it's totally deserved, but who are these people that decide to watch the last episode of a series presumably without having seen the rest of it??

A friend I know posted on facebook who just saw the finale and nothing else, I almost wanted to flip my table.

 

[georgec]

I like that the finale did what we expected and wanted. No silly twists or shockers that would stand out. Just straight up satisfying resolution.

 

[Zeus]

Ranking my seasons

4
5
3
1
2

 

[Zeus]

Breaking Bad season finales viewers (in millions)
Year 1- 1.5
Year 2- 1.5
Year 3- 1.6
Year 4- 1.8
Year 5- 2.8
Year 6- 10.3

 

[Sawyer]

Breaking Bad season finales viewers (in millions)
Year 1- 1.5
Year 2- 1.5
Year 3- 1.6
Year 4- 1.8
Year 5- 2.8
Year 6- 10.3

Got damn. They barely even moved in the first four years. Then.... TRANSFORMATION!

 

[hobo123]

I like to think that maybe Badger and Skinny Pete somehow got the rest of the money.

 

[redhawk23]

Very well said, my friend. I think you hit the nail on the head. It wasn't an amazing episode but it was a very satisfying conclusion and tied up all loose ends. Ozymandias...THAT was an amazing episode and even Gilligan seems to agree with that.

There were some damn fine performances and a hand built automatic turret. Not to mention everything at the Schwartz home. This episode was as independently good as anything this show has produced.

 

[squeekness]

Imagine someone who has never seen the show before trying to watch it in reverse, starting with the finale and ending with the premiere. I wonder what that would be like.

I should try that with a show sometime, just to see what it's like. Everyone keeps telling me I need to watch The Wire, so maybe I'll do it with that show.

I slogged my way through the first season of The Wire and stopped out of boredom. BB was much better.

 

[Broseph44]

Kane we need a gif of Walt coming out of the shadows at Elliot and Gretchen's, stat! Haha

 

[StarLord]