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Breaking Bad coming back
- Thread starter rstellar13
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I thought the Badfinger song was perfect. He got what he deserved, neglected his true love baby blue; his product was, in his twisted, megalomaniac thinking, his crowning achievement.
I know Jesse wasn't a saint and ruined people's lives through association, but I'm glad he got away. He's going to need some counseling.
I asked earlier and didn't see a response- did Jesse kill anyone besides Gayle? I think he was the only person Jesse directly took out, and that was to preserve Walt's life. If he hadn't killed Gayle, it would've been both him and Walt. I give him a pass on that one.
I know Jesse wasn't a saint and ruined people's lives through association, but I'm glad he got away. He's going to need some counseling.
I asked earlier and didn't see a response- did Jesse kill anyone besides Gayle? I think he was the only person Jesse directly took out, and that was to preserve Walt's life. If he hadn't killed Gayle, it would've been both him and Walt. I give him a pass on that one.
Guess you didn't watch the whole series, just the last 3 weeks?
Why do you think Jesse was such a piece of $h!t? He was misguided but he had good in his heart and there were more than one instances of that.
Blue was the theme....Crystal Blue Persuasion, Baby Blue (...guess I got what I deserve), blue meth (not to be confused w/ Soylent Green). Heck, even Todd makes a reference to Lydia's "cornflower" blouse.
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I said whiny beyotch. It was all good when he was getting high, cooking dope and buying stereos and crap. Then when he didn't like it anymore he turned into a snitch. The dude threw millions of dollars out the window. As far as I'm concerned Walt should have smoked him right then.
Did you watch the whole series? Walt destroyed his life. He let Jane die, he poisoned Brock, and because of him Jesse HAD to kill Gale. He didn't just snitch at he first opportunity. He was obviously deeply troubled and he couldn't handle the horror that was going on around him any more. He snitched on Walt because Walt deserved to finally get caught.
Sure I watched the whole series. Keeping in mind now that this is TV ( like SOA) and NOT real life, where the reality is they both, along with all their associates, would be large hunks of crap and deserve prison or death, the fact is Jesse was a criminal POS who couldn't take the heat, whined his way through the last season and a half, snitched, then in the last scene murdered someone and got away with it.
Come on man. You either have to be rooting for the cops or you have to admit that Walt was the same as Jesse. Jesse was fine with it until things started happening that he didn't like. Then knowing full well what Walt was capable of, he snitched. Bullet to the brain time folks.
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I didn't read all the posts since last night's episode, but would like to share my feelings... as this is the only place I can do it. 
Other's may have already stated the same.
I'm satisfied with the way it ended, and happy about where they had everybody land. All the bad guys are dead, jesse's free, walt's dead, and all the rest will move on. BUT, Im disappointed, too...
I think think they rushed the wrap up. Bigtime. One of the things I liked most about BB was that as ridiculous as it sometimes got, it was always plausible. Never a James Bond or Batman (Adam West/Burt Ward Batman) moment. They killed that in the final episode. Because I feel they had no better way out, at this point in time.
The machine gun thing went way too far, IMO. For starters; How did he know exactly where they would meet him? How was he able to have them agree to where he parked? How did he park so perfectly?
Then the whole thing about the Nazi not just killing him on the spot. Like the guy really cares that Walt thinks he partnered up with Jesse? That made less than 0 sense.
And then the whole key thing. Does a car remote even work from inside a house? Good thing that house wasn't made of brick, huh? Good lots of things for that to work as perfectly as it did....
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! Pretty much bought it all, till the very last episode.
I'll cut them slack still. This was hands down the best the thing I ever got involved in on TV. Last time I remember being as excited to see an episode of something was I think in 1974 when KISS was going to be on In Concert. Did I say that already in a previous post?
Other's may have already stated the same.I'm satisfied with the way it ended, and happy about where they had everybody land. All the bad guys are dead, jesse's free, walt's dead, and all the rest will move on. BUT, Im disappointed, too...
I think think they rushed the wrap up. Bigtime. One of the things I liked most about BB was that as ridiculous as it sometimes got, it was always plausible. Never a James Bond or Batman (Adam West/Burt Ward Batman) moment. They killed that in the final episode. Because I feel they had no better way out, at this point in time.
The machine gun thing went way too far, IMO. For starters; How did he know exactly where they would meet him? How was he able to have them agree to where he parked? How did he park so perfectly?
Then the whole thing about the Nazi not just killing him on the spot. Like the guy really cares that Walt thinks he partnered up with Jesse? That made less than 0 sense.
And then the whole key thing. Does a car remote even work from inside a house? Good thing that house wasn't made of brick, huh? Good lots of things for that to work as perfectly as it did....
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! Pretty much bought it all, till the very last episode.
I'll cut them slack still. This was hands down the best the thing I ever got involved in on TV. Last time I remember being as excited to see an episode of something was I think in 1974 when KISS was going to be on In Concert. Did I say that already in a previous post?
Yup. My dad used to set off his car alarm accidentally all the time. He'd lean up against the sink while he was washing his hands in the bathroom (on the other side of the house) and set it off.
Yep. I can be at the other end of my brick house and still set off my car's alarm. Walt was by a window too, so he definitely could have triggered it. As for the rest of your issues... yeah, they could have been a little more realistic with things
Hard to complain much about that ending, everything tied up pretty nicely. Had Jesse dying as well in my dead pool, but okay with his driving away. Great moment with Walt and Skyler in kitchen, then I teared up when he saw his daughter for last time.
"Are you going to police?" "They will be coming to me." Classic. Love the ricin going to Lydia. Final episode felt a bit rushed, they could have made that into 2 great episodes, but still great stuff. I'm going to watch whole thing again.
"Are you going to police?" "They will be coming to me." Classic. Love the ricin going to Lydia. Final episode felt a bit rushed, they could have made that into 2 great episodes, but still great stuff. I'm going to watch whole thing again.
It's becoming cliched to have a song playing over the final scene. The Sopranos did it with Journey (ugh). Six Feet Under did it, too.
I think the final Breaking Bad scene would have been much stronger with no music at all. "Baby Blue" seemed a bit clumsy and heavy handed.
I think the song was perfect considering what was actually happening in the scene with Walt visiting the lab and reflecting on his life's work right before he died.
No in fact I read that they were kinda forgetting Gretchen and Elliot as a whole until dying kid with cancer asked them to tell more of the story. (not making that up)
I'm not sure if it's a different kid, but there was a kid with cancer who got to meet vince and the cast. They asked him if he wanted to know how the series ended and he said no, that he'd find out on his own with everyone else. He died a few weeks later.
