Maybe the Georgia O'Keeffe painting interpretation intro was what the Walt & Gus interlude was about, i.e, sometimes what is seen is reproduced exactly as it is seen with nothing embellished or symbolized. Like Freud said, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.....Walt asked point blank why he was invited to dinner there & was told in 100% frankly sincere candor that he & Gus are the axis of the Blue Sky partnership. After all, Gus gave Walt an open-ended contract past 3 mos. for $3M in the previous episode......
And the intro with Jesse's dead GF established that link with her lipstick-stained butt in the ashtray, kind of a segue to his new GF, Andrea who's linked with her brother who's a 10-yr-old street criminal, the murderer who took out Combo for selling on the wrong corner....a lingering question: will Jesse take vengeance?
Just love the way Vince Gilligan & the writers use these links & characters' repetitive appearances for storyline flow & irony, btw that's one of the characteristics of picaresque, reappearing characters & actions affecting other characters in ironic, unknown ways, like Gonzo pointing out that Hank's shooting was related to Walt as he was the initial assassins' target, Walt witnessing the midair collision resulting from his allowing the air traffic controller's daughter die from a heroin OD, etc. The Sopranos used to do this a lot, but it's done better here by BB on a much smaller scale
lingering question: Is Jesse going into business for himself or getting Andrea high to seduce her? I get the feeling rehab did not take with him, he had a batshit marketing scheme to sell ice to recovering addicts he meets at 12 Step meetings. I can see it as comedy relief in a twisted way but it seems like an oxymoron
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Maybe the Georgia O'Keeffe painting interpretation intro was what the Walt & Gus interlude was about, i.e, sometimes what is seen is reproduced exactly as it is seen with nothing embellished or symbolized. Like Freud said, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.....Walt asked point blank why he was invited to dinner there & was told in 100% frankly sincere candor that he & Gus are the axis of the Blue Sky partnership. After all, Gus gave Walt an open-ended contract past 3 mos. for $3M in the previous episode......
And the intro with Jesse's dead GF established that link with her lipstick-stained butt in the ashtray, kind of a segue to his new GF, Andrea who's linked with her brother who's a 10-yr-old street criminal, the murderer who took out Combo for selling on the wrong corner....a lingering question: will Jesse take vengeance?
Just love the way Vince Gilligan & the writers use these links & characters' repetitive appearances for storyline flow & irony, btw that's one of the characteristics of picaresque, reappearing characters & actions affecting other characters in ironic, unknown ways, like Gonzo pointing out that Hank's shooting was related to Walt as he was the initial assassins' target, Walt witnessing the midair collision resulting from his allowing the air traffic controller's daughter die from a heroin OD, etc. The Sopranos used to do this a lot, but it's done better here by BB on a much smaller scale
lingering question: Is Jesse going into business for himself or getting Andrea high to seduce her? I get the feeling rehab did not take with him, he had a batshit marketing scheme to sell ice to recovering addicts he meets at 12 Step meetings. I can see it as comedy relief in a twisted way but it seems like an oxymoron
I thought this was the best episode of the season by far...
Yeah, I'm not discrediting the episode with Hank's showdown, because that was incredible, but this matters SO much for the future of the series that this has to be it. Simply astonishing.
I thought Hank's showdown was better. The final dramatics were great but I have a minor quibble with the pacing of this storyline. Quibbles are quibbles, but if we're talking about "the best of the season" they need to be brought to light.
EDIT: I didn't mean the Hank showdown, I meant the one with Jesse and Walt in the RV.
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I ran about 20 minutes home from work and barely made it in time to catch the repeat at 11. That episode was simply amazing. The last scene was probably the most incredibly thing I have ever seen on TV. The Walt Jesse dynamic has always been a great one and the whole final scene sums up Walt's paternal instincts towards Jesse and I thought it was very powerful in many ways. Walt really does see Jesse as a son and would do anything for him.
The show seems to get better every week and I keep finding out that I can love Breaking Bad more than I already do.
So it turns out that Vince Gilligan directed the finale, and the only other episode that he ever directed was the pilot. I don't think I could get any more anxious for this finale than I am right now.