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"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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I can't believe they never had a meth lab explosion anywhere in the series after setting it up and then doing a callback to it in Ozymandius.

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well the superlab kinda blew up.

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The final bit of the episode was Jesse's fantasy, just like the woodworking. In reality, Walt took the M60 to the safehouse to bust out Huell instead, the two then skipped town to go find Kuby for a round of beers.

Deal with it.

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There was only one Stevia packet in the holder at that table. Hence, "I'm going to need another packet of Stevia."

And I guess that's a table she used with Walt a lot. He knew she'd be there at 10:00 - she's into routines, or whatever he said - and probably loaded the ricin at 9:55, and sat over in the corner so as not to be noticed when she walked in.

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But this time it wasn't the same table she's always used in the past - every other meeting has been by the windows.   

Also he's been gone for, what, six months or more?   Enough of a stretch that he can still catch them meeting at this place at all, much less know which table she'll pick.

Not a dealbreaker, just a weak link in an episode that crossed all its t's nicely otherwise.

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I think it was the same table as before. If not literally, we're meant to understand that it is. I'm more interested in how Walt got the ricin in the packet.

"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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I'll agree that the Lydia meeting was a little weaker than I'd hoped but I love that Lydia is the one who got the ricen.  There's something wonderful about someone who has such a hair trigger on eliminating threats, being forced to spend the last day of her life knowing she's going to die and being able to do nothing about it.  She was similar to Walt in her ability to talk her way out of things and that's just not gonna help this time.

I loved that Badger and Skinny Pete got a scene.  I started laughing when he said the "2 best hit-men" line.  For some reason I knew it was gonna be those 2, either that or Huell and Bill Burr.  Honestly, I would have been upset if it had gone the other way.  Badger especially needed to be in the finale. 

I liked the framing on the conversation with Skyler.  Hiding Walt while she was on the phone was a nice touch but having the frame split down the middle by that column was a nice way to show that they were no longer "together."  Given all the situations Walt got himself into, I disagree with the "I was good at it" portion of the "I did everything for me" section of their conversation.  His pride still has him seeing only the best in what he's done, even while finally acknowledging that his motivations weren't 100% pure after all.  And the Holly and Flynn goodbyes, were both emotional in completely separate ways.  It's a shame that both children will have horrible or no memories of their father, especially the way Walt started the series.

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not long to go now...

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I disagree that he didn't have to approach him. He needed to get into the compound, but the Nazis had to be off their guard. Otherwise the plan wouldn't have worked. Also, if they were planning on killing him the moment they saw him, why would they let him into the compound if he came of his own accord? That would have seemed disrespectful to Jack.

Also, I assume that Walt either got shot by a ricocheting bullet or by some shrapnel/glass.

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I think the fact that it wasn't a strong closer was what made it perfect. There's such a pressure on Big Important Shows to go out with a bang, to lay it all on the table in their finale. Breaking Bad didn't do that. Because shows that DO do that often fall into the trap of being defined by their finales, for better or for worse. People don't talk about The Sopranos anymore because of great episodes like Funhouse or Whitecaps. All anyone talks about in reference to that show is its finale. That won't happen with Breaking Bad, and that's a good thing.

"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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I thought it was a very fitting ending, tied everything up perfectly. I predicted a lot of it, but in typical Breaking Bad fashion the way all the plot beats were hit was much more creative and clever than anything I would've come up with.

I agree DocSub, I like the viewpoint of a show as a novel, and in this sense it's the last chapter. The last chapter SHOULDN'T be springing craziness left and right and trying to be throwing you off balance all the sudden, it should be wrapping up what's already in play, and I think they did a really good job of that.

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