@@HolleWalle dude I don't even know what's the beef about the first season. I loved it. From Krazy-8 to the Cancer intervention to Tuco, the acting and introduction to the characters are brilliant. Not to mention without the first season nothing will makes sense.
Ozymandias, Granite State, and Felina. The perfect three-episode arc that ended Breaking Bad so magnificently. We see the fall of Walter White's reign in Ozymandias and then we see him suffering because of that in Granite State and then the show ends with him trying to make what he can right even though he's way past the point of redemption, and then him dying on his own terms in Felina. It's beautifully done.
I remember I had lost track of the plot elements at that point so I didn't fully appreciate that scene. When I rewatched the series and I fully understood it, it gave me chills
+Conner Wood I agree. Battle of the Bastards was indeed epic in its own right. But Ozymandius was the result of 5 seasons of build up and it was horrifically stunning
I only watched Breaking Bad this summer. Almost every day I'd watch two, maybe three episodes, and I absolutely loved it. So satisfying to watch unfold, and just great to see how almost everything had some sort of knock-on effect or was affected by a previous arc. Not sure anyone can pin a single "best" episode, but Ozymandias has got to be in at least the top five. The whole thing was so thoroughly gripping and perfectly encapsulated the highest peaks of this amazing show.
hey I watched it this summer too. I can't pick a favourite episode either, but I can pick favourite scenes. Half Measure ending, Hank's death, "I'm the one who knocks" are the best sscenes of this show. they are the most powerful scenes of this show.
A quote from the first episode is applicable (especially the Ozymandias episode) through out and a theme of the show "Growth and decay, then transformation"
From the Oxford English Dictionary: "Dialectic ....the Hegelian process of change in which a concept or its realization passes over into and is preserved and fulfilled by its opposite... development through the stages of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis in accordance with the laws of dialectical materialism ....any systematic reasoning, exposition, or argument that juxtaposes opposed or contradictory ideas and usually seeks to resolve their conflict ... ....the dialectical tension or opposition between two interacting forces or elements."
The thing that fucking gets me is Jesse's face of agony and relief as he speeds away in the car. Something about seeing him so broken tugs at my heartstrings. Man this show makes me feel shit far after it finished
i feel like the show is more engaging every time i watch it. I've seen it five times now and the fifth time was the best... although maybe because I was going crazy after watching it all in a 4 day weekend
I've seen a lot of people calling Rian Johnson a hack, or saying that he doesn't have any talent because he "ruined star wars" and I think that the fact that he directed what might be the best episode of any television show ever shows that that's clearly not true
Yeah, he should have stuck to just directing, not writing.... His writing is shit. the writer for this show was amazing and probably gave him good tips on what she expects... Wish someone had done the same with starwars...
@Geralt of Trivia gonna have to disagree with you there, the last Jedi sucked. He directed great BB episode, but after watching the last Jedi, I doubt he did it on his own merits.
Hey OP, please give Better Call Saul a chance. It's very much up there with Breaking Bad, if not better. If you watch it you'll understand why. I hope you give it a chance and remember this comment one day.
Totally, don’t get me wrong, series like The Office, The Shield, The Wire, are good and you know you'll love it for ever but Breaking bad is just pure gold. A experiencie that happens just one time in life.
Man, I can't stress enough how well this show was made. Everything was so meticulously crafted. From the acting, to the writing, the cinematography, everyone here gave it there all. This show really is a once in a lifetime experience. To this day, I haven't met a single person that has disliked this show for any real reason, besides that it's overhyped. Everytime this show is mentioned, all I can think of is how great this show was and how it has impacted me.
something you didn't mention: If you look under walt's head at 0.17 you can see the ground cracking. That was a small mechanism created BTS to make it look like the ground had crumbled as his head hit it. Open to your interpretations.
@@GuilhermeRodrigues-wj9ps Cancer isn't a simple cold. We still don't have a perfect cure for it. We can stop it at times but at the end, it all depends on the severity of the cancer and the individual's capacity. Walt did get cured of the cancer in the show and it again came back. So while the starting episodes would be different but it could have still taken Walter on the same path even in the UK or any other country...
Element He developed the want to make money after being in the game for the first season, and if he hadn’t started cooking meth in the first place he wouldn’t have developed that desire
Fag God...having a bad day buddy? Don't worry, when you turn 18 things will pick up for you pal. But try to cheer up. I realize you're full of _unconscious_ self-loathing that bubbles to the surface of your ego as resentment at anyone and anything other than your own self....but I'm sure when you turn 18 you'll mature mentally and emotionally and become a fully realized human being. So don't worry chief...it will get better soon.
Well, I LIKE Mad Men more because of its story and characters, but I think the overall plot of Breaking Bad is better. I guess I just enjoy Mad Men more.
Jumpy doll it's an objective vs subjective view point. Someone could have a shit movie like grownups be their favorite movie of all time but they could also know that the Godfather is a better made film.
gabriel montreuil What's wrong with fantasy? Breaking Bad is, of course better along with only a few more (The Sopranos and above them The Wire as for example) but Got has to be one of the greatest TV Shows you can watch these days, so why not?
No i agree... There is nothing wrong with Fantasy. :P I was probably pissed because i didn't like the last season of Game of Throne... and didn't know how to express it. lol
I still remembered the very first episode i watched and, the feeling i had when i finished the last. It’s so overwhelmingly empty... as I know there will be no show that will bring me such emotions and thoughts about life, about all that creates us as who we are, about all the consequences we will have over something. It’s cliche to say this but Breaking Bad is a unreplaceable part of my adulthood as it taught me so so much about life that no teacher can ever do. This video of yours just brings back so so much of those intense feelings. Thanks a lot for this. This means a lot to me. And now I gotta rewatch the whole show for the 4th time. Thanks again
That's when Jessey, who is perhaps (and without Walt knowing) the key to Walt's success; in that point they have broken the subtle line they stablished in the first episode they would never break.
That is some of the best background music you have had in an episode, ever. Seriously, totally set the mood--gave me chills describing something else that gave me chills.
I finished BrBa easily five years ago, watched this video whenever it came out and still come back here and rewatch it every couple of months, I just can't get enough of this video essay, it is one of Nerwriter's best in my opinion. kudos!
TH-cam might be the one place I've spent most time besides sleeping and your channel is my favorite of all time. Not only do you give me a deep feeling of joy, but you also widen my perception, which lately has become so very narrow.
This show was just amazingly well written. God, I remember the first time I saw this, I was late, I started to watch this in the beginning of 2014 on Netflix. Every - single - episode was FILLED with excitement. I love the look of the characters, the atmosphere just everything was right. And you more you saw it, the more you understood. So many goddamn hidden messages that gives me goosebumps.
Amazing that I was just now getting into breaking bad and nerd writer does an analysis that is amazing and rivals other analysis I have just seen and bombarded my favorite list with. Love it, keep it nerdy
Dayum dude! BB has always been my favorite show and Ozymandias has always been my favorite episode. Thank you for making this. There's so much to that episode and I'm so glad you chose this one to breakdown!
last 8 episodes of breaking bad are probably the best thing that ever happened to tv. i have issues with the first and second season but well what is perfect anyway? some of the writing, directing, acting and even editing and fading in and out of scenes in this show is just insane.
I recently just rewatched Breaking Bad again and I found this episode to be so incredibly tragic. It's just so well made, that they make everything fall apart in his life from the moment he answers that phone call from Jesse (when he says he's going to burn his money). And then, like this video points out, you can go as far back as the pilot episode and see how those first decisions he made to make meth and practice his lies leads all the way to that moment. Everything was going moderately well for him in a twisted way but it all eventually comes back to bite him in the ass. Furthermore, I found it pretty amazing that when you take a step back and look at all the villians in the show and watching Better Call Saul and see more about the backgrounds of a lot of the characters that Walter White is basically the worse person to grace anyone's lives. He causes everything to fall apart in his warpath for success that he even destroys himself.
I could never hate/blame Walter while watching BB. I watched it all in like a week, and it was not until I was done and watching videos about that I became aware of how I just accepted Walter's rationalisation of his actions and still wanted him to win despite all the horror. It was really a lesson in perspective.
but it’s shown how his rationales are feeble excuses for his monstrous actions. no matter what, walter is always wrong. whether its cooking meth in the first place, raping skyler, or killing jane, his rationalization is what destroyed literally every character in that show
Everytime I watch this series/episode, I think of this tribute video to it. It’s been over 6 years since it’s debut, and it still resonates like it just came out.
I was reminded of why I watch let's play videos right after finishing a particularly enthralling video game - just to witness the reactions of someone else. Seeing the reactions of another person while going through an experience I was part of, or can understand, is powerful. It shatters all vestiges of alienation and separateness, if only for a few moments.
I just discovered you channel recently and this is one of my favorite shows of all time and the Ozymandias episode was my favorite TV episode of all time. I was even more surprised that Rian Johnson directed it and I loved Looper and Brick. He's one of my favorite directors and I'm glad he'll be directing the 8th episode of Star Wars. Loved the video by the way! I didn't even realized most of these things until now. Thanks for this! Really enjoyed it.
Ozymandias is such a heartbreaking episode. It’s truly the most devestating hour of television. And is that rian Johnson guy the same one who did episode 8??!
i love this! (and all your videos lol) this is honestly my favorite kind of content, videos that present knowledge for others that allow them to finding a deeper meaning or concept to a medium that is usually just viewed as something for pure enjoyment, gives me so much inspiration, so thank you (-: i would super love it if you created a video that analyzed ANY of Mr. Robot's episodes or the show as a whole. Having your perspective on any of the themes or meanings, even the art or audio direction would for sure be a gift to this world, not even exaggerating!! Its such a breathtaking show, and I don't feel like enough people talk about it!!! It's literally the only show that I've been 100% enveloped in since Breaking Bad ended, it filled the god damn void that show left. Keep up the amazing work!
I recently discovered your videos. I love your work. Your commentary and critique coupled with your editing and knowledge is exquisite. Thank you for helping me to see film in a new and different light.
Amazing video! I loved Breaking Bad because it was more than explosions and blood. It was SMART! It demanded that the viewer look not just as the surface of the images, but beneath them, and sometimes beneath that, too. Thank you for this great breakdown of this epi! Every time I watch an epi, I see new things, but I still hadn't caught many of what you've shown us. The glass being the blue meth -- omg, how could I not notice that?
I'm not ashamed to say I cried at the end of breaking bad. Especially how they left the ending for Jesse ambiguous. I fucking loved him. He was the best character and he was tortured non stop for the ENTIRE show. He never had a happy ending. Not for a second. Everyone he loved, is dead. I think he might of hanged himself the next day. I fucking cried so hard thinking about Jesse. He was the only character that felt like the most human. He hated kids being killed and he always put others before himself. He was EASILY the best character, and I will fucking fight you if you say otherwise. He deserved so much better.
What I love most about your videos is that even when I don't agree with an interpretation or analysis that you make, I still see 100% where you're coming from and it makes sense to me. Your videos are so, so good, so entertaining and interesting, but they also keep impressing me with your talent for understanding and presenting things, with the research you've done for each one, and withe the clarity with which you can express complex thoughts. A+++ channel, glad I found you.
People are so divided on The Last Jedi right now, but I think this video essay highlights some of the best work he did for Star Wars brought from what he did on Breaking Bad. Rian knows how to convey theme, explore it thoroughly, and have us see where it takes the characters. As a result, we got a movie I don't think anyone expected to be part of the Star Wars mythos, and whether you liked it or not, I think it's one of the most impressive mainstream movies in recent years.
oh also, TLJ totally had a whole Ozymandias vibe through the whole thing for me, at least, especially with the humanization of the heroes and villains, the hope that kept rising and falling throughout, and the expectations that always ended up getting subverted. amazing.
This was fucking beautiful. Oh my god im subbing to you. i love the music in the video and i LOVE your voice and tone. you are very genuine and it sounds like you speak from your heart and NOT from a script. Keep doing this please
The "we're a family" is some of. The best writing I've ever seen. The same phrase is said twice, but with two completely different emotions and context behind them.
Be sure to argue about what is the best show of all time in the comments. Also, if you want to ask me something for a more in-depth answer, go to my website here: thenerdwriter.net/contact/
I am unbelievably happy you've finally done an episode on Breaking Bad. It's my all time favorite show and I'm surprised I actually took the time to write this comment before watching. Love your content!
One of the most underrated comedy shows of all time is 'Garth Marenghi's Darkplace'. It ran for only 1 series consisting of 6 episodes over here in the UK and every episode is top notch. I fully recommend it. And, yet again, you've delivered another superb and enlightening video. The consistency and high quality nature of your videos is astounding. I first started watching you after seeing you did a video on Christopher Hitchens, one on The Beatles, and one on Louis CK.; three things I adore. Keep up the good work.
i remeber watching the episode for the first time and thinking "wow, that was the most amazing episode ive ever seen" and i was so obsessed with it for days on end. I was very happy to see that when i googled it, many others agreed with me about it being the best episode of this show, and one of the best television show episodes ever
I watched Breaking Bad for the first time last year, and when I did I saved the last 3 episodes to watch in one sitting. I'm really glad I did because together they make up one big 3-part finale. You have Ozymandias (great observations btw, Nerdwriter), which may as well be the show's true finale since the consequences of Walt's actions play out in the present moment, Granite State which serves as an interlude to the last episode where those consequences really sink into Walt and he makes his decision of what to do from there, and Felina which seems more like an epilogue where Walt and the people he encounters look back on the show's events in retrospect, right down to Walt's nostalgic stroll through that lab before he collapses. I've heard before that Walter White died laughing in that crawlspace and it was Heisenberg was who died in the end. I actually believe it was that last phone call with Flynn that killed him and the man we see go back to ABQ is a new man altogether.
Yeah, I was watching The Town and I noticed Ben Affleck was especially partial to reaction shots, to the point where he'll just cut away from the person speaking to the person listening, and linger on them, for quite a bit longer than another filmmaker probably would. Even in banal conversations... I don't know, I thought it was kind of illuminating.
The entire episode? maybe. The actual battle? some of the best cinematography i've ever seen on television. its movie level. Now that doesn't mean its better than a list movies. But for a tv show its extremely well produced and directed
Hodor's death might be the worst written, worst shot scene in GoT's history. It wasn't Game of Thrones in that moment, it was every other show that cheaply tries to manipulate it's audience with cliches, leading to a death that was predictable and hollow. Unlike Hank's quick death in the dessert and a long meaningful reaction from Walt, we have a corny, overly long sequences leading to and showing hodor's death and not enough of a reaction from Bran, which is what mattered. Bran's response to his mistake should have meant something. It didn't.
***** Nobody disputes that breaking bad is the best shot show on tv. Best directed, best acted. Game of thrones is 100% plot and universe appeal. thats it. However, its the LONG CON thing. The hodor enigma has been around since the 90's, now it comes full circle. moving if for only that reason
I'm not even Breaking Bad fanboy. It might not be in my top 5 shows of all time, but GoT pales in comparison. It has a rich, expansive world, but the books do that better. It's problem is that doesn't use it's visual medium to it's full potential. I'm not sure what Hodor enigma has been around since the 90's. Do you mean it was never explained in the books and is something the TV series got to show first? If so that just goes to prove how flawed the TV series is because I never felt like there was a big mystery that needed explaining. They didn't make me care, they just showed me information all in one big, confusing, time travelling, mind jumping scene that while easy to understand conceptually, came out of no where and felt plain wrong. Everything down to Meera's cheesy-ass run down that cave to a previously unmentioned and overly convenient exit was just so poorly executed. As I watched it I just had to marvel and GoT had suddenly hit an all time low. One of my friends I was watching it with even started laughing and questioning if this is where he stops watching, and he knows nothing about the language of film or the way this stuff is put together.
> Nobody disputes that breaking bad is the best shot show on tv. Best directed, best acted bullshit. Mr. Robot has way better visual aesthetic and cinematography
Your videos are amazing! Maybe I'm parcial because I love Breaking Bad but I love all your other episodes too! I have definitely watched most of them multiple times! Your comments and thoughts one each subject are well developed and research! I definitely enjoy your audio/video essays❣️
Bruno 148 Luckily JJ is back at the steering wheel, so he can finish what he started. Although it will still be full of weak, out of place jokes, Marey Sue with a total of 2 facial expressions and a dead Luke... can't go wrong I guess
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Breaking Bad was a once in a lifetime experience.
True.
It was so good that I want to rewatch it but I know the experience won't be the same
It wasn't. I rewatched it earlier this year, and it was definitely better the first time.
I never thought that a show could be better than Breaking Bad but i recommend watching Wentworth it has one of the best villains in my opinion.
Like what?
Like the reactions, the foreshadowing, the symbolism, the cinematography. Nothing you see on that show is there by accident
I only ever meet two types of people - those who love Breaking Bad and those that have never seen it.
And those who can't get past the first season. Once you're over the first seasons you're pretty much hooked
I know people who dont like breaking bad...
@@HolleWalle dude I don't even know what's the beef about the first season.
I loved it. From Krazy-8 to the Cancer intervention to Tuco, the acting and introduction to the characters are brilliant. Not to mention without the first season nothing will makes sense.
@@ISilencerI Insanely overrated????
How dare you.
It's funny because I've met a lot of people who hated how breaking bad's conclusion and I just don't fucking understand
Ozymandias is the single most crushing event that has ever happened on TV.
WeegieMovies nobody else like his comment 😉
Marshall K it was at 420
Winds of winter says hi
The Rains of Castamere wishes to disagree
9/11, JFK
My favourite scene is when the cops arrive and the chair is empty while the breaking bad theme plays in the second last episode
JAYANT srivastava that was the first time they used the theme in the show and by God they used it right
Completely agree
Granite State right?
@@gonsa_pro yes
seconded!
Ozymandias, Granite State, and Felina. The perfect three-episode arc that ended Breaking Bad so magnificently. We see the fall of Walter White's reign in Ozymandias and then we see him suffering because of that in Granite State and then the show ends with him trying to make what he can right even though he's way past the point of redemption, and then him dying on his own terms in Felina. It's beautifully done.
Make that 4-episode arc. To'haijilee was amazing as well, one of my favorite episodes ever.
So you think he died 🤔
@@pranavmanie1479 5-episode arc. Rabid Dog tied Jesse and Hank's characters together like a perfect bow.
@@RickyDoo85 true
@@Fanzindel Vince confirmed it. Walt's dead.
I guess i have to watch breaking bad a third time, now
I recommend it as you spot so many tiny details that you don't see the first or second time.
my thoughts
but that will be a little boring, unless you watch it with friends
7th....
5th.....
A voice so soothing, even if you were feeding me false information, I'd believe it
so true ^^
The man is dangerous.
+Mike Jones yep. he'd like ColdFusion
he could be a social engineer
My favourite scene is the Crawl space scene.
Pure madness
I remember I had lost track of the plot elements at that point so I didn't fully appreciate that scene. When I rewatched the series and I fully understood it, it gave me chills
same
+Rory kay yeah
Mine too.
Ozymandias is the greatest episode of television I have ever experienced. It is pure perfection.
You saw Game of Thrones 6x09 and 6x10? :)
I absolutely love those episodes of Game of Thrones, but the resonance and brilliance of Ozymandias is so difficult to overtake.
Conner Wood
I mean I love both shows sooo much, but saw GoT more recently than BrBa back then. That's why I came up with asking him about it.
+Conner Wood I agree. Battle of the Bastards was indeed epic in its own right. But Ozymandius was the result of 5 seasons of build up and it was horrifically stunning
Conner Wood Are you FilmOdyssey?
Extremely well done analysis. This is my favorite episode of any TV show ever
yes
Yes, he has that brilliant power of observation and dedication unlike many other authors of TH-cam channels.
Wow what a small world, I just watched your angry grandpa fart compilation lol
Hahha that's awesome thanks man
It's a truly great episode it gives me goosebumps to this day
The hardest part about watching breaking bad for the first time was transitioning Hal to Walter.
I found that after he shaved his head it was pretty easy
Your not the boss of me now and I'm not so sacred!
Who is Hal?
From "Malcolm in the Middle", his comic father character before this show.
KalOrtPor Oh I didn't know the characters name was Hal. Now I get it :/
I only watched Breaking Bad this summer. Almost every day I'd watch two, maybe three episodes, and I absolutely loved it. So satisfying to watch unfold, and just great to see how almost everything had some sort of knock-on effect or was affected by a previous arc. Not sure anyone can pin a single "best" episode, but Ozymandias has got to be in at least the top five. The whole thing was so thoroughly gripping and perfectly encapsulated the highest peaks of this amazing show.
hey I watched it this summer too. I can't pick a favourite episode either, but I can pick favourite scenes. Half Measure ending, Hank's death, "I'm the one who knocks" are the best sscenes of this show. they are the most powerful scenes of this show.
Lol I watched 2 seasons im one day xD
wow i also started watching it this summer. I'm almost done and i can't wait to see how it unfolds.
My favourite episode is "Fly"
Said no one ever
Fly is good, it breaks with the dramatic storyline of the serie
inb4 FineBros sue Breaking Bad..
OMG savage XD
old meme but still made me blow air through my nose faster than usual.
I already miss this meme...
its-a good meme
Hamsaphina iib
A quote from the first episode is applicable (especially the Ozymandias episode) through out and a theme of the show "Growth and decay, then transformation"
***** Haha Walt actually says that after the quote "Why... that's all of life" I think that's how it's said.
is actually the Hegelian dialectic
Cory Y. What is the relation between the two?
From the Oxford English Dictionary:
"Dialectic ....the Hegelian process of change in which a concept or its realization passes over into and is preserved and fulfilled by its opposite... development through the stages of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis in accordance with the laws of dialectical materialism ....any systematic reasoning, exposition, or argument that juxtaposes opposed or contradictory ideas and usually seeks to resolve their conflict ...
....the dialectical tension or opposition between two interacting forces or elements."
That is the essence of "Growth and decay, then transformation"
" 'My name is Ozymandias, King of kings.
Look on my works, ye might, and despair!'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck."
Which is how all absolute rulers end.
I still feel hallow inside after finishing Breaking Bad, even though i've watched it 3 times.
The thing that fucking gets me is Jesse's face of agony and relief as he speeds away in the car. Something about seeing him so broken tugs at my heartstrings. Man this show makes me feel shit far after it finished
i feel like the show is more engaging every time i watch it. I've seen it five times now and the fifth time was the best... although maybe because I was going crazy after watching it all in a 4 day weekend
shifterdude647 ikr, it was like nothing else on television
I just started watching it for the 6th time, am I sad 😂😂 I dont think I care
I've seen a lot of people calling Rian Johnson a hack, or saying that he doesn't have any talent because he "ruined star wars" and I think that the fact that he directed what might be the best episode of any television show ever shows that that's clearly not true
He is definitely not without talent, but he should have stayed away from Star Wars
@Geralt of Trivia Yeah probably... But i do actually think that he is a great director
@Geralt of Trivia "Brick" and "Looper" are both A+ and he deserved an Emmy for best directing on "Breaking Bad"
Yeah, he should have stuck to just directing, not writing.... His writing is shit. the writer for this show was amazing and probably gave him good tips on what she expects... Wish someone had done the same with starwars...
@Geralt of Trivia gonna have to disagree with you there, the last Jedi sucked. He directed great BB episode, but after watching the last Jedi, I doubt he did it on his own merits.
after watching breaking bad you know that nothing you will ever watch after will be as good :(
FunAdventuresWithFabian exactly my thoughts.. :(
Hey OP, please give Better Call Saul a chance. It's very much up there with Breaking Bad, if not better. If you watch it you'll understand why. I hope you give it a chance and remember this comment one day.
Totally, don’t get me wrong, series like The Office, The Shield, The Wire, are good and you know you'll love it for ever but Breaking bad is just pure gold. A experiencie that happens just one time in life.
Ever watch the wire?
I know this comment is two years old, but you HAVE to watch Better Call Saul. It's probably better than Breaking Bad.
Ozymandias is the only episode I've ever seen that was so intense that I had to pause it and have a break..
Try Better Call Saul’s Chicanery
@@waeltb98 Good fucking God... Am I in a minority if I admit I like BCS more?
@@turbotaquitogoogle8095 they're both excellent. Something about BCS is more fascinating to me
@@waeltb98 not even close
@@waeltb98 That wasn't intense.
Man, I can't stress enough how well this show was made. Everything was so meticulously crafted. From the acting, to the writing, the cinematography, everyone here gave it there all. This show really is a once in a lifetime experience. To this day, I haven't met a single person that has disliked this show for any real reason, besides that it's overhyped. Everytime this show is mentioned, all I can think of is how great this show was and how it has impacted me.
something you didn't mention: If you look under walt's head at 0.17 you can see the ground cracking. That was a small mechanism created BTS to make it look like the ground had crumbled as his head hit it. Open to your interpretations.
classic Walt. such a powerful head
Wow. Great observation.
0:17
if breaking bad was set in the UK, he could just get free cancer treatment and it would be over in one episode.
No since he still wanted to make money
What a good tv show!
@@element7580 He wanted money bc he would die from the cancer
@@GuilhermeRodrigues-wj9ps Cancer isn't a simple cold. We still don't have a perfect cure for it. We can stop it at times but at the end, it all depends on the severity of the cancer and the individual's capacity. Walt did get cured of the cancer in the show and it again came back. So while the starting episodes would be different but it could have still taken Walter on the same path even in the UK or any other country...
Element He developed the want to make money after being in the game for the first season, and if he hadn’t started cooking meth in the first place he wouldn’t have developed that desire
When his son calls the cops I realized it was over for them. I tried to hang on to the illusion that they could be a happy family. It was really sad 😞
Imagine Breaking Bad without Bryan Cranston
Imagine smoking weed in the streets without cops harassing
imagine my parents loving me
Imagine if Harambe was still alive...
Imagine all the people living for today woohoohooo
Fag God...having a bad day buddy? Don't worry, when you turn 18 things will pick up for you pal. But try to cheer up. I realize you're full of _unconscious_ self-loathing that bubbles to the surface of your ego as resentment at anyone and anything other than your own self....but I'm sure when you turn 18 you'll mature mentally and emotionally and become a fully realized human being. So don't worry chief...it will get better soon.
Cranston reading the poem is probably one of the greatest promos I've seen. Such a fantastic use of his voice..
I'm so excited that Rian Johnson is directing Star Wars Vlll
Take out "the" and add an "I" to the end and you have a real complete sentence!
Fucking hell, they're remaking the movie and it hasn't been a year since it came out.
Sorry for wanting them to make the next one instead of remaking 7
Ryan Parker Sorry - not choosing sides on this lame internet fight - but I made that joke.
What a bunch of cunts we all are.
The brother-in-law's last words was probably the best and most touching of any scene in this whole series.
2019? I'm still getting goosebumps typing out that this is greatest masterpiece on TV.
Breaking Bad is the best show ever made, hands down.
GoT peaked at season 4
The Wire, hands down. Imo
Totally agree.
Deadwood is the best show no one talks about.
I feel like it just becomes mainstream afterwards (ok episodes and a big finale to keep people hooked) seems like it's an entirely different show
I swear, Breaking Bad was one of the most incredible pieces of story and art on television.
While Mad Men is my FAVORITE show ever, Breaking Bad is the BEST show I've ever seen.
I really respect that!
Well, I LIKE Mad Men more because of its story and characters, but I think the overall plot of Breaking Bad is better. I guess I just enjoy Mad Men more.
It's like J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar.
In many ways J. Cole is my favorite, but Kendrick is the best.
Jumpy doll it's an objective vs subjective view point. Someone could have a shit movie like grownups be their favorite movie of all time but they could also know that the Godfather is a better made film.
francis ford coppola regrets making sequels
5 seconds into this video and I already have goosebumps.
Most complete TV series of all time.
The wait is over.
Sorry bout that. Had a wedding in Jersey this weekend.
Grats man!!
+Robert California lol I don't think it was HIS wedding
Haha, but "HAD a wedding"?? Why not "went to a wedding"? lol
What do you mean the wait is over?
Can you talk about the bioshock series?
I second this, though it may not be worth... if you cant find substance int it thats ok.
If you wan't an amazing analysis on the philosophy of Bioshock I suggest you check out the video by the channel wisecrack, they go pretty in depth.
yes please!
It would be cool, but he isn't much of a gamer, I think.
Check out Ryan Hollinger. He does a great analysis of Bioshock series! He's a great channel too.
Breaking Bad always on the Top of the list.
Wow! No idea Rian Johnson directed my favorite episode!
Yes, he did Ozymandias, Fly and Fifty-One
I just wish he didnt do last jedi am i right
@@JS-vj3to God, we get it! You Star Wars fan boys need to fuckin stop with your annoying shit.
@@JS-vj3to Yeah man....
@@ItsJustArcher GOD! Don't fucking read it then, Jesus.
Is Breaking Bad the greatest series yet?
GoT is great, but It's nowhere near as great as BB, in my opinion of course
Nope! Steins Gate!
For me Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones and Mad Men are the top three, and placing them in any kind of order is pointless
Definitely Top 3. I prefer The Wire
Yes no questions asked
This series, man... I started tearing up just thinking about it.
Thats why Breaking Bad is my favorite TV Series...
Walking Dead is Fast Food... Game of Throne is Fantasy... Breaking Bad is Pure Art.
gabriel montreuil What's wrong with fantasy? Breaking Bad is, of course better along with only a few more (The Sopranos and above them The Wire as for example) but Got has to be one of the greatest TV Shows you can watch these days, so why not?
No i agree... There is nothing wrong with Fantasy. :P
I was probably pissed because i didn't like the last season of Game of Throne...
and didn't know how to express it. lol
99.1% pure?
Breaking Bad is fantasy too, I mean, a chemistry teacher becomes the biggest narc ever with the help of a 26 year old junkie.
Sam Owen srsly ? What are you ? 10 years old ?
I remember I was sweating and my heartbeat was going crazy when the thing with Holly happened. Thank you for this video.
I still remembered the very first episode i watched and, the feeling i had when i finished the last. It’s so overwhelmingly empty... as I know there will be no show that will bring me such emotions and thoughts about life, about all that creates us as who we are, about all the consequences we will have over something.
It’s cliche to say this but Breaking Bad is a unreplaceable part of my adulthood as it taught me so so much about life that no teacher can ever do. This video of yours just brings back so so much of those intense feelings. Thanks a lot for this. This means a lot to me. And now I gotta rewatch the whole show for the 4th time. Thanks again
Just finished binging the show for the second time. Hands down the best show ever, no other show feels the same after watching breaking bad
The best episode, in my opinion is the one after Todd shoots a kid.
That's when Jessey, who is perhaps (and without Walt knowing) the key to Walt's success; in that point they have broken the subtle line they stablished in the first episode they would never break.
I hated Todd, he was probably the worst person on the show morally.
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Jack and his gang?
Spooge and his skank?
Gus?
That is some of the best background music you have had in an episode, ever. Seriously, totally set the mood--gave me chills describing something else that gave me chills.
I look like an idiot crying on the toilet over how poignant and emotionally heart-wrenching this essay was. Thank you, Nerd Writer.
I wouldn't say this was my favorite episode but it definitely had one of the best acting and lines. Hank's last line before his death was so epic.
I finished BrBa easily five years ago, watched this video whenever it came out and still come back here and rewatch it every couple of months, I just can't get enough of this video essay, it is one of Nerwriter's best in my opinion. kudos!
TH-cam might be the one place I've spent most time besides sleeping and your channel is my favorite of all time. Not only do you give me a deep feeling of joy, but you also widen my perception, which lately has become so very narrow.
A sonnet has 14 lines.Ozymandias is the 14th episode.Small but good detail.
This show was just amazingly well written. God, I remember the first time I saw this, I was late, I started to watch this in the beginning of 2014 on Netflix. Every - single - episode was FILLED with excitement. I love the look of the characters, the atmosphere just everything was right. And you more you saw it, the more you understood. So many goddamn hidden messages that gives me goosebumps.
Amazing that I was just now getting into breaking bad and nerd writer does an analysis that is amazing and rivals other analysis I have just seen and bombarded my favorite list with. Love it, keep it nerdy
Dayum dude! BB has always been my favorite show and Ozymandias has always been my favorite episode. Thank you for making this. There's so much to that episode and I'm so glad you chose this one to breakdown!
It's amazing and kind of scary how Walter's acting inside the show (to seem like he's still a good person) convinced some viewers.
last 8 episodes of breaking bad are probably the best thing that ever happened to tv. i have issues with the first and second season but well what is perfect anyway? some of the writing, directing, acting and even editing and fading in and out of scenes in this show is just insane.
whats the problem in season 1 and 2? I wanna have nuanced discussion.
I recently just rewatched Breaking Bad again and I found this episode to be so incredibly tragic. It's just so well made, that they make everything fall apart in his life from the moment he answers that phone call from Jesse (when he says he's going to burn his money). And then, like this video points out, you can go as far back as the pilot episode and see how those first decisions he made to make meth and practice his lies leads all the way to that moment. Everything was going moderately well for him in a twisted way but it all eventually comes back to bite him in the ass. Furthermore, I found it pretty amazing that when you take a step back and look at all the villians in the show and watching Better Call Saul and see more about the backgrounds of a lot of the characters that Walter White is basically the worse person to grace anyone's lives. He causes everything to fall apart in his warpath for success that he even destroys himself.
Can't believe it's been 3 years, I miss this show so *bad*, amazing video as always Nerdwriter!
I could never hate/blame Walter while watching BB. I watched it all in like a week, and it was not until I was done and watching videos about that I became aware of how I just accepted Walter's rationalisation of his actions and still wanted him to win despite all the horror. It was really a lesson in perspective.
but it’s shown how his rationales are feeble excuses for his monstrous actions. no matter what, walter is always wrong. whether its cooking meth in the first place, raping skyler, or killing jane, his rationalization is what destroyed literally every character in that show
I think it’s not until you watch the show for a second time you understand this.
I just finished it for a third time and it’s hard not to continue rooting for Walt when you’re caught up in the action.
I maybe cried the hardest in this episode than i cried while watching a movie or reading a book. It deeply touched me.
Everytime I watch this series/episode, I think of this tribute video to it. It’s been over 6 years since it’s debut, and it still resonates like it just came out.
This was absolutely brilliant. Made me go and analyze the poem like a school assignment. Easily my fav show of all time
How epic was that promo video? I remember being so hyped-up for the upcoming episodes after seeing that
I literally watch Breaking Bad every single fucking day. It's the best show ever made.
That's depressing
Most sane Breaking Bad fan
I was reminded of why I watch let's play videos right after finishing a particularly enthralling video game - just to witness the reactions of someone else. Seeing the reactions of another person while going through an experience I was part of, or can understand, is powerful. It shatters all vestiges of alienation and separateness, if only for a few moments.
I just discovered you channel recently and this is one of my favorite shows of all time and the Ozymandias episode was my favorite TV episode of all time. I was even more surprised that Rian Johnson directed it and I loved Looper and Brick. He's one of my favorite directors and I'm glad he'll be directing the 8th episode of Star Wars. Loved the video by the way! I didn't even realized most of these things until now. Thanks for this! Really enjoyed it.
Agh, the nostalgia.. What a fantastic show. Great video, thank you!
Ozymandias is such a heartbreaking episode. It’s truly the most devestating hour of television. And is that rian Johnson guy the same one who did episode 8??!
i love this! (and all your videos lol)
this is honestly my favorite kind of content, videos that present knowledge for others that allow them to finding a deeper meaning or concept to a medium that is usually just viewed as something for pure enjoyment, gives me so much inspiration, so thank you (-:
i would super love it if you created a video that analyzed ANY of Mr. Robot's episodes or the show as a whole. Having your perspective on any of the themes or meanings, even the art or audio direction would for sure be a gift to this world, not even exaggerating!! Its such a breathtaking show, and I don't feel like enough people talk about it!!! It's literally the only show that I've been 100% enveloped in since Breaking Bad ended, it filled the god damn void that show left.
Keep up the amazing work!
This show only gets better the more in depth you go, so amazing
Ozymandias... the best episode of all time. Well done! Loved this - made me so emotional.
I had forgotten how awesome this show was. Thanks for this. 👌
This gave me goosebumps. Nice voice, nice analysis, nice editing. Thumbs up.
I recently discovered your videos. I love your work.
Your commentary and critique coupled with your editing and knowledge is exquisite.
Thank you for helping me to see film in a new and different light.
Can you do a video on "Bojack Horseman". It may be my favorite TV show ever.
It's so depressingly good.
I second this!!! Would love to see his insight into the show
you! I like you!
what are YOUUU doing here???
You stole the words out of my mouth.
It's hard to believe but this month marks 3 years since this video was released.
Your videos are ON POINT. Fantastic analysis of an extraordinary series. Terrific job!
Amazing video! I loved Breaking Bad because it was more than explosions and blood. It was SMART! It demanded that the viewer look not just as the surface of the images, but beneath them, and sometimes beneath that, too.
Thank you for this great breakdown of this epi! Every time I watch an epi, I see new things, but I still hadn't caught many of what you've shown us. The glass being the blue meth -- omg, how could I not notice that?
I'm not ashamed to say I cried at the end of breaking bad. Especially how they left the ending for Jesse ambiguous. I fucking loved him. He was the best character and he was tortured non stop for the ENTIRE show. He never had a happy ending. Not for a second. Everyone he loved, is dead. I think he might of hanged himself the next day. I fucking cried so hard thinking about Jesse. He was the only character that felt like the most human. He hated kids being killed and he always put others before himself. He was EASILY the best character, and I will fucking fight you if you say otherwise. He deserved so much better.
I finished Breaking Bad just a few weeks ago so this is some perfect timing right there. Thank you:)
Good job on your analysis on the end on breaking
What I love most about your videos is that even when I don't agree with an interpretation or analysis that you make, I still see 100% where you're coming from and it makes sense to me. Your videos are so, so good, so entertaining and interesting, but they also keep impressing me with your talent for understanding and presenting things, with the research you've done for each one, and withe the clarity with which you can express complex thoughts. A+++ channel, glad I found you.
People are so divided on The Last Jedi right now, but I think this video essay highlights some of the best work he did for Star Wars brought from what he did on Breaking Bad. Rian knows how to convey theme, explore it thoroughly, and have us see where it takes the characters. As a result, we got a movie I don't think anyone expected to be part of the Star Wars mythos, and whether you liked it or not, I think it's one of the most impressive mainstream movies in recent years.
oh also, TLJ totally had a whole Ozymandias vibe through the whole thing for me, at least, especially with the humanization of the heroes and villains, the hope that kept rising and falling throughout, and the expectations that always ended up getting subverted.
amazing.
This show is so good, i have to watch videos like these to know that it's deeper than i thought.
This was fucking beautiful. Oh my god im subbing to you. i love the music in the video and i LOVE your voice and tone. you are very genuine and it sounds like you speak from your heart and NOT from a script. Keep doing this please
The "we're a family" is some of. The best writing I've ever seen. The same phrase is said twice, but with two completely different emotions and context behind them.
Be sure to argue about what is the best show of all time in the comments. Also, if you want to ask me something for a more in-depth answer, go to my website here: thenerdwriter.net/contact/
I am unbelievably happy you've finally done an episode on Breaking Bad. It's my all time favorite show and I'm surprised I actually took the time to write this comment before watching.
Love your content!
One of the most underrated comedy shows of all time is 'Garth Marenghi's Darkplace'. It ran for only 1 series consisting of 6 episodes over here in the UK and every episode is top notch. I fully recommend it. And, yet again, you've delivered another superb and enlightening video. The consistency and high quality nature of your videos is astounding. I first started watching you after seeing you did a video on Christopher Hitchens, one on The Beatles, and one on Louis CK.; three things I adore. Keep up the good work.
Mighty morphin power rangers obviously
Please please please please PLEASE do an episode on Fargo, preferably both the movie and the show
The Real Jerry Seinfeld are you the real Jerry Seinfeld, mister?
Great video.. Gonna cancel all my plans this weekend and binge watch this series again haha.
Wonderful video. Brought back all the feelings I felt when I watched this episode and show over a year ago.
i remeber watching the episode for the first time and thinking "wow, that was the most amazing episode ive ever seen" and i was so obsessed with it for days on end. I was very happy to see that when i googled it, many others agreed with me about it being the best episode of this show, and one of the best television show episodes ever
The music in this episode was magnificent.
What's the song in the introduction?
'Timetakesthetimetimetakes' by Peder, is the song in the intro
Could you take a look at Nightcrawler?
I watched Breaking Bad for the first time last year, and when I did I saved the last 3 episodes to watch in one sitting. I'm really glad I did because together they make up one big 3-part finale. You have Ozymandias (great observations btw, Nerdwriter), which may as well be the show's true finale since the consequences of Walt's actions play out in the present moment, Granite State which serves as an interlude to the last episode where those consequences really sink into Walt and he makes his decision of what to do from there, and Felina which seems more like an epilogue where Walt and the people he encounters look back on the show's events in retrospect, right down to Walt's nostalgic stroll through that lab before he collapses. I've heard before that Walter White died laughing in that crawlspace and it was Heisenberg was who died in the end. I actually believe it was that last phone call with Flynn that killed him and the man we see go back to ABQ is a new man altogether.
This is incredible!! I loved the editing and the content was very impressive!
Yeah, I was watching The Town and I noticed Ben Affleck was especially partial to reaction shots, to the point where he'll just cut away from the person speaking to the person listening, and linger on them, for quite a bit longer than another filmmaker probably would. Even in banal conversations... I don't know, I thought it was kind of illuminating.
I noticed the same thing. That movie is truly excellent.
You gave me the argument as to why I prefer the Door episode than Battle of the Bastards in GoT
The entire episode? maybe. The actual battle? some of the best cinematography i've ever seen on television. its movie level. Now that doesn't mean its better than a list movies. But for a tv show its extremely well produced and directed
Hodor's death might be the worst written, worst shot scene in GoT's history. It wasn't Game of Thrones in that moment, it was every other show that cheaply tries to manipulate it's audience with cliches, leading to a death that was predictable and hollow.
Unlike Hank's quick death in the dessert and a long meaningful reaction from Walt, we have a corny, overly long sequences leading to and showing hodor's death and not enough of a reaction from Bran, which is what mattered. Bran's response to his mistake should have meant something. It didn't.
***** Nobody disputes that breaking bad is the best shot show on tv. Best directed, best acted. Game of thrones is 100% plot and universe appeal. thats it. However, its the LONG CON thing. The hodor enigma has been around since the 90's, now it comes full circle. moving if for only that reason
I'm not even Breaking Bad fanboy. It might not be in my top 5 shows of all time, but GoT pales in comparison. It has a rich, expansive world, but the books do that better. It's problem is that doesn't use it's visual medium to it's full potential.
I'm not sure what Hodor enigma has been around since the 90's. Do you mean it was never explained in the books and is something the TV series got to show first? If so that just goes to prove how flawed the TV series is because I never felt like there was a big mystery that needed explaining. They didn't make me care, they just showed me information all in one big, confusing, time travelling, mind jumping scene that while easy to understand conceptually, came out of no where and felt plain wrong.
Everything down to Meera's cheesy-ass run down that cave to a previously unmentioned and overly convenient exit was just so poorly executed. As I watched it I just had to marvel and GoT had suddenly hit an all time low. One of my friends I was watching it with even started laughing and questioning if this is where he stops watching, and he knows nothing about the language of film or the way this stuff is put together.
> Nobody disputes that breaking bad is the best shot show on tv. Best directed, best acted
bullshit. Mr. Robot has way better visual aesthetic and cinematography
Oh man, I just found your channel. Just want to let you know that you're putting out great content. The Nerdwriter marathon, starts now!
Your videos are amazing! Maybe I'm parcial because I love Breaking Bad but I love all your other episodes too! I have definitely watched most of them multiple times! Your comments and thoughts one each subject are well developed and research! I definitely enjoy your audio/video essays❣️
It's probably the best episode, but my favourite is '4 Days out' from season 2
The fact that the director of this episode is directing Star Wars Episode VIII makes me so happy
TJ Hastie yeahhhh... about that
He also directed the "fly" episode...
Bruno 148 Luckily JJ is back at the steering wheel, so he can finish what he started. Although it will still be full of weak, out of place jokes, Marey Sue with a total of 2 facial expressions and a dead Luke... can't go wrong I guess
It’s weird, i didn’t like Ep VIII but I loved every single episode of breaking bad, including rian Johnson’s
DUDE ITS YOU AGAIN!! WITH THE STRANGE MERCY ICON
For interested parties, the jazzy song at the end is Joey Pecoraro - Tired Boy, Thank you again Nerdwriter for another class video
Years later, and some of those faces make me tear up. That show was powerful.