The Terrifying Brilliance of Breaking Bad’s “Granite State”
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Song 2: Dwarven Stone (The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings)
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Jessie's cry after Andrea gets shot to this day is still one of the most heartbreaking things I've ever watched.
That and his cry after Jane, "I killed her, it was me! I got her back on... I loved her more than anything."
His wail after that line destroys me every time.
@@TrenchantAtheist Oh my god I completely forgot about that 😫
Not to mention in ozymandias when Walter tells Jesse that he didn't help Jane from dying you can see his soul leave his body... th-cam.com/video/Fq7c6RV88Qg/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=DasAwesomeLP
My most heartbreaking moment is , the headmaster not having sex with Walter...
poor Andrea was murdered and it was all Jesse's fault for trying to escape Jack's gang....it's also Jesse's fault that Hank and Gomey were killed....its also his fault for Todd making him into a meth slave...none of that would have happened had Jesse gone on to Alaska the first time....he just HAD to turn against Walt....biggest mistake he ever made...all of this makes it hard for me to feel any sympathy for Jesse...he caused it all
I like the episode where he throws a pizza on the roof.
Same
The moment when he becomes Heisenberg
Jesse what the fuck are you talking about
@@dutchvanderlinde346 do you have a plan?
Big Man No I’m dead
Ozymandias: The Climax
Granite State: Falling Action
Felina: Resolution
El Camino: Epilogue
To’hajiilee: Rising Action
Should have called it El pilogue
El Camino: Shit
@@francisco77220 why is it shit?
@@isablisss totally useless
The scene where Jesse dreams of being a wood worker just to turn around and still be a meth slave after all he went through makes me feel every negative emotion i can think of.
That wasn't a dream, it was a flashback of him in high-school building the box that he described in season 3.
That scene hurts _every_ time
@@WolfQuartz that makes it even worse
@@WolfQuartz Dream? Flashback? Why not both?
that was literally one of the only two times in the series where i shed actual tears lol
Walt being an overqualified chemistry teacher and watching his old friends find the kind of success he felt he deserved, created a pathology of bitterness, resentment and envy. Then BOOM, his stagnant life undergoes a chemical reaction and he finds the success he was looking for in crime. His stagnant life was replaced with thrills and challenges conferrable to his intellect and ambitions. His cancer removed his fear of consequence freeing him from legal punishment.
People like to trash walt because of his cold decisions but man he is just hands down one of the best anime characters of all time.
Man, the way you put it, it's almost like Walt's circumstances were a perfect storm to bring him to what he ended up being. Like you said, he wanted more than he had, and since he had cancer, he didn't fear death because it was coming anyway. And then Jessie came into his life and the rest is history. Yeah, he made bad decisions, but he really just wanted success and recognition and power. To extent, that's what everyone wants. He just found it a different way.
It really felt like a perfect storm. All the things needed to happen to drive him deep into that path did happened. It was like his fate was doing an experiment on him, what would happen if all the volatile materials comes into contact in the right condition. The result is "Heisenberg " .
Wahidur Rahman Just like a chemical reaction. Sounds just like him.
Cuervo Jones I’ve found Walt is unviersally loved for his complex, interesting writing, but hated as a character. Even his creator thinks nobody should be rooting for him. Hell, the only person I’ve seen try to seriously justify his actions is Bryan Cranston, and I assume that’s to keep himself in-character
No one gonna voice how they said Walt's in an anime?
I was reading tons of serious and sad comments and then proceeded to read "I like the episode where Walt threw pizza on a roof"
I liked that episode too.
it's literally the comment above you lmfao
congrats! That comment is right under yours
@@burntcocaine5794 HURRAY!!
@@sdgfuiahbgksatfbvgeawsdkf55 u guys were reunited ❤
@@burntcocaine5794 indeed we were
Andrea dying with the silenced pistol is still traumatizing to this day.
Worst part of it is that he had to stay chained to a rail cooking meth for neo nazis 24/7 and sleep in a concrete hole for a year straight after seeing her die and then learning that a man who he cared about and protected killed his true love and in doing so, destroyed his hope of getting out of the meth buisness.
Seriously, man. She was good for Jesse. I wanted him to marry her and settle down, raise brock. But of course, it couldn't be that perfect.
It's amazing that there are actually people in society who would do such a thing.....i can't even imagine being like Todd
Bro I did not see that coming at all like it legit hit me harder than the red wedding
Still the hardest scene for me to watch, that coupled with the Jesse's screaming is unforgettable
7 years after it's ending, people are still making videos about it. It's THAT good.
Yup
Theyre aslo prolly talking about it cos of the spin-off, Better Call Saul
@@Smansi_da_randumb Yeah thats true, I'm still currently watching better call saul, close to finishing season 2, it's brilliant!
@@Smansi_da_randumb Also the pandemic -- lots of people with the time to discover shows they didn't didn't have time to check out before.
Started binging it again on Netflix, the show is legendary.
A landing platform for Ozymandias, and a launch pad for Felina. Brilliant.
Was scrolling through comments while watching and he literally started saying these lines as I was reading them
Other way around
@@kevinmalone584 Uhh no, Ozymandias comes before so this has to be the landing platform.
@@Evan345gdf thats called synchronicity
bravo vince
I loved that Gretchen/Elliot and Uncle Jack are kind of the same to Walt. both stole his signiture product and made millions from it and he came back to end to use of his legacey
umm...that's not true lol he doesn't view them the same. I think you do. And he didn't put an end to Gretchen/Elliott
@@Nimbus3690 because they had to give money to walts kids
Gretchen/Elliot didn’t steal anything
Gretchen and Elliot didn't steal anything from Walt, he walked away with his $5000 share of Gray Matter having no faith in it's future. He blames them because his ego demands he blame someone else other than himself for his short comings that lead up to this point. The one thing they did to wrong him was to claim he contributed nothing to the company when it's his formulas they built their company off of. His work he left behind.
@@raptordan166 They only said he contributed nothing because they're running a major corporation and one of the founders wound up being a meth kingpin. It was a necessary corporate PR move. It's not like they were denying his involvement when he was a mild mannered high school teacher - he brought that on himself by putting them in a terrible position due to his own actions.
Elliot and Gretchen didn't do anything wrong. They were even willing to pay for his cancer treatment and give him a job at Gray Matter. He refused due to his own ego
In Ozymandias, the great statue fell, and now it’s reduced to its Granite State.
Nice. Never put that together....
New Hampshire being nicknamed the granite state: 😐
woah nice
then to the felina (blood (Fe) meth (Li) and tears(Na) ) aka the finalie
Im pretty sure that was gilligans intention with naming the episode
In Felina, I think Walter finally realised that he wasn't just Walter White and he wasn't just Heisenberg. He was both.
YOOOOO this is a very good analysis!!!
@@eddiekaspbrak4624 You're goddamn right.
This is why that Finale with Walts character was so amazing to see, Walt spent the entire time trying to split his personality in two ways(Walt/Heisenburg) and in the end he ended up redeeming himself away from the greed that started his downfall
He became the best of both characters
Schrödinger’s cat
"I liked it"
The last 4 episodes of BB are the best run of multiple episodes in TV history
that or the last 4 episodes of season 4
@@peepawsmethstash9743 definitely last 4 of s4
Watching the last 4 episodes of GoT will open your eyes.
@@31redorange08 it didn't
@@31redorange08 idk man, not blinking also opens my eyes
The scene where Jessie is making his wooden box, but it turns out he was still a meth slave and was daydreaming hits me so hard every single time.
Feelings of Power:
Money: 10
Connections: 10
Aleczander voicing your own thoughts in his unique style: 10000
Your thoughts ?
fuck r u sayin?
Sliding the card in first try in Among us
Brilliant take. Thinking about it now, Ozymandais seemed very dream or rather nightmare-like. It seemed surreal how everything crashed so fast. Granite state is indeed waking up from the nightmare which actually happened and now have to live with it.
"You can't have fireworks without the fuse"
That's some quality writing and a perfect anology, great video
Thank you!
@@Aleczandxr this video made me re-binge the entire series again, granite state definitely carried a slightly different meaning this time around. Cheers!
i was scrolling throw comments while watching and i saw your comment the moment he said that sentence wow
@@Aleczandxr This comment makes me think of YYH; Quote Yusuke, "You can't have a good party without someone on the floor. "
Please make videos about YYH lmao
Aleczandxr and Breaking Bad is a combo that I didn't know I needed, but I do.
I always knew I needed it
A couple years ago I asked him if he would make one on BB but he said it wouldn't fit with his audience or something. Glad he changed his mind.
The slow demise of Walter White is what makes this show so great, very different from most other shows. Great video!
Walter was right all along!
@@willtheprodigy3819 nope
@@Jackson-bm9mo nah man what do you mean daenerys targaryen fast demise is way better!
@@godcomplexlynx no i was saying that the guy above me was wrong
Absolutely...its a very unique show in a lot of ways....i don't expect to see another show as good as this...i will be dead before then, probably...Better Call Saul isn't nearly as good
Breaking bad is a horrifying depiction of the cost of ambition, imo
I think it's more like the cost of acting out of bitterness or resentment.
It’s more like a cautionary tale on what happens if you keep underestimating somebody, you push them to the brink
For me, BB, at its core, is a tragic example of “getting what you wanted, but losing what you already had.”
@@saulg00dman_ nah ambition. Towards the end he didnt give a shit about the money, just what it represented
1717Dave You nailed it
The last scene where the extended breaking bad theme plays .....gives the right amount of gooseflesh.
gooseflesh....????
It's also the first one, by the way. :)
last time I was this early walter was still not wearing pants
Lmfao
I’m British so when I first saw that I was like O_O
Ha nice joke
I like the scene where Jesse says: “ahhhh... wire!”
Jesse watching Andrea be murdered was the toughest point in the series for me. He was, in almost every aspect, a good person who had to deal with the terrible people around him. Despite all of this, he did what he could for the few good individuals in his life, and in the end it all still fell apart. Thank god for El Camino for giving me some much needed closure on his story
@Dave Smith Yeah, lesser of all evils maybe.
@@Xpwnxagetrue that’s well put
Every single episode of Breaking Bad is a masterpiece. No filler and no real flaws.
Except the fly one
@@wenurdedurded That's one of my favorites. It really gives Walt and Jessie some time to bond and it's a nice break from the otherwise action packed season.
@@wenurdedurded ehh, the fly was a bit boring, but it was a symbolism of what Walt really wanted. He was pissed about a single fly that probably wouldn't have done anything because he needs some sort of anything to hold him over. That episode says that walt wanted to be an empire king not a simple drug manufacturer.
@@wenurdedurded That's one of my favourite episodes, really underrated
@@wenurdedurded the fly episode was old Walt trying to resurface it’s the last we see of the old Walt tbh cuz the rest of the show is what Walt has become
7:08 this was the most emotional scene in Walt's life where he has to take permission to see his own daughter for the very last time, and how he was just begging for a proper farewell from Skyler and how he saw Jr. for the last time.
The three episodes that represent an explosion: To'hajiilee is the match lit and the wick is shrinking until it reaches the explosive. Ozymandias is the explosion with people gone from ground zero and the shockwave hitting those further away and falling debris landing on people while a large dust cloud covers it all. Finally, Granite State is the dust cloud revealing the sky and the tragic aftermath of the event, everything is damaged, nothing will be the same again
1:54 When Gus takes away your steam account.
Been seeing these breaking good comments everywhere
And I ain't complaining
Jesse did you brun RV with the wrong ingredient?
Sorry Mr Wihe, I used the Megle as fish food
@@stop5811 shut up jesser
@@boogyman3545 mr whhote where's my 448kbps of methé
The ending of Granite State gets me more pumped up than Captain America finally saying "Avengers assemble" in Endgame.
Kuala06 avengers franchise is garbage.
I'd never think of it but they're actually very comparable lol
oh yes. it definitely does.
@@MichiganJFrog. oh yes
Say that to billions of dollars they made
Hard same
I could not agree more. Granite State quietly yet powerfully depicts what the bottomless torture, regret, hopelessness, utter aloneness, and despair of the human soul actually looks like.
Except for the last 10 minutes of the final episode, it’s the episode that makes me weep the most. But unlike the finale, it’s not mixed with joy for Jesse, and for Walt who in the end had to lose everything to regain just a small shred of humanity. But with Granite State it’s a different kind of tears, as I also shake my head while crying. Every single time; subconsciously even, like I’m trying to will what’s happening not to be so. The begging and paying 10 grand just for an hours worth of company, how Walt meekly and pleadingly asks him if he would give his money to his family and the cold, honest response back that lets Walt and us know he won’t, the phone call with Jr.; it’s all just gut wrenching. It’s the soft, hushed brutal result that is utter destruction reeked from monstrous havoc. And Jesse, oh God, Jesse; watching Andrea murdered, his enslavement, the terrible abuse; his fate here seems unbearably horrific. It’s the depiction of living hell.
Despair often comes in a whisper, yet it’s deafening and all encompassing in its stillness. And you’re so right in that it’s more powerful in a lot of ways than the action episodes are. To me, it’s more powerful in all ways. Because It feels, well, final. There is no more hope left. It’s what it looks like when all that is owed has finally come due.
Incredibly Shakespearean in scope, it’s the devastating reverse image of every character; the reverse of all the good and on top times, the reverse of every single relationship, everything broken beyond broken, everything forever gone. Everything that was, everything it was all for, now forever lost. It just kills me and I often skip it just because it’s so heartbreaking to me. Gone are the golden days on top, Walt’s ego is completely stripped away, with only deep despair remaining. And a desperation to not let it all be for nothing. Truly heartbreaking.
It is without a doubt, the saddest episode of the entire show. But also an absolute masterpiece.
LOVE. What a treat to find someone who has the words for feelings and thoughts that render me speechless. Thank you.
You are so very eloquent and well spoken. I love the way you are able to communicate such emotion and artistic appreciation while also constructing your thoughts in a linear, cohesive manner thats easy to follow.
You are a good writer.
Damn .... You seem like you would be good at writing articles
I just finished this show a couple days ago and I’m still emotionally immersed
Just finished it today with my brothers. I’m not sure how I’m ever going to find something to replace it, it’s blown my mind with how good it is
Owen Featherstone Watch Game of Thrones, atleast for the first 4 seasons lmao. Its the only thing I’ve seen on that same level.
Watch better call saul now. It's the prequel to breaking bad and it's a shining example of how to do a prequel right.
Kaiwala already started. It’s great
Now that you're finished with this, I recommend watching The Shield.
Vince Gilligan took inspiration from that show. Vic Mackey makes Walter White look like a child.
Granite State is one of my top 5 BrBa episodes. It sobers you up from the hellstorm that is Ozymandias, and shows you the ACTUAL loss and devastation of Walt's actions, not just the final and ultimate blowback. Hank died and he left his family after they gave him up, but he truly loses them in this one. And Jesse's story just becomes a horror film.
It gives the final episode the right to be what it is. Walter doing what he can to make some right out of all of this wrong. Bc now we've seen the things that have happened to him. We've seen the consequences to his actions, so now we get to see him try his best and use Heisenberg for some relative good before he's dead and gone.
Did not expect this. Happy to be surprised.
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one
Why tonpa though?
I love your profile pic
@@rahulpanwar3427 because why not
Taiyou94 yeah and it was perfect timing to I just finished this series two days ago
I thin the most poignant thing about this episode is that Walt's legacy will outlive that of Elliott and Gretchen's, but for all the wrong reasons.
That BrBa themesong of Granite State, still gives me chills.
especially the music at the end when you saw walt's drink with a $50 bill under it....the music was saying "well folks, we are finally here....the last episode coming up!"
@@flyboysteven9979 and metaphorically saying that "I left an unfinished business."
@@babc6394 agreed
This is the most genius show that ever graced our eye balls...
In my extremely biased opinion breaking bad is the almost perfect show
6:41
This is one of my favorite scenes in the entire series. GRANITE STATE is indeed a tough watch, for all the reasons you laid out, and to see our anti-hero fall into THIS.
But also like you mentioned, seeing that RAGE come over his face, seeing what he's seeing, and the perfectly timed BREAKING BAD theme being played for the 1st time in the actual series, well damnit, it gets my blood flowing in excitement right now, all these years later and probably a couple of years at least since I last watched that episode.
In my opinion, there is no movie, other TV show, docuseries, miniseries, hell even PLAY, better than BREAKING BAD. You will never watch something better than the full BREAKING BAD series
LOVE
That last scene was one of the most epic moments in TV history
Thanks for incorporating the theme into this video as well
The ending of this episode was so bone-chilling. It was like the Heisenberg inside of Walt saying 'ONE LAST TIME'. I dunno about you but I was always rooting for Walt the entire show despite all the crimes he did because I felt like I completely understood him. I am not saying his actions are justified, but as I said before I understood him and could relate to him as the show made him feel so real and grounded, and not fictional
YES! Same here.
thats called empathy, its different than sympathy. you don't have to sympathize with someone but you should always try to understand them.
TH-cam commentor learns what empathy is:
@@jerma985_enjoyer4 English is not everyone's first language. Stfu
Great essay on an underrated episode. I especially love the denouement emphasized by the first and only time the Breaking Bad main theme song is played during the actual show. Just a pure moment of joy about villain Walter finally making a push to right what he can.
Much thanks!
I am confident in my lifetime there will be nothing cooler and rewarding/emotional than hearing the full theme song at the end of this episode after everything Walt realizes. Maybe the last Tarantino film but still probably nothing else
Look closely at the napkin in the last shot, it’s shaped like a swan because this is Walters swan song
Waking up to a nightmare is quite a numbing experience. To a bad breakup, to the death of a loved one, the following days just force you to deal with the new reality given to you. You feel a granite state of not knowing where to go from there, if all the effort was all a waste all along. But life goes on, and so do you.
Beautifully said.
6:50 I like that you said he had to muster the motivation from the embers of his old anger. The following proceedings occur with a weariness, like he's conjuring Heisenberg, so he can do a job, not from any genuine remaining roiling hatred. This man has sat in a cabin thinking too long to be so petty anymore. He's strictly using these people, and Heisenberg, to achieve an end, and that's all. It's not really "real" danger or threat anymore. They WILL outlive him. He's just Walt, who screwed up, and is facing death now, doing what he can. This is what he ACTUALLY looks like with nothing left to lose.
Oooh. A breaking bad analysis? Please do more!
Fun fact that I haven't seen mentioned, even in the DVD commentary, the key fob for the Volvo that says "just for today" is from narcotics anonymous
“You can’t have the fireworks without the fuse” I think this quote perfectly sums up what granite state is
You can do all the breaking bad and I'm tuning in.
My favorite episode of the series pretty much just because of the ending. There was something almost inspiring about it. Even though he's an irredeemable character its like even when you're at the end of you're rope theres still things you can do to change the future for better or worse. Its why I think Walt is such a compelling character. I love the way his ego drives him to keep being a mastermind until the end. When he told Jesse he's going to hell earlier in the season then he said "but I'm not gonna lie down till I get there" that shit gave me chills down my spine.
Walter throwing a pizza on the roof wss cool
But Walt and Jesse taking on a fly was straight fire
Love when you do non-anime stuff. This, the Pokemon reviews and the Harry Potter critique are among my favorite videos of yours.
But you do realize that Pokémon too, is an anime?
@@shihanrahman3291 he never review the anime, he reviewed the games, that just happen to use an anime art style.
I love the 'wooden box I made in high school' in season one that Jesse fantisizes about holding in his hands and admiring his craftsmanship of the only one good thing he ever did.
ozymandias: ending of breaking bad
granite state and felina: the epilogue
Yeah, no.
Yeah, yes
Not really, Ozymandias is great and all but leaves a lot of loose ends.
@@itsceerby agreed.
They call that 'climax and denouement'
Love seeing this episode get some much-needed dedicated praise like this. That bit in the middle of the video made me think of it almost like Ozymandias is the finale, Granite State the aftermath, and Felina an epilogue. Not that entirely makes much sense, but comprehensively it's a kinda dope way to think about it imo.
Also really love how you nailed the *feeling* of the episode, especially since I had never realized it but could certainly perceive it. I recently dealt with some personal tragedy in my life and while it was terribly and weighed on me heavily, the real horror was dealing with it after. Having to continue and get back to life while still feeling the pressure of what had happened permeate throughout my daily life... It's overbearing and huge and it really is in many ways worse than the terrible thing itself.
You really struck the nail on the head with this one and the fact that it's both right while I'm dealing with some personal life stuff and finishing rewatching season 5 of Breaking Bad just makes it extra special for me, personally. Super great video and concise expression, man, keep it up!
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!
I’m still morning A. Sack Schrader. RIP
*ASAC
OweeMan_TIB That’s the joke
Isaac Schrader *
Im still mourning Uncle Jack, and I kinda liked Todd ...
@@timmyboy9140 ?????
Aleczandxr - Well done! I thought it was interesting that you put a disclaimer about how you don’t condone Walt’s actions. I think what made this show resonate with so many people is that they can imagine themselves being so desperate and hopeless, that they might actually do what Walt did. Naturally, most of us wouldn’t do it because the combination of moral repugnance and the ease of simply accepting our fate are simply too great, but we can see how someone WOULD do what Walt did.
When Jesse tells hand that Walt is “smarter than you and luckier than you” explains why Walt keeps going. Walt keeps surviving against incredible odds due to his intellect and amazing luck. That combination has driven a LOT of otherwise law-abiding people to “break bad” and keep going until they are (usually) destroyed.
Thank you!
Yes. I'm very familiar with that terror that comes from wanting to wake up from a nightmare only to realize that this is real life and there will be consequences. There is no reset. There is no rewind. There is no pause. It is gut wrenching.
Hank: “It’s a mineral goddamnit!”
Producers: You can use the intro theme for only one scene. That's all.
Vince Gilligan : Fine by me. No problem.
That's it, I'm gonna watch BB again. Depression, here I come.
I always thought of Granite State to be the end of Heisenberg, and the return of Walter White. The episode to me has always shown Walter finally contemplate his mistakes and what has brought him to his current miserable state. I believe the character in Felina was Walt, no longer Heisenberg.
Weirdly enough I was thinking about granite states underatedness and then I see this video pop up in my recomended
Binged the series a few weeks ago. I still can’t get over the ending. I have so many mixed emotions. The story shows that nothing good comes from pride and ego and addiction. Walts journey is a tragedy and it’s really sad but it was also so epic
Pizza jokes aside, this was an eloquent video man, very well put together. I finished watching this series today and Granite State was an episode that really stuck out to me (in terms of the latter half of Season 5). I really hope that more people see this episode for the masterpiece it is.
For me, it represents Walter admitting to his mistakes. His 2-episode long redemption arc if you will, or at least failed attempt at redemption. He has lost EVERYONE and EVERYTHING he cared about and this episode is the turning point where he finally realises how bad he messed up, or at the very least, this is where he admits it. He FINALLY admits to his mistakes, he admits his pride to Skyler and has such a heartfelt conversation to Flynn/Junior over the phone and the last words he ever hears from his own son is "why don't you just die already".
Goddamn, it's just so gut-wrenching and fantastic, but the thing that really gets me is that Walt is so genuine in that scene. You can tell he did really care, he just let his ego get in the way more and more throughout the series, which lead to his demise. He probably knew in his heart that he wouldn't be able to un-fuck the things he did, but it was at least worth a try.
This might be my favourite episode. I watched it many times the week it aired. The feeling was like the Friday afternoon before a flight to a vacation. Anything could happen next in the final episode, I had no idea what was coming. But that episode was just wonderful to sit in. Such a breather
"You can't have the fireworks without the fuse".
This series is so 10/10. It's trippy almost how good it is.
I remember when I watched Breaking Bad the first time and it was right as it was ending/just had ended. Watched the final episode a few weeks after they aired with my two friends who I got into it with me. The finale scene of this episode was truly magnificent and always reminds me of that sleepover Breaking Bad finale we had. As another commenter has said, that scene always gave me chills to watch and I would do so on TH-cam quite a bit after finishing the show,
Granite State has always been my favourite episode of Breaking Bad but I couldn’t put into words why
You just did, so thank you sir
Please more Breaking Bad Videos!! Just finished rewatching it and your videos make me appreciate it much more!
Brilliant...truly brilliant. My friends and I have had many discussions and full out arguments about this episode and my opinion was that this episode was needed and after watching this video I have the perfect thing to share with them to send my point home. Well done.
Cheers!
The Whiskey glass also shows another metamorphosis of Walter, gaining the habit of drinking it without ice, something had used to do (and walter didnt). other instances of this happening would be exemplefied with walter starting to cut the crust of his sandwiches, or vomiting by putting a towell on his knees
Yooooo didn't expect a Breaking Bad video. KING!!
Brilliantly put. The slow down and sheer despair in the beginning, the purgatory throughout and the ramp up with the main theme at the end. Damn, this episode was perfect!!!
Something that always gets me is how breathtakingly beautiful Walt's cabin in New Hampshire is. I would kill to have a place like that, and yet it was absolute hell for Walt
Walt really didn't care what everyone thought of him at that point. He didn't want to redeem himself in anybody's eyes but his own. He wanted to feel like he wasn't a failure.
Many people learned the word "penultimate" with this episode, which is how good and highly talked about these final episodes were. (Also "Ozymandias" probably got a bit of a run on Google)
Your videos are like a relic.
I don’t search them up, but everytime I come across them it’s a masterpiece
I experienced some severe adversity and extreme events in my life and looking back, the scariest part was the quiet moments after something happened. You are just sitting in your pain and have no way to quell it other than to sit and hope you can hold on.
The scene where the intro music started playing was epic.
Oh wow I'm loving this. I didn't know I needed this.
This is my favourite episode in terms of storytelling. It's so damn perfect: it gives us such a good insight about the current empty, granite, still painful state of the characters in contrast to the intense and drastic changes and the devastating emotions of the characters in the episode before and it also builds up the smoothest transition and the best foundation for the series finale. Such a masterpiece.
Why this is my favorite ending in Breaking Bad:
-as far as I can remember this is the only episode to have the theme song included in the actual episode. They bass-boosted and enhanced the audio substantially.
-just when Walter was going to give himself up, he saw Gretchen and Elliott, Heisenberg came right out of him and his face of bitterness is what we last see
-Even when right at death’s doorstep, being hated by his family, and being one fo the most wanted people stuck in a tiny rural town, he still finds a way to escape
Never thought I could see a Breaking Bad analysis in Aleczandxr.. Please make more of the BB universe 😍
I love your work! It’s gotta be tough, to put into words the very feelings a piece of storytelling can invoke in an audience, but you make it look easy. Look forward to your next one!
Cheers!
I will never tire of watching Breaking Bad content. And once again, you pov makes me appreciate what I've watched even more.
There are two types of people in this world. People who have watched breaking bad, and people who have not.
Andrea dying really hit hard for me. "Wow, they really did that. And they made jesse watch the whole thing"
Thank you for the vídeo . Such an in depth analysis . Of such a great series . It truly is wonderful to watch and ponder right after
You’re welcome!
Dude your Videos are in a Granit State as in they are always so solid.
One of my favorite episodes of any TV show....the shot of the unfinished whiskey glass gave me chills the first time they aired this episode, and I think it's the only time in entire series where they play the extended version of the B.B theme song
This episode has always stuck with me and has been what I've thought back on the most when I think of breaking bad and its tone and cinematic magic. Thanks for highlighting it
Walter paying the hoover guy 10k just to stay with him because he’s lonely is heartbreaking
yeah even thought his family saw him as a monster by then, he still had some good in him....that's one of the unique things about the show....the viewer had a hard time (including myself) deciding if they should like Walt or despise him....
one of the saddest moments of the entire show (for me)
This was a great video, well spoken bruh. Makes me want to go back and watch this series again.
What a depressing and amazing episode! Imagine being in that cabin with all that regret and misery knowing your family hates you.
Thank you! I always personally liked this episode more than one before and the one after.
Playing the full theme at the end of the penultimate episode was the perfect time to do it. It's a way to say that we've come so far in the show and that the last stand is about to be made. Or in other words, shit just got real
Me and my dad are about to rewatch this series, glad to see that you made this video man💪🏼
The final scene of this episode was my most favourite scene of the whole show.
The music and the cinematography were chilling.