BREAKING BAD Season 5 Episode 14: Ozymandias REACTION
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"Walt, you're one of the smartest men I know. But you're too stupid to realise... They're *minerals*
God dammed man you got me xD
He hearted it😂
@@astveloria whoa i didnt pick up on the hearts he's giving out. that means he has finished the series cos he doesn't usually read comments
@@FlashAsh Yeah, he probably finished it a couple weeks ago. On Patreon, he posts like 3-5 episodes in advance.
@@FlashAsh Yep, he's done with the series on Patreon
fun fact: this episode is the highest rated episode in televison history with a perfect 10 on imdb
@@DunkIeosteus why are you mean. i just thought i’d comment an interesting fact related to the video.
@@henr3269 sorry
directed by the guy who made the last jedi
@@DunkIeosteus that's the point
It was beaten by hero
I think Ozymandias is generally agreed to be the best hour of television in history. It’s perfect.
It’s not perfect. Walt’s glasses magically appear back on his face while handcuffed.
@@mem1701movies LMAO nice nit pic. Doesn't detract from how good the episode is but nice try.
Yep. For me personally, the best episodes of television ever aired are
Ozymandias
The Nightman Cometh (it's always sunny in philadelphia)
Gotta Light (twin peaks the return)
@@FidoeFTW Not only a nitpick, but it's also not even really _in_ this episode. It's in the transition from last episode to this one, which was originally a week apart, lol. You could just assume that his glasses landed in such a way that Walt was able to push his face against them to put them back on, lmao.
@@mem1701movies nitpick asf
Genius that he saves skyler by saying “you know nothing” still a little bit of walt left
Walt was a true piece of shit by the end but he was smart enough not to take her down with him. Always respected that
one of the best pieces in this episode
@@dylanlawrence6616 Yeah and too many people think Walt was playing that straight. I always sympathized with Walt to the end (not that I condone his behavior, but I simply like his character...certainly wouldn't side with him IRL) since the show is ultimately a blend of Western and Greek Tragedy and I feel you're supposed to feel the main character's anguish in spite of his obvious faults, poor decisions and his ultimate share of the blame. But a TON of people reach this point and just say "Yeah Walt is pure evil now and everything he does is evil" rather than the more nuanced truth that he's ultimately a pretty normal man but possessing of great pride and intelligence and it leads him down an evil path.
Anyways, great show regardless.
just incredible acting on both ends. Walt having to pretend to be furious while dying inside, and Skylar going from terror to confusion to understanding what Walt was doing, to pretending to be terrified, and then to breaking over Hank.
First time o see skyler written like that
With him turning against Jessie, he's in the mindset that Jessie is responsible for getting Hank killed, so to him, he has no more love towards his old partner.
and he is right to think that in a way lmao
Still today I learn new details about this show. Wow
@@36200 that would be stupid of Jesse to do. Walt knowing that Jesse is working with Hank could have jeopardized their whole plan as he’d know they weren’t going to burn his money.
The flip side is that Jessie had always blamed himself for Jane's death. So telling Jessie what actually happened would lift a huge weight from Jessie's conscience.
It's a very good Walter/Heisenberg moment.
Walter eased Jessie's conscience whilst Heisenberg was able to revel in tormenting Jessie one last time.
@@Mantis_Toboggan_MD. that makes no sense. He was about to watch him die.
Fun fact: The intro with Walt and Jesse's first cook was the very last scene they filmed in the entire series.
Was Bryan wearing a wig?
Yeah:)
@@spiton I think they filmed it last because they wanted to let Bryan’s hair grow out.
"This might be the best episode of TV I've ever seen"
You can say that a million times, Brandon.
No it's not, The wire has at least 5 episodes better
@@fathialjack2009 ...no
@@fathialjack2009 Well Blue's Clues has at least 17 episodes better than that. Opinions.
@@fathialjack2009 this. Im rewatching The wire atm. I wonder if Brandon has seen it. Would be great to see Brandon reactin on it because his insights etc. Even tho it's one these series that u get more out of it every Time u watch it. Great stuff that went over my head the last couple times. And actually stuff thats relevant still..all the different things goin on inside how the police shit works, education system etc
@@Tero92 you're right, I watched the wire five times and every time I learn something new, breaking bad is good but the wire is a masterpiece
The end of To’hajiilee made me wonder how I could wait a week for the next episode. The end of Ozymandias made me wonder how I could recover in just a week for the next episode.
Exactly. Well put.
That's some Ozymandias type poetry right there.
To’hajiilee >>>>>
And then there’s granite state… 😭😭
Same here
Cool little fact: The baby saying 'Mama' was unscripted, she just started saying it during the scene and Bryan Cranston went with it.
I like how on every Ozymandias reaction you guys IMMEDIATELY comment this. You know it’ll work every time.
Did you know that in Monty Python's Life of Brian the guards during the Biggus Dickus scene were told not to laugh or else John Cleese would dropkick them?
That's not really true, they rehearsed that scene with the baby for two weeks, Holly's actor is a proffesional, said Cranston, she had been going to acting classes for 1 year, prior to Breaking Bad. Vince Gilligan and Rian Johnson didn't want anyone ruining this episode, specially that "shitty baby", as they called her.
@@goodcontentforcoolkids that or "fun fact: this is the greatest episode of tv of all time" like they cant live without saying the same shit on every reaction
I like how people get mad about the same comments being put under reactions to the same scenes in the same show, as if it was said once to one person so it isn't supposed to ever be said again, lmao.
Fun fact: You're not the center of the universe. Nobody gives a shit that _you_ tragically have to read the same comment again. The person who just watched the show doesn't know and that's all that matters. Likes are not currency. So stop acting weirdly jealous that people are getting recognition for recycled comments.
Surprisingly that phone call is one of the last "good" things Walt does. He creates an out for Skylar to argue that she was forced into laundering Walt's money. By calling her names and threatening her he is actually protecting her.
You're right he's a monster but that call was not him being evil.
Great reaction. What a way to end 2020.
@17:49 He knows
I mean he still gave Skyler Hanks location, killed a bunch of neo-nazis, and freed Jesse even though he blames him for Hanks death. Not to mention he basically guarantees that his kids are going to get as much of his money as possible
great take bro!
@Andy Putnam he’s been done with this show for a while
@Andy Putnam the show ended 7 years ago
Things can't get any worse for Jesse right now
"remember Jaaaaane?" - Walter White
This is TV illusion. I mean Jesse is about to die and he finds out that Walt had hired those guys to kill him (as he expected, but he didn't realize that Walt wasn't going to kill him before he called to him the "I'll get you where you truly live" phone call). So now Jesse is waiting death from the hands of his former partner that had made him a murderer (Gale, and in a way that Salamanca guy in Mexigo and helping to murder Gus and his team) so I don't think getting to know about Jane actually changes anything for him, at least in a meaningful way.
But the reactors usually are like that reveal is 10x worse act by Walter than anything else he did. It's a clever way to utilize multiple seasons of build up. And it also shows how desensitized we are towards murders, as it's the reveal of betrayal here that seems worse than the actual murder of Jesse.
Similar thing can be seen when animals are killed on media and video games, especially if it's a dog. I find that disgusting that we are ok to kill endless amount of people in games like The Last of Us II, but when animals that attack us are being killed, people scream about the injustice of it. While vast majority are eating meat of much more intelligent animal like pig, who spend it's whole life in concentration camp to be slaughtered. I'm not a vegetarian, but I feel for all the animals we eat, but I hardly care about animals in media where we kill humans.
But I digress =D
@@juzujuzu4555 You wrote so much bullshit.
@@altafkalam2716 If it's too long to read, then it's your problem. If there's some bad/false logic, then you totally failed to elaborate what those are.
@@juzujuzu4555 Did I say it's too long to read? I say it's too much bullshit.
It means I read it all and it's horsehit.
@@juzujuzu4555 nah, Jane was cold, but I think overall it all had to be said. Just lay it all out. If Walter even knows who her dad was, he’s probably partially confessing for the plane as well.
“That fool can shut up real quick” Goodness me, this is definitely the angriest I’ve seen Brandon.
Haha. Your quote of brandon and what you said cracked me up. My heavens, that was funny.
Sounds like a mob threat
Wonder what he's gonna say in the next episode. "Just so you know this isn't personal."
@@captaindeadpool313 oooof, forgot that line. I remember what follows but...
@@cuzidodgebullets6797 oh god I forgot about that (EDIT: whoops, responded to the wrong person)
Skylar running after Walt and Holly ALWAYS gives me chills. I think that's one of the best scenes of this episode. Her despair. Screaming for her child. Such an incredible performance.
That intro was not in the 1st episode. Its actually the last scene ever recorded of the show even after the series finale. They included it to show the juxtaposition of that first phone call to the last one.
@Colby S And a lot fatter
This came early, but I’m not complaining!
Woohoo
I'm sorry but... that's what she said.
That's what... no nevermind
Said the gf who just wants to get to sleep
Yeah but is she complaining?
“I watched Jane die.” is still the most foul thing Walt has said to someone in this series.
@Rob Bwomaan I think poisoning a child and having like 9 people killed in 2 minutes is waaaaaaaay worse.
He did it because he was blaming Jesse for the death of Hank and Gomez so he really wanted to see him hurt before his death. Still fucked up, but it wasn’t unprovoked. I think this was his way of returning the spit in the face that Jesse gave him when he thought that he had beaten Walter
Killing 9 people is bad but at the same time, it’s whacking people that are “in the game”.
Nah, the harshest thing he ever said was "Fuck your eyebrows." You don't mock a man's eyebrows, you just don't.
@@winstonmarlowe5254 how bout when he spent Bogdan’s first dollar on a soda? Unforgivable atrocity
Hank was so caught up in arresting Heisenberg, at least seeing Walt pleading for Hank's life allowed him to see the Walt he knew one more time...
The phone call Walt made was essentially him clearing Skylars name as he knew the police would be listening which is why he took credit for every thing that happened and came across the way he did
one last thing he could do to “protect” his family
Only a few reactors pick up on that which is a shame since it really was the only thing Walter could do to spare Skylar from being prosecuted
Yep, Walt may be a horrible person, but he did care about his family in so many ways, to the point he went out of his way to protect them.
The most important detail of the episode. Bummed he couldn’t see it during his reaction.
@@ThePyroSquirrel1 no idea how people don’t pick up on it lol Walt lays it on so thick with saying he murdered Hank and emphasizing that he did everything all by himself, and you can tell by Skylar’s face she knows what he’s doing
@@Flamerunner451 I think people are struggling to process everything they saw in this episode and their emotions are so strong
Well Walt blames Jessie for Hanks death that’s why he was so quick to have him killed and that’s why he dropped the Jane bomb on him
He wanted him to hurt
I always viewed Walt telling him that as a way to “save” Jesse. He was trying to get Jesse to finally give up on ever thinking Walt could be redeemed by saying something so despicable and loathsome. In doing so, their relationship was completely severed, and it presented Jesse with freedom to hopefully get away at some point. Kind of like how Walt admitted to everything over the phone with Skyler, and sounded so maniacal and insane, all as a way to actually save his family, and take any potential blame away from Skyler. Just a thought.
@@heyimgoingtoplaysomegames I don't really see it like that, but good observation
@@heyimgoingtoplaysomegames saving Jesse by giving him up to the neo nazis and letting him get kidnapped lol
@UCnHIPezKZmfbwCsGlkc8n-g I read it and appreciated it. Their relationship is complicated as phaque, but there is a lot of caring in it. I mean, not always, but it's there to be felt at many points.
@@heyimgoingtoplaysomegames What you said makes no sense.
After waiting 6 months for Brandon to get to Ozymandias, I am satisfied. Every time you said hank was your favorite character my head zoomed straight to this episode. Appreciate you so much dude giving me something to look forward to every Tuesday and Thursday with BB and its always sunny. You've spread a lot of happiness in such a horrendous year. I am beyond stoked for better call saul and another great long journey of reactions with ya
@Akbar Shabazz-Jenkins I find great irony in that a kid who spends their time online leaving brain dead comments on a movie reaction channel telling someone else to seek human companionship. I don’t even need to say anything because you’re already making yourself look so damn stupid, it’s kinda great 😂
@Akbar Shabazz-Jenkins I give you my thanks, always a good laugh when someone makes themselves look so absent of any brain compacity. Thank you for providing me comedy through your stupidity :D
Watched his full reaction on patreon, and seeing Brandon close to tears and not being able to properly convey his emotions made me feel so sad for him hahaha.
You monster! lol
@@mobiusbelts3607 Yeah why gotta do that to us like that
Does he tear up at all in the next 2 episodes?
I seriously thought he was finna cry 😭
I mean BB is the greatest show of all time no surprise 🤷🏻♂️
And on the pedestal these words appear:
'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Can't tell if that's Civ 4 reference or not
@@DudeHunder It's a reference to a famous poem
David the AI robot quotes this in Alien Covenant th-cam.com/video/boId0HudxYI/w-d-xo.html
@@DudeHunder It's a 19th century poem by Shelley
@@DudeHunder it’s a Watchmen reference
Walt knew the cops were listening, so he made it seem like Skyler was just his pawn to get her out of trouble. She understood this and played along.
thank you!! BRANDON READ THIS!!
@@vitakinesis Did you guys not watch the video? He put a disclaimer during that scene
@@KJ-je9pm yeah I went back and read it.
The stray dog in the ending shot of the episode represents Walt. No home, no family.
It wasn't planned, it was a stray wild dog. Vince Gilligan said when interviewed once that it happened to run across and it seemed beautifully perfect for the scene and they left it in.
That's how stupid rumors get started.
@@JeremyBarbell It was literally stated in an interview with the shows creator.
The dog totally improvised that scene
His new home looks kinda cosy out in the snowy snow
Still can’t believe the baby improv-ed those “Mama”s. What a perfect and impossible to plan moment.
I’ve got to say, Brandon, out of all the reactors on TH-cam, you are the most real and engaging. You actually react emotionally and don’t feel the need to constantly try and second guess the plot. It’s been a pleasure watching with you (so to speak).
This is truly the best way to end 2020, with the episode we all were waiting for.
Happy new year Brandon!
Holy shit. Brandon I’ve been both insanely excited and sad to watch your reaction to this episode.
Same
I was smiling like a creep watching him tear up
@@IronPal that's pretty weird bro
No it isn’t “bro”
@@vicvega4415
this is like a second christmas coming this early!
Exactly! I've been watching Brandon's BB reaction videos since early in Season 1, and it felt like the day for him to watch Ozymandias was gonna take forever to get here!
@@centuryrox Same
Yup
That's what she said 😎😎😎
16:32 "one of the best pieces of media I've ever seen" agreed
...I'm glad you realised eventually what Walter was doing when he called Skyler. Remember, Walter is a genius. That moment is very important.
that whole phone call was orchestrated to shift blame away from skylar. walt knew they were listening, he was throwing her an out on the record. he was protecting her.
Walter may be a genius, but in the end he was completely ruined by greed, pride, and hubris. Hank summed it up nicely right before he was shot in the head.
@@TheSpoonman00 Hank got himself killed as well, ne was too worried about his career, when he wanted to catch Walter only with Gomes(even before confession tape).
@@ДжонТаргариен-с7б no he already knew he was going to die
I don't think he ever realized that, at least not in this video. Unless I'm missing something
For its 65th anniversary, TV Guide picked "Ozymandias" as the best television episode of the 21st century. "Ozymandias" is the best episode out of the 62 total Breaking Bad episodes, as it contains the moment when Walt’s monstrous selfishness finally shatters his family unit for good and is indisputably the peak of Breaking Bad.
I always dread Brandon’s reaction to Hank’s death. Hank was his favorite character
@Akbar Shabazz-Jenkins Damn dude, why so serious? 😂
That was the saddest “bro” I’ve ever heard
One of the first things *Walter* ever said to *Gus* was that he and him were alike, to which Gus quickly rejected. Although, I think Gus did see himself in Walt, perhaps a more young and naive version of himself. Even if he didn’t want to admit it. This episode makes so many more parallels to Walt and Gus and their journey, they both were way in over there head, and it cost them both losing a brother, someone they cared for so much, to become the cold and calculated geniuses they are later in their lives (as you will see in the last two episodes). Even the way they shot it with Walter falling on his right side right in front of his dead brother (in law) just like Gus did in the episode Hermanos. In the end they both even suffered a similar demise... to be continued on the Felina reaction video.
only difference was that wasn't his brother, its heavily implied gus was gay and that may have been his partner
Put a spoiler warning on this!
@@Stuffthatsfunny1 Brandon doesn't read comments before he's finished the series anyways.
@@Stuffthatsfunny1 nah man he's already seen the whole show over on patreon that's why he's reading comments. He was avoiding comments until he finished the series
@lo l when whats his face killed his partner he pisses in the pool and then mentions something along the lines of gus and his partner enjoying what they see, and the fact that you never see his family despite saying that he was a family man (that last part isnt really evidence tho)
Ozymandias:
I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said-“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal, these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.
- Percy Shelley
He's smarter than you! He's luckier than you! He IS the Devil! Every actor brought their "A Game" to this episode. Bryan Cranston's phone call face was epic beyond words. The deep pain of Walt etched in his top half from the nose up combined with the angry Heisenberg growl from his mouth as he says what is needed to get Skyler off the hook. We saw both of Walter's personas acting in unison AT THE SAME TIME.
I watched this when it first came out. I remember the reviews that night calling it literally the single most devastating episode of TV ever made. I'd say that still holds true, 7+ years later.
The single greatest hour of drama television I’ve ever watched. It still blows me away how perfect this episode is from start-to-finish. I have been waiting for this one!
"I want these guys obliterated in the worst freaking way" love that.
lol, I hope he is satisfied with the last episode because I sure as hell was with the outcome.
He was evil on the phone with Skylar, so the cops would think Skylar was innocent of everything and totally controlled by him, it was an act he was putting on
I always felt he was also venting his own feelings towards her while doing this.
I Always felt it was the last decent thing he did, I think it tore him up, that it could've been the last time he talked to her, and those were his last words to her
@@mirrojas it's just viewer's feelings, Walter was only saving her
it saddens me how many people don't realise that whole call was a performance done by walt to make skyler seem innocent. but at the same time it makes me respect the acting even more. walt is usually a bad liar but he gave his all for the sake of his family. don't get me wrong, he's still a pretty terrible person who murdered people, destroyed or endangered lives, manipulated people and so forth, but he always maintained a level of humanity, compassion and attachments to people that can be shown in brief moments of selflessness
6:55
At that moment Hank didn’t see the monster he was Chasing. He saw his Brother in law crying over him. It answered his question to who he was talking to, and it’s always been Walter.
The only things Walt does in this episode I disagree with is how he treated Jesse in the desert and his decision to take the baby. He did absolutely everything he could to save Hank. He was ready to give himself up to save Hank. He tried warning Hank when Jack showed up. He tried to talk down Jack and his gang. He was willing to give Jack his entire 80 million dollar fortune to save Hank. I think he blamed Jesse for Hank's death and it causes him to want revenge in that moment. Now that you have seen the finale, you know that Walt has a change of heart. He does everything he can to save his family and his wife from any blame. I can't imagine how much panic was running thru him during the events of this episode. I love how this show questions the morality of the viewers depending on who they are rooting for.
Exactly, in hanks own word he said “ there’s only one solution step up face it like a man and admit what you’ve done” nobody can deny Walt did exactly that
Do you understand why he took the baby? If you did i dont think you would dislike it .
Dumbass Jesse should've taken his money and disappeared
I think him taking the baby was all a part of his plan to make the cops believe he was threatening and now punishing Skylar.
@Andrew Powers ...and even she wanted “mama..ma” absolutely tragic and a heart wrenching moment for Walt. Like the only good thing I have is gone too.
I like that this episode adds some importance to episode *Fly* talking about the guilt over Jane’s death.
If you watch closely, when Walter rolled the barrel through the desert, you can see his pants from the very first episode. Because of these small details, i love this show.
He should've taken them as they belong to him lol
Everyone’s acting here was just phenomenal..Even after all these years of seeing the episode live on tv the scene of Walt Jr trying to protect his mother on the floor and Skyler running out of the driveway after Holly just sticks with you Everyones emmys were so deserved.
@Cu I don’t get how everyone gets her name wrong
It’s “Skyler” not Skylar
❤
Dude, the look on your face when Hank was shot... I am not ashamed to say that I dropped a few tears back in 2013 when I saw this episode for the first time.
Love your vids man.
Stay safe and Best Wishes and Good Health to you and yours.
Ozymandias... man... What is there left to say that hasn't been said yet. This is perfection on so many levels. No words can describe how I and thousands of others felt watching this episode live on TV. It was an event for sure.
This episode got a 10/10 on IMDB
The highest rated on IMDb
It deserved it.
@@dembabadem6808 Actually, just as of yesterday Attack on Titan season 3 episode 17 also hit 10/10. Looking on their list Ozymandias is at #2 now.
Pretty coincidental timing.
@@clairedex wow really?
@@clairedex Who cares about weebs opinions tho LUL
the look on your face when Walt confesses to watching Jane die is PRICELESS!
Walter wasn't yelling at Skylar on the phone because he wanted to. He did it to make her look more innocent.
“That fool can shut up real quick 😐” damn Brandon 😂
Fun fact, Holly was supposed to shoot Gus but the Simpsons beat them to it buy letting Maggie shoot Mr Burns
Lmao
Another reactor totally misreads the phone call scene. I get it though, when you’re caught up in the emotions of watching the episode for the first time, it’s easy to miss what Walt is actually doing there. Great reaction!!
i feel like that guy in the middle of knowwhere that got a great deal on selling his old banger of a car was the only person in the whole show that had a good outcome from meeting walt
He tipped $100 to the waitress from Denny's in s4e1. Thats the only other positive interaction that I can think of
I don’t cry when I see sad scenes in movies or television that’s just not how I respond to it. But the moment Walt says “what the hell is wrong with you? We’re a family” I was full of tears. It’s not even a sad moment necessarily it’s just so intense that my body didn’t know how to react
And that is why I’m pursuing television writing ^
This is the greatest episode of any show I've ever seen in my life
7:00 *Me when Brandon Finishes Breaking Bad*
This deserves WAY more likes...
7:00-7:12 it me rn
When i first watched this episode i felt like the ringing for the shot that killed Hank was happening for the whole episode. It's just shock after shock. It's glorious.
"It makes Negan look like kid's things." Correct.
And one of the things that throws me for the biggest loop is the fact that going into this episode I knew there were supposed to be 2 episodes to follow this one. So the fact that it packs a finale punch here instead of the very end caught me off guard.
You see, Hank is my favorite and beloved character as well and when I first saw this episode, not only did I cry I had to stop watching for a moment because it was just too much. This whole episode felt like watching a real life documentary. It's absolutely perfection👌🏾💯💕
Walter knew the cops were listening when he called Skylar. He said all that stuff to make it seem like she knew very little.
Walter yelled at Skylar to shift all the blame onto himself and not Skylar for their crimes. He wasn't yelling because he hated Skylar. It was specifically to protect her and make himself look as evil as possible.
That's why he says things like "Oh you should have stopped" and "What do you know?" and "I told you to keep your mouth shut". This will demonstrate in court that Walter threatened Skyar into helping him, didn't know most of what he was doing, and Walter did it all himself. "me and me alone". Saying he killed Hank in such a spiteful, despite how much he cared about Hank, was to prove that he was dangerous and willing to kill Skylar if she "crossed him".
Someone should have been watching the video instead of typing ;)
"This episode is just nonstop heavyness." I wish I was able to rewatch for the first time. This episode really is a masterpiece.
It’s a shame you initially didn’t pick up on Walter was trying to do with the phone call to Skyler. It was my favourite part of the episode by far!
The single greatest episode in television history. Unbelievable stuff. Wish I could watch for the first time again.
Sort of got to vicariously through Brandon here luckily. Can’t wait to see his finale reaction.
@@aphexlane very true. No time is better than your first tho and it’s crazy how I still remember the first time I saw this. Brandon’s reaction is great stuff.
The reason Walter was saying all that to Skyler over the phone was so she wouldn't be put in jail as well. Saying how he was the only one involved.
15:00
"There's no way he can get out of it"
"Get out"
The comedic timing is perfect
“what are you going to do walt, betray your own baby?” 😭
“We’re a family. Were a family.”
I truly never underatand why people question Walt when he turns jesse in.lol The dude had literally JUST been betrayed by him, spit on his face and he was the direct reason Hank was there and got killed. Great reaction though.
I see what u mean, but jesse has been getting f**ked all series, I dont blame jesse for the sh*t walter put him through, because it is pretty much all Walts fault
Yeah, I’m sure there are a lot of things you either don’t understand or pretend not to
walter is sht. do not try to cover it lol
@@recitesoulfultales not covering it lol just saying what did people expect at that point.
@@chrissmith6097 did it feel good getting that off your chest? 😂
"Bro... :( "
My heart broke for you man 😭
As one youtuber said it is not the action that makes you sad but the reaction of those affected by it.That's why Ozymandias is so emotionally heavy episode cause it's full of these reactions
Man, the knife fight scene between Skyler/Walter with Holly crying in the background makes me cry every single time. Just thinking back to when they were a happy family and to see how broken it has gotten now. Gets me everytime.
"All BAD things must come to an end". I love that tagline that AMC used while running the final season up to the finale and during the marathon. There were so many awesome creative choices surrounding this show in its advertising and marketing, as well. There is also an Ozymandias commercial trailer that was excellent and that went with it.
Crime doesn't pay well in the end. Even trying to evade punishment through corruption is a slippery slope into more doom and gloom.
In the end, this is when Walt realizes that all he can do is to pull off what's known in terms of tropes as a "Zero Approval Gambit"; in other words, since he's broken so bad already, he pulls every single ounce of hatred from the others onto himself, before self-destructing in a final act of catharsis for them.
Since Walter could not take his family with him, he created a scenario where he could protect his family from the cops. Amazing...
I don't know if anyone else has said this yet, but Holly is Vince Gilligan's longtime girlfriend's name.
2:48 how have I never noticed the foreshadowing with that knife
And at 15:03
This episode, and “Shut the Door. Have a Seat” from Mad Men are the two best episodes of TV I’ve ever seen
I love that episode of Mad Men too. A lighter episode than this though!
@@anneb889 definitely!
"Literally everything that could have happened bad is happening right now"
Welcome to "Ozymandias" :/
my name is Ozymandias, king of kings.
Look at my work, ye mighty and dispair.
Brillant choice for the title of the episode
in my opinion the baby that portrayed holly deserves an emmy
When holly started saying “mama” that was not scripted. The baby actress was calling for her mom, Bryan Cranston just improvised and rolled with it with those facial reactions
I highly doubt that's true.
It's entirely possible that the baby said those words and thats where the "improvised" rumour came from, but Cranston's reaction isn't improvised. How do I know? Because they are different shots. Most of filmmaking works with 1 camera working at a time, so a shot / reverse shot scene is acted twice, each time with the camera pointed at a different actor. So in my opinion it's extremely unlikely that they set up 2 cameras (which is expensive) for a scene that was somewhat insignificant.
@@este.bahn92 rian Johnson was talking in an interview about the moment and how he was hoping Brian Cranston embraced the moment and didn’t break character for the shot. I’ve worked on sets and with children. It’s possible that they would set up two cameras at once so they could reduce the amount of time filming they needed with such a young child on set. Saves money too if they can keep the amount of filming days to a minimum .
This whole episode feels so real because it forces you to deal with everything at once. In life when shit hits the fan it always feels like everything happens before you have time to process; the jarring camera angles and scene changes and the fucking SOUNDSCAPE. Masterpiece of an episode.
So excited but also sad. R.I.P. Hank.
Once again a great reaction from my man Hank Jr though. Awesome video man✌ oh and yeah idk how I made it week to week watching this show lol!
Hank Jr !!!! Lol !!!
I feel like you misundrstood the scene where walter and skyler talk on the phone. Walter understood that the police were recording or at least listening and said everything he could to free skyler of involvement in the eyes of the police. He made sure he seemed like a monster to convince the police of skylers innocence
I feel like you didn't read that 17:50 😏
@@OnlyCualquiera oh yeah, hahaha
“What kind of man talks to the DEA”
NO MAN
Except Gus was wrong about said man. Even then, the guy shouldn't be put on pedestal seeing as he shit himself. Statement or not, disgusting.
A decent one. A man not blinded by stupid criminal codes.
@@Naahi95 lol
the scene with the fight and holly being kidnapped is the first bit of television or cinema that I have cried at. This show changed my life.
You oughta do a collection of all your "the stakes have never been higher" moments while watching BB.
When this episode premiered I was in college and myself and about 15 other friends gathered around a 20in TV that had terrible volume. We were all collectively holding our breath the entire time. I'll never forget it. Truly the best episode of television.
When Holly was crying for her mother in the bathroom, the girl had actually seen her real mother in the background of the shot. The moment was unscripted and Bryan Cranston just rolled with it in real time.
They should never added a baby to the show
The phone call at the end was made to help skyler even going as far as telling everyone he killed hank
this episode will always remind me that when it’s well written, Rian Johnson is a phenomenal director
Yeah, every one hates him for last Jedi, I personally am fine with the movie. But if you like rian Johnson, watch knives out.
@@aarondeyoung6315 so good. Rian is a fantastic director, it's just like OP says, he needs to have a good script to work from. TLJ isn't the worst movie, but it didn't work well as part of a star wars Saga.
Rest In Peace, Hank, you freaking legend.
That phone call is actually him acting to clear his wife of guilt from the police.. Makes it look like he was threatening her. You can tell he doesn't believe what he says as he starts to tear up when he says hank crossed him.
Not a coincidence that this episode has a 10/10 rating on imbd after hundreds of thousands of votes
Never noticed before how in the opening sequence the camera puts the knives in a prominent position when starting Skyler's scene, kind of like a Chekhov's gun.
Knives are in the foreground, yet she grabs the phone; later in the episode, the phone is shown and she grabs the knife. Pure poetry!
Been waiting for your reaction to these last couple of episodes for a while now dude! hyped for this episode reaction 🙌🏼 much love!