Meh. Walt does not deserve that kind of redemption. I would have been very happy to let him rot in New Hampshire and spend the entire episode with the rest of the family moving on with their lives.
Mal: He calls back, you keep them occupied. Wash: What do I do, shadow puppets?
'The Message'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
Jessica - Sep 29, 2013 5:29:18 pm PDT #11184 of 11998
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
-t - Sep 29, 2013 5:35:28 pm PDT #11185 of 11998
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm really glad Skyler got to hear him say he'd done it all for himself. I didn't expect that at all.
Theodosia - Sep 29, 2013 5:41:31 pm PDT #11186 of 11998
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
He had a lot of time to think in NH. Repeated viewings of Imaginarium will do that to a man.
I was very satisfied with the ending.
Jessica - Sep 29, 2013 5:44:19 pm PDT #11187 of 11998
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
And on Talking Bad, Vince Gilligan is talking about how he really wanted to give this show closure because the fans deserve to have all the loose ends tied up. HA. Oh Vince, giving the audience closure does not mean letting your main character spend the series finale wander around telling everyone goodbye.
(Yeah, I didn't like it. Too sappy.)
Frankenbuddha - Sep 29, 2013 5:47:08 pm PDT #11188 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
He got Jesse out of that hell hole. As far as I'm concerned that bought him his semi-peaceful passing.
Also, Jesse got to seriously kill Todd. Win win.
Scrappy - Sep 29, 2013 6:55:56 pm PDT #11189 of 11998
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I didn't find it sappy. It was finishing things up, but it wasn't too tidy for me. Jesse's free, but he has no money or friends, really. Some nice surprises, too. I did not expec him to be in skyler's kitchen during the whole phone call.
DavidS - Sep 29, 2013 7:51:15 pm PDT #11190 of 11998
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Alan Sepinwall parses the title for us:
As pointed out on the Internet earlier in the week, the title can be read as the chemical symbols for iron, lithium and sodium (aka "blood, meth and tears") or as an anagram for "finale." It could also be referring to the Marty Robbins' song "El Paso," which plays in the tape deck of the stolen New Hampshire car, and which features a Mexican girl by the name.
Iron Lithium Sodium! Blood Meth and Tears!
-t - Sep 30, 2013 4:07:23 am PDT #11191 of 11998
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I always liked that song (there's a West Texas highway off ramp that always makes me hum when I pass it) but I had forgotten the girl's name in it.
§ ita § - Sep 30, 2013 4:31:33 am PDT #11192 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I lean towards Jessica. Apart from admitting he was doing it for himself, it reminded me of Ten's regeneration, and Heisenberg was a monster who didn't deserve that (although not the monster GRRM thought him--jesus, what a misreading of the text...).
Jessica - Sep 30, 2013 4:48:18 am PDT #11193 of 11998
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
although not the monster GRRM thought him--jesus, what a misreading of the text
Ooh, I'm curious. Link please?
I pretty much disagree with any reading of the text that buys into the bullshit narrative that Walt used to be a good guy before he got cancer. He was a selfish vindictive prat in the series premiere, so I'm not sure why I'm supposed to believe he was ever anything else.