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.)

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.

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.

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!

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.

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...).

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.

"Walter White is a bigger monster than anyone in Westeros"--yes, Walt routinely kills hookers just to watch them die. Good Lord.

I agree with you 100% that he was never a hero (I got a workout in IO9's "hero gone bad" thread, and I dislike the term anti-hero because of how the internet uses it.), that the relationship with Jesse was negative and abusive and vicious as soon as we saw it, not something that turned sour, that he was in this for himself, etc, but does GRRM not read what he writes?

emilyn's take on the finale: [link]

HAHAHAHAHA, how did I miss that a couple weeks ago? Dude Walter White is not even the worst person in Breaking Bad (HELLO NAZIS).