Tonight's Breaking Bad was AWESOME!!! WARNING *****SPOILERS*****

[sauce]

Oh, and the brilliant Jekyll/Hyde moment with the light eyeglass and the dark eyeglass when the cops passed by Walt in the snowed-in Volvo. WOW! He even spoke to himself: "Get me out of this and I'll do the rest." -- YES!

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Something I wondered about: Walt retrieved the ricin from his old house before going to see Skylar and finding out that the Aryans - sent by Lydia - had threatened Skylar & the kids. Walt - to my recollection - had never killed anyone that he didn't see as a threat. So did he plan to kill Lydia before he knew about her sending Todd & his crew for a visit at the White's?

I think his plan was to finish off anyone involved with his business because it was HIS. Remember Mike wanted to off her earlier in the season and kept saying what a pain she was but Walt overruled him. Walt knew exactly what kind of trouble she was and I think it was his plan to get rid of her all along, especially since she started working with the Aryans.

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Oh, and regarding FELINA in the song and the parallels, I can see Gustavo as the man who also wants to court her. Not sure I agree that it's Hank in that equation. Jesse could work, too, but he doesn't physically die, but once we get to this level of metaphor and symbol, lots of theories can work.

I loved the opening scene with the icy snow that made me wonder if we were looking at a camera angle from underneath a tray of glass-grade meth.

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Something I wondered about: Walt retrieved the ricin from his old house before going to see Skylar and finding out that the Aryans - sent by Lydia - had threatened Skylar & the kids. Walt - to my recollection - had never killed anyone that he didn't see as a threat. So did he plan to kill Lydia before he knew about her sending Todd & his crew for a visit at the White's?

Good point. I think he had a few concoctions of how this could have played out, and the ricin was just another weapon in the arsenal. I know it's a stretch, but I was reading about some experimental usage of ricin to kill cancerous cells!

[sauce]

The finale was a masterpiece in so many ways......and I'm surprised no one has mentioned any of them here! First off, the name of the episode was "Felina" which is an anagram for "Finale"!! Awesome, but it gets even better. Felina was the "Wicked Mexican Girl" in the song "El Paso" by Marty Robbins. El Paso was showcased in earlier seasons as the frontline for the Drug trade that Hank escaped from. If you read the lyrics to the song El Paso, it tells the story of a man who falls in love with "Felina" and when he sees another man showing interest in her, he kills this man and is forced to run away from his love! But his love for felina was so strong that he returns to her, knowing it will mean his demise. In the end the man is shot in the torso, but does not die before he is reunited with his sweet "Felina" and dies in her arms. Walt is the man, Hank was the guy who was killed by Walts jealosy, and sweet felina was the Meth Lab.

Brilliant writing, Ive never seen better.

Thank you for breaking this down. I know the song thanks to my Grateful Dead listening and was thrilled to hear it! I purposely ignore titles and things released in advance, so I am working on this all afterwards, but yes, the bloody hand on the meth lab tank with that tender Walt smile was the visual that explained the usage of the song when I watched. I like the Fe Li Na attempt, and have seen that meme-ing around, but it didn't connect enough to the depth of the episode, especially since a Blood, Sweat and Tears song didn't get used! LOL

Amazing show and I'm watching it all again to see if I could have predicted anything along the way, and the answer is a resounding NO, although knowing the whole story makes it really fun to see how the truth was being revealed all along but was impossible to see!

[StrangeVisitor]

Lydia drinking the deadly tea laced with ricin?

I got the biggest kick from seeing Lydia getting that nice sweet farewell treat from Walt...venemous two face witch...good riddance, lol.

Something I wondered about: Walt retrieved the ricin from his old house before going to see Skylar and finding out that the Aryans - sent by Lydia - had threatened Skylar & the kids. Walt - to my recollection - had never killed anyone that he didn't see as a threat. So did he plan to kill Lydia before he knew about her sending Todd & his crew for a visit at the White's?

[cjefferys]

The finale was a masterpiece in so many ways......and I'm surprised no one has mentioned any of them here! First off, the name of the episode was "Felina" which is an anagram for "Finale"!! Awesome, but it gets even better. Felina was the "Wicked Mexican Girl" in the song "El Paso" by Marty Robbins. El Paso was showcased in earlier seasons as the frontline for the Drug trade that Hank escaped from. If you read the lyrics to the song El Paso, it tells the story of a man who falls in love with "Felina" and when he sees another man showing interest in her, he kills this man and is forced to run away from his love! But his love for felina was so strong that he returns to her, knowing it will mean his demise. In the end the man is shot in the torso, but does not die before he is reunited with his sweet "Felina" and dies in her arms. Walt is the man, Hank was the guy who was killed by Walts jealosy, and sweet felina was the Meth Lab.

Brilliant writing, Ive never seen better.

Another possible meaning of the title that I've seen posted around:

Fe - iron = blood, Li - lithium, one of the main components in making meth, Na - sodium, the salt in tears. So, "Blood, Meth and Tears".

[cjefferys]

Great ending to a fantastic series. For the most part, it ended the only way it really could and I was completely satisfied with that. The only real surprise for me was the scene with Elliot and Gretchen, I didn't see that coming, but that was a brilliant idea too. From what I've heard, Badfinger's "Baby Blue" has really climbed up the iTunes charts after the show aired, as well as amassing tons of hits on Youtube videos for the song (the song was a great choice to use at the end too).

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Just finished up with the Finale tonight and have to say it was excellent. I thought the show did a great job of wrapping everything up nicely. The last two episodes were better than any movie I saw in the theaters this year. Andrea getting killed on the front porch was harrowing. The way that time advanced was well done. The Marty Robbins song (mentioned above) awesome. Also Jesse being a true slave to Meth which wasn't so subtle was perfect. A standout scene was showing him make that box that he talked about in rehab all those years ago symbolizing that he had become a master-craftsman (of meth.) Skinny Pete & Badger with the laser pointers was awesome too. (I knew it was them!) Walt dying at the end was fitting. Finally, a show has the guts to just end it. Also as it was ending and they were panning up as the police approached Walt, I thought the same thing about Lost in that he was lying there the same way Jack finished off that show only smiling because Breaking Bad had done it better. A great end to a great series!

[palitoy]

Haha - I've seen some of that. 'It was too neat, too much of what the fans wanted to see' Oh, boo-hoo-hoo. Isn't that terrible.

Yeah it was the ending to "Good Times" all over again, happy endings for all!

[Brazoo]

Some of the criticism I've heard afterwards is driving me crazy. "It was too perfect".

Uh-huh. That's awful!

Haha - I've seen some of that. 'It was too neat, too much of what the fans wanted to see' Oh, boo-hoo-hoo. Isn't that terrible.

[Hector]

Elliott and Gretchen...I loved how Vince Gilligan went that route instead of killing them off, that's why he's a major Hollywood writer, and I post here, lol.

Which specific demise was your favorite?

Uncle Jack and his merry men getting pumped full of high caliber bullets from the garage door mechanism machine gun?

Jesse strangling and breaking Todd's neck?

Lydia drinking the deadly tea laced with ricin?

Walter at peace?


I got the biggest kick from seeing Lydia getting that nice sweet farewell treat from Walt...venemous two face witch...good riddance, lol.

[megoscott]

Some of the criticism I've heard afterwards is driving me crazy. "It was too perfect".

Uh-huh. That's awful!

[Hector]

Pretty good! ^^^^^^^^

[Access]

The finale was a masterpiece in so many ways......and I'm surprised no one has mentioned any of them here! First off, the name of the episode was "Felina" which is an anagram for "Finale"!! Awesome, but it gets even better. Felina was the "Wicked Mexican Girl" in the song "El Paso" by Marty Robbins. El Paso was showcased in earlier seasons as the frontline for the Drug trade that Hank escaped from. If you read the lyrics to the song El Paso, it tells the story of a man who falls in love with "Felina" and when he sees another man showing interest in her, he kills this man and is forced to run away from his love! But his love for felina was so strong that he returns to her, knowing it will mean his demise. In the end the man is shot in the torso, but does not die before he is reunited with his sweet "Felina" and dies in her arms. Walt is the man, Hank was the guy who was killed by Walts jealosy, and sweet felina was the Meth Lab.

Brilliant writing, Ive never seen better.