Breaking Bad finale

Didja watch it? Breaking Bad, I mean. It was simply the most hyped series finale since Lost. It definitely lived up to its billing, much like Lost lived up to its anticipation. My wife and I tuned in late to both series. We heard about both shows being really good for several seasons before we got hooked on them. By taking advantage of the latest method of watching series TV, we binge-watched all the seasons of both shows in one calendar year, each during the 12 months preceding each show’s finale, simply so we could watch each series finale in real time.

As for the Breaking Bad finale, Walter White died on the floor of a meth lab, amidst his beloved chemistry. How could I not have predicted that? It’s really the most obvious location. It’s kinda like that saying about not being able to see the forest for the trees.

WW (“Woodrow Wilson? Willy Wonka? Walter White?”) also got to exert his control for one final time over Jesse. Fortunately he also showed compassion by seeming to plan his assault on the compound around rescuing Jesse. Despite his “hit” on Jesse assigned to Jack’s crew, in the end we assume his conscience caught up with him and he realized he had an option to right a past wrong, i.e. the sentence of Jesse’s death.

That final shot of Jesse laughing/ crying hysterically as he raced away in the car from his imprisonment was such an emotional release. It felt like all the tension the series had created from the beginning was released right there, like the air being released from the proverbial balloon. In my opinion, it was one of the rare TV moments that left me speechless. That’s even more a triumph considering that the finale ended up being so easily predictable (despite the fact I failed to predict it).