That would have made for a completely different ending, though: if Hank had killed the Nazis Walt wouldn’t have been devastated and his family life wouldn’t have crumbled around him. Nothing in Ozymandias would have played out the same way, nevermind what came after. And they never really built toward a Walt vs. Jesse climax as such. Jesse was never in control at the end until he got free and decided not to kill Walt.
I thought the same thing, but then realized it was necessary for Jesse to know that Walt took care of her also. Jesse now knows that he’s completely in the clear.
Just one Walt in the reflection this time.
The vagabond who’s rapping at your door
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore
Strike another match, go start anew
And it’s all over now, Baby Blue
I liked the ending somewhat. I really like what Walt had setup for Elliott and Gretchen. Also the way he scared them. “The countdown.” “Hiring 2 of the best hitman West of the Mississippi.” & it turns out to be Skinny Pete and Badger with laser pointers. Thats was great. Im glad Jesse didnt kill Walt & glad to see that Jesse got to make it out alive.
Jesse made it out, but not exactly alive.
Did I miss anything significant at the beginning? My clock was off. Walt was in a snow-covererd car with red and blue lights flashing around when I tuned in.
From the wiki article on Lydia the Tattooed Lady—
As lyricist Harburg explains, the final stanza originally contained the lyrics “When she stands, the world gets lit’ler. When she sits, she sits on Hitler”; the lines were removed because the studio feared the song would sound too dated. The line that replaced it begins “Grover Whalen unveilin’ the Trylon” which seems far more dated today than the reference to Hitler. On some subsequent radio appearances, Groucho sang the song in its entirety. Feinstein’s recording omits a number of other lines, but restores the “Hitler” couplet, while Morris’s is essentially as Groucho sang it in At the Circus.
Weiss (that’s “White” for you non-germanophones) pressure gauge. Feel free to speculate about why it’s at 86. But this other one is at zero, so I suppose we’re good.
BTW, I loved Todd’s new ringtone for Lydia. Do you think there’s anything more to “the tattooed lady”? Laura Fraser seems to think so:
Edit: Also, what **Washoe **said.
86 = over/done/finished
So if Walt didn’t catch a random ricochet so he could bleed out dramatically what would he have done? Shot himself as the police arrived?
Guess Jesse is off to Alaska now.
I guess I’m the only one who didn’t buy Walt being able to get into Skyler’s new condo without being seen? Especially since the police had people staged right in front of Marie’s house? I would think that as soon as the DEA got wind that Walt was back in town, that they would plant cops right on her doorstep.
Good ending, but felt like it lacked something. Most of it was also very predictable, but probably because I spent so much time reading predictions. The one thing I really wanted was a Walt/Jesse standoff at the end, and that was delivered, so I’m happy.
Would have also loved to have a post-credits bumper with Huell still sitting in the safe house.
That would have been better, I think. It would have been nice to see him get that right, since he made such a mess of it in the pilot.
Though, it would have been a heck of a lot darker, I suppose.
Alternate DVD ending, maybe?
Absolutely perfectly stated, BlackKnight except I have to say, I thought it was oddly predictable but f*ckin’ brilliant. As a stupid I-saw-the-whole-thing LOST viewer, thank you, Vince, for giving us an oddly peaceful and happy ending.
Best show EVER on television.
Someone has probably already answered you, but, no. It was different.
He did shoot himself.
The Nazis needed Jesse to make the blue meth.
As for them not just blowing away Walt, I can understand why that’s surprising to us, who’ve seen Walt turn the tables on Tuco and others, but that’s not how
“Uncle Jack” viewed Walt. I think he always saw Walt as a “civilian” who constantly needed Jack and his boys to save him.
From his POV, during that final confrontation, why, when he’s sitting in a room with a bunch of heavily armed men loyal to him should he be worried about this unarmed man dying of cancer whom his idiot nephew for some idiotic reason idolized.
He was done in by his ego, lack of imagination and somewhat understandable underestimation of Walt.
One interesting symmetry, perhaps another sign of Walt’s realization of that his decisions were primarily self-gratifying, is that now Walt Jr. will live off of the charity of the Schwartz’s (or at least it will seem that way) - something that Walt himself refused to do early on when it would have saved so much pain and suffering.
That’s a fair point.
Though I think the reminder a few posts up is what ultimately makes that exposition worth it: The most awesome ringtone Todd had for Lydia.
As someone said, Jesse’s confession is more than likely still at the clubhouse. Also, his fingerprints are all over that chain.
Jesse drove away in an El Camino, the same car that he wanted to buy at the tow-truck lot but did not have enough money for at the time.