Media Why do people claim season 5 of Breaking Bad is the best/Ozymandias is the best episode?

[Pikacel]

Obviously it was good, but it just seemed like a standard and safe finale. Reminded me of Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. Season 3 and 4 would make the most innocuous plot threads lead to the craziest culminating in ‘Crawl Space’ which is easily the best Breaking Bad episode IMO. I guess you could say it was predictable, Jesse getting involved with a druggie spic single mom is an incredibly convenient development and Walt’s whore wife sleeping with a debt-ridden failure was bound to bounce back but it still went hard and season 5 failed to top it.

An example of the difference between s5 and previous seasons is how the nazi gang were just generic evil dudes (whereas Gus was pure cortisol fuel), the blond psycho shoots a child for no reason other than to show he’s le evil (doubt he would’ve snitched or done anything) and Jesse doesn’t do anything about it despite having went out on Walt AND Gus over his gf’s son getting poisoned. The Ozymandias ep is good but safe, the muh evil group fucks up everything and Walt loses. It’s just not the same as Walt poisoning a kid then blowing up a spic in a wheelchair, merely a standard tragic situation (death of a close friend + police chasing him down everything crumbling) facilitated by villains that are more plot devices than anything.

Of course it’s still great but no way is it the peak of Breaking Bad. It’s mainly good because it’s a finale to a great series (thanks to seasons 1-4) that DOESN’T shit the bed

 

[Zetta]

Obviously it was good, but it just seemed like a standard and safe finale. Reminded me of Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. Season 3 and 4 would make the most innocuous plot threads lead to the craziest culminating in ‘Crawl Space’ which is easily the best Breaking Bad episode IMO. I guess you could say it was predictable, Jesse getting involved with a druggie spic single mom is an incredibly convenient development and Walt’s whore wife sleeping with a debt-ridden failure was bound to bounce back but it still went hard and season 5 failed to top it.

An example of the difference between s5 and previous seasons is how the nazi gang were just generic evil dudes (whereas Gus was pure cortisol fuel), the blond psycho shoots a child for no reason other than to show he’s le evil (doubt he would’ve snitched or done anything) and Jesse doesn’t do anything about it despite having went out on Walt AND Gus over his gf’s son getting poisoned. The Ozymandias ep is good but safe, the muh evil group fucks up everything and Walt loses. It’s just not the same as Walt poisoning a kid then blowing up a spic in a wheelchair, merely a standard tragic situation (death of a close friend + police chasing him down everything crumbling) facilitated by villains that are more plot devices than anything.

Of course it’s still great but no way is it the peak of Breaking Bad. It’s mainly good because it’s a finale to a great series (thanks to seasons 1-4) that DOESN’T shit the bed

 

[DarkStar]

Yeah I agree, it was good but could have been better

imo the Nazis didn't quite fill in the shoes Gus left behind, though Todd was quite a good villain I admit that. Imo, they should have tied in that Madrigal company which was connected to Fring which might have filled in that void he left as a villain. I think they might have originally wanted that Declan guy to be the villain but settled on the Nazis because of Todds potential as a villain

I also wish that we could have seen more of Walt with his crew of Jesse, Mike, and Saul(Jimmy) alongside maybe Todd & some other characters here & there do some jobs together. It would have finally been nice to see Walt sort of settle into that role, how they all operate after losing Fring & being more "independently" etc. And then ofc finally things breaking down with Hank finding out, it escalating, etc.

Ofc this is all speculation though.

 

[Allah (Real)]

unpopular opinion but breaking bad as a whole is overrated. it's pretty fucking good but waay overrated. I don't see this masterpiece that everyone talks about. I don't remember breaking bad ever not playing it safe, but then again its been a long time since I watched it.

An example of the difference between s5 and previous seasons is how the nazi gang were just generic evil dudes (whereas Gus was pure cortisol fuel), the blond psycho shoots a child for no reason other than to show he’s le evil (doubt he would’ve snitched or done anything) and Jesse doesn’t do anything about it despite having went out on Walt AND Gus over his gf’s son getting poisoned. The Ozymandias ep is good but safe, the muh evil group fucks up everything and Walt loses. It’s just not the same as Walt poisoning a kid then blowing up a spic in a wheelchair, merely a standard tragic situation (death of a close friend + police chasing him down everything crumbling) facilitated by villains that are more plot devices than anything.

tbh the ending of s4 seemed very finale-esque, but of course they couldn't end it just like that. The s5 villains seemed like an afterthought.

 

[PersonalityChad]

Fly is clearly the best episode

 

[Maikowski]

because they didn't fuck up the last season like they always do, anyone remember game of thrones

full metal alchemist is for children

 

[Scatius Deletus]

Better Call Saul solos