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context; personal nonsenseThe first time I tried watching Breaking Bad was when the series had ended but was relatively fresh. At that time I guess my comprehension was not good. Because I stopped at the episode when there is a single fly in the lab. My interpretation at that time was that the episode was a comedy filler but upon rewatching that arc I couldn't be further off the mark. So it's fair to say I did not understand what was going on.

series spoilersI don't really know what to say. The whole point of this season seems to be watching W.W. be a monumental piece of shit. In the previous seasons you had at least a modicum of a reason to root for him because apart from his origin story he was in a tussle against powers greater than himself. Now he is just being a garbage human being for no reason.

I think it is just a logical culmination of how badly W.W. is characterised in the series. He goes from someone who is "cut off" from a multi-billion dollar endeavour for $5000 bucks of rent money to someone who wants to be the king of meth slingers at any cost. The transition is not subtle because it turns out he was a sleeper hardcore badass all along and he just needed the consciousness of mortality that a cancer diagnosis brings about to be doing his thing.

So far I have been viewing the series as somewhat of a fantasy setting which has made the whole thing acceptable premise-wise and very enjoyable. But towards the end as they are wrapping it up I don't feel compelled to see it through for a reason other than the sunk cost.

I feel like Jesse has been much more sympathise-able throughout. It is not a surprise he did not "apply himself" with a teacher like W.W.

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[โ€“] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, the neo nazis didn't actually take over the town in New Mexico. That might have lead to some interesting storytelling opportunities.

No, the Nazis existed the entire time, were comfortable never leaving their compound, and would eventually get $80 million which they promptly decided to do more of the same with.

They hide out in the desert and cook meth they don't need to cook with a slave they don't need to have so a man who doesn't need to kill them can come and resolve the story.

Vince always said the story was planned up to season 4. They should have left it there.

[โ€“] Mzuark@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 months ago

Yeah lol, it's noticeable. Everything after Gus feels half assed.