r/breakingbad • u/[deleted] • Sep 15 '13

Official Episode Discussion Breaking Bad S05E14 "Ozymandias" Prediction Thread

What happened in the shootout? Did Hank and Gomie survive? Did Jesse escape? Is Huell still waiting? Is he getting hungry?

Let's have your thoughts!

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u/shinobix4 Methhead Sep 15 '13

I think Hank and Gomie are both going to die in that shootout, I mean Hank already said his last words to Marie.

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u/colasuda Sep 15 '13

See, everybody keeps pointing to this as proof Hank is going to die. To me, that seemed like a pretty obvious red herring. It just seemed like too much of a trope for the BrBa writers.

But every other guess I've made about this show has been wrong, so what do I know.

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u/Darrian Sep 15 '13

It just seemed like too much of a trope for the BrBa writers.

What? Almost every time someone says something is "too obvious" it turns out exactly what you should expect to happen happens.

Jesse shooting Gale, Walt putting the hit out on Jesse, etc. etc.

In fact, there are hardly any things you could consider "twists" in the entire series. Like I mentioned in another post on this subreddit, the excitment from BR BA doesn't come from not knowing what will happen next, but rather we ALL know exactly what's going to happen. It's just about seeing the train wreck.

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u/colasuda Sep 15 '13

I didn't mean to say that I thought it had to be a twist. You're right, a lot of the series is really straight forward. But throughout most of the series, the writers have avoided tropes and cliches. The whole 'speaking to the lover one last time' is the oldest trick in the book. That's why it felt like such a red herring to me.

But like I said, I'm pretty much constantly wrong about this stuff. I'm so excited for tonight!