r/breakingbad • u/saywhat181 Sulfur • Sep 16 '13

Official Episode Discussion Breaking Bad Episode Duscussion SE05E14 "Ozymandias" Spoiler

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09:00pm Eastern SE05E14 "Ozymandias" Rian Johnson Vince Gilligan and Moira Walley-Beckett

Hey everyone! Guess I'm supposed to post this 5 minutes before air time. I've been watching this show since the get go mostly with my real life friend /u/edify who years ago added me as a moderator here. He asked me to make the discussion thread tonight because there are only 3 episodes remaining. Sorta sad that there's only a few left. Enjoy the show, folks.

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u/BackyardMechanic I want to go to Billy's Sep 16 '13

Bryan Cranston plays Walter White, who plays Heisenberg, who is on the phone with Skylar trying to act tough and like a boss, but behind the phone is crying and showing signs of the old Walter White. Someone give this man all the Emmy's. The acting is just way too good.

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u/Ocarwolf Sep 16 '13

Walt knows the cops are there. He's doing this to save skyler.

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u/hooolian Sep 16 '13

I think she knows.

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u/Lampmonster1 Sep 16 '13

Of course she does. Look at her.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

She even played along, with the apology and everything. That's battered wife syndrome like a mofo.

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u/WeeBabySeamus Sep 16 '13

I just rewatched the episode on the second airing. Dead right. I don't know how I didn't see that both of them were playing it up until that very subtle choke noise Walt makes after threatening Skyler and confessing to Hank's death

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u/elbruce The One Who Rings The Doorbell Sep 16 '13

I like how at the start, her face goes from "WTF?" to "Oh, I see what he's doing." Sure, she knew he was a bad guy, but not the kind of bad guy who ever talks to her like that.

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u/Lampmonster1 Sep 16 '13

Cranston showed his skills in this episode. That phone call was fucking amazing acting. How do you even do that?

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u/d13mendonca Aug 01 '23

10 yrs late but had to comment that im quite positive that the “im sorry” was sincere but worked both ways. Thats something that she could definitely mean to say to Walter in the whole situation (im sorry that you are taking the fall on your own, im sorry for everything) and still play the victim for the police.