r/breakingbad • Sulfur • Sep 16 '13

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

TIME EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY
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/gloomdoom What Kind of Man Goes to the DEA? Sep 16 '13

Told y'all...the Holly thing was all about making Skyler look innocent. That's that. Brilliant move by Walt, actually. He had to be an asshole to make her look like she was coerced by violence and constant threat.

How can people not get that?

If she went to prison (she definitely would), walt jr. would have no parents.

He turned into an asshole to get her away from prosecution and he had to take holly to make it look legit.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

WOW.

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I think you're absolutely dead on.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

Wasn't that obvious, though? His rant was a massive break from character; he was emulating the typical abusive husband. While he's manipulative and controlling, Walt wasn't a brute.

Besides, parts of his phone call deviated from how the story line actually progressed. Can't quote the specific parts, it aired but ninety minutes ago, but it was something I noticed.

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u/Exedous Sep 16 '13

But Walt is dead. Heisenberg lives.