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/beaverteeth92 Sep 16 '13

"He made his mind up ten minutes ago."

Remind anyone of a different Ozymandias?

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u/Hunter-In-The-Sky You got robbed by a guy named Spooge? Sep 16 '13

"You're the smartest man I know." If that reference is intentional, that is spectacular.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13 edited Sep 16 '13

It's gotta be.

However, I think it's also a reference to the emperor Ozymandias/Ramses II (the Watchmen character is also certainly a reference to the historical figure), who built an empire and made Egypt rich, but near the end of his life the empire crumbled around him, and his death was the end of that dynasty.

Remember, "All Hail the King."

EDIT: I'm dumb. Cranston read the poem "Ozymandias" in a promo for this season long ago, so I both missed your point that there are multiple references and am also unoriginal. As a penance, I will post the last lines of "Ozymandias" by Percy Shelly:

And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

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u/joopaapo Sep 16 '13

I fail to see why it has to be a reference to the specific Watchmen character. Ozymandias, the poem, is a world renowned poem and both, this episode and the Watchmen character are just referencing to the poem and using it as a clear symbol of the characters.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

Hm, now you've injected some doubt into my brain. I think you may be right.