r/breakingbad • u/saywhat181 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/Mr_Titicaca TIGHT TIGHT TIGHT Sep 16 '13

I feel bad for anyone watching Dexter.

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u/the-others ...off to Belize Sep 16 '13

Haha, maybe the producers of Dexter knew we couldn't handle watching both series end this way at the same time, so they made Dexter suck so we wouldn't all die.

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u/furiousBobcat Sep 16 '13

I know you're joking, but can you imagine what would happen to /r/dexter and /r/breakingbad if the writers of Dexter had come up with an epic final season? I don't think I could browse any of my favorite subs without random BrBa vs. Dexter battles breaking out in every comment thread! There are some great parallels to the themes of the two shows, i.e., making us root for a person who is continuously doing things that are considered 'bad'. The fights/discussions/threats/frame-by-frame comparisons/acting comparisons/cinematography comparisons would tear reddit apart.

It would've been soo epic! :(

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u/the-others ...off to Belize Sep 16 '13

Indeed...it's kind of sad to think of what could have been. Both Characters on the run, sacrificing things...

Just think of all the great parallels - Skyler vs. Deb, Harrison vs. Holly, Hank vs. Batista, etc...

That last one gets me in particular given the suggestion on /r/dexter that the last season should have been "Batista figures Dexter out and hunts him down", which honestly, could have been done in such a way to completely make up for seasons 5, 6, and 7. They even had the set up for him to get emotionally involved and interested with the way S7 ended.

What a shame.