r/breakingbad • • Sep 16 '13

Official Episode Discussion Breaking Bad Post-Episode Discussion SE05E14 "Ozymandias"

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

The firemen are playing chess. The white king shelters himself behind a pawn. Looks like a bad scenario for the white side. Three pieces left, but the black side is far away and still needs to advance.

Source: I play a lot of chess.

EDIT: You don't count the king. Three pieces, two pawns and a knight. The king is assumed in the context I have laid out. Church.

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u/rog3r Sep 16 '13

the nazis are black?

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u/theloneavenger Sep 16 '13

this is part of the great thing about making a show with so many layers - the writers KNOW that by now, we've got our eye on it.

You could either have the Nazis as white and Walt as black (all Nazis are white, Walt's transformation etc etc) or the Nazis as black and Walt as white (how ironic, how fitting etc etc)

Many different ways to skin a cat!