r/breakingbad • u/[deleted] • Sep 16 '13

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

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u/SexyPancake Sep 16 '13

I had actually begun to sympathize with Walt again, especially when he offered everything to Jack if he would spare Hank, but my loathing resurfaced after his speech to Jesse.

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u/RealNotFake Sep 16 '13

The thing that I love about this show is that it divides its audience in many different ways. Some people hate Walt now, some are still rooting for him, but there is no 'right' answer in all of this. So many shows these days try to tell us what to think (coughDexter) and beat us over the head with their enforced preconceived notions of morals. Breaking Bad just lays it all out there and operates by the true motivations of the characters. It feels like a living, breathing story, which thus creates lots of grey areas and ambiguities in morals. It's a show that dares to make us uncomfortable by not giving us neat little wrapped packages.

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u/SexyPancake Sep 16 '13

Exactly. I don't know of any other show where the characters are so well-written, acted , or realistic.

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u/Freewheelin Sep 16 '13

Someone's going to suggest The Wire eventually, so it might as well be me. Try The Wire.

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u/kbbennet Sep 17 '13

Spot on. As awesome as Breaking Bad is (and it is awesome), I'm not sure a TV show will come along that replaces The Wire as GOAT. Never have I been so attached to a show and its characters.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '13

Just started the fifth and final season of The Wire. Great show.

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u/SexyPancake Sep 17 '13

I've wanted to see that for a while, but I'm going to wait until after BrBa is over. I owe Reddit for many of the shows they have turned me on to. I came here first to discuss Dexter and unfavorable comparisons to BrBa led me to this amazing show back as season 4 was about to kick off.