Like a crystal meth user, watching Breaking Bad gives me the same mix of both euphoria and a feeling of intense despair. He walks away from the RV POLICEMAN: Start a trace on the landline. He deceives her with the excuse that Bogdan Wolynetz is delaying him at the car wash due to problems with some documents, and unaware of his deception, she accepts this but requests that Walt brings pizza for dinner on his way home. This was Shakespeare. WALT: Nothin' much, I-I was...I was just-I'm calling to say I'm sorry, but I'm gonna be late tonight. Todd approaches as Jesse rolls over to reveal his fucked up face. He gets up and looks around, then looks at the barrel and opens the back door SKYLER: Hey, what do you think about Holly? WALT: Stop. WALT: Skyler. Try. Walt stares at Jesse as Jack cocks his pistol and holds it to Jesse's head. [30], In 2016, Alan Sepinwall stated, "If you were to ask me what is the best hour of dramatic television ever, I would say Breaking Bad's 'Ozymandias' and not think twice about it."[31]. Meanwhile, Walt notices something beneath his car. No, Jack! Okay? This is how a final season should end bringing bangs everywhere to the table. WALT: Listen, I was thinking umm...maybe we can have a little family time this weekend. Flynn leaves the room as Skyler starts to cry SKYLER: Well, that's okay. That's all we have to do. They do the same with Hank's body as Walt, still lying motionless on the ground, watches all of us have been waiting eagerly for this episode to find out what will happen after that amazing ending of last week's episode. But this money of yours won't do me much good in prison. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. the best scenes of the show are in this episode, tension rising up so quickly that other shows might do a whole season just to produce the same level of tension and i mean it! You've gotta come quick, hurry. Walt begs Jack to spare his brother-in-law, offering Jack his entire $80 million fortune, which is buried nearby; he then asks Hank to swear that he will drop the investigation. What's amazing is probably how this is the third to last episode and I do believe it is even better than the last one. Just thought I'd try you again. Inside the fireman are playing chess and just standing around. Amber alert. NATIVE AMERICAN MAN: Hello. JACK: Works for me *to Walt* Work for you? He would never forgive me if...things...went another way. Please. He deserves to know the truth from his family, not a bunch of uniformed strangers. [34][35], Moira Walley-Beckett received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for writing this episode. With the police now involved, Walt makes one last phone call to Skyler. SKYLER: I just sold your favorite piece! This had to be the best 47 minutes of television drama I had ever seen. The clouds go by indicating that time has passed. So, anyway, he's insisting that I-he's demanding that I stay and, uh, look over his system and I cannot get out of it. KENNY: Alright. Walt, knowing she is lying, pretends that he does not know the police are listening in and proceeds to tell her that he "warned her not to cross him." On Talking Bad, Norris said that Hank's death was shot in just one take. By the time Skyler and Walt Jr. get home Walt is already there and wants them to pack and leave with him. Walt tries to reason with her and asks her to put down the knife, he approaches her and she slashes at him, cutting his right hand. A stray dog crosses the road Written by Moira Walley-Beckett and directed by Rian Johnson, it aired on AMC in the United States and Canada on September 15, 2013. Walt goes on the run. Walt yells at Skyler, asking her what she thinks she's doing, they are supposed to be a family, Walt's expression then changes to regret as he realizes that his whole family is now openly against him. They fight while Junior screams at them to stop. 10000/10. To call it shocking is a huge understatement. Probably because he is in the thick of it with your father. Walt then offers to give Jack his buried $80 million dollars -- only if they let Hank go. JUNIOR: What? Face to face, Skyler realizes that there is only one way that Walt could be free: Hank is dead. He's my brother-in-law. Hey, please. Just talk to me, please- Thomas Schnauz Walter White has no where to run? He opens the fire truck door and finds Holly inside, crying In a flashback set during the "Pilot", Walt and Jesse are cooking meth for the first time at the Tohajiilee Indian Reservation. Todd grabs a chain and hooks it onto a chain tied around Jesse's body. "Ozymandias" began with a flashback to Walt and Jesse's first cook in the RV. By leaving off with a sweet taste of the cliffhanger from last episode is jaw-dropping from point A to point B. Skyler follows slowly as Junior looks at his mother And Pinkman has supplied them with everything they need. Out of gas, Walt is confused and gets out to see what the issue is. It's *sighs* it's eighty million dollars. Jr. calls 911 and reports that his father attacked his mother with a knife, and that he might have murdered someone. In the background, the rock where he stood at the episode's open is seen. WALT: I- Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown. TODD: Okay. WALT: I was there...and I watched her die. Jesse climbs out of the pit and looks around. WALT: No! Walt, in desperation, denies that he killed Hank, and tells her he tried to save him and stresses they must leave immediately if they wish to be safe, Jr. is totally distraught at the idea of Hank being dead. Maybe now you'll use your damn head! WALT: What the hell is wrong with you?! He turns his car on and drives away Eventually they both end up on the floor with the knife in both of their hands up above their heads. In fact, you could take pity on us and bring a pizza home. Junior is sitting in the passenger's seat, upset JESSE: Look, I gave you what you wanted! JESSE: We don't got like, eight more anal things we gotta do first? No, don't go! It's over. Walt goes on the run. Walt's newly-purchased truck is in the driveway. Junior runs toward him and jumps on his back. Come on, man, please. The best episode ever, in the history of Television. JESSE: Yeah, I-I know. Amitin additionally lauded the episode's directing and acting, stating that he could "taste" the episode's "cruelty and bitter tears". Look, no one else knows about it, just me and his partner. God. Me and him, we got...we got history. Walt acts quickly, grabbing Holly from the crib and taking off in his truck. History & Mythology Explained, The West Wing Reunion Casts Sterling K. 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POLICEMAN: Start a trace on the landline. [13] Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter agreed with Gilligan, and noted that several events that the show had been building up to in past episodes finally came to fruition. Ummm. WALT: What did you just say? WALT: No, no, no, not in here. Walt gains control of the fight and gets on top of Skyler with the knife in his hand. This is a whole other story. This-this is bullshit. No, Jack! Just as Hank gets his hand on the shotgun, Jack steps on it with his boot WALT: Maybe now you'll listen. Walt rolls his barrel of money through the desert. This is truly the culmination of five seasons of riveting drama. Working with them. [25][26][27][28] Drusilla Moorhouse, an online contributor to The Today Show's website, remarked how "nothing could compare to Walt's cruelty" when he revealed to Jesse the truth about his involvement in Jane's death, and described the episode as the destruction of Walt's family; however, she also noted Walt's selflessness when he "rewrote the history of [Skyler's] complicity" by making the phone call, and when he placed Holly in a fire truck to be safely returned home. He then looks over at the gas tank and sees a bullet hole. Walt shouts in agony, looks at the damage his wife had done. SKYLER: Flynn. You want me to beg? Very insightful I thought. Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things. Why are you here? It held a deeper meaning for the fourteenth episode of the show's fifth and final season. Christ, I barely even know who you are. Produced by Vince Gilligan & Diane Mercer. JUNIOR: You have to tell me. Although it was filmed months after the rest of the episode, Johnson was able to return to direct the scene. Walt exits the house with suitcases, which he throws in the back of the truck Cranston simply went with it and the shot ended up in the episode. It feels good? [37], Joel Oliansky for "To Taste of Death But Once" (1971), Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, "Director's commentary with Rian Johnson", "Breaking Bad Review: The Empire Stikes Back in "Ozymandias, "Episode Review: Breaking Bad, "Ozymandias, "Is Breaking Bad's Ozymandias the greatest episode of TV ever written?