OK [MENTION=50098]talha3[/MENTION] and [MENTION=166]from_da_lost_dim3nsion[/MENTION],
I found the final episode completely satisfying. When the
opened up I was shouting in triumph! I'd pictured some sort of desert ambush.... I actually guessed the use of the ricin, if not the delivery system, and was pleased by it. Lovely to see Badger and Skinny Pete one last time.
Overall series five was sad for me - Walt's pride and ego finally conquering him, his long and strange relationship with Jesse ended, the wrecking of his family - but in the end he set some of it right, and went out on his own terms with his head up. The Walt-Jessie relationship was the core of the whole thing for me and I liked the parts of the story when they were allies most of all. Those two character arcs - one has a loving family which he destroys, one is desperate for a family - were the tragedy. I would have liked to see Jessie reunited with Andrea and Brock.
OK, I'll say it - with
The Wire, that was the best long series I have seen, even a tad better than
The Sopranos.
On the DVD there is an alternative ending, where Hal from
Malcolm in the Middle wakes up from a horrible nightmare in which he was a drug lord. "There was a bald cop like on
The Shield and I was married to a tall beautiful blonde" he says, to which Lois growls "You wish".
need to find a recap video somewhere
