Breaking Bad: Felina - A Complete Examination 

So, this video blew up a few months back and it’s time for a long overdue follow up and addendums comment. I never imagined this video, which for a while was my least popular analysis, would gain so much traction. Based on the responses I’ve received it looks like most of you are happy with this format. Something which is likely clear from the number of videos I have is that I don’t make content regularly. I like to pour a lot of time into getting my production values and scripts as best as I can. But there are still plenty of videos I would like to make. Very soon a topical analysis of the game “The Last of Us: Part II” should be released on this channel. As it happens there may be a section discussion a certain plot point from “Breaking Bad” so keep your eyes out for that one. After I’ve published that video, I am planning to do an in-depth analysis of “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie”. My short review at least as of now is that it is a flawed but fitting conclusion to Jesse’s character. However, there are quiet a few people who have criticisms about the film and I’d like to address as many of the arguments that I can. I make no promises about when that video will be coming out, but it’s what I’d like to tackle next. All of this traction gave me quite the boost in passion for making content and since not many people have talked in detail about “El Camino” on RU-vid, I’d love to give it a shot myself. Once again thank you everyone who watched this video and has shown support. I will do my best to get new content out soon. Now for a few addendums: Without question the topic most people discussed in the comments section was why Walt left his watch on the payphone. In the video I said there wasn’t a clear narrative reason why he left the watch on the payphone. I haven’t seen anything convincing me otherwise. But as far as thematic or character-based reasons go what most have settled on is that Walt believes he’s out of time therefore is leaving his watch since as far as he’s concerned it’s pointless now. Some said that he was leaving a paper trail for the police. I’d argue against that since for one, the watch wouldn’t prove that Walt was there if found by the police. For two, I imagine if a Tag Heuer was found on a payphone in the middle of nowhere most would think “hey a free $5,000 watch” rather than “I’d better turn this into the police”. The only point I would make is that it’s weird that of all the places and times, Walt chose to leave it at a random gas station. There isn’t much rhyme or reason to it. Regardless, it’s nothing particularly big and it served its purpose of avoiding a potential continuity error. There were several comments from people who have lived in small towns and even in small towns in New Hampshire that claimed keys being left in a car is not at all uncommon. Apparently, people do it because blizzards are commonplace and sometimes your neighbor needs to borrow your car to get out of a jam. Also considering it’s a small town most people will know each other making it even more likely that someone would be unworried about their car being stolen. I myself have never lived in a small town like the one that Walt was in. If this is the case then the first of two contrivances I list in my conclusion isn’t actually a contrivance and the episode is stronger than I originally thought. Thanks to everyone who let me know that’s more common than I imagined. “Innocent” was the wrong word to describe Gale’s character. Obviously, he’s a meth cook and a criminal who worked directly for Gus and knew exactly what he was doing. Gus even implies that Gale was shady and cut corners long before he approached him about cooking. What I meant to get across in the video was that Gale was blameless to the situation. He wasn’t the person who was threatening Walt or Jesse or had ill intentions towards them. He was more or less a cog in the machine that had to be removed if Walt and Jesse wanted to live. Therefore, they opted to kill him. So, Gale was blameless to the situation for which he was killed. But he was far from innocent. Jesse really put it perfectly: “This dog never bit anybody” but he was “a problem dog”. The El Camino is actually Todd’s car not Jack’s. Looking back, there’s only one shot in “Breaking Bad” which confirms this. Todd walks to his car after Mike confronts him about bringing a gun to the train heist. Aside from that it’s only seen in the finale and Todd doesn’t drive the car in the episode. I assumed that it was Jack’s car because it was his compound. But “El Camino” made it crystal clear that the car belonged to Todd. At the time I wrote the video I hadn’t seen “El Camino” and I missed the shot where Todd gets into the car. I said that Walt was “talking to the car” and perhaps that was reading the scene a bit too literally. Many people think he’s actually praying. If Walt is praying then I suppose we can replace car with God. The point still stands, but I still think it could be either since the car wasn’t starting at first and Walt may have been begging the car to start and get him home. Something that would have been worth mentioning is that a lot of people think the “flashback” of Jesse making the wooden box isn’t a flashback. It could be Jesse imagining making something if and when he escapes, or it could be a flashforward after he escapes. This would make sense for one because Jesse looks older. In fairness there’s only so much you can do to make Aaron Paul look like a high schooler at the age he was. For two, Jesse told the group that he traded the box for an ounce of weed. While he was happy with the results, Jesse didn’t keep his work. It makes the “flashback” interesting if you read into it that in the near future Jesse finds peace and keeps his hard-earned work in spite of everything that he’s done. This however is all conjecture. I said it was a flashback because it most likely is. But the scene is something that can be read into several different ways. So for now, I say make of the scene what you want. The song “El Paso” actually foreshadows the events in the episode. The song is about a man who falls in love with a Mexican girl named Felina. He sees her dancing in Rosa’s Cantina and sees her as “Wicked and Evil while Casting a Spell”. One night a cowboy shares a drink with Felina. In anger the man challenges his right for the love of Felina and ends up killing the cowboy. Realizing how evil what he did was, the man takes a horse and runs from Rosa’s Cantina. From El Paso the man makes it to the “Badlands of New Mexico”. Looking back the man knows that in El Paso his life would be worthless “Everything’s’ Gone; In Life Nothing is Left”. But he realizes “My Love Is Stronger Than My Fear of Death”. He then saddles up in the dark. “Maybe Tomorrow a Bullet Will Find Me” but “Tonight Nothing’s Worse Than This Pain In My Heart”. The song then concludes with the man overlooking El Paso and seeing Rosa’s Cantina below. The lyrics are very similar to the situation that Walt found himself in following “Ozymandias”. The Mexican girl Felina can be associated with both Walt’s family and his money. The two things that represent his love and legacy which he ran away from because of the evil acts he committed and fear of retribution. Walt left for a long time and his life he left behind was worthless. But his love for his family and getting back what was his is stronger than his fear of death. “Maybe Tomorrow A Bullet Will Find Me” but “Tonight Nothing’s Worse Than This Pain In My Heart”. Walt knows he’s going to die when he confronts Jack. But nothing is worse than his cancer. The song plays at the beginning of the episode after Walt steals the car and the situation described in the song essentially lays out what’s going through Walt’s head as he goes back to Albuquerque. I knew about the foreshadowing in the song and many people pointed it out. The reason I didn’t address it in the video was that I wanted to stick to the events in the episode rather than dive into too much thematic analysis. I suppose I could have talked about the song since the title card comes right after the song plays. Regardless, here’s a simple break down of the song for those who didn’t realize the song foreshadowed what came after. For those who noted it out thanks for adding to the conversation. For now that’s it. Once again I extend a huge thank you and if anybody else notes any mistakes that I made let me know and I’ll add them to this comment for future reference.

I just noticed this, when Skylar figures out Walt is Heisenberg, she is mad. This is a reference to how crime is not good

There's actually an error they missed in this episode. When Walt breaks in Elliott and Gretchen's house, he doesn't knock. Completely forgetting that he is the one who knocks.

The Ricin finally being used ever since its introduction on season 2 was so satisfying

He took off his watch because he's out of time, dude. Simple, elegant explanations are best.

*When Walter got hit by a shrapnel his jacket and his shirt partially turns red, this is a subtle reference to the fact that Walter is bleeding and is about to fucking die*

I will never understand how Elliot couldn't hear Walt coming in with those big ass ears.

"I liked it. I was good at it." This line is one of the many reasons Felina is my favorite episode. Walter is finally being honest, and he's closing his character arc of overcoming his ego.

Kinda a cool fact, the song that plays in the beginning of the episode is 'el paso'. The song is about a outlaw who falls in love with a mexican woman, kills someone for her and is chased out of town. He later goes back knowing that he is wanted and will most likely die. Her name is Felina.

"Oh, what university?" Has to be one of the roughest lines in the show

Notice how Walt never says “I am Huell.” This is a subtle nod to the fact that Huell is actually not Walter, but is in fact, a completely different person.

I always felt like Jesse speeding away laughing and crying maniacally was only half about being free. The other half was that Walt came through for him, in spite of everything that happened.

I really love how Vince Gilligan wrote the final part of the episode "We look straight down on Walt as he tumbles into frame, lying flat on his back on the floor. His eyes stare up at us, lifeless. And yet, his final expression is one of faint satisfaction. We slowly CRANE UP, UP and AWAY from him. Walt shrinks smaller and smaller in frame. POLICE OFFICERS approach him now -- four, six, eight of them. They move in cautiously, their guns aimed. They’re too late. He got away.""

I just noticed this. When Jack shoots Hank, Hank dies. This is actually a reference to how guns are dangerous.

I always found the scene where he rolls his barrel of cash through the dessert as a scene that depicts him as one of those desert bugs that roll their own shit

i know some people don't like the "Baby Blue" scene and would've preferred it with some sad music or something, but the song actually fits so well in my opinion. the song sounds cheerful, but somehow takes on a sad, mournful tone just because of its association in the scene. along with the double meaning of "my baby blue" referring to Walter's blue meth, it's such a perfect song for the scene

Another cool detail is when Walt says to Elliott and Gretchen that they will give the money to Walter Jr. , he is subtly implying that Jr. will also use it to buy breakfast.

man idk but elliot should have listened walter sneaking in with them BIG EARS

I love the fact that the machine gun device has actually worked perfectly in reality on the Mythbusters show.

He achieved vengeance for his family by scaring Elliot and Gretchen into donating his money to Jr. on his 18th birthday. He achieved vengeance for Hank by killing Jack Welker and his gang. He achieved vengeance for Jesse by sparing his life, freeing him and letting him take his revenge on his captor, Todd. He achieved vengeance for the viewers by killing Lydia. And he achieved vengeance for himself by doing all of this. Tying up his loose ends. Masterpiece.

Also, I feel like in a way, Walt will be remembered as THE blue meth cook- even before he comes for them, people still think it's Walt cooking the meth, not Jesse. He dies in the lab where it is made, and when they find him, they will find him where the meth is being made. It will end production with his death, and solidify his legacy-- although a much darker legacy. It likely wasn't his intention in the end, just being relieved he did what needed to be done and being in the place he felt alive, like you said- but I do like to think that generations will pass with the blue meth being linked almost solely, production-wise, to Heisenburg /Walt. Also, it keeps Jesse from being tracked down in a way, since the police will put the production on Walt instead of Jesse. Hopefully.

I like to think the reason Walt Is smiling at the end is because after examining all the lab equipment he relized Jessie had a perfect cook, so he actually died as he previously had lived, a teacher

When Jesse says “do it yourself” this is a subtle reference that Jesse secretly wants Walt to do it himself

I love how Walt pats the tank before dying. It’s almost like he is saying goodbye to the only family that never left him.

I always thought Walt telling Skyler "I did it for myself" was at least partly for her. It may be true, but it also would make things in the future somewhat easier for her to deal with.

Felina is in many ways when Walt becomes self aware. I think he leaves behind the watch because he finally accepts that he didn't deserve a friend like Jesse and no longer feels he deserves his gift.

I'm not sure it's intentional, but when Walt says "If we're gonna go that way, you're gonna need a bigger knife" he has an interesting cadence that I couldn't put my finger on at first. Looking back on it now, it's the same tone of voice that Mike has when he's chastising someone. Walt is channeling Mike in this scene.

“I’d like to speak with the agent in charge of the walter white family” “Who may I say is calling” “Walter white” funniest part of the episode

I just always thought it was cool that "Felina" is an anagram of "Finale" haha

Baby Blue is such a monumentally perfect closing track for this amazing trip

its interesting in his last moments hes not thinking about his family but instead happily remembering his meth days

2:02 This was my take on the watch. Walt knew that he was going to die in battle with Jack's crew. He didn't want the cops taking the watch off his dead body as a sort of trophy. He left the watch on the pay phone so that it could be frond and enjoyed by a random stranger. It's worth about $5,000.00 so who wouldn't enjoy a gift like that?

At the end, Walt's not afraid of death. There's a theme of justice in the air. All he had left was to punish the wrongdoers, and after he did that, he stepped into the lab to die. He was proud of Jesse, and he realized that Jesse pulling off the cooks was one of his biggest accomplishments. He taught chemistry to a hopeless student. He bleeds out in that place, happy at the fact that Jesse figured it out in the end. His purpose is complete, and so he dies, accepting of his situation.

Also, the reason why Walt didn’t go see Walt Jr and interact with him one last time is because he said to Walt over the phone “I never wanna see you again.” So Walt respected his sons wishes and kept his distance. It’s a very small but considerate, kind act from him.

I disagree with the premise that Walt's actions were always about himself. At the beginning, he truly was doing it for his family. However, he very quickly got away from that, when he got a taste of the excitement and power.

I just noticed that when Lydia calls Todd's phone and Walter answered, she was expecting to hear Todd's voice. I think it was a sublet cue that she was calling Todd, but the phone company crossed the lines.

It’s incredible how the show never depreciates in quality, and even the last 3 episodes being some of the best in the entire show. It’s so rare to see and I couldn’t be happier, so many shows butcher the end but this is perfectly done

“Goodbye, Lydia” are the last words said by Walt and anybody in this show. And it doesn’t feel out of place.

fuck this was a good show, goddamnit

I went into breaking bad on a first viewing with some of it spoiled, but somehow I didn’t know much after the fifth season. So when I finally got to Felina, the absolute strange satisfaction I as the viewer got when Walt admits he did everything for himself was one of the greatest expiriences in all of cinema or television for me. Recontextualizes the entire series in the best way possible

I also like how the lasers are shaky If it’s by two skilled hitmen, the laser sights should be steady but the lasers move even at some points not on Gretchen or Elliot. Showing how the lasers are not held by two skilled hitmen. It’s the details

One of the most insane parts about this season is that the writers didn’t know what they were actually going to do with the machine gun when they introduced it in the beginning of season 5. They wrote it into the show as a challenge for themselves to figure out how to tell the story around it.

These are all the ones I picked up before watching the video 1. When Walt is looking around the meth lab, he doesnt mess with any knobs or buttons, jesse has made a perfect batch. Not only did he succeed as a chemist, but he also succeeded as a teacher 2. The title, "felina" is a reference to a song called el Paso. The character in that song fell in love with a girl called felina, got shot by his own bullet, then dies in her arms. Walt fell in love with making meth, got shot by his own bullet, and died in a meth lab. 3. Speaking of el paso, it's the song walt heard in his car earlier in the episode, and he's also humming it while he assembles the car gun 4. The series began and ended with cops and sirens coming for walt, from the opening and closing scenes 5. The title felina is also an anagram for finale 6. The title felina is also a combination of the formula Fe Li Na. Iron, lithium, sodium. Blood, meth, and tears 7. When walt looked at a big tank in the lab, his face was distorted to look like he was bald with a goatee 8. His blood smear was a w 9. The light above him makes a crosshair on his left lung, that's where he got his cancer diagnosis 10. In an earlier episode, Walter has a lot of his money stolen then he goes into this hysterical laughing/crying/screaming fit. It acts as the spiritual death of Walter white because he is a completely changed individual after that. When we last see jesse in the show, he is driving away having a very similar fit, and he is a completely changed person in el camino. I think that acted as the spiritual death of jesse pinkman 11. Speaking of the cars, the Cadillac has the license plate number "jg8-516" a reference to season 5 episode 16. The last episode of the show 12. The way hank died was the way jack(hank's killer) died. Halfway through a sentence with a shot to the head 13. The song playing when walt died was baby blue by badfinger. The lyrics are very reminiscent of walter white's love affair with his blue meth 14. The clothes walt is wearing is the same outfit he was wearing in the pilot episode

One thing I really liked about the Baby Blue song and the amazing scene that plays is the first line of the song which is “I Guess I Got What I Deserved.” It’s perfectly played with the zooming out of the camera over Walters dying or dead body it’s kinda like Walter is and has truly accepted everything that he has done over the whole series at the end of his life.

I just noticed this, when Walt fell. He died. An obvious reference to Walts death.

Just realized once he finally becomes Heisenberg he gets real bacon instead of veggie bacon on his 52nd birthday. Edit: He actually got real bacon on his 51st Birthday, so that invalidates this observation.

The world needs more Breaking Bad breakdowns

Ill always say that breaking bad is one of the only shows that has a really fulfilling ending that doesnt feel weak or over done. Its not a happy or sad ending (except for jessie). I always wanted to see the after story with jesse, and am happy they made it, but even when it seemed it was over at this point, nobody ever really said they needed to make more. It was perfect. Jesses movie was like a cherry on top over a perfectly done story for walt and jesse

A little thing nobody notices is that the key that falls out of the sun visor is on a Narcotics Anonymous key tag (they give out key tags for various lengths of sobriety, similar to AAs “chips”). It’s the white one, which is given out for “24 hours or less, or just the desire”. This could maybe signify that Walt has less then 24 hours to accomplish his final goals, and a reminder of the many lives ruined by the drug that Walt mass produced

it was apparently thanks to Kevin Cordasco (the kid that got credited at the end of Blood Money) that Gretchen and Elliot returned for a final time. he suggested the idea to Vince Gilligan. the kid died of cancer before the final half of the season got released. before that, he got to spend time with Bryan Cranston and other members of the cast and crew (he was even invited to the writers room). he apparently got invited to be on set for a small role but he couldn't make it, as his condition had worsened by then. Breaking Bad was his favourite show, and he used to watch it with his friends a lot. after he passed away, they still came round his house to watch the final season, because his parents considered he would've wanted that.

I can’t believe I just noticed this but, when Walt says “I really like your new house,” I think this implies that maybe Walt likes Gretchen and Elliot’s new house.

This might be an unpopular opinion but for me personally, Felina IS the best episode of the series and serves as the best ending I've ever seen for a TV show.

I like how for the entire episode, it never feels like Heisenberg was in the driver's seat. It was just Walter, tying up all his loose ends. Even with Gretchen and Elliot, he avoids necessary conflict and uses his intellect to avoid any kind of violence. Heisenberg would have just used actual snipers. Saving Jesse, admitting everything to Skyler, getting revenge for Hank, we weren't watching the death of Heisenberg; we were watching the father, teacher and tired man, Walter White cleaning up his own mess using his knowledge as a kingpin to try and clean up after himself. Jesse surviving was the finishing touch for him, it's almost like he knew Jesse would leave the country and find some kind of happiness. And with that, Walt is content. He won

Breaking bad is: Joyful music whilst horrible things happens.

When Walter says "If your gonna go that way, your gonna need a bigger knife", he sounds awfully a lot like Mike. Seeing as Mike was also a family man who was dragged into this business, and he'd been in it for so long... Now just like Walter

A great little detail is when Walt taps on the pressure gauge it says 86, in a previous episode he specifically states that it must be at 85. Walt before he dies has now got proof that he's still the best meth cook

I like how Gus finally revenge on the person/people who hurt him the most but it cost him his own life and the same happened to Walt. Yet all these events from Walt all started in season 5 after he was the one who had Gus killed. Makes it even better after Gus makes the quote earlier about how him and Walt are not the same.

You could also argue that the execution of the slaughter of jack's gang is similar to gus's mass murder of the juarez cartel, even down to a secondary character strangling a survivor of the main weapon garrote style.

To me the watch symbolizes that time is up for Walt. Liked your video and will check out more!

such a satisfyingly bittersweet ending. just the right amount of closure mixed with just the right amount of ambiguity & the perfect amount of conflicting feelings.

Between the Chili P, magnet suggestion and that wooden box (you put your weed in there), it looks like Jesse has a formidable set of practical and technical skills. Seeing the quality of science department director they chose, I conclude that Abequeque has a decent public schooling system

I never thought Jesse was "screaming with the joy of freedom", more like "screaming with the abandon of a madman" who knows that although he has escaped this particular level of hell, he will never have anything like peace again.

"..and died in the place where he felt alive." i think thats exactly what was written at the bottom of the page before *END*

I just watched Felina, ultimately drawing Breaking Bad to a close. I’m going through the wake of grief Breaking Bad has left. It feels like personal loss of a loved one. Best experience, let alone TV series of my lifetime, It is a masterpiece. I’m beyond sad that it is over, but better to have loved and lost, then never to have loved at all!

They actually made a huge continuity error when Walter jr isn’t eating breakfast when he finds out that Walter killed hank

22:24 This pressure gauge tapping scene is actually pretty heavy. First, the name "Weiss" means "White" in German, and you can guess what that means. Second, Back in season 3 when Gale was working with Walt, he made the mistake of setting the temperature to 75* instead of 85*. Gale was a person that Walt taught, and apparently he failed to do that. Over a year later, Walt has taught Jesse how to make meth over the time they spent together, and in that final scene, Jesse had the pressure at 85, just how he intended to teach. Third, this ties up that Walt taught like the teacher he once was, which ig is the only trait he retained from the first episode.

When Walt is in the car and he says; "just get me home, i'll do the rest" he isn't 'talking to the car' i think he's talking to god, he's praying. And when the keys fall from above him, that could be interpreted as him recieving a gift from heaven

Season 1: The Death of Walter White Season 2: The Birth of Heisenberg Season 3: The Rise of Heisenberg Season 4: The Reign of Heisenberg Season 5: The Fall of Heisenberg

"A man who died, only after he had truly lived." Epic.

As a an aspiring screen writer, The pilot and and Felina are perfect examples of how to begin and end a fulfilling story

Another cool detail at 22:50 The handprint that Walt leaves on the kettle looks like a bloody “W” its like a painter signing his work. Beautiful Direction and writing.

If you guys look closely, you'll notice that Walt wears glasses for most of the show. This is a little reference the writers snuck in to hint at the fact that Walt has poor eyesight.

This episode went so hard, such a Tarantino ending

After rewatching the series recently, in some ways I think the final scene is also Walt’s last deception. Not only does Walt die where he felt alive but also since he’s dead in the lab he’s going to get credit for all the blue meth Jessie had been cooking.

I like how Walt dies to a wound from his own machine in the end. After everything, all the enemies he overcame, he ended up being the one to take himself out with his own stray bullet. It’s kind of poetic, because in the show overall, Walt is the one who caused his own downfall. It was his decisions, his obsession and greed, that destroyed his family and caused his downfall. He had obstacles along the way, enemies who backed him into corners, but it was always him who kept digging himself deeper even when he didn’t have to. Walt was his own worst enemy, so his cause of death was a fitting end to his story.

The scene where jessie is driving away is so satisfying and then el Camino makes that so much better by giving jessie a bitter sweet ending where he has lost loved ones and ultimately his identity

This entire show was just a rollercoaster to many emotions packed into a 5 season series it truly left off complete and worth every second of it

I actually never got the vibe he wanted to kill Gretchen and Elliot. I knew there was something else to it. I'll never forget watching this episode. Great vid!

That one line always sends shivers down my spine “It all can’t be for nothing”. The entire show has been based around the goal of getting his family money so when he dies, they will have enough to live without his income. But what would happen if his family never wants it after they realize what he has done to get it. Everything Walter has done would have been a waste and he will die knowing he destroyed his family and never giving them the money he worked to get. It’s just a very mind bending idea for me.

this show feels so complete that i can just feel complete and remember the good times and how it all ties up. Makes me sad to know that it's over.

Always thought 22:07 was a nice callback to the go kart scene in season 4.

when jesse asks walt why he wants to cook meth, walt replies that he’s awake, he doesn’t mention this reason again until the last episode of the series with his conversation with skyler, this says a lot about walt’s ego as every time he’s asked why he’s doing the things that he’s doing, he always replies that it’s for the sake of his family, but in the end, it was ultimately all for himself, from abandoning his love for gretchen due to his failure to overcome his prideful insecurities, selling his $5,000 share from a company that would be worth billions, working as a high school teacher despite being an accomplished chemist, living in a crappy house paycheck to paycheck, to being diagnosed with cancer, walt is what you would expect someone to be if one were to be placed in that situation, however unlike most people who would have kept living this mundane existence, walt chose the opposite option, to live life on his own terms, it wasn’t until that he made that decision, that he was living life, and when he finally did, he was awake i’m not religious, but i do feel that it’s worth mentioning about pride, and how it’s considered to be the gravest sin in abrahamic religions, especially christianity, it’s only fitting that the most destructive person in the series, walt, to have the biggest ego out of all the characters, walt might not be a psycho like tuco, or coldly calculating as gus, but instead, he’s so egotistical to the point that he lies to everyone and even himself, he acted on his ego and everything that came to be, was of his design, it had to be, even at the end, walt knew jesse wouldn’t shoot him despite all the pain that he caused him, because walt knew that jesse would decide not to act on walt’s orders anymore, even at the end, walt got his way, he had to i found lydia’s death, or her would be death, to be extremely satisfying, it reminded me of hamlet, how the english ambassador comes after the climax to deliver the news of the deaths of rosencrantz and guildenstern, like the cherry on top, overall, i enjoyed the series, i can’t believe something this good once premiered on tv, the things you learn everyday

If Jesse would have just gone to Alaska when he had the chance, then so much bad stuff that happened wouldn't have happened. That was such a tragic decision. What a great show.

Love this analysis, just a few things to add: First, when Walt and Skyle are seperated by the pillar, this is very similar to an episode in season three where Walt talks to Skyler in their kitchen and the distance between them is represented by another pillar. Also two things about the very last scene: when Walt looks at his reflection, you cannot see his hair, and he looks like Heisenberg. Also, when he opens his coat to look at the gunshot wound, the inside of his jacket is blue. We never see that it is blue until this moment, and blue in the show represent sadness and grief, which I interpret to be indications of how Walt is feeling at that moment.

The episode truly begins when they pick up from the season teaser, and repeat those shots. Afterwards, literally anything could happen, Walt could die at any moment, and the clock was ticking.

How the episode opens with police lights and sirens, and ends with them finding his dead body in the lab. The artistry of this show is unparalleled. Always something new to find.

I don’t think Jesse‘s carpenter vision was a flashback. I interpreted it as a dream/vision he was having while being enslaved to Jack’s gang.

I know that everyone says Ozymandias is the best BrBa episode (I really do get it) but for me Felina was just.... perfect. It gave the perfect sense of closure to all of the characters in a way that was thematically appropriate and satisfying. You're video just helped to evidence why it's such a great ending. Oh, and BRAVO VINCE! :)

This is so well-done! Just a brilliant synopsis and breakdown of not the the final episode, but the entire series. I just finished binging this show two days ago, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a better, more perfect ending to a series! And this was brilliant too…thank you! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

When Walt is in the car he says a little prayer to get him out of there. When he finds the keys, the keychain says "Just for Today." It is one of the keychains for narcotics anonymous. It may symbolize that it was a blessing from Jane, who's character was the most connected with substance abuse groups. Also, a keychain saves him in the beginning of the episode, and one saves him in the end.

One thing you missed: when Jack is begging for his life, the money he’s referring to is heavily implied to be money that Walt made selling Crystal meth. There’s a line in the very first episode hinting that Walt was planning to cook meth in order to make money for his family. The implication here is that Walt was actually running a successful meth empire for the duration of the whole show and the “money” is his total earnings.

I've never been a megafan of this show. I could take it or leave it. I do, however, have to acknowledge the mastery on display when it comes to attention to detail, showing not telling, and most of all: the best finale to a series ever put to film. A finale that doesn't disgrace all that came before, but elevates and resolves it. Wonderful.

This was an immense analysis of an immense show and I am immensely grateful to you for doing this, but also immensely relieved you weren't involved in writing it.

23:56 He is not belittling her, though, he is actually trying to make it look like he is the only one responsible for everything, in order to make the cops more lenient

That line was delivered exactly like Mike. "Eliot, if we're going to go that way you're going to need a bigger knife." I didn't hear it before but that's a lot of Mike's influence.

its actually interesting how both Skyler and Jesse, the 2 characters Walt is shown closest to, wanted Walt to admit that everything he'd ever done was for no one but himself and he manipulated others around him to do what he wanted. I think this admittance satisfied both the character and the viewer because the line between personal gratification and providing for his family grew thinner every season.

Honestly, this has to be one of the finest and most satisfying conclusions to a series I have seen. It tied up ALL loose ends excellently!

This video is criminally underated

13:29 737 the plane that crashed because of Jane´s dad

I love the subtle detail that Walt is wearing glasses in alot of scenes, a direct reference to his vision impairment.