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pentyne
Nov 7, 2012
Ricky Hitler indeed.

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pentyne
Nov 7, 2012

Takes No Damage posted:

Lots of little one-off visual gags around Todd, somehow he's the comic relief character in all this. Like in that scene you see him cruising down the road with the window open, jamming to some tunes, and you think 'Oh that's nice, at least Jesse gets to have this one kind of nice moment out of his cage'. But then the camera finally pans over to the empty passenger seat and lol no Todd made him lay down in the back next to a corpse the whole way.

Just the look of excitement on Todd's face when he's going through the soup cans and "Ohh, Beans with bacon. You're lucky, its the last one" and then goes to serve it to Jesse who doesn't even take a bite.

It harkens back to when he came back to the cage to give Jesse some leftover Ben and Jerry's. He's such a hapless doofus that if he wasn't a complete sociopath of a murderer you'd expect him to be "that guy", the friend who's chill and helpful but flirts awkwardly with the ladies.

Ossipago posted:

I liked it, glad it happened (dude's ending before was too abrupt given the centrality of the character), and have been kind of wondering about something like this since the finale because of this interview: https://ew.com/article/2013/09/30/breaking-bad-finale-vince-gilligan/

(Vince doesn't seem like the type to let an idea die)


It would have been a cool callback to see him set up with a woodworking shop and communing with nature, but having it end with him driving off has some nice symmetry with how he ended the series, and still leaves some stuff "up to the individual viewer to decide."

That said, this also could have been accomplished in an extended after the credits scene. But, gently caress it, I like liking things.

It's interesting how the 3 main cast members all went out.

Saul: Obviously we see the current time in BCS, but he's living a quiet, dreary life terrified of being found.
Walt: Escaped, lived with a barrel full of cash and had no contact with the outside world and went back because he had literally nothing in life
Jesse: Leaving behind everything to start over, a smile on his face and the hope of a future beyond all the toxic decisions made before

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