![]() "The prior episodes have sometimes been mechanical to a fault, making sure that all of the pieces were in place for the fallout to come. It was yet another brilliantly executed episode. And yet, they had enough time and dexterity in their writing to give us Walt comically pushing the barrel down the road. So that was stomach-turning to witness, even as I could appreciate that the first third or so of 'Ozymandias' was one of the most well-written, well-directed and seamlessly edited things I've ever seen."ġ00 "Everything about 'Ozymandias'. It kept finding new ways to be mind-bendingly, soul-churningly devastating. Every time you thought the lowest point had been reached, it hadn't been. Every time you thought things couldn't get worse, they did. "Whatever can be said about tonight's 'Breaking Bad,' whatever words can be written, they won't do justice to this hour of television, which is without a doubt the hardest episode of TV I've ever watched. "We probably just witnessed the greatest Breaking Bad episode ever." 'Ozymandias' is one of the very best episodes of this great, cruel show, but also one of the most sickening." "I didn't imagine 'Breaking Bad' could top the final sequence of last week's episode for tension and power and ability to induce a state of complete, nauseous panic. No show has ever made us suffer through the flip side of our fantasy." ![]() No show in history has ever demonstrated the courage of its convictions like this before. "One of the most visceral and unpleasant viewing experiences I can remember enduring. " was a touch schematic, but it had the most powerful moments on television since Stringer Bell and Avon Barksdale faced off at the end of season three of The Wire." "Two episodes left and zero sympathy remaining for the desperate, sick, empire builder." "'Ozymandias' makes plain, in scene after brutal scene, what we suspected all along. ![]() "This was gut wrenching, almost sickening stuff." 'Ozymandias' was the culmination of everything that the series has been building to." "The episode is resetting the pieces for the grand finale, but it does so with incredible tension and suspense that is unrivaled on television."ġ00 "Surely neither of the remaining two Breaking Bad episodes could be as explosive as this one was. ![]() "Hank's expected but nonetheless horrifying-to-watch assassination was like pulling a thread that unspooled the emperor's clothes." This is an all-around best-of from everyone involved, moving from unforgettable moment to unforgettable moment." Not just a standout scene, or a few peaks of excruciating tension. "'Ozymandias' is one of the most emotionally destructive yet dramatically satisfying hours of television I've ever seen. All my fears come to life on the screen, and things too horrible for me to have contemplated." Extremely positive reviewsġ00 "This week? It's a horror show. If a publication provides a grade or score for the individual episode, it is included below (converted to our 0-100 scale). What did critics think of this week's episode? Below are quotes from reviews and recaps of this week's episode. Just two episodes remain, and next week's penultimate episode will air (in some time zones) opposite the Emmy Awards, where Breaking Bad is contending for eight awards (though, confusingly, not for this half-season, which instead will be eligible for the awards given out next fall). Written by Moira Walley-Beckett and directed-like previous episodes "Fifty-One" and "Fly"-by film director Rian Johnson ( Looper), "Ozymandias" might just be the most brutal, sickening episode yet (of this or any series), with the remaining major characters reeling from deaths, devastating revelations, or worse. Gilligan co-created "Better Call Saul" with Peter Gould before he wrote and directed "El Camino." Even after he said goodbye to Walter White, he couldn't stay away from his baby for long.Spoiler warning: This page contains spoilers about this episode (though not future episodes). He returned as a regular for "Better Call Saul," where we learned how he became the man he is in "Breaking Bad." He also cameoed in "El Camino," the 2019 epilogue film which reveals the post-series fate of Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul). This wasn't the end for Mike onscreen, though. "Say My Name" writer-director Thomas Schnauz described it to Forbes as Walt's first murder done "out of passion." Still, this is probably Walt's worst murder because of how pointless it was. And he is ultimately a more likable character - his stoic professionalism is more endearing than Walt's know-it-all arrogance - but that counts only for so much. He's doing it to provide for his dead son's family. Mike isn't much better than Walt - he's got just as much blood on his hands and didn't even have the specter of a terminal illness when he chose a life of crime.
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