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Season 1 Episode 4 – Cancer Man
Season 5 Episode 14 – Ozymandias
Here you can see a little foreshadowing in the shot of Jesse under the car. If you look closely you can see drips of gasoline coming down (the gas tank got shot and Walt ends up having to roll his barrel of money very far to find a new car)
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There’s two different meanings to this shot:
The two hawks represent Jesse and Jane and as Jesse looked up at them he thought about the fact that they’d get to be together again finally (thus worsening Walt’s statement later)
The two hawks represent Jesse and Walt and how they once cohabited peacefully, but now are trying to kill each other
Similar imagery was found on a poster in the cancer ward Walt visited that read “Stick Together”
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#RIP Heisenberg
Here we witness the death of Heisenberg. Once Holly said “Mama,” Heisenberg died and Walter took over. He swallowed his pride and called Skyler, he left Holly with the firemen, and he left his family (for their own good). Whatever happens going forward won’t be for the meth empire or money, it’ll be to avenge Hank’s death. Why? Because Hank is family and no one FUCKS with Mr. White’s family…
Q: Did the script really say: “HOLLY: [cries] Mama! Mama!”? Because that baby delivered.
Moira Walley-Beckett: We got very, very lucky, didn’t we Rian? We got lucky because that was a shaky moment for the baby. It’s a stressful situation for little kids. It was not scripted. She was looking at her mom off-stage and started saying that at the exact moment where it is scripted that Walt has a pang that this is morally reprehensible to do this to his daughter, to deprive her of a normal life. And this little baby just started looking at mom and we just rolled.
Rian Johnson: The baby’s mom was like three feet away, right next to the camera. The baby was not actually screaming for her mother. As scripted it was just going to be this beautiful powerful moment where Walt looks at her. He brings her up to eye level and looks into her eyes and has that realization. I remember we were gathered around the monitor and he raises her and up and she started saying “mama,” and we all just looked at each other.
Moira Walley-Beckett: Rian just let it roll, and Bryan went with it.
Rian Johnson: That’s the other thing. In that situation, Bryan is really the one doing the directing because the way that he shapes the performance between himself and the baby is really about the way he handles her and plays off of her. In terms of emotional beats of that scene it’s really Bryan who is doing the directing there. He did a fantastic job.
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And of course the episode ends with Walt driving away, then a dog crosses and you know this means something
When Jesse was in rehab, he talks about killing Gale saying he had to put down a “problem dog”. Gale was the problem dog.
Season 5 Episode 12 was called “Rabid Dog” and was about how Jesse finally wakes up and decides to take it to Walt once and for all. Jesse was the rabid dog.
In this episode Walt lost Hank. Walt Lost Jesse. Walt lost his wife and kids. Walt lost every member of his family. He’s got no home anymore.
Walt is the stray dog
He’s leaving behind a stray dog. There is a great visual element to it, but I don’t know. In my mind he’s leaving Jesse behind. There’s the one hanging thread there. That was part of it and it also just felt like a nice lonely beat to take it out on.
- Rian Johnson
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This is such a beautiful shot. As you can see, half of Jesse’s face is fucked up, similar to what Gus' face looked like after the explosion
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Marie was the only character left who had yet to experience her life getting utterly fucked. This was that moment
At this point there’s really no hope for any more happy moments in the show…
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Chess, a game of strategy, is the game that these fireman are choosing to play. On the board the white king is cornered, but not checkmated nor in check. It’s hiding behind another pawn, buying time. The only remaining white pieces are a knight and two pawns (maybe representing Jesse and Walt’s two kids). There’s no queen
The two pawns could also represent Badger and Skinny Pete.
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This is such a beautiful shot with so much meaning behind it. Firstly the shot is used to start the episode in the flashback when Skyler is packing away the clown she sold
The shot itself holds so much meaning because of the phone placed right next to the knives. It shows how much different Skyler is and how strong she’s become. Instead of calling for help (reaching for the phone) she reaches for a knife to defend herself and her family from the monster Walt has become
Interestingly enough, the knife she grabs is the same knife Walt puts away in Season 2, Episode 1 “Seven Thirty-Seven”
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