Breaking Bad Writers Talk 'Ozymandias'

Breaking Bad Writers Talk 'Ozymandias'
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[@jimmy2k4o]

Oxymandias is the “Boom” mike described. “You’re a time bomb tick tick ticking, and I have no intention of being around for the BOOM”

[@DunkYTP]

@Kuala06 he obviously meant to click z but hit x by accident because they're right next to each other

[@captainhowlerwilson508]

.....and thankfully, he never was around for that, except that he died.

[@ahsadmirer6825]

Mike never got to witness the BOOM

[@gpeddino]

Ozymandias has a sense of culmination that is so overwhelming to watch. It's like a Shakespearean tragedy reaching its peak.

[@dennis4088]

just imagine DARK wtriters are also write GOT s8

[@benlenti196]

Lol

[@adurskenplayz5984]

It's more like a greek tragedy at its peak

[@Qwazin]

I think when Walter Jr goes "Uncle Hank is dead?" was the most heartbreaking moment for me. Like I suddenly felt bad for having watched Walter do all of these things and ruin everyone's lives.

[@dontaskgabbie]

Andreas Nordvall yessss fuck such a good show

[@LucasJensenOfficial]

Andreas Nordvall For me it was “No, no... NO! I tried to save him” or “WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU? WE’RE FAMILY! ... We are a family...”

[@dimitreze]

when Walter see his son on the ground protecting his mother, I totally lost

[@jswbeetleable]

Fuck Walt Jr

[@DanuskaGPP]

so you watched the entirety of five seasons that walt spends murdering people, hiding them without a trace, putting children's lives in direct jeopardy, gaslighting everyone in his life and abusing his wife and that one moment in the third to last episode of the show made you suddenly feel bad about what walt does? lmfao.

[@mr.thunder1219]

Imagine something that is actually considered perfect by so many people.

[@girishgowda7661]

Mr. Thunder ikr!! It's just surreal. In a good way.

[@golatejas5714]

My tan banana is considered perfect by so many ppl

[@hahdhsjsjrkfn]

I think it's bad /s

[@manchitasmamani5263]

It's 99,5% pure ;)

[@cavaughngrace3644]

Nothing's perfect. But this comes pretty damn close!

[@heyace37]

The greatest hour of television ever made.

[@paperchasindude6578]

Pretty much yep

[@hazer3248]

47 minutes but sure

[@David-gj9qr]

Directed by Rian Johnson, which makes me realize he has directed good movies/shows and that the Last Jedi was either a mistake on his part(he is human even good directors have directed bad movies I.e. Francis Ford Coppola directed Jack) or its Disney’s fault that it turned out bad because they didn’t have a plan

[@Blackd0nuts]

@@David-gj9qr But also you have to realize that he may have directed it, but it's the people you see in this video that wrote it, made it possible. The woman wrote this exact episode but it's also the culmination of all that's come before and that is thank's to all the people you see here.

[@alceedus]

Just finished the entire series. Incredible show.

[@paperchasindude6578]

Ikr

[@FaysalShahi]

I felt so sorry for Hank on that scene.

[@leemcqueen500]

Why? He was an asshole.

[@RianChakraborty23]

Lee McQueen how was he an asshole?

[@Melanrick]

Well, it was his fault... He stayed way too long there. DIdint go there without an backup, didint called backup, etc... He pretty much let his emotions cloud his judgement and it prevented him from doing his job *right*.

[@jswbeetleable]

Why? He was definitely an asshole but that’s what made the character. He stood for what he believed in right up to the end. He was a man of honor. GREAT character!!

[@StarBoy0100]

walt was out of the business completely and his cancer was back when hank wouldn't stop going after him. it's hank's own fault he died

[@gpeddino]

It's amusing to me that Moira Walley-Beckett is the woman behind "Anne With An E" and also wrote Ozymandias. Such polar opposites. She's obviously a gifted professional.

[@Zoologic21]

I also liked the reflection of Mike's grievances and analysis of Walt because of his overall stupidity and delusion that he could accomplish anything. You remember, right? The scene where Walt is being chewed out by Mike when he delivers him his money just before Mike tries to lam it? Mike points out Walt's inherent arrogance and nativity in his actions, as well the conceit that everything can go his way because of the empire Walt built. Hank honors this same criticism and heartbreaking realization to Walt trying to reason with Jack for Hank's life when he delivers the line, "You're the smartest man I ever met, and you're too stupid to see, he made up his mind 5 minutes ago". I loved this show because it depicted the perfect tragic downfall of a man with enough intellect to achieve more than most people, but becomes consumed and eventually taken by that same level of thought. It's no happy ending in this episode, and Walt practically loses everything he's worked, suffered and caused others to suffer for. Fantastic show, and what fantastic writers.

[@caseypeanuts3222]

It’s awesome getting to see the geniuses behind this show talking about their craft.

[@Enzone218]

If you haven't seen/heard it before you should check out the Breaking Bad Insider Podcast it's really good, they also have one for Better Call Saul as well. :)

[@NoblePringles]

When the bass kicks in as Walt leaves with Holly, I knew Anna and Bryan would win an Emmy as well as the show

[@ПавлоАсмоловський]

Anna overacted

[@buttermilkoreos8913]

@@ПавлоАсмоловський Wrong

[@DunkYTP]

@@ПавлоАсмоловський no she didn't

[@johnp.smithasimpleman7281]

@@DunkYTP Don’t worry, that guy has an obsession with Skyler. He goes to every single BB video to write big essays about how Skyler is the worst person of the show and it’s a POS. I have seen this guy so many times he feels like a meme at this point. The guy needs serious psychiatric help, I’m not even kidding.

[@DunkYTP]

@@johnp.smithasimpleman7281 jesus hahahaha Skylers not even that bad though if you think of it. I wouldn't like my significant other to go from a loving wife for years and turn into a psychopathic criminal and drag me down with her and turn my child against me. No wonder she was the way she was

[@bdeamon1]

sometimes i feel bad that i can't catch all the details these people put into shows like this, but it also makes me want to watch them again

[@coolcatproductions6804]

I agree. Its also inspiriting that these people put so much art in poetry in to something that their audience will most likely not even see... It shows that they are producing art for the sake of producing art - not for the sake of views and ratings

[@elzeus13]

We're a family!

[@RileyVanderpost]

elzeus13 We’re a family...

[@baburao87]

The apostrophe disappeared at that moment. "Were a family".

[@dhan07404]

When he sees everything around him has collapsed and repeats that line again just hits u so hard he says he did this to support his family but it's just killed it all off literally and figuratively is such a hard hitting shot wow

[@DunkYTP]

What are you doing? *Walt Jr calls the police*

[@DK_FALCON]

If they were the writer of GoT , then the ending would be different and satisfying

[@vedaryan334]

Probably not. Better than this maybe , but the these are episodic writers . They don't write the whole show.

[@abramsullivan7764]

Yeah true it's a shame Games Of Thrones ended up being useless to watch now.

[@rorz999]

Pointless comment tbh lol

[@UKEDNHAT7]

The writers, actors, producers, everyone. I thank you for the best show I have ever watched and will ever watch in my entire life.

[@9ii864]

Imagine being able to say i was a part of the writing staff in Breaking Bad...these people are just geniuses!

[@hothotheat3000]

So many iconic moments in that episode, but Skylar falling to her knees in the street after Walt takes Holly is what I think of first. The look of absolute horror on her face.

[@aurorafulnowandforever]

hothotheat3000 Yes!!! omg I felt that! An absolute amazing performance. Anna Gunn was one of the best mothers on TV, I loved her so much

[@aurorafulnowandforever]

Хайзенберг Dude! how about you fuck off? lol we get it already, you hate her! ugh! PATHETIC!

[@ПавлоАсмоловський]

@@aurorafulnowandforever bitch

[@cometface]

Хайзенберг I feel bad for you

[@cometface]

Хайзенберг wouldn't say she's my favorite character, but that scene was probably Skyler's most poignant and emotional scene. I just feel bad that it went over your head

[@dirtydinner2432]

It’s likely that we won’t ever get an episode of tv that good ever again

[@waterwind2266]

In seasons 5 and 6 of Better Call Saul, shit is going to start hitting the fan - and I imagine that we will get something like Ozymandias again at the end. I don't think that anything will ever surpass Ozymandias, but I think we are in for something again!

[@dirtydinner2432]

Samuelabra For me Better Call Saul just isn’t as entertaining because you know which characters are going to survive and you know which characters will either die by the end or go away. It’s still an amazing show but the fact that it’s a prequel definitely holds it back in some ways.

[@waterwind2266]

@@dirtydinner2432 But you don't - you don't have any idea about Kim or Howard or Nacho, who are all integral characters. We know that something bad will happen to them but we don't know what kind of tragedy is going to take place - and the anticipation mixed with dread for those moments is what makes it compelling.

[@apurvashanker]

@@waterwind2266 Well, I guess season 5 Finale will have some Ozymandias smoke to it. Kim proposed the idea of marriage and the finale is named "Something Unforgivable" It was a slow build but I guess this is the part where they'll go to Breaking Bad's dimension. The pace has picked up and the different stories have started to converge.

[@leopoldbuttersstotch277]

Bagman was a blast. Though I agree not as great as ozymandias, still up there as one of the best.

[@jproductions5977]

Skylar: Did you kill Hank Walter: No Skylar: Did you kill Hank Walter: Go pack your bags Skylar: Did you kill Hank Walter: *silence* Skylar: Did you kill Hank Walter: I TRIED TO SAVE HIM

[@T0FFII]

And directed by? Rian Johnson. Yep. He's capable clearly.

[@georgeparkinson1314]

Toffee Reggin I can’t believe the same person that made this episode made ep 8

[@ghani666]

You can't? You might need to revisit Ep 8.

[@georgeparkinson1314]

ghani666 I did and they are very different in most aspects. Maybe it’s his imaging of both these worlds but he nailed breaking bad

[@ghani666]

George Parkinson To at least half of SW fans, he nailed that world as well. To me, Breaking Bad is so amazing because of its complex symbolism, metaphors, character depth and refusal to adhere to convention. Granted, that's not what Star Wars is known for, but having a dose of that after almost thirty years of bullshit was truly refreshing. I was worried we'd never see a Star Wars movie for adults ever again. TLJ (for all its faults) succeeds for the same reasons that Breaking Bad succeeds: it treats the material (and the audience) like adults. Which means the most Rian Johnson is guilty of is overestimating the SW fandom.

[@georgeparkinson1314]

ghani666 I respect that. I will agree that he did justices to each in different ways. Thanks for having an adult conversation with me on the internet lol

[@hazer3248]

just watched the episode can not stop thinking about it so unbelievably perfectly done however completely emotionally drained me

[@maceface2892]

Moira Walley-Beckett, you are absolutely incredible. Best episode of the best TV series ever made. Emmy well earned

[@alexdelarco]

The greatest episode ever aired on television.

[@paperchasindude6578]

True

[@p28-e7j]

No doubts

[@LuigiTheItalian]

My favorite episode of the series.

[@jeronimobalcarcel4613]

Wow! Im rewatching Breaking Bad for the second time, and I can’t believe how blind I was when I first saw it. I always thought of breaking Bad as a cause and effect tv show, and the magnitude of this specific incidents is what ultimately makes the figure of Heisenberg fall. It is just so adequate the metaphor used in this episode, referring to the poem of the same name. Walt is the sculptor, Heisenberg the colosal wreck, and his empire washes down the vast and endless dessert.

[@paperchasindude6578]

That's cool

[@GreggyAck]

My favourite hour of TV ever.

[@AnakinTheBetrayer]

This is the greatest hour of TV of all time, the greatest TV series of all time and directed by my favorite Director of all time. A match made in fucking heaven dude.

[@johncarson6748]

such a tough episode to watch, but in the final episode, where Walt sees Holly for the last time... i cried like a bitch

[@p28-e7j]

No doubts....Ozymandias is the greatest peice of TV I've ever watched. It's as good if not better than any movie of the same genre.

[@buster560]

What about the Finale. That was great too. Also the last episode of season 4 and the assassination of Gus. Breaking Bad was the best

[@TripleM1137]

Imagine if this brilliant team translated a song of ice and fire to TV instead of Dumb & Dumber.

[@81caasi]

It's so nice and refreshing to hear from the writers, brilliant minds.

[@westhamCAL]

Does anyone know if there is like an hour special of them all talking, or it's just these 3 separate videos?

[@Enzone218]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIC3Ypdqeahoqqc This is from awhile ago but still a good watch.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

It’s perfect. It’s EVERYTHING Walt might have been afraid could happen when he came up with the idea of cooking crystal meth.

[@andyspendlove1019]

I could literally listen to Moira Walley-Beckett talk about Ozymandias all day long.

[@buzzytrombone4353]

I remember the first time that I had watched Breaking Bad last year. When I got to the scene where Walter and Skyler fight over the knife and Walter leaves the house with Holly, I had a very intense panic attack watching it and I was left numb after it for about an hour. The reason why I had the panic attack to begin with is because I had pictured my mother and father as Skyler and Walter respectively. I don't know how they had popped into my head watching the scene, but they did, and when they did, I was sucked in and I could not get out. The only conclusion I can come to from that panic attack is that the acting in that scene was so raw, and Bryan Cranston and Anna Gunn had showcased a series of mixed emotions when they were filming it, that it felt too real for me to call it acting. If I had watched that scene first and knew nothing about Breaking Bad, then chances are that I wouldn't have been drawn to it at all, I would have watched something else entirely. But at that point, I knew the characters well enough, and I knew about the disgusting stuff that Walter had done at that point, so I was sucked in and I kept going deeper and deeper. Too deep for my own comfort to be honest.

[@Fhoebys16]

I was so angry that Jesse didn't see earlier that Walter cared for him, but only when it was too late, the scene with Skylar and Walter and when she freaks out, honestly I remembered soup operas from Latinoamerica. 😒

[@Alcyhart]

Thank you, wonderful creators, for Ozymandias.

[@TheFlowerofSpades]

Vince Gilligan really just sound like Badger lol

[@cruzgallardo99]

The single greatest fictional episode of television ever made by mankind.

[@---kp1dp]

she's actually a genius

[@ashishbhatt3467]

I was noy ready for hank moment...like most heartbreaking thing in this show

[@hayden6349]

This episode is so amazing

[@bradvan8156]

After rewatching it the beginning sequence of that episode where they flashed back to the first cook where Walt calls skylar, I noticed for the entirety of the scene of skylar in the kitchen it focuses on the set of knives in the shot whether it’s the foreground or you can see it slightly at every angle of the shot

[@nlarson8217]

Will go down as the best television show in the history of time.

[@FayeIL]

Vince Gilligan is a great boss - you can just tell by the way he immediately almost instinctively gives Moira credit for writing it.

[@phatpiggyproductions6748]

Why the fuck am I so emotional thinking about the series finale😭

[@AirCanada1J5]

Half Measures, Crawl Space, Felina, Tohalijee, Face Off...I can list quite a few I like more than Ozymandias, and I'm not sure I get the hype fully. It's a top episode no question, but I kind of figured Hank was going to die? And the Nazis weren't the greatest characters?

[@maxeyre2024]

The episode is the culmination of everything the series was leading towards. Everything in Walt's world falls apart and it is incredibly tragic but also so satisfying. The direction and acting is particularly top-notch in the episode, and no time is wasted. Everything from the two phone calls made at the beginning and end of the episode done in brilliant fashion, to the incredible final moments of Hank, to the family being figuratively destroyed for good. It all happens so suddenly and quick, and it is breathtaking to see unfold. In my opinion, no other episode in the show pulls so many elements off so efficiently and so well. That is why I think it is the best episode of the show, but all those other ones you listed were incredible as well.

[@AirCanada1J5]

@@maxeyre2024 yeah I think I just like the unpredictable moments more which they pulled off so cleverly in the episodes I mentioned, but I still do love Ozymandius and you made good points.

[@kdizzle901]

Ozymandias is the only episode to win an Emmy for writing.....ozymandias is t the best episode Praying TOP 10 are Ozymandias Face Off One Minute Half Measures Dead Freight Full Measure Say my Name Box Cutter Confessions Felina

[@AirCanada1J5]

@@kdizzle901 an Emmy doesn't decide it for me personally, I like Ozymandius, I like the ones you listed better

[@kdizzle901]

Hudsanity emmys dont automatically decide it for me either ozymandias is just my fav hour of the show

[@haroldrosenberg5221]

The unsung heroes of the greatest show on earth

[@worshipperoftheolympians6011]

i am Heisenberg... king pin of king pins... gaze upon my criminal empire for witch i bilt and be at awe at its money and magnificence.

[@Jp19981]

The best episode of a TV Show, period. And yes I've seen The Sopranos and The Wire.

[@FablesOutofSpace]

Ozymandias...the meaning...the desert...holly shit thats beyond humanity...

[@WatersBreedlove]

"Wow" - Vince Gilligan

[@muhammedhatem9690]

This Episode as well as the episode " Fly " is the best character deveploment TV Episdoes ever made

[@---kp1dp]

Underrated masterpiece

[@johnp.smithasimpleman7281]

Fly is such a great episode

[@ChaoticRain1]

Just shows you the importance of writing! Rian Johnson directed one of my favourite episodes of television ever, but also pretty much ruined an entire franchise with the Last Jedi!

[@DanielPLa-wr9fx]

ChaoticRain completely agree

[@RbullT]

completely disagree. The last jedi is the second best star wars film, first being empire.

[@ghani666]

I genuinely am sorry that you labor under that assumption. TLJ is the first Star Wars movie since Empire that deserves to be mentioned in the same breathe as Breaking Bad. Not unsurprising seeing as the genius behind both "The Fly" and "Ozymandias" was at the helm. At this point, the sanest thing tho do is to assume that he was probably right about The Last Jedi and you are probably wrong. I mean, his track record speaks for himself, and there's plenty more people who loved TLJ than hated it and they'd (I'd) be happy to explain why.

[@ghani666]

@Geralt of Trivia True that. Another great episode.

[@agustinbaletti]

@@RbullT empire lacks a lot of good stuff. ROTS is the best

[@habituallinestepper8839]

Best episode of tv ever made.

[@JadeDude1973]

I had to check the comments because I was not convinced that I was actually watching people say nice things about Rian Johnson...

[@noahmay7708]

Why do people despise him so much?

[@tomahawk9992]

Noah May he directed and wrote Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which a lot of people hated so people act surprised when he directed one of the best episodes in television history

[@alexswedock3911]

not to be contrarian but I like Granite State and a few episodes in Season 4 and 1 more than Ozymandias

[@turbotaquitogoogle8095]

I completely see where you're coming from. The stakes were so high in ozy it's easier for people to think it's the best simply because it's more epic, but some episodes like Fly were also executed to perfection

[@natedoggg2002]

Wished HBO would have hired these writers to write Game of Thrones Season 8 instead of Dumb & Dumber! 😒

[@driptoffen3604]

Imdb ratings of that episode 10/10

[@Kornknealious]

Why did they never kill off Marie?

[@aadityabhattacharya]

Because they don't need too

[@TheElectrizantee]

Great writters

[@mattclayer6541]

All geniuses!

[@soldnerfreak4712]

they should have helped D&D..

[@jollybee515]

i absolutely love Breaking Bad and loved this video but isn't this a little late lol

[@westhamCAL]

10 year anniversary....

[@jollybee515]

oooh gotcha

[@billycostigan1247]

OzyMONdias

[@esteban20969564]

really?? rian johnson episode VIII directed that?... well we know now where all his "talent" was invested.....

[@henrychinaski5938]

If I was rion johnson , everything after this episode is just a bonus . He's a legend in my eyes. His direction is masterful .

[@ryanm7263]

The interviewer seems like the type of person who walks into a clothing store five minutes before closing and tries on eight different garments without purchasing anything.

[@targaryenblood]

Lol

[@TheLineCutter]

So many vista's ...

[@agustinbaletti]

Rian Johnson is one of the best directors ever alive

[@jor9534]

​@Geralt of Trivia People criticise his writing for the movie in question, not his directing

[@jor9534]

@Geralt of TriviaOf course but star wars deserved better, the writing was BAD and blaming fans for it was shameful

[@jor9534]

Geralt of Trivia You know what, I don’t blame Rian Johnson for bad writing in TLJ. I don’t think any franchise can change writers and keep its core principles. Star Wars, Harry Potter and Game of Thrones gave all fallen victim to this. We would be better off at considering these sequels as fan fictions.

[@soldnerfreak4712]

@Geralt of Trivia directing matters more than writing? Just look GoT season 8...

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

I'll just be happy when this whole shoulderless thing goes out of style.

[@glendamcgee1779]

Dull people with terrific talent - oddly deflated.

[@seemoore57]

lol

[@ryanx3584]

If Ozymandias is the pinnacle then that fucking gotamn fly swatting episode in the lab is the pits. Sorry not sorry.

[@Whadduphomie]

That blonde is so attractive. Not just looks, her creativity and personality makes her wife material

[@loonar7960]

I just finished the series the other night and I was honestly disappointed in this episode since so many people regard it so highly. It kind of left me saying "that's it?"