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Sep 16, 2013 · Reviews Breaking Bad: Ozymandias, Review. In what may have been the single greatest hour of television our reviewer has ever seen, Breaking Bad broke hearts, shattered expectations, and continues ...
Sep 16, 2013 · Everything about “Ozymandias” -- the third and final Breaking Bad episode directed by Rian Johnson (Brick, Looper) -- was cruel. Hank and Gomie are dead, losing the war from fighting the good ...
- Seth Amitin
"Ozymandias" (referencing the poem by Percy Byssche Shelley) is another incredible 'Breaking Bad' episode, perhaps the best episode of the fifth season and one of the show's biggest achievements. The sizzling tension and emotional impact are only a couple of truly great things and even more the rich subtlety and story advancing twists that will ...
- ‘Ozymandias’ Is The Best: Walt Revealed That He Was There When Jane Died
- ‘The Fly’ Is The Worst: It’S Slow
- ‘Ozymandias’ Is The Best: It Was Hank’s Final Episode
- ‘The Fly’ Is The Worst: Nothing Happens
- ‘Ozymandias’ Is The Best: It Was Award-Winning
- ‘The Fly’ Is The Worst: It’S Frustrating
- ‘Ozymandias’ Is The Best: Its Title Is Genius
- ‘The Fly’ Is The Worst: It Was Made Because of Budgetary Restrictions
- ‘Ozymandias’ Is The Best: It’S Directed by Rian Johnson
- ‘The Fly’ Is The Worst: It’S Directed by Rian Johnson
By this point in season five, Walter Whitehas become a brutal, ruthless killer who has gone was beyond the cancer-stricken old man he once was. Despite Jesse being his constant partner over the course of many years, Walt feels such resentment towards him that he delivers the harshest line of dialogue in Breaking Bad, where he tells Jessethat he cou...
Episodes of TV shows driven by dialogue are often very good. Take the Family Guy episode ‘Brian & Stewie’: the two are simply stuck in a bank vault having a conversation and it’s fantastic. In Breaking Bad, though, a lot of very dramatic and intense stuff is happening at all times. It sort of feels like the audience doesn’t have the time to be sitt...
Hank had been a consistent source of humor throughout the entirety of Breaking Bad. He was known to love his entire family, but don his serious cap when necessary; and as soon as he found out who Walt was, he lost all of his familial kindness and set his mind to bringing Heisenberg down. RELATED: Better Call Saul: 5 Reasons Lalo Is The Best Villain...
In terms of plot, pretty much nothing whatsoever happens in the episode. It’s quite literally about Jesse and Walt’shunt for the fly, which is annoying Walt in their meth lab. We see a lot of development in the relationship between the main characters, but in terms of storyline progression, we get basically nothing.
The episode was about as award-winning as a single episode of television can be. Moria Walley-Beckett (a prolific writer on the show and the writer of this episode) won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series, while Bryan Cranston and Anna Gunn each took home Emmys for Lead Actor and Supporting Actress roles.
Imagine trying to catch a fly at home, in real life. Frustrating, right? ‘The Fly’ introduces the audience to that exact problem but forces everyone into a situation where they can’t do anything about it. Not only is the audience frustrated that nothing has happened in the episode yet, but everyone just wants Walt to catch the annoying fly.
‘Ozymandias’is a Percy Bysshe Shelley poem that depicts the fall of greatness. On its most overt level, this is exactly what the episode is about. However, looking deeper into Shelley’s words and mind shows even more brilliant connections between the poem and the episode. RELATED: Breaking Bad: 10 Anti-Hero Shows To Watch If You Liked It For exampl...
One of the incredible things about Breaking Bad that allowed it to sit apart from many other American shows is that it never assaulted the audience with filler episodes. Everything was there for a reason. ‘The Fly’, however, was only made because the show was over-budget and couldn’t afford to move production trucks elsewhere. That’s a little disap...
Rian Johnson is known to be one of the finest directors active at the moment. He has delivered a number of brilliant films that take fantastic characters and provide them with insightful dialogue, all while retaining visual beauty and moments that twist expectations massively. Everything comes together perfectly in ‘Ozymandias’.
The problem with Rian Johnson is that he is often a very hit or miss director. While many of his films have been incredibly well-received, he has also found huge controversy- his take on the Star Wars franchise, for example, has become seen as a huge misfire. As such, ‘The Fly’ seems a little like a moment of artistic expression trying to bring a n...
- Dan Peeke
May 4, 2024 · Want to feel old? It’s been a little over a decade since Breaking Bad ended back in 2013. And yet, I still find myself (frequently) thinking about the best episode in the series, “Ozymandias ...
Sep 16, 2013 · Walt killed Gomez. As far as he knows, he killed Jesse, but not before sadistically, pointlessly rubbing Jesse's face in the easily preventable death of one of the few people who ever loved him ...
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