It's time to look upon the promo images for Breaking Bad's final episodes and argue about what they mean
The final eight episodes of Breaking Bad are a mere brajillion hours away, but as is our semi-annual ritual, we can fill that time by wistfully contemplating the journey thus far and awaiting its denouement with an unquestionable eagerness, yet patient politesse. Or, we could ravenously consume these newly released promo images and spend every moment until then arguing about what they mean, the winner of each debate advancing along the bracket to eventually be crowned the king of Breaking Bad fandom, with all the spoils that implies. Then the rest of us will watch while that absolute power corrupts absolutely, the winner’s expertise in interpreting the symbolism of network advertising calcifying into a reckless arrogance until it becomes their undoing. They are left with nothing. They’ve become a monster.
It’s not too late to turn back.
Okay, now it’s too late to turn back.
Jesse looks desperate, having grown a desperation beard and donned sadness flannel. Has he finally learned the whole truth about Walter’s manipulations, and decided to respond with violence against everyone close to him? Or has he holed up in the desert to record a Bon Iver-like album about his hurt feelings?