@avclub-544d71e44a178ffee8142929e4a71bcd:disqus Now you're splitting hairs on what is and isn't begging. You were wrong. I was right. I am cooler and better than you. I never said he didn't go out in his own style - his style just happens to be slimy and doing anything to survive, including begging.

@eric827:disqus It's not a conspiracy theory, it's an institutional analysis. You are your social institutions. Read a book.

LOL. Repressed negativity about the violence of the market in real life has to return eventually I suppose, and what better way than through false negativity about a show on television.

Hank went out like a man, Uncle Jack went out begging.

Ugh, terrible theory that is spouted ad nauseam. Stevia and the tea are CHARACTER DETAILS, which therefore make them seem ridiculous if they are used for PLOT POINTS. It's like if the color purple somehow became literal and led to Marie's downfall. Get fucking real.

Yep. I came back to P&R for this opening episode to see if it had fixed its shit. Nope.

@avclub-410987637793620466d1b0732bd7ed6d:disqus "We really wanted to take the story full-circle" - how could you want to take the story full-circle without going back to Grey Matter? How could you even consider ending this without mentioning Grey Matter?

Yeah and he was lying to be nice to the family of Kevin. Peter Gould said they always knew it was going to be a big part of the series ending. But, hey, if a dying kid asks you to do something you were already planning on doing, why not give him credit?

God, wouldn't that be badass to meet his Mom in the final episode. Mmm.

If the Grey Matter issue has so much power over Walt to kickstart his rage, then wouldn't it stand to reason that they might be a target of that rage? This is the problem with all you dumbfuck anti-Grey-Matter-revengers. You're unable to comprehend that Walt might have multiple targets. And you have no fucking memory…

The American plutocracy is actually quite accessible, especially if you have their home address. Walt can go knock on their door anytime he wants. You think they have security guards or something?

You probably shouldn't set yourself up for disappointment like this. Calling a potential plot development "hokey" from the get go is probably a bad idea. It's almost like this would require you having the belief that you're pretty fucking smart, and your judgement is right on. Ugh.

Ugh, it's both. He is going to attempt to get revenge on all the people who have significantly wronged him.

Okay then, start preparing yourself to be very disappointed this Sunday. Grey Matter was a deus ex machina that was turned down by Walt. No one turns down a deus ex machina, that's the point of a deus ex machina. It is the single most relevant piece of psychology that gets at Walt's origins THAT WE HAVE SEEN. Sure, it…

You cool.

What about him buying an expensive car? That was dumb too. It's almost like he started acting dumb later in the series. Maybe you should spend time reflecting on why a person like Walt would start acting dumb rather than immediately jumping to the conclusion that a character acting dumb is bad writing.

No, no, no….. if Bill Gates had some partner who was cut out of billions of dollars, that in itself would be a story on 60 minutes. Now, imagine Walt's situation. He not only was cut out of billions, but he then used that SAME SKILL SET for evil purposes and was incredibly successful at it.

Hmm yeah, it sorta has to come back for the finale, doesn't it? It's the most abstruse image and symbol for the show and thus seems like a big fucking deal. But how could it possibly come back? Hmm. Thanks for giving me a reason to be upset, cuz it aint comin back.

Then you should take that as a hint and laugh. Trust your intuition that this is ridiculous. Don't see that it is ridiculous, then boost your ego by telling yourself he must be stupid and I smart. Just assume I'm brilliant and having fun.

Don't call him Ed please. I don't care what the script says. It's not on-screen, it's not canon. Stop colonizing my mind with non-canon things. You can spoil, I like to be spoiled, but don't NON-CANON me.