i have to say... that's a pretty harsh assessment. part of the reason i liked bb so much was that the story and plot danced in and out of what was realistic and believable (let's not forget gus wiping out the entire cartel and then the 'terminator' scene as he died but not before wandering out of hector's room with half his face missing in season 4). i thought the final episode was superb. yes, it was convenient how things unfolded at the end with the gun in the car. i don't think it's outside the realms of possibility to think that uncle jack and co underestimated him because they'd already taken (nearly) all his money, his product, were in their base with a dozen or so heavily armed guys etc. with what was an old and dying man, who was thoroughly outnumbered and had been suitably frisked.
and i don't agree that walter white was long gone by the end. if anything, heisenberg was gone. walt had returned... his appearance had changed, his demeanour, he had faced up to the fact that he did what he did, not solely for his family, but for him (that scene in the kitchen with skyla was superb). he saved jesse. managed to get his money to his son. said goodbye to his daughter, took revenge for hank's death (wouldn't even let jack finish his sentence about where the 80mill was - shows his priorities had changed) and died back in the lab with his first love... chemistry.
with regards to hank, he'd been chasing heisenberg for years. and all that time he was right there under his nose. again it's not outside the realms of possibility to think that he was so desperate to catch walt - and encouraged further by the fact that jesse was finally ready to help - that he made a few uncharacteristic mistakes. but his plan to trap him would have worked perfectly had walt not phoned uncle jack just before hank came for him in the desert. and at the end jesse clearly drives off in one direction, minutes later the police arrive from another, so it's safe to assume that jesse wasn't apprehended minutes later.
despite what you say there was plenty to praise in the last season. some great moments - the new cover for the meth lab via the exterminators, 'that' speech in the desert -'say my name...'
'...heisenberg'
'... you goddamn right.'
the train heist, the simultaneous killing of all witnesses in prison within minutes was awesome, when hank final connects the dots, the scene with walt and hank in his garage - 'if that's true and you don’t know who I am... then maybe your best course would be to tread lightly' - some incredible dialogue. and then the finale was superb - i loved how it was deliberately ambiguous. you could even make a strong case that everything that came after that moment at the start, when the police surround the car and he couldn't get it to start, was all just his fantasy... everything did work out perfectly for him, starting with the keys falling into his lap, may be too perfectly. but then again this is heisenberg the genius so it still is plausible. i just thought it was fantastic and totally compulsive tv from beginning to end
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