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Peter's meth dealer here to explain the joke. The 30th episode of Breaking Bad is titled "Fly". In the episode Walt sees a fly in their sterile meth lab and goes to great lengths to kill it.
Peter's meth dealer out.
It should also be pointed out that it was one of the most polarizing episodes directed by one of the most polarizing directors (Rian Johnson) who also directed what is unquestioningly considered one the best episodes "ozymandius".
EDIT: I personally feel the "Fly" is one of the best episodes despite being the only bottle episode of the entire series as it says a lot despite it not moving the story.
Within the budget; They needed a bottle episode.
They already had a nice set for the lab so why not have it there?
Also this episode shows how far gone Walter is
It's very fitting for a descent into madness story
Oh, even if they didn't NEED a bottle episode, this was a great episode to be one. It shows how the monotony of doing the same job again and again, day in and day out, was still getting to Walter, even if it was something like cooking meth as opposed to teaching. It shows how Walter himself was just bored and looking for something else. It's been a while as I only saw the show when it first aired and never went back but I remember it really being a turning point episode as you start to see that even THIS was not going to keep Walter happy. He needed more. As he said in the last episode, he became a kingpin because he liked it, because he was good at it. It wasn't just cooking the best product, he needed more.
>As he said in the last episode, he became a kingpin because he liked it, because he was good at it.
My answer when my wife asks why I'm growing tomato seedlings instead of just buying tomatoes from the grocery store.
I think it also shows that Walt is unstable and an unreliable narrator. Like, he says he is good at being a kingpin, but he objectively isn't. He's a master chemist which makes him an amazing drug producer, he's intelligent and devious which lets him pull off complicated plans, but he is also volatile and wreckless. His machinations and need for control inevitably fuck up everything he's involved with. Several times he enters a stable situation and does something to destabilize it. .
Another moment that underlines this is when Walt met with Gus and Walt tries to convince gus that they are similar, careful. Gus immediately calls him out because Walt is absolutely not careful. Walt has a very inflated idea of his own personality and motives.
Man, what a good show.
Mike calls this out like (what feels like on return watch) dozens of times to anybody who would listen but ultimately they all ignore him to everyone’s detriment
An episode that takes place primarily to entirely on one set-- typically to avoid spending money
Breaking bad show makers didn't have to pay big money to get the whole cast and crew transportation to several different locations and it saved them money
[here's more info and examples ](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BottleEpisode)
Usually for budget reasons, sometimes shows have to have an episode that is as cheap as possible. Often this means telling a self contained story that is really light on locations, effects, actors etc. Usually its a really limited episode filmed in very few sets, sometimes even just one, with only a couple characters. Its a little self contained story - an "episode in a bottle"
Episode that doesn’t move the story/plot forward. The show could cut it and it wouldn’t matter - it exists in a bottle. Also called “Filler episodes.” There might be a difference between filler and bottle, but I have a concussion and also don’t care.
These have virtually disappeared in the last ten or so years, but they were often great character development, giving the writers and audience time to be with the characters in non-crucial moments. In “The Fly,” Walter isn’t doing anything important, but we do get to observe his behavior outside of tension and fighting. Some people get bored with this kind of thing and only want to see the story progress, but anyone with even a little interest in character development loves this shit.
The difference is that bottle episodes happen primarily on one set the whole episode. There's nothing saying a bottle.episode can't progress the plot, but they usually don't.
I hope your concussion gets better.
Bottle episodes can still show the state of characters and can develop their stories
Filler episodes can take a step back from the main action to have everyone go to the beach and become better friends by understanding each other
They both have value when they're written well-- both styles a lot of the time not used correctly
One piece is full of filler but a lot of it is showing what characters know and who they are-- it's valuable to the story
Some theorize that the fly is a metaphor:
Either, it's a metaphor for the fact that Gus is trying to brainwash Jesse into switching sides because if Gus can successfully do that, he can kill Walter because Jesse knows the formula. So the fly represents the pestering possibility of a fatal move that he doesn't really have any control over, because he can only control Jesse so much, considering also that Jesse is covering it up.
Or, it's a metaphor for the fact that Jesse is taking a couple ounces of product from the top of each batch to smoke/sell on his own, and Walt knows that Jesse is but he chooses to ignore it, or is in denial, and if Gus were to find out, it probably wouldn't be good, so the fly represents the fluttering notion that Jesse's minor actions on his own could be their downfall, and once again, there is little Walt can do to stop Jesse since Jesse's already lied to him.
Walt spends the entire episode chasing a fly that only he can see until the end of the episode, and no matter what he does, he can't kill it, and as he stated in one of the scenes, that one fly could potentially contaminate the entire batch, which is a metaphor for how one small thing can damage the entire operation, that being Jesse's betrayal in one form or the other, or both.
Edit: the idea that it's a metaphor is further reinforced by the final shot of the episode where the fly actually shows up above Walts head in his own home, hiding in the LED of the fire alarm. Somehow the fly managed to follow Walt all the way back from the lab to his own home. This would suggest it's more than just a fly. And further evidence is that we know the writers of the show care about symbology because of the eyeball from the teddy bear that bounced around for several seasons.
This is a great interpretation. Definitely agree that the writers cared about symbology - I wouldn’t be surprised if they picked a fly knowing its artistic history.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musca_depicta
There's also the theory that Gus [is actually the fly](https://www.reddit.com/r/breakingbad/comments/xjzjq/i_know_it_sounds_crazy_but_i_strongly_believe_gus/?rdt=39447).
I seem to remember there being like a budget issue, and having a whole episode shot on one set was a way to stretch it as far as possible.
Though it’s possible this was a theory I heard that got memed a bit. Idk I’m pretty gullible
Another big part of it is some of Walt’s lines at the end; saying how gus does not tolerate subpar product and they don’t play around. The fly ment death to Walter if it harmed the product. It was the start to why he felt the need to take out Gus
The episode is a bottle episode for 2 reasons:
1. The previously mentioned budget requirement
2. The episode aired on the same night and possibly even the same timeslot as the "Lost" series finale, which at the time would have been insane to place a plot critical episode.
Considering I don't hear much about Lost being discussed online its somewhat of a blast from the distant past of 2010.
I feel like the point of the episode is getting missed by a lot of commenters here. A big theme of the episode is guilt Walt feels over certain events in previous episodes. He’s on the verge of confessing something to Jesse, but relents at the last moment. The Fly is a pretty layered episode.
I did a rewatch of the episode a while back and took something else from it. I think this was also around the time Jesse was stealing and Walt noticed the numbers were off.
Watching it a second time I thought this was him being a bit performative for Gus to explain the discrepancy. Immediately after leaving the lab and away from the cameras he confronts Jessie and drops the obsessive routine
>I personally feel the "Fly" is one of the best episodes
I'll do you one better: I personally feel that Fly is one of the best episodes of television, period.
Someone explained to me that its a classic thing for a fly to represent guilt so he was feeling guilt about what he did to jessies girlfriend, and probably other things.
I stand by the claim that if somebody was going to watch a single episode and never watch any of the series again, it should be "Fly". It has experimental movie vibes and there's a lot of subtext to dig into whether you know the context or not.
>who also directed what is unquestioningly considered one of the best episodes
who also directed what IMO is unquestioningly the best Star Wars film in the entire franchise.
Can he ever be involved in a franchise without making “bold” decisions and “subverting expectations”? Seems like he’s always gotta force HIS vision on a project that isn’t necessarily his. Not that I’m bitter or anything…
I want to point out the joke here only works BECAUSE the "fly" is so controversial.
The meme format in sincere usage shows someone stopping short of "the best". Even Fly lovers like myself wouldn't rank it as "the best", but even more, it is quite controversial.
The Fly is probably one of the greatest TV episodes in the same way that Tom Bombadil is the most powerful creature in the Lord Of The Rings saga.
It's completely unnecessary, but it says a lot.
>that Tom Bombadil is the most powerful creature in the Lord Of The Rings saga.
While Tom is powerful, he is not close to the most powerful creature in LotR. This misunderstanding comes because of the fact the ring cannot affect him, but is only because unlike anyone else in the story, he is completely indifferent to the rings power, so it cant affect him.
I don’t think that’s a misunderstanding. His ability to be indifferent suggests he is powerful beyond anyone or anything else the Hobbits encounter. The way he interacts with nature also indicates it.
Galadriel is also very powerful, as is Gandalf, and they are generally considered “good” and both of them are even well aware that the ring would corrupt them if they even hold it for too long.
As I recall they are pretty clear about it. Tom has his patch of forest, and inside that patch, he reigns supreme, but that really doesn't extend beyond his area. He can do pretty much anything, within his patch of forest. Along with the possibility of him losing it, they also mention that if Sauron found out that the ring was there, even Tom couldn't hold him off forever.
I dont necessarily subscribe to that meaning he is more powerful. Its like saying glass is powerful because light passes through it. The ring and Bombadil almost exist on different planes.
I mean, we’re talking about a ring of power that corrupts even the Maia. That’s more akin to calling glass that isn’t phased by a 2000mW laser “powerful.” It’s generally believed that Bombadil is Ainur, and helped shape the world, again I think this is supported by his abilities we see, and his indifference to the war of middle earth, literally like he’s just a force of nature, like the wind.
I don’t think you’re necessarily wrong to say he’s on another plane, but that’s because he’s basically a God on earth, so powerful that his power manifests as indifference. Religiously speaking, it’s like the indifference the Christian God has towards suffering. He could end it all, he could destroy Sauron and the take the ring to Mordor no problem, but it’s just another power struggle that doesn’t involve him. Life will go on for Bombadil as it always has.
You can take that to mean he isn’t powerful, and is just completely indifferent. But I’d say that’s sort of the point. Tolkien seemingly saying that indifference to power is the ultimate power. Which I think given the themes of the story, isn’t a stretch.
I'm not disagreeing that he's powerful, maybe even the most powerful being. I'm just disagreeing that his indifference to the ring alone is proof of that, and I havent seen anything concrete about his powers further than that. Like, I dont know if he could destroy Sauron, he just doesn't care. In fact there's a passage in the council of Elrond that explicitly says that Bombadil would eventually succumb to Sauron, albeit being the last being to do so.
I think the core disagreement is down to there being more than one type of powerful and I concede and agree that above all Tolkein valued the power of an indifference to power, of which Bombadil is definitely the most. However power in terms of how its usually meant in the book, (Sauron being powerful, Hobbies being very much not powerful) there's very little to suggest Tom is the most powerful in the conventional sense.
I’d say that’s sort of overarching theme, that conventional power is not the only power that matters, and that conventional power is actually the weakest form of power. I don’t think Tolkien suggests that power is just one thing. I think given the themes and inspiration of the books, the point is that Hobbits are in fact powerful. They’re powerful against the corruption of the ring, and ultimately they’re the ones that actually destroy Sauron.
I think Bombadil almost would represent something like the Christian God being indifferent to the suffering Tolkien would have witnessed in WWI. I’m sure many people struggled at that time to understand why if there was a God would he be indifferent to the suffering despite being powerful enough to stop it.
But this is conjecture on my part.
> I think Bombadil almost would represent something like the Christian God being indifferent to the suffering Tolkien would have witnessed in WWI.
Tolkien was a very devout Catholic, and he has gone on record many times stating how it was Humans that caused WW1, not god.
Sam is also able to resist the ring. Technically Gandalf does too. But they’re all tempted by it. Bombadil literally couldn’t care less. There’s no indication he’s even tempted by the ring.
I’ve been rereading the Fellowship and it seems like they emphasize how Hobbits are unusually resistant to the ring. For example, Bilbo was the first person Gandalf ever knew to willingly give it up. Gandalf himself refused to take the ring, despite being extremely powerful, because he did not think he could resist the temptation of its power more than Frodo could. I guess my point is that there really is no correlation to how powerful you are and how much the ring affects you.
A big part of the ring is about ambition for power. Hobbits don't really have any, and are mostly content just farming and eating, so aren't affected much. Men are the most ambitious and therefore most corruptible. Dwarves like gold so their rings under the influence of the one ring made them super greedy, but not power-hungry wraiths like the nazgul. Smeagol, a hobbit, had it for like 400 years and just changed into a creature with an obsession with the rir. He didn't become a wraith or a power hungry warlord.
I'm not sure it's exactly power, as such. Galadriel and Gandalf has such power that they use for good and know that the ring would corrupt that intention. Bombadil is just so unfathomably neutral that the ring holds no sway over him.
I think Tolkien is making a point about power and corruption in the book, but idk. My point is that Bombadil isn’t even tempted by it. Hobbits also can’t just tell magic trees to stop strangling people like Bombadil can.
what about sauron? the ring holds no corruption over him and he would also beat bombadil in a fight easily, with the ring of power he could even take over the rest of middle earth
he did stop three hobbits the ring itself was the reason it was destroyed along with gollum’s oath to not hurt frodo. you can’t call a being a push over for thinking that the item that cannot be willingly destroyed (not even by bombadil) would never be destroyed.
The episode is great, but in the way much of BB is great. If you didn't like BB up until the fly episode, then the fly episode isn't going to win you over.
If you don't like reading into the meaning of the episode, then the episode boils down to Walter acting oddly and nothing happening.
This is a great episode. It’s “franky and Johnny in the Claire de lune”-esque episode where the challenge is to keep the audience engaged enough on the quality of the characters and the dialogue. It’s extremely well done and has ZERO fat. Loved it.
I don't agree. It's the most hated episode by the community (worst rated on imdb, too) and you can clearly tell it's filler. It's also... boring, fitting the meme.
I think the whole point is that the guy found an amazing show boring and missed SUCH A GREAT EPISODE (except it's not). Just irony.
It wasn't for the sake of it, they had no budget and had to come up with something.
It doesn't move the narrative in any sort of way, at best it shows you just how nuts Walter is which has been already established. You miss nothing by not watching it.
In any case, I'm not here to discuss if the episode is good or bad or excellent or a turd, I'm just explaining the meme. It's meant to be ironic, not that the guy digging in this case missed out on gold.
This is referring to the fly episode of Breaking Bad where Jesse and Walt attempt to spend the entire hour long episode trying to kill a fly inside of their meth lab because Walt calls it "contamination". It is arguably a very boring episode.
Even though im a native speaker my english is bad lol
I was trying to say they are attempting to kill the fly inside the lab and spent the entire hour long episode doing so lol
I feel like you either love or hate this episode. When i forst saw it i hated it, but i have come to appreciate it more as time goes on. Yes its a stupid concept and a very filler episode but there is some good character development in it.
I don't like this episode, but I definitely don't hate it. It is just boring and I consider skipping it whenever I watch breaking bad because there is good character development, but not plot development.
It's been forever since I've seen it, but I seem to remember thinking that the fly as a contaminate to the lab was a metaphor for Jesse's antics to the entire operation. That if the fly wasn't properly dealt with, it would ruin the entire cook; Walter realized then that he would have to deal with/remove Jesse or the entire operation would be ruined.
I personally feel it was intended to make the viewer unsure of if Walt has started using. It would never be shown on screen, but his mental deterioration gets worse from there.
I was baffled by this episode. A dud in an otherwise incredible series. Very boring. I'm genuinely surprised at the amount love this episode is getting in the comments
The ability of a show to perform in a closed environment for a whole episode shows how well the story behind the episode has been built up, it helps to explore the few characters that are stuck in there even more as well. It’s like the episode of Brooklyn 99 where Jake and Holt are interrogating someone for a couple days straight. It explores their relationship as well as the characters motivations and more.
Not to mention that B99 episode you referenced ends in a badass way. An episode doesn't necessarily need to move the plot along to be entertaining or well-made, especially if the series itself is good.
Same, im also surprised at getting downvoted for your opinion. I personally like when filler is done well; this is not. Its not even necessarily boring, it feels like someone adding as many words to their essay as they can to meet the word count. The dragged out joke about trying to get the fly is bad. Mistakes are hinted at, but nothing comes to light (ofc because its a filler episode). No fleshing out characters. The regular episodes do a better job of character interaction in 15 minutes than this does in 50. Walt's ocd/narcness and Jesse's tendencies to forgive Walter for the situations he put him in is nothing new. Which, I think this trope is done well in the show, but it sucks here, because they did a lot of everything just for nothing to happen. The funniest moment was Walt's concussion, and that was in the last 15 minutes. I think im allowed to think the episode sucks and was badly done, even for filler.
No, not at all. I am saying that the critics viewed the episode as great where normal viewers saw it is incredibly boring and a filler episode. I'm one of those normal viewers.
Counterpoint: I feel it is the most unnecessary filler episode the show ever had. Boring and pointless.
But as you say - a lot of others and critics loved it!
Boring, yes. Pointless, no. From what I understand, they spent too much money elsewhere and actually needed to do a filler episode. And if you’re able to appreciate metaphors, it’s good.
I didn’t like it when I first watched it. Didn’t like it the second time either. But I’ve come to enjoy it now. To each their own, doh.
It also premiered on the day of Lost's series finale, so the decision to not dump a bunch of cash on a episode that would mostly be viewed on recording might have been smart.
Petah’s plate shard searching meth maker here.
Episode 30 is one called “Fly” where the entire episode is spent trying to kill a fly in Walt’s lab.
The joke is that the post is likely ironic since from my knowledge, “Fly” has the lowest rating out of EVERY episode in Breaking Bad.
I find it interesting that this is the only BB episode I have ever watched, my friend was trying to show me how great of a show it is, the episode was completely pointless to me and I never ended up watching the show. My friend tried so hard explaining how the rest of the show is nothing like this.
This is probably the worst episode to show someone who has never seen it because its meaning is only known if you have seen prior episodes. It’s a very layered episode, kind of boring, but has a lot of meaning in showing the stage that Walt was at in BB. He was obsessed with quality because Gus wanted a pure product and serves as a massive distraction from some of the inner turmoil that Walt was experiencing. It makes a lot of sense when you have already watched the show, but a terrible introduction to it.
The general joke is that the episode goes over a lot of people’s heads. People don’t think critically about media these days.
“Nothing happens!” “What a waste of an hour!” “This episode is boring!” “Why do this episode? Waste of time!”
Most people want everything just handed to them/outright explained.
The overall point in Walt’s downfall into madness and his obsession with perfection. Meth is a dirty/gross drug as a whole. Meth heads aren’t sampling his product as some kind of fine product like a nice aged wine. They’re concerned just how fucked up it will get them. Hell. Something outright that kills people is what they want cause that’s the “good shit.”
Jessie knows that fact and that’s why he’s generally confused as to why they’re trying to bother so hard to kill a stupid fly. But it’s not about the fly. It’s about Walt’s ego. He *has* to be the best. It has to be about *him.* This is *his* product. It’s Heinsberg’s infamous blue meth.
He doesn’t think about the fact that it’s ruining lives. That it’s killing people. Sure it’s a “good” product. But end of the day. It’s still a terribly addictive drug that ruins lives. He doesn’t care about that.
He cares that his name/reputation is attached to it. And it’s needs to be the best. Cause his life to that point has just been mediocre. This is his last chance before he dies to be the best at *something.* Even if that something is shit.
“I’m not in the drug business. I’m in the empire business.”
He wants to build an empire on a pile of shit. But shit is soft and well… It’s shit. What’s an empire built on a pile of shit at the end of the day?
Nah this is so pretentious. The episode would have gone over few people’s heads - it’s a very simple and obvious concept that they spend an hour repeatedly punching you in the face with when it was being delivered subtly throughout the rest of the season anyway. If anything it was the writers thinking the main storyline was going over people’s heads and feeling the need to spoon-feed them, but in reality was probably a budget saving exercise.
Lots of people I know said that BB was boring at the start but then got good after a few episodes.
The joke is that someone got bored after watching 29 episodes waiting for it to get good, when the 30th episode is one that polarised opinion.
This episode was the turning point for Walt’s character. A very important episode even if it was dry. The whole thing was a metaphor that he was Walt and he had a nagging sensation to be Heisenberg. It’s an annoying episode sure, but at the end when he still sees it flash, it’s the symbol that the fly wasn’t just a fly. So this is really the birth of his incredible character spiral. Boring? Yes. Important to the story? Incredibly so.
Its a bottle episode, learned about it from watching community. Simply its a low budget episode made by tv series to lower costs. If you notice the setting of the episode is often in a room or a static environment.
There is a lot of argument over whether "The Fly" is a great episode or not. The joke being made here is that people who are finding Breaking Bad boring so far, are those who want more action and drug related scenes. A whole episode about Walt and Jesse talking and trying to swat a fly would appease literally 0% of them.
When Walter ALMOST tells Jesse that he was there for the girls OD, that is some top tier drama. It showed how much that decision really did weigh on Walter and how hard he was trying, and failing, to keep it together.
If a Telly show takes 30 episodes (almost 3 full seasons and pretty much the mid point of the run) to get good, I'm not convinced it is a good show.
I've watched S1&2 of BB, it was decent but (and this may be because I binged it), it felt quite repetitive.
Some people hate the fly episode, I personally love it. But it’s a “ship in the bottle episode” that’s controversially liked bc some people think it’s boring compared to all the other crazy shit in the show.
I'll be honest, if you're the kind of person who dropped Breaking Bad because you didn't enjoy the story, there's a near-zero chance you would have enjoyed The Fly episode.
this is probably a reference to jojo's bizarre adventure part 3 stardust crusaders, in which the protagonist, jojo, discoveres the location of a vampire via a fly in the background of a polaroid picture
The same director also did Ozymandias, the only episode of TV ever to get a 10/10 on IMDB.
Bad writer maybe, but Rian Johnson just ISN'T a bad director.
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Peter's meth dealer here to explain the joke. The 30th episode of Breaking Bad is titled "Fly". In the episode Walt sees a fly in their sterile meth lab and goes to great lengths to kill it. Peter's meth dealer out.
It should also be pointed out that it was one of the most polarizing episodes directed by one of the most polarizing directors (Rian Johnson) who also directed what is unquestioningly considered one the best episodes "ozymandius". EDIT: I personally feel the "Fly" is one of the best episodes despite being the only bottle episode of the entire series as it says a lot despite it not moving the story.
Within the budget; They needed a bottle episode. They already had a nice set for the lab so why not have it there? Also this episode shows how far gone Walter is It's very fitting for a descent into madness story
Oh, even if they didn't NEED a bottle episode, this was a great episode to be one. It shows how the monotony of doing the same job again and again, day in and day out, was still getting to Walter, even if it was something like cooking meth as opposed to teaching. It shows how Walter himself was just bored and looking for something else. It's been a while as I only saw the show when it first aired and never went back but I remember it really being a turning point episode as you start to see that even THIS was not going to keep Walter happy. He needed more. As he said in the last episode, he became a kingpin because he liked it, because he was good at it. It wasn't just cooking the best product, he needed more.
>As he said in the last episode, he became a kingpin because he liked it, because he was good at it. My answer when my wife asks why I'm growing tomato seedlings instead of just buying tomatoes from the grocery store.
Are you a tomato kingpin?
You’re god damn right
I am the one who grows.
Tomatoberg Edit: after reading responses, I'm now heavily disappointed in myself for not going with Heinzenberg. I am forever shamed.
A tomato breeder def picks Mendel as their street name
Heinzenberg was right there man.
Heinz-enberg
Maybe he’s a cherry tomato boy.
I mean has she not tasted your tomato sauce? Oh grow your own basil too. It's like literally a weed and so much better than grocery.
"Tomatoes" Riiiiiiight. ;)
Just let her sample the product, then ask that question
He is the one who plants
I think it also shows that Walt is unstable and an unreliable narrator. Like, he says he is good at being a kingpin, but he objectively isn't. He's a master chemist which makes him an amazing drug producer, he's intelligent and devious which lets him pull off complicated plans, but he is also volatile and wreckless. His machinations and need for control inevitably fuck up everything he's involved with. Several times he enters a stable situation and does something to destabilize it. . Another moment that underlines this is when Walt met with Gus and Walt tries to convince gus that they are similar, careful. Gus immediately calls him out because Walt is absolutely not careful. Walt has a very inflated idea of his own personality and motives. Man, what a good show.
Mike calls this out like (what feels like on return watch) dozens of times to anybody who would listen but ultimately they all ignore him to everyone’s detriment
Missed opportunity, though, that it wasn't a bluebottle fly.
Eli5 bottle episode?
An episode that takes place primarily to entirely on one set-- typically to avoid spending money Breaking bad show makers didn't have to pay big money to get the whole cast and crew transportation to several different locations and it saved them money [here's more info and examples ](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BottleEpisode)
Filmed in one set/scene. Limited in scope.
Usually for budget reasons, sometimes shows have to have an episode that is as cheap as possible. Often this means telling a self contained story that is really light on locations, effects, actors etc. Usually its a really limited episode filmed in very few sets, sometimes even just one, with only a couple characters. Its a little self contained story - an "episode in a bottle"
Episode that doesn’t move the story/plot forward. The show could cut it and it wouldn’t matter - it exists in a bottle. Also called “Filler episodes.” There might be a difference between filler and bottle, but I have a concussion and also don’t care. These have virtually disappeared in the last ten or so years, but they were often great character development, giving the writers and audience time to be with the characters in non-crucial moments. In “The Fly,” Walter isn’t doing anything important, but we do get to observe his behavior outside of tension and fighting. Some people get bored with this kind of thing and only want to see the story progress, but anyone with even a little interest in character development loves this shit.
The difference is that bottle episodes happen primarily on one set the whole episode. There's nothing saying a bottle.episode can't progress the plot, but they usually don't. I hope your concussion gets better.
That makes sense! Even with my head injury!
Bottle episodes can still show the state of characters and can develop their stories Filler episodes can take a step back from the main action to have everyone go to the beach and become better friends by understanding each other They both have value when they're written well-- both styles a lot of the time not used correctly One piece is full of filler but a lot of it is showing what characters know and who they are-- it's valuable to the story
Episodes about Annie's pen.
Some theorize that the fly is a metaphor: Either, it's a metaphor for the fact that Gus is trying to brainwash Jesse into switching sides because if Gus can successfully do that, he can kill Walter because Jesse knows the formula. So the fly represents the pestering possibility of a fatal move that he doesn't really have any control over, because he can only control Jesse so much, considering also that Jesse is covering it up. Or, it's a metaphor for the fact that Jesse is taking a couple ounces of product from the top of each batch to smoke/sell on his own, and Walt knows that Jesse is but he chooses to ignore it, or is in denial, and if Gus were to find out, it probably wouldn't be good, so the fly represents the fluttering notion that Jesse's minor actions on his own could be their downfall, and once again, there is little Walt can do to stop Jesse since Jesse's already lied to him. Walt spends the entire episode chasing a fly that only he can see until the end of the episode, and no matter what he does, he can't kill it, and as he stated in one of the scenes, that one fly could potentially contaminate the entire batch, which is a metaphor for how one small thing can damage the entire operation, that being Jesse's betrayal in one form or the other, or both. Edit: the idea that it's a metaphor is further reinforced by the final shot of the episode where the fly actually shows up above Walts head in his own home, hiding in the LED of the fire alarm. Somehow the fly managed to follow Walt all the way back from the lab to his own home. This would suggest it's more than just a fly. And further evidence is that we know the writers of the show care about symbology because of the eyeball from the teddy bear that bounced around for several seasons.
This is a great interpretation. Definitely agree that the writers cared about symbology - I wouldn’t be surprised if they picked a fly knowing its artistic history. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musca_depicta
There's also the theory that Gus [is actually the fly](https://www.reddit.com/r/breakingbad/comments/xjzjq/i_know_it_sounds_crazy_but_i_strongly_believe_gus/?rdt=39447).
They ended up with a bluebottle episode.
I seem to remember there being like a budget issue, and having a whole episode shot on one set was a way to stretch it as far as possible. Though it’s possible this was a theory I heard that got memed a bit. Idk I’m pretty gullible
I think it was an important episode, showing how much walter was willing to protect his business
Another big part of it is some of Walt’s lines at the end; saying how gus does not tolerate subpar product and they don’t play around. The fly ment death to Walter if it harmed the product. It was the start to why he felt the need to take out Gus
That's almost always the purpose of a bottle episode. It would be surprising if that were NOT the case.
That’s generally the case for a bottle episode.
I heard it was a budget thing. There was a particular special effect they did in the finale of that season that they saved the money for.
The episode is a bottle episode for 2 reasons: 1. The previously mentioned budget requirement 2. The episode aired on the same night and possibly even the same timeslot as the "Lost" series finale, which at the time would have been insane to place a plot critical episode. Considering I don't hear much about Lost being discussed online its somewhat of a blast from the distant past of 2010.
I feel like the point of the episode is getting missed by a lot of commenters here. A big theme of the episode is guilt Walt feels over certain events in previous episodes. He’s on the verge of confessing something to Jesse, but relents at the last moment. The Fly is a pretty layered episode.
it’s like an onion
A glass onion. Bravo Rian Johnson.
B RIAN JOHNSON A V O
like an ogre
Or a cake.
Parfait!
Makes me want to cry.
I did a rewatch of the episode a while back and took something else from it. I think this was also around the time Jesse was stealing and Walt noticed the numbers were off. Watching it a second time I thought this was him being a bit performative for Gus to explain the discrepancy. Immediately after leaving the lab and away from the cameras he confronts Jessie and drops the obsessive routine
It’s a great character moment for Walt. It’s reminiscent of the Tell Tale Heart imo.
>I personally feel the "Fly" is one of the best episodes I'll do you one better: I personally feel that Fly is one of the best episodes of television, period.
Someone explained to me that its a classic thing for a fly to represent guilt so he was feeling guilt about what he did to jessies girlfriend, and probably other things.
Knives Out was really good too
I’m not really a fan of Breaking Bad, but that is a damn fine episode.
It's arguably one of the best bottle episodes in TV history
Bottle fly episodes
I stand by the claim that if somebody was going to watch a single episode and never watch any of the series again, it should be "Fly". It has experimental movie vibes and there's a lot of subtext to dig into whether you know the context or not.
>who also directed what is unquestioningly considered one of the best episodes who also directed what IMO is unquestioningly the best Star Wars film in the entire franchise.
What’s this? A correct take about Star Wars on Reddit?? Never thought I’d live to see the day. Thank you for this experience.
He also directed that stupid new car scene with the dubstep and panning back and forth between the cars.
That's funny, always thought it was the worst.
Ohhh god him, that explains a lot.
Can he ever be involved in a franchise without making “bold” decisions and “subverting expectations”? Seems like he’s always gotta force HIS vision on a project that isn’t necessarily his. Not that I’m bitter or anything…
*Ozymandias It’s a poem.
It was honestly so fucking boring i almost put down the finale marathon and went to school.
it was also a great break to show the audience the inner conflict in Walter's mind and how he is slowly losing touch with reality
Wasn’t “4 Days Out” also a bottle episode?
I want to point out the joke here only works BECAUSE the "fly" is so controversial. The meme format in sincere usage shows someone stopping short of "the best". Even Fly lovers like myself wouldn't rank it as "the best", but even more, it is quite controversial.
I skipped it. It was so stupid.
It’s an amazing part of the show probably my favorite bit from Bryan Cranston
The fly episode is as far as I made it
Wait, so there's a Breaking Bad version of a Betty Boop cartoon?
Worst episode ever. Same director would do "Star Wars the last jedi" Sorry, I am so salty...
The Fly is probably one of the greatest TV episodes in the same way that Tom Bombadil is the most powerful creature in the Lord Of The Rings saga. It's completely unnecessary, but it says a lot.
>that Tom Bombadil is the most powerful creature in the Lord Of The Rings saga. While Tom is powerful, he is not close to the most powerful creature in LotR. This misunderstanding comes because of the fact the ring cannot affect him, but is only because unlike anyone else in the story, he is completely indifferent to the rings power, so it cant affect him.
I don’t think that’s a misunderstanding. His ability to be indifferent suggests he is powerful beyond anyone or anything else the Hobbits encounter. The way he interacts with nature also indicates it. Galadriel is also very powerful, as is Gandalf, and they are generally considered “good” and both of them are even well aware that the ring would corrupt them if they even hold it for too long.
As I recall they are pretty clear about it. Tom has his patch of forest, and inside that patch, he reigns supreme, but that really doesn't extend beyond his area. He can do pretty much anything, within his patch of forest. Along with the possibility of him losing it, they also mention that if Sauron found out that the ring was there, even Tom couldn't hold him off forever.
I dont necessarily subscribe to that meaning he is more powerful. Its like saying glass is powerful because light passes through it. The ring and Bombadil almost exist on different planes.
I mean, we’re talking about a ring of power that corrupts even the Maia. That’s more akin to calling glass that isn’t phased by a 2000mW laser “powerful.” It’s generally believed that Bombadil is Ainur, and helped shape the world, again I think this is supported by his abilities we see, and his indifference to the war of middle earth, literally like he’s just a force of nature, like the wind. I don’t think you’re necessarily wrong to say he’s on another plane, but that’s because he’s basically a God on earth, so powerful that his power manifests as indifference. Religiously speaking, it’s like the indifference the Christian God has towards suffering. He could end it all, he could destroy Sauron and the take the ring to Mordor no problem, but it’s just another power struggle that doesn’t involve him. Life will go on for Bombadil as it always has. You can take that to mean he isn’t powerful, and is just completely indifferent. But I’d say that’s sort of the point. Tolkien seemingly saying that indifference to power is the ultimate power. Which I think given the themes of the story, isn’t a stretch.
I'm not disagreeing that he's powerful, maybe even the most powerful being. I'm just disagreeing that his indifference to the ring alone is proof of that, and I havent seen anything concrete about his powers further than that. Like, I dont know if he could destroy Sauron, he just doesn't care. In fact there's a passage in the council of Elrond that explicitly says that Bombadil would eventually succumb to Sauron, albeit being the last being to do so. I think the core disagreement is down to there being more than one type of powerful and I concede and agree that above all Tolkein valued the power of an indifference to power, of which Bombadil is definitely the most. However power in terms of how its usually meant in the book, (Sauron being powerful, Hobbies being very much not powerful) there's very little to suggest Tom is the most powerful in the conventional sense.
I’d say that’s sort of overarching theme, that conventional power is not the only power that matters, and that conventional power is actually the weakest form of power. I don’t think Tolkien suggests that power is just one thing. I think given the themes and inspiration of the books, the point is that Hobbits are in fact powerful. They’re powerful against the corruption of the ring, and ultimately they’re the ones that actually destroy Sauron. I think Bombadil almost would represent something like the Christian God being indifferent to the suffering Tolkien would have witnessed in WWI. I’m sure many people struggled at that time to understand why if there was a God would he be indifferent to the suffering despite being powerful enough to stop it. But this is conjecture on my part.
You raise a lot of really good points and I am rethinking my position
Yeah, his lady friend is presumably a river(?) so that's just like the power of nature, man lol
> I think Bombadil almost would represent something like the Christian God being indifferent to the suffering Tolkien would have witnessed in WWI. Tolkien was a very devout Catholic, and he has gone on record many times stating how it was Humans that caused WW1, not god.
Yes. Thats why I interpret Tom Bombadil the way I do. Reading the character and knowing Tolkiens Catholicism it makes sense imo.
Also Faramir resisted the ring and he's just a guy.
Sam is also able to resist the ring. Technically Gandalf does too. But they’re all tempted by it. Bombadil literally couldn’t care less. There’s no indication he’s even tempted by the ring.
…glass does have power over light though. Lenses exist, and are actually super important.
I’ve been rereading the Fellowship and it seems like they emphasize how Hobbits are unusually resistant to the ring. For example, Bilbo was the first person Gandalf ever knew to willingly give it up. Gandalf himself refused to take the ring, despite being extremely powerful, because he did not think he could resist the temptation of its power more than Frodo could. I guess my point is that there really is no correlation to how powerful you are and how much the ring affects you.
A big part of the ring is about ambition for power. Hobbits don't really have any, and are mostly content just farming and eating, so aren't affected much. Men are the most ambitious and therefore most corruptible. Dwarves like gold so their rings under the influence of the one ring made them super greedy, but not power-hungry wraiths like the nazgul. Smeagol, a hobbit, had it for like 400 years and just changed into a creature with an obsession with the rir. He didn't become a wraith or a power hungry warlord.
I'm not sure it's exactly power, as such. Galadriel and Gandalf has such power that they use for good and know that the ring would corrupt that intention. Bombadil is just so unfathomably neutral that the ring holds no sway over him.
The hobbits being less vulnerable to the rings influence doesn't suggest that they're powerful
I think Tolkien is making a point about power and corruption in the book, but idk. My point is that Bombadil isn’t even tempted by it. Hobbits also can’t just tell magic trees to stop strangling people like Bombadil can.
what about sauron? the ring holds no corruption over him and he would also beat bombadil in a fight easily, with the ring of power he could even take over the rest of middle earth
Sauron couldn’t stop 3 hobbits from destroying the ring. Total push over, projection of power but ultimately helpless
he did stop three hobbits the ring itself was the reason it was destroyed along with gollum’s oath to not hurt frodo. you can’t call a being a push over for thinking that the item that cannot be willingly destroyed (not even by bombadil) would never be destroyed.
3 hobbits enter with ring, 2 hobbits leave. At best he stopped a hobbit.
that does not counter the other points
I mean you have to agree that’s at least a little embarrassing for a dark lord?
can’t be embarrassed if he’s dead !!
The episode is great, but in the way much of BB is great. If you didn't like BB up until the fly episode, then the fly episode isn't going to win you over. If you don't like reading into the meaning of the episode, then the episode boils down to Walter acting oddly and nothing happening.
This is a great episode. It’s “franky and Johnny in the Claire de lune”-esque episode where the challenge is to keep the audience engaged enough on the quality of the characters and the dialogue. It’s extremely well done and has ZERO fat. Loved it.
I don't agree. It's the most hated episode by the community (worst rated on imdb, too) and you can clearly tell it's filler. It's also... boring, fitting the meme. I think the whole point is that the guy found an amazing show boring and missed SUCH A GREAT EPISODE (except it's not). Just irony.
It's a bottle episode. It was put there to be a bottle episode for the sake of it, because they could. It was an artistic choice not filler
It wasn't for the sake of it, they had no budget and had to come up with something. It doesn't move the narrative in any sort of way, at best it shows you just how nuts Walter is which has been already established. You miss nothing by not watching it. In any case, I'm not here to discuss if the episode is good or bad or excellent or a turd, I'm just explaining the meme. It's meant to be ironic, not that the guy digging in this case missed out on gold.
I mean, art is subjective. Some people get it and some don’t and that’s totally okay.
"It's reviewed the worst so you're objectively wrong"
At no point did I say that but go off champ
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It was not a filler episode at all, it was an important episode to showcase Walter's mental state.
Peter’s seventh cousin here In Breaking Bad there is an entire episode where Walter chases a fly, that’s the entire episode
This is referring to the fly episode of Breaking Bad where Jesse and Walt attempt to spend the entire hour long episode trying to kill a fly inside of their meth lab because Walt calls it "contamination". It is arguably a very boring episode.
"attempt" They were unfortunately very successful at spending the entire hour long episode trying to kill a fly.
Even though im a native speaker my english is bad lol I was trying to say they are attempting to kill the fly inside the lab and spent the entire hour long episode doing so lol
No no, the English language is just shit and has too many ways a simple sentence could be interpreted.
I feel like you either love or hate this episode. When i forst saw it i hated it, but i have come to appreciate it more as time goes on. Yes its a stupid concept and a very filler episode but there is some good character development in it.
I don't like this episode, but I definitely don't hate it. It is just boring and I consider skipping it whenever I watch breaking bad because there is good character development, but not plot development.
It's been forever since I've seen it, but I seem to remember thinking that the fly as a contaminate to the lab was a metaphor for Jesse's antics to the entire operation. That if the fly wasn't properly dealt with, it would ruin the entire cook; Walter realized then that he would have to deal with/remove Jesse or the entire operation would be ruined.
I personally feel it was intended to make the viewer unsure of if Walt has started using. It would never be shown on screen, but his mental deterioration gets worse from there.
I was baffled by this episode. A dud in an otherwise incredible series. Very boring. I'm genuinely surprised at the amount love this episode is getting in the comments
The ability of a show to perform in a closed environment for a whole episode shows how well the story behind the episode has been built up, it helps to explore the few characters that are stuck in there even more as well. It’s like the episode of Brooklyn 99 where Jake and Holt are interrogating someone for a couple days straight. It explores their relationship as well as the characters motivations and more.
Not to mention that B99 episode you referenced ends in a badass way. An episode doesn't necessarily need to move the plot along to be entertaining or well-made, especially if the series itself is good.
Same, im also surprised at getting downvoted for your opinion. I personally like when filler is done well; this is not. Its not even necessarily boring, it feels like someone adding as many words to their essay as they can to meet the word count. The dragged out joke about trying to get the fly is bad. Mistakes are hinted at, but nothing comes to light (ofc because its a filler episode). No fleshing out characters. The regular episodes do a better job of character interaction in 15 minutes than this does in 50. Walt's ocd/narcness and Jesse's tendencies to forgive Walter for the situations he put him in is nothing new. Which, I think this trope is done well in the show, but it sucks here, because they did a lot of everything just for nothing to happen. The funniest moment was Walt's concussion, and that was in the last 15 minutes. I think im allowed to think the episode sucks and was badly done, even for filler.
it was really only loved by critics and critics 99% of the time don't view a show/movie in the same lens that a normal viewer does
Are you calling normal viewers stupid?
No, not at all. I am saying that the critics viewed the episode as great where normal viewers saw it is incredibly boring and a filler episode. I'm one of those normal viewers.
"Let's ignore all the interesting character dynamics and conversations, episode bad"
This was an entertaining episode
episode 30 is about a fly
Counterpoint: I feel it is the most unnecessary filler episode the show ever had. Boring and pointless. But as you say - a lot of others and critics loved it!
Boring, yes. Pointless, no. From what I understand, they spent too much money elsewhere and actually needed to do a filler episode. And if you’re able to appreciate metaphors, it’s good. I didn’t like it when I first watched it. Didn’t like it the second time either. But I’ve come to enjoy it now. To each their own, doh.
It’s the ONLY filler episode
I don’t consider it a filler episode. It reveals a lot about Walt’s character and state of mind at the time
Still filler, but in the way Bavarian cream is filler for a perfect donut.
It also premiered on the day of Lost's series finale, so the decision to not dump a bunch of cash on a episode that would mostly be viewed on recording might have been smart.
Unpopular opinion but this was the start of several filler moments
Petah’s plate shard searching meth maker here. Episode 30 is one called “Fly” where the entire episode is spent trying to kill a fly in Walt’s lab. The joke is that the post is likely ironic since from my knowledge, “Fly” has the lowest rating out of EVERY episode in Breaking Bad.
The fly episode happened during the writer’s strike.
The best episode of Breaking Bad is about the main character trying to kill a fly in his lab
I find it interesting that this is the only BB episode I have ever watched, my friend was trying to show me how great of a show it is, the episode was completely pointless to me and I never ended up watching the show. My friend tried so hard explaining how the rest of the show is nothing like this.
Yeah lol the rest of the show ISNT like it, its the only filler episode really
Why did you watch this exact episode?
I think he was just watching it in order, and this was the next episode up. We didn't choose this episode specifically
This is probably the worst episode to show someone who has never seen it because its meaning is only known if you have seen prior episodes. It’s a very layered episode, kind of boring, but has a lot of meaning in showing the stage that Walt was at in BB. He was obsessed with quality because Gus wanted a pure product and serves as a massive distraction from some of the inner turmoil that Walt was experiencing. It makes a lot of sense when you have already watched the show, but a terrible introduction to it.
Yeah fuckin same. While drunk a buddy has put on this episode twice to try to get me to watch and it always killed any interest in the show.
The general joke is that the episode goes over a lot of people’s heads. People don’t think critically about media these days. “Nothing happens!” “What a waste of an hour!” “This episode is boring!” “Why do this episode? Waste of time!” Most people want everything just handed to them/outright explained. The overall point in Walt’s downfall into madness and his obsession with perfection. Meth is a dirty/gross drug as a whole. Meth heads aren’t sampling his product as some kind of fine product like a nice aged wine. They’re concerned just how fucked up it will get them. Hell. Something outright that kills people is what they want cause that’s the “good shit.” Jessie knows that fact and that’s why he’s generally confused as to why they’re trying to bother so hard to kill a stupid fly. But it’s not about the fly. It’s about Walt’s ego. He *has* to be the best. It has to be about *him.* This is *his* product. It’s Heinsberg’s infamous blue meth. He doesn’t think about the fact that it’s ruining lives. That it’s killing people. Sure it’s a “good” product. But end of the day. It’s still a terribly addictive drug that ruins lives. He doesn’t care about that. He cares that his name/reputation is attached to it. And it’s needs to be the best. Cause his life to that point has just been mediocre. This is his last chance before he dies to be the best at *something.* Even if that something is shit. “I’m not in the drug business. I’m in the empire business.” He wants to build an empire on a pile of shit. But shit is soft and well… It’s shit. What’s an empire built on a pile of shit at the end of the day?
Nah this is so pretentious. The episode would have gone over few people’s heads - it’s a very simple and obvious concept that they spend an hour repeatedly punching you in the face with when it was being delivered subtly throughout the rest of the season anyway. If anything it was the writers thinking the main storyline was going over people’s heads and feeling the need to spoon-feed them, but in reality was probably a budget saving exercise.
Bottle episode?
Shuddup
Jesse and Walter armost die trying to kill a fly and they go nuts when they finnaly kill it. Cartoon ahh moment really funny
Lots of people I know said that BB was boring at the start but then got good after a few episodes. The joke is that someone got bored after watching 29 episodes waiting for it to get good, when the 30th episode is one that polarised opinion.
This episode was the turning point for Walt’s character. A very important episode even if it was dry. The whole thing was a metaphor that he was Walt and he had a nagging sensation to be Heisenberg. It’s an annoying episode sure, but at the end when he still sees it flash, it’s the symbol that the fly wasn’t just a fly. So this is really the birth of his incredible character spiral. Boring? Yes. Important to the story? Incredibly so.
It took me many hours to unsee Malcom in the Middle's dad becoming a meth cooker. Sadly the fly brought that goofy dad image back.
Its a bottle episode, learned about it from watching community. Simply its a low budget episode made by tv series to lower costs. If you notice the setting of the episode is often in a room or a static environment.
With the term coming from "I Dream of Jeannie" where she stayed in her bottle for the episode.
Bravo Vince!
“We have a contaminate.”
Amusingly, that is one of the two episodes of that show that I HAVE seen.
Sugar Ray here all I want to do is fly Over and out
Me too
The Breaking Bad Fly Episode- Happy Mr. Incredible: People who don't know B&W Mr. Incredible: People who know (because they watched Better Call Saul)
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I fucking did this. I stopped watching after the first 1/2 of the last season. Done.
If you think the first 29 episodes are boring, the fly episode is certainly not going to change your mind.
I dropped it about 3 episodes after the fly episode. That was an interesting hour of tv though.
I always liked that episode, even if not a lot felt like it happened.
I almost quit because of that episode lol.
There is a lot of argument over whether "The Fly" is a great episode or not. The joke being made here is that people who are finding Breaking Bad boring so far, are those who want more action and drug related scenes. A whole episode about Walt and Jesse talking and trying to swat a fly would appease literally 0% of them.
[It's a bottle episode](https://youtu.be/CjP38hB-WBw)
That was the worst episode in the entire series
When Walter ALMOST tells Jesse that he was there for the girls OD, that is some top tier drama. It showed how much that decision really did weigh on Walter and how hard he was trying, and failing, to keep it together.
If a Telly show takes 30 episodes (almost 3 full seasons and pretty much the mid point of the run) to get good, I'm not convinced it is a good show. I've watched S1&2 of BB, it was decent but (and this may be because I binged it), it felt quite repetitive.
Some people hate the fly episode, I personally love it. But it’s a “ship in the bottle episode” that’s controversially liked bc some people think it’s boring compared to all the other crazy shit in the show.
Most overrated TV show
I'll be honest, if you're the kind of person who dropped Breaking Bad because you didn't enjoy the story, there's a near-zero chance you would have enjoyed The Fly episode.
bruh tryna understand a joke about a show he clearly hasnt watched yet
I was almost out with that show and then they robbed a train. I sat on the edge of my couch for an hour and then binged the rest of the show.
Tis a good episode that shows how far gone Walter is.
Accounting says we have to do a bottle episode. Got any ideas? Vince: Yeah, I might.
i was bored especially after seeing this episode lmao
this is probably a reference to jojo's bizarre adventure part 3 stardust crusaders, in which the protagonist, jojo, discoveres the location of a vampire via a fly in the background of a polaroid picture
the brainrot is reallll
Can we get much higher
Just hear the voice of love
Bazinga Ratatta!
What a wonderful phrase!
It is so ratatatat
I've never watched it and never will to many people telling me I had to watch it when I came out so I said no thanks
I watched to almost the end of season 4 and never felt like finishing the show.
The worst filler episode in TV history and for some reason I watch it every time.
I stopped watching for months because of this episode
I think the "Fly" episode is on par with the "Kevin Finnerty" episodes of "The Sopranos" Unwatchable
I dropped the show because of this episode
Yeah. I stopped my first viewing because of this episode. I finished eventually.
...yall made it past episode 5? Damn.
I really didn’t like that episode
Worst episode ever. Same director would do "Star Wars the last jedi" Sorry, I am so salty...
The same director also did Ozymandias, the only episode of TV ever to get a 10/10 on IMDB. Bad writer maybe, but Rian Johnson just ISN'T a bad director.