I like the way they ended the show, but not so much how the show ended. I liked Kim, and her life was just so sad and pointless after Howard. Unlike most people, I don't blame them for Howard's death. As she told his cunt ex-wife, he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, and he was there because he drunkenly showed up to berate them. Their sin was destroying his legacy, not causing his death. That is certainly an awful thing, but not worth what she subjected herself to. It seemed to me like she should have been able to get her life back on track, but instead she just gave up.
As for Jimmy spending the rest of his life in jail, I don't guess I have a problem with it, but it sure seems like he should have been able to save Kim (and in truth, I'm not sure what he actually saved her from--a pointless civil suit?), and still get a decent deal. Honestly, none of that made a lot of sense to me, except as a plot device to allow him to confess his sins.
Oddly, it bugs me that after all of this people still think Walter killed Hank and Gomie. Not once did anybody ever point out that it was the scumbag white supremacists. Seems like that would be one of the secrets that somebody used as leverage. Even Skyler and her worthless son thought he killed Hank.
Nacho went out like a fucking boss. I loved to see that. I liked the guy, and though he had to die, I was hoping it'd be a good death. That exceeded my expectations by miles. I love it when people go out with a final act of defiance, and that was one of the best I've seen.
I can't imagine how people watched this week by week. The fact that I was able to watch Plan and Execution and Point and Shoot all at once made the whole thing so much better. That was seriously as good as TV gets. Putting a break between the two parts was unconscionable, I think.
It's the details that matter. On his way down Howard smashed his head on the coffee table. It happened so quickly it was hard to catch, but that one thing greatly increased the shock value of his sudden execution.
Kim trying to not be the one to leave in Point and Shoot was Seehorn's finest hour. Just a wonderful performance. It's not surprising that's where Odenkirk had his heart attack.
Kim and Mike having a sitdown was great. It's so rare when to major characters meet for the first time like that. And when he said that she was made of sterner stuff it immediately clicked in my head. There was no way they wouldn't be proving that. They did so when she was absolutely going to clip Fring to save Jimmy.
It was fun to see another example of just how good Mike is as a cleaner. Even though he got totally played by Lalo, dealing with the aftermath of the whole thing was one of his finest hours as a character. That dude's damn good at his job.