Felina (Breaking Bad)

Felina is the 16th and final episode of season 5 of Breaking Bad, as well as being the 62nd and final episode of the series.

Plot
On his 52nd birthday, Walter White returns to Albuquerque in a last ditch effort to secure his family's future and tie up loose ends with the short time he has remaining.

Why it Rocks

 * 1) It's not easy to make a satisfying conclusion to a show with 62 episodes of history to it, especially one with the amount of story that Breaking Bad has, yet the creators manage to do just that with excellent writing.
 * 2) The flash-forwards shown during the rest of the season finally pay off as well, with the episode showing some parts of them as they become relevant to the remainder of the episode and showing how it all plays out, building up the suspense even further and giving a great payoff.
 * 3) Seeing how Walter ties up the many loose ends in his life with one single day is very interesting and highly satisfying, and the audience is finally given answers as to how exactly he does so by having him put most of his remaining money in a trust fund for Walter Jr. and using plot devices that took years to develop in order to achieve his goals.
 * 4) The episode brings back plenty of beloved minor characters like Badger and Skinny Pete as well as making other more relevant to the plot like the Schwartzes and giving pretty good reason for both even if they're only in a scene or two.
 * 5) Plenty of bittersweet moments throughout as well, like when Walter meets Skylar and Holly for the last time and only sees Walter Jr. from afar for the last time, as well as giving Skylar the coordinates to his former safe where Hank and Steve are buried in order to give them both a chance at a proper burial.
 * 6) Walter's ingeniousness is really put to the test in this episode as he puts himself into one final no-win scenario and puts literally everything on the line to tie up the loose ends.
 * 7) Jesse is also given a deserved happy ending as instead of leading to his death, which was built up for much of the second half of this season, he's finally given a new lease on life, setting the stage for El Camino.
 * 8) Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, and Anna Gunn absolutely kill it in their final performances of the series (even if El Camino would see the return of the former two)
 * 9) Every remaining villain is finally punished for their heinous actions throughout this season, finally tying up the many loose ends and giving the audience plenty of satisfying moments as a payoff to staying with the series, especially with the final moments of the show.
 * 10) Walter rigs up a machine-gun trap in his car trunk which literally blows away every member of the brotherhood for their heinous actions throughout the season, literally turning their once-quaint and unassuming hideout into a warzone filled with bodies.
 * 11) Though Todd survives the shootout, he's immediately choked and has his neck broken by Jessie for the murders of Drew Sharp and Andrea Cantillo.
 * 12) Uncle Jack is put in a position very similar to Hank's, where he's shot and bleeding and at the mercy of an enemy. Unlike Hank, he begs for his life by trying to bribe Walter with the rest of his money that was stolen only for Walter to immediately shoot him before he can finish, causing him to go out with a whimper, once again, unlike Hank.
 * 13) Lydia is tricked by Walter into taking Ricin through her Stevia, ensuring that she will die very soon while Walter gives her a very matter-of-fact phone call about it to ensure that she dies hopeless and begging.
 * 14) Rather than give Walter an undeserved happy ending for his actions, the episode takes the smart approach and punishes him severely for his crimes like they did with the other villains, albeit in a less drastic way.
 * 15) A downright iconic ending where Walter, dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, allows Jesse to flee in Todd's car and goes to the brotherhood's meth lab, reflecting on the time he started and the first time he felt alive before he dies right as the police arrive.

Trivia

 * 1) The title, while an obvious anagram for Finale, can also be broken down into the chemical components for Iron (Fe) Lithium (Li) and Sodium (Na), stating in an implied sense, "Blood, Meth, and Tears"

Reception
The episode received near unanimous critical acclaim as well as 9.9 out of 10 stars on IMDb. It is often ranked among the best episodes in the series, the best episodes in television, and one of the most satisfying and greatest finales in TV history. It also received the highest amount of views in the series, with 10.28 million views in the United States.