Breaking Bad is great. I will watch it through to the end. But what they're doing with it now... is it just me, or has it been just so by the numbers for everyone? The second half of season five has been like it's some other show.
Wow, I'd have thought your was a minority opinion, (although you do say that you think the show is great).
Incidentally, I'm not going to give any spoilers.This final season (both halves) has leaned on the suspense that comes form the audience knowing things that the characters don't, in large part because of the flash forwards.
As an article I read recently pointed out, some stories rely on surprise and plot twists, but the whole modus operandi of BB is tension and suspense. There's never really been any secret how the show would end. It's a tragedy, like King Lear.
So, yes, it's fairly easy to predict what will happen in the final two episodes. I could write the basic episode plots now, (because of the flash forwards), but I think that this is continuing to be a masterpiece right to the end.
In order to undercut myself, may I say, I loved the second season of 'The Newsroom'. I understand why the critics hate it. I even agree with their criticisms, but I still enjoy the show. It's like chocolate. I know it's crap, but I like it anyway.