I think it will take a little bit for it to "Set in" before we make those assumptions. Also, we would have to watch season 5 in it's entirety. A lot of really good things happened this season...and I personally think the best episode of the series was during this season.
To me, season 4 had the best Heisenberg moments.
My personal opinion is that the following episodes are the best episodes in the series:
- Season 5, Episode 13 (To Ha'Jiilee)
- Season 5, Episode 14 (Ozymandias)
There was so much story, character development, twists in these episodes. As I was watching them, they felt so intense and unpredictable that I couldn't stop thinking about the show.
I think as a whole, the reason that Season 4 was so good was because first of all, Gus was an amazing villain. But they also had an entire season of build-up that led into it.
Season 4 had a lot of closure in a sense where I think you had a sense that everything could be alright in the Walter White camp and that he could possibly go back to living a normal life. Also the Gustavo Fring storyline was wrapped up.
Season 5 had to pack a lot of story into 16 episodes. In my opinion, the final (4) episodes of Season 5 are some of the best in the whole series.
With Season 5: Part 1 (8 episodes) were last year. We had the storyline that includes the Methylamine heist, Todd's character development, Mike's story, 'Say my name', etc.