Now as its on the verge of delivering an ending thats surprising, inevitable, and wholly earned, breaking bad seems poised to become something else. Breaking bad is an american neowestern crime drama television series created and produced by vince gilligan. Breaking dawn part 2 came very close to fixing the novels bad ending, but instead it decided to copy it, delivering an unsatisfying closure. Through gretchen and elliot walter kills lidiya by poisoning her beloved sweetener with ricin during their chat in the cafe. Greenbrier, the breaking bad movie thats supposedly going to tell the story of jesse pinkmans life after the series ended, is beginning to sound like a pretty big deal if at least one major. For me, breaking bad had as much to say about the nature of the soul and how we create our own destinies as did lost, only without the glowing yellowmagicwaterholes or the slomo, feelgood. It begins with the end of the prior episode in which walt decides not to turn.
Felina is the series finale of the american drama television series breaking bad. The show aired on amc from january 20, 2008 to september 29, 20, consisting of five seasons for a total of 62 episodes. In the most emotional scene of the amc dramas series finale, high school chemistry teacherturnedmeth kingpin walter white bryan cranston visits his wife skyler anna gunn for one final goodbye. Breaking bads bloody blend of bunsen burners and broken bodies has already won it critical acclaim and a committed fan base, but what we wanted to know is. Vince gilligan of breaking bad talks about ending the season, and.
Postseries finale episode discussion s05e16 felina. This breaking bad alternate ending must be seen to be. Its going to be emotionally exhausting for fans, he said in an interview before felina aired. Gilligans guile and breaking bad were done, he says were. The following story contains spoilers from the series finale of breaking bad. Back in 2005, readers around the world were introduced to a new type of vampires in stephenie meyers twilight, which was the first entry in a series of four books. You can say that gilligan gave most of the viewers what they wanted and, impressively, he did.
Breaking bad started with walter white turning to meth to support his family and ended with his death inside a meth lab. So many shows, notably the sopranos and lost, have gone dark without anything approaching finality. Spoiler alert if you havent seen the finale, please do not read this answer as it contains spoliers, blah blah blah best is always subjective. Spoilers abound for breaking bad episode 514 but also for the wire and the. Gliding over all is the eighth episode of the fifth season and the midseason finale of the american television drama series breaking bad, and the 54th overall episode of the series. It is the sixteenth episode of season five and the 62nd overall episode of the series. I think they had the entire show written from the start. Youd have to be a ruin of a person to for your life to end this way, and for anyone to consider it a happy ending.
Was the breaking bad series finale a good conclusion to the series. Breaking bad is often mentioned in the same breath as the sopranos, on account of its scope and ambition. The hit tv series breaking bad is finally coming to an end. Ive never seen the show, but it obviously has a huge following, so why is it ending. Breaking bad creator reveals whether walter white is dead or alive. After so many lugubrious turns, breaking bad came to an end on sunday on an.
The closurehappy breaking bad finale the new yorker. It has been one amazing season for the hit amc series breaking bad and now the beloved show has come to an end with the final episode felina. But the spectre of the mob dramas pickyourown ending has been a. A subreddit for fans and critics of the hit television series breaking bad on amc. Fans of amcs breaking bad continue to mourn the death of the antihero drama in their own unique ways, but thanks to this dvd extra from the breaking bad. It was just the last line in what up to then had been a pretty great novel for television. For show creator vince gilligan, it was a fitting ending. Interest in the program was already at a fever pitch among loyalists. The finish didnt rewrite all the events that preceded it, but. Why breaking bad is the best show ever and why that matters.
On top of all that, walt and jesse end up attracting attention from the law. Breaking bad has concluded its amazing run and for those that have been following the various exploits of walter white over the past five seasons is now left to ponder the inevitable outcome of one of the most obsessed over programs in this golden age of television. More breaking bad alternate endings revealed by vince. It has come to my attention that various denizens of the internet are claiming the copy of leaves of grass found by hank in walts. Breaking bad the alternate ending original youtube. Over the course of five seasons, breaking bad told a complex, characterdriven story of a man whose cancer diagnosis leads him to start cooking and. How real is breaking bad lessons from an ex drug kingpin. But perhaps the best thing about it was the series actually ended. At the end of breaking bad, tvs greatest liar finally stopped lying to himself. The final novel, breaking dawn, arrived in 2008 and gave closure to. Walter arranged for his family to get the money he wanted them to have. After so many lugubrious turns, breaking bad came to an end on sunday on an almost uplifting note.
Gilligan wrote his own version of the great american novel. If you know the answer to this question, please register to join our limited beta program and start the conversation. The entire breaking bad story finally explained looper. Driven at first by the desire to save his family from destitution. But this book is not groundbreaking or full of particularly new information. The good people almost everyone else came out unscathed.
Heres the real reason breaking bad ended after 5 years. Im quite certain that many, many people adored vince gilligans kickass ending to breaking bad. The bad people lydia, todd and the nazis were punished. Actor bob odenkirk, who plays sleazy lawyer saul goodman on amcs breaking bad, recently chatted with the new republic about his work on. During a recent reddit ama, gilligan revealed he thinks jesse ultimately found happiness after the emotional ending to breaking bad. Spoilers galore for all of breaking bad in the following post. One of the big questions going into the episode was the. After a final stretch of emmy wins in august, the series, which starred bryan cranston, right, and aaron paul, is now under. Breaking bad may be history, but the show is still in the spotlight.
That is, until hank finds a book given to walt by gale on the toilet, and. Season one of breaking bad ends with tuco brutally killing one of his own men for a perceived slight, which leaves walt and jesse terrified at what their nowpartner might do to them. Breaking bad, hailed by stephen king, chuck klosterman, and many others as the best of all tv dramas, tells the story of a man whose life changes because of the medical death sentence of an advanced cancer diagnosis. Here you will find discussions and speculations about the show, pictures from the show, amas with the cast, and anything else breaking bad related. Behind the scenes alternate ending from breaking bad to. Elsewhere or six feet under but the final 75 minutes of breaking bad offered a satisfactory wrapup to the show, one of the few in tv. Breaking bad season 5, episode and cast information amc. A poem in the book, song of myself, is based on many of these same feelings, furthering the connection. If youre as much a fan of this show as i am, and youre still mourning its end, then grab a. In the end, breaking bad was a brutal showabout love.
The world of breaking bad was so rich and deep that years after its excellent series finale, fans are still talking about the ins and the outs of walter whites rise and fall, as there are still. The final episode of breaking bad leaves one question. And what is a felina riddle, wonders stuart jeffries. The show depicts his metamorphosis from inoffensive chemistry teacher to feared drug lord and remorseless killer. In the final scene, hank figures out that walt is heisenberg while perusing walts copy of leaves of grass on the toilet. But breaking bad isnt the kind of show that leaves loose ends. In fact, every conversation ive had in regards to entertainment somehow transitioned into a sales pitch for the show, and sometimes it was completely unsolicited.
Fans sat through a nailbiting climax where it seemed that any or all of the main characters could be killed off, and if things had gone just a little. The cast and crew of breaking bad bid a fond farewell to the landmark show and its fans. Walt goes into the criminal equivalent of a witness protection program, but after. Written by moira walleybeckett and directed by michelle maclaren, it aired on amc in the united states on september 2.
Written and directed by series creator vince gilligan, it aired on amc in the united states and canada on september 29, 20. Over the course of five seasons, breaking bad told the tale of a man whose. Perhaps the best thing about the finale of breaking bad is that it actually ended. It was set and filmed in albuquerque, new mexico, and tells the story of walter white bryan cranston, an underemployed and depressed high school chemistry teacher. The complete series bluray, which will be released on november 26, will get a very special treat, which links the hit amc series with bryan. Breaking bad series finale what did you think of the. The creator of breaking bad has finally clarified the fate of. Breaking bads finale had the impossible task of living up to the highest expectations any series finale has ever been asked to live up to. Reading some of the overheated coverage of breaking bad as the. Almost none of the darkest predictions about the breaking bad finale came true. Ed siegel says the final episode of breaking bad captured just about. Twilight breaking dawn movie almost fixed the books bad. The breaking bad movie may bring back bryan cranston.