Heres how one of those hinted at walter whites death. The closurehappy breaking bad finale the new yorker. A recap of the latest episode of breaking bad, ozymandias. I really do hope hank gets some sort of legacy as the man who found and caught for a few minutes the all mighty heisenberg. Breaking bad respected walter s science so much that the facts bled into the show itself.
How many people did walter white kill in breaking bad. While explaining her disappointment with the finale of breaking bad she. This moody french film based on a novel was nearly filmed for an american. The show aired on amc from january 20, 2008 to september 29, 20, consisting of five seasons for a total of 62 episodes. Why the finale was a dream theory is as silly as the taxi drivers ending was a dream theory. I like the theory, but i dont think skyler will get as involved as you think, i think walt will get lydia with the ricin.
Schrader is a fictional character of the amc drama series breaking bad and its spinoff series better call saul. Vince gilligans breaking bad, in so many ways the ideal tv show, gave until the very end, until its lead character, walter white, a cancerstricken chemistry teacher who turned himself. In reality, this theory holds that walt either died in that car or the cops found him there and arrested him or killed him. Walt refuses to break character for lydia, maintaining the role of blameless car wash owner. At the end of breaking bad season 5, walt bryan cranston went on a farewell tour of sorts. He was a chemist and a former chemistry teacher in albuquerque, new mexico, who, after being diagnosed with stage 3a inoperable lung cancer, started manufacturing crystal methamphetamine to both pay for his treatments and provide for his. Why sell the car when the garage ownermechanic made it clear that the car was good for at least another 200,000 miles. Breaking bad should have centered on jesse, not walt cbr. Was the breaking bad finale a fantasy playing out in walter.
Much of the theory rests on an alternate reading of the episodes first. A number of significant songs were featured in the breaking bad series finale. Breaking bad books, comics, tv, music quarter to three. I am a big fan of this show so i was delighted to read a book all about breaking bad. Norm macdonald thinks the breaking bad finale was a. Okay breaking bad fans, im going on record with the belief that walter white froze to death in that car and the rest of the finale was his dying. Written and directed by series creator vince gilligan, it aired on amc in the united states and canada on september 29, 20. Chips into scarface take a regular person, like youassume youre regular for a. It all feels a bit like karmic punishment expressed via clever compositions as if breaking bad itself has had. To rescue jesse from the lab and burn it to the ground, destroying all evidence.
Gus kills victor, who memorized the cook recipe, with a box cutter, and tells walt and jesse to get back to work box cutter. Walt also has another job at a local car wash to supplement his income, which. I still cant understand how walt knew to look under his car for hanks tracking device. How the breaking bad finale lied to you and why you were so easily. Fans didnt take long to figure out that the word is an anagram of finale, a clever and intentional choice by vince gilligan and breaking bad s creative team. He is portrayed by dean norris and was created by series creator vince gilligan. The ambiguity of the shows final shot has led breaking. Walt also lifted mike ehrmantrauts drink order and gus frings car, leading many fans to. From walter whites pontiac aztek to walter jrs dodge challenger srt8. Projects business global events books fiction newsletters. Jack actually survived the worst of the shooting and walt had the pleasure of putting a bullet. Spoilers galore for all of breaking bad in the following post. In breaking bad tv series, why did walter white kill.
How we know walter white will not survive the series finale. Marie schrader nee lambert is skyler whites sister, the wife of dea agent hank schrader, and the sisterinlaw of walter white. There is also a very brief glimpse of what appears to be an e31 850 on perhaps dinan wheels at bogdans car wash. The first death of the final episode came when walt finally dropped the ricin in lydias drink. The walking dead season 9 confirms breaking bad prequel. Breaking bad came to its conclusion tonight with felina. Certainly, everything that came after that moment possessed an eerie, magical feelingfrom the instant that key fell from the car s sun visor, inside a car that was snowed in. But then, why is the episode called felina instead of faleena. Oct 09, 2012 joking bad late night with jimmy fallon late night with jimmy fallon duration.
If you believe that the ending was real, then hopefully gretchen and elliot, out of some combination of fear and guilt, set up the trust fund as they promised, and give it to walter jr. Around his 52nd birthday, walt left his wooded seclusion to tie up some. Marie is close with her sister, though her tendency to pry invariably irritates skyler. One theoryalluded to by vince gilligan himself on last weeks talking badis that walts fate, like that of the crew in shaun of the dead, was laid out in walts speech to his class in the. Amc walter white bryan cranston died from a gunshot wound inflicted during his assault on. The breaking bad ending suggests walter white is dead, but writerdirector vince gilligan never confirmed as much in his script. A new theory has emerged in the wake of the amc meth dramas series finale that suggests that everything that happened after walter white got into that snowedin car in new. The walking dead season 9 confirms breaking bad prequel theory. The goto source for comic book and superhero movie fans. The walking dead season 9 confirms breaking bad prequel theory with. He knew walt was a ticking bomb as he said just waiting to go off. It was not optioned from a string of crime novels or a fancy comic book. Jan 21, 2018 breaking bad s walter white undergoes one of the greatest character transformations on television.
The deadinthe car theory is an incredible reach, doesnt actually hold up to scrutiny there are crucial scenes, actions and lines in the finale that rely on information walt didnt have if he died in that car and is basically just an overthought and unnecessarily complicated idea. Its at this point that you want to stop reading if you havent seen the final episode because were about to get into. This question has been on the mind of viewers since the series ended in 20 and, now, we break down both sides of the argument. Could the breaking bad finale have all been a fantasy. The big short 6 jared vennetts pitch to front point partners jenga blocks scene duration. Written by george mastras and directed by michelle maclaren, it aired on amc in the united states and canada on april 4, 2010. Tried to rip off walt and jesse on their very first deal, was almost certainly going to kill them. Mike, like most people on the show, continually underestimated walt. In breaking bad, walt has a habit of taking on some little traits of the people he has killed. Another fact the theory hammers home relates to the car walt buys walt jr rj mitte in breaking bad season 4 which is nearidentical to the one driven by a freshfaced glenn steven yeun back in. Hanks character development over the course of the series and norris performance have been critically acclaimed. Felina is the series finale of the american drama television series breaking bad. Vince gilligan, creator of breaking bad, said that his goal with the character of walter white was to turn mr.
On october 19, 20, actor jackamoe buzzell organized a mock funeral procession including a hearse and a replica of walt s meth lab rv and service for the character was held at albuquerque s sunset memorial park cemetery. The dichotomy of walter white and gus fring a breaking bad video analysis duration. 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 series was never as mysterious as internet fandom claimed it was, and vince gilligan repeatedly. Amcs breaking bad has been widely lauded as one of the greatest television dramas of all time. Aug 31, 2012 breaking bad always tells us exactly how much each of its characters stand to gain and, inevitably, lose. Breaking bads final scene walter whites death youtube. Walts father died of huntingtons disease when he was six years old. The tonight show starring jimmy fallon 32,501,002 views. It is the sixteenth episode of season five and the 62nd overall episode of the series. A new theory has emerged in the wake of the amc meth dramas series finale that suggests that everything that happened after walter white got into that snowedin car in new hampshire may have been a revenge fantasy playing out in a dying mans. Boetticher later gives walt a copy of the book with the following inscription walt whitman is also very wellknown for his homoerotic content, but its unclear whether gale is using the book as a subtle way to romantically pursue walt or if walt understands thats whats going on. What happens to walter whites family after the end.
When his wife makes him return it, he has to deal with a car lot manager named glenn. It is loaded with all kinds of facts about the show. Family projects business global events books fiction newsletters. Lots of breaking bad theories concern walts death, or lack thereof. There was a particular momentparked in the car, before he found the keyswhen macdonald claimed it was obvious to him that white had died. Over the last year, walt has come to see himself as master of nature and passion and death, and. Right before the nazis haul jesse away, walt tells them to stop, and walks over to jesse with a distinctive, pained expression on his face. There was nothing flashy or complicated about it, because breaking bad has spent a season with its foot on the accelerator, he wrote. In season 4 of breaking bad, walt buys his son a red dodge challenger with black stripes. What we see is how walt s sick mind hoped things would go if. Walts family was safe, but the same cant be said for everyone else.
Its been just like walt in the face of hank learning his. This ties back to episode bullet points in season 4. It lends credence to the theory that walter whites meth cause the. Over the course of five seasons, breaking bad told the tale of a man whose cancer diagnosis drove him to cook and sell meth. How the breaking bad finale lied to you and why you were. Sep 05, 2012 breaking bad recap ii, season 5, episode 8. When walt killed crazy 8, he started cutting off the crusts of his sandwichesjust as crazy 8. Tyrus died in the wheelchair explosion, while walt straight up shot the other two. Walking dead fan theory says walter white caused zombie. Therefore if there genuinely is something to the theory of walt picking up traits of his victims, then it must be a nod from the writers. According to one fan theory, gray matterthe company walter white cofounded. A breaking bad fan group placed a paid obituary for walter white in the albuquerque journal on october 4, 20.
Breaking bad walter white accomplished nothing there are a lot of bb theories out there so this will largely be a combination of theories, but i want to make clear this wont be anything in the ballpark of walt died and hallucinated the finale, fuck allinhishead fan theories. We can see him toggling with the car, and something falling off of the steering column. For all of the work put into breaking bad, this series was a major accomplishment. It has come to my attention that various denizens of the internet are claiming the copy of leaves of grass found by hank in walt s.
Okay breaking bad fans, im going on record with the belief that walter white froze to death in that car and the rest of the finale was his dying fantasy. Top gear runs through all the cars from breaking bad. Nov 03, 2016 in season 4 of breaking bad, walt buys his son a red dodge challenger with black stripes. Breaking bad and little miss sunshine exist in the same universe posted on august, 20 by robin as you probably know, the final season of breaking bad has just started airing and ive recently noticed some strange parallels between the series and the film, little miss sunshine, which suggests. Breaking bad always tells us exactly how much each of its characters stand to gain and, inevitably, lose. I dont understand walt s motivation to sell the car. Written and directed by series creator vince gilligan, it aired on amc in the united states and canada on september 29. The psychology of becoming walter white psychology today. A number of breaking bad fan theories have used walts cancerous state as a way to. Sep 06, 2017 breaking bad creator rejects finale dream theory.
Warren ellis on breaking bad and the horrible glory of. Breaking down the alternate theories about the end of breaking bad. Throughout its five and a half year run on the small screen, the series racked up an impressive 110 industry awards and 262 nominations, eventually spawning a spinoff series, entitled better call saul, which is set to continue with a fifth season in 2020. Oct 14, 2019 apriljuly 2009 breaking bad, season fourmidapril. Breaking bad is an american neowestern crime drama television series created and produced by vince gilligan. Each chapter focuses on how breaking bad was put together. Marie works a radiologic technologist at kleinman radiology center, a medical scanning and xray office. Here, the keys falling from the overhead visor signal the beginning of a deathbed fantasy.
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