YenChih Lin
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I am satisfied, though I wished Walt would redeem himself. I think I gotta watch again, to settle that in…
Breaking Bad
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PotionMistress
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TOP NOTCH from beginning to end!
Excellent article and I agree 100%. This show has NEVER been about twist and shock. As Vince Gilligan put it, this show was established as something finite (I mean, you learn the main character will die within a year or two) so it needed an ending with closure. The real strength of the show has always been character development and an ending that wraps up a character's journey is far more appropriate than some surprise or grand explosion (though we get a little of that with the m60).
Jesse and Walt had just the kind of departure they needed. I feel they ended with balance. Walt has put Jesse through such hell, but ultimately saved Jesse's life. Though you wouldn't necessarily say there were no hard feelings, there was a balance of the feeling that were there. It's complicated and that is what makes the show so great.
Reelo
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I just can't get the ending song (Badfinger's "My baby blue") out of my head now. A more fitting song would have been impossible to find. The title, the lyrics, the images... Everything fit so brilliantly. I honestly almost had teary eyes... Maybe it's just seeing someone die "at peace", howzver bizarre the circumstances.
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'Breaking Bad': Vince Gilligan Shares 5 Alternate Endings - TheWrap
Ending #4 and #5 would have been too bleak, though their haters would have loved both those endings.
Ending #4 and #5 would have been too bleak, though their haters would have loved both those endings.
crabra comander
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I wanted to see Walt Jr. get his money on his 18th birthday so he could start his own meth empire.
astroboy
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I may be alone here but I felt that it was too perfect. It was an ending where the writers decided that Walt is a good guy. It was such a neat and tidy ending where the good guys were all saved and the bad guys were all punished.
In the past, this show has proven itself to be "unhinged" at certain times. And this ending felt very safe.
I read somewhere that in essence, the last three episodes were three different endings for three different types of people.
Ozymandias was the tragic ending where everything fell apart. It ended with walt getting into that minivan, having lost it all.
The Granite State was more of an epilogue, which ended with Walt making the choice that (after losing his family) he WAS Heisenberg. Of course, what he would do next was open-ended.
And Felina was essentially the neat and tidy ending for those who wanted closure on every character. Hell, we even got a moment with Badger and Skinny Pete (And although I love those guys, I prefer the idea that Walt paid hitmen to do a job if the promise wasn't kept.)
In the past, this show has proven itself to be "unhinged" at certain times. And this ending felt very safe.
I read somewhere that in essence, the last three episodes were three different endings for three different types of people.
Ozymandias was the tragic ending where everything fell apart. It ended with walt getting into that minivan, having lost it all.
The Granite State was more of an epilogue, which ended with Walt making the choice that (after losing his family) he WAS Heisenberg. Of course, what he would do next was open-ended.
And Felina was essentially the neat and tidy ending for those who wanted closure on every character. Hell, we even got a moment with Badger and Skinny Pete (And although I love those guys, I prefer the idea that Walt paid hitmen to do a job if the promise wasn't kept.)
crabra comander
Master Member
No way Walt was "good"...he even admitted he enjoyed cooking meth. Some people are in their element doing horrible things. He just wanted to make things right. Really all he did was prevent his legacy from continuing.
The writers are so good that you can go back to older episodes and see how he's always been that way.
Best ending ever was The Shield. Mackey got a desk job:lol At first I was like, "WTF? That's it?". But looking back everything did turn out unexpected.
The writers are so good that you can go back to older episodes and see how he's always been that way.
Best ending ever was The Shield. Mackey got a desk job:lol At first I was like, "WTF? That's it?". But looking back everything did turn out unexpected.
somerset fox
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My thought on how a more apt ending would have had the injured Walt finding a disguarded sample of the Blue Stuff and for the one and only time in the five seasons, knowing his time was up, try his own product. Only to then die of a massive overdose, or some reaction to the product, causing an anaphalactic shock. Bam! Dead by his own hands.
El Fett
Sr Member
I like this. Not an overdose though, the same exact ending just having him die happy and high from a taste of that blue venom...
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MFP 2020
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Meth is a stimulant. There would be nothing happy about a meth overdose.
Methamphetamine overdose: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
