Felina is the series finale of the american drama television series breaking bad. Written and directed by series creator vince gilligan, it aired on amc in the united states and canada on september 29, 20. Breaking bad may be history, but the show is still in the spotlight. 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. But perhaps the best thing about it was the series actually ended. Im quite certain that many, many people adored vince gilligans kickass ending to breaking bad. Breaking bad made me to say many time that this is how you kill someone, this is how you develop a story, this is how your respect your audience, and finally this is how you create the best goddamn program in history this show without a shadow of the doubt will be remembered as the single greatest achievement in tv history. The good people almost everyone else came out unscathed. 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. Its going to be emotionally exhausting for fans, he said in an interview before felina aired. In the last episode of the first half of season 5 gliding all over, walt went to the hospital for his routine mri, and the. The creator of breaking bad has finally clarified the fate of. 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.
The show aired on amc from january 20, 2008 to september 29, 20, consisting of five seasons for a total of 62 episodes. After a final stretch of emmy wins in august, the series, which starred bryan cranston, right, and aaron paul, is now under. 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. Ed siegel says the final episode of breaking bad captured just about. That is, until hank finds a book given to walt by gale on the toilet, and. 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. So many shows, notably the sopranos and lost, have gone dark without anything approaching finality. Walter arranged for his family to get the money he wanted them to have. One of the big questions going into the episode was the.
Breaking bad is an american neowestern crime drama television series created and produced by vince gilligan. If youre as much a fan of this show as i am, and youre still mourning its end, then grab a. 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, 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. 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. Breaking bad is often mentioned in the same breath as the sopranos, on account of its scope and ambition. Stop reading if you have not watched the finale of breaking bad, titled felina.
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. Now as its on the verge of delivering an ending thats surprising, inevitable, and wholly earned, breaking bad seems poised to become something else. At the end of breaking bad, tvs greatest liar finally stopped lying to himself. Reading some of the overheated coverage of breaking bad as the. The finish didnt rewrite all the events that preceded it, but.
Through gretchen and elliot walter kills lidiya by poisoning her beloved sweetener with ricin during their chat in the cafe. Almost none of the darkest predictions about the breaking bad finale came true. Spoilers galore for all of breaking bad in the following post. Walt goes into the criminal equivalent of a witness protection program, but after. 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. A major breaking bad question has finally been explained. 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. 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. The bad people lydia, todd and the nazis were punished.
More breaking bad alternate endings revealed by vince. This breaking bad alternate ending must be seen to be. Gilligan wrote his own version of the great american novel. And what is a felina riddle, wonders stuart jeffries. On top of all that, walt and jesse end up attracting attention from the law.
After so many lugubrious turns, breaking bad came to an end on sunday on an almost uplifting note. The entire breaking bad story finally explained looper. 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. Perhaps the best thing about the finale of breaking bad is that it actually ended. The closurehappy breaking bad finale the new yorker.
Gilligans guile and breaking bad were done, he says were. Breaking dawn part 2 came very close to fixing the novels bad ending, but instead it decided to copy it, delivering an unsatisfying closure. It was just the last line in what up to then had been a pretty great novel for television. Twilight breaking dawn movie almost fixed the books bad. In the end, breaking bad was a brutal showabout love. Behind the scenes alternate ending from breaking bad to. In the final scene, hank figures out that walt is heisenberg while perusing walts copy of leaves of grass on the toilet. The following story contains spoilers from the series finale of breaking bad. For show creator vince gilligan, it was a fitting ending.
But the spectre of the mob dramas pickyourown ending has been a. Postseries finale episode discussion s05e16 felina. Was the breaking bad series finale a good conclusion to the series. A prequel, better call saul, would later air on amc, but breaking bad creator vince gilligan has revealed he was keen to wrap up the original show after working as a writer executive producer on the xfiles. You can say that gilligan gave most of the viewers what they wanted and, impressively, he did. If you know the answer to this question, please register to join our limited beta program and start the conversation. But this book is not groundbreaking or full of particularly new information. 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. How real is breaking bad lessons from an ex drug kingpin. Breaking bad series finale what did you think of the. All ive heard people talk about since 2008 is breaking bad. Breaking bad the alternate ending original youtube. Over the course of five seasons, breaking bad told the tale of a man whose. The final novel, breaking dawn, arrived in 2008 and gave closure to.
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. 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. It begins with the end of the prior episode in which walt decides not to turn. So, no, thats not a happy ending in any usual sense.
Interest in the program was already at a fever pitch among loyalists. The hit tv series breaking bad is finally coming to an end. Breaking bad started with walter white turning to meth to support his family and ended with his death inside a meth lab. Ultimately, gilligan chose to end breaking bad with walters death, occurring instory two years after he had been first. 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.
Heres the real reason breaking bad ended after 5 years. A poem in the book, song of myself, is based on many of these same feelings, furthering the connection. Written by moira walleybeckett and directed by michelle maclaren, it aired on amc in the united states on september 2. Gregory petersamc bryan cranston as walter white in a scene from face off, the fourthseason finale of breaking bad. Why breaking bad is the best show ever and why that matters. During a recent reddit ama, gilligan revealed he thinks jesse ultimately found happiness after the emotional ending to breaking bad. Breaking bad creator reveals whether walter white is dead or alive. 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 season 5, episode and cast information amc.
After so many lugubrious turns, breaking bad came to an end on sunday on an. But breaking bad isnt the kind of show that leaves loose ends. Here you will find discussions and speculations about the show, pictures from the show, amas with the cast, and anything else breaking bad related. The breaking bad movie may bring back bryan cranston. Actor bob odenkirk, who plays sleazy lawyer saul goodman on amcs breaking bad, recently chatted with the new republic about his work on. 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. The final episode of breaking bad leaves one question. A subreddit for fans and critics of the hit television series breaking bad on amc. 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.
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. Vince gilligan of breaking bad talks about ending the season, and. Spoilers abound for breaking bad episode 514 but also for the wire and the. Major spoilers for breaking bad ahead when amcs enthralling crime drama breaking bad finally came to a close after five eventful seasons, its two main characters were changed men and there was a whole lot of blue meth in albuquerque.