Better call saul creators peter gould and vince gilligan break down the season 5 finale and kims big decision, and whats next for the final season. In the end, breaking bad was a brutal showabout love. Breaking bad is one of the best shows in tv history, and after five seasons, it led to an ending that people still talk about today. A major breaking bad question has finally been explained. 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 plenty of details and questions that were never fully explained. It is the sixteenth episode of season five and the 62nd overall episode of the series. The final episode of breaking bad leaves one question. Its been six years since the breaking bad finale aired and fans finally learned the fates of walter white. Westworld to reboot itself for a fourth season this doesnt look like anything to us.
It also produced one of the more extreme deaths youll ever see. Ursula coyoteamc ursula coyoteamc the problem with breaking bads finale. The series finale of breaking bad brought walter whites story to a conclusive end sunday night, but how the last eight episodes would actually unfold was not always a foregone conclusion. Perhaps the best thing about the finale of breaking bad is that it actually ended.
Hank confronts jesse and attempts to turn him against walt, and jesse decides its time to move on. The fourth season of breaking bad is set to kick off on july 17th but creator vince gilligan and members of the cast seem to already be looking to the end. The 16episode season is split into two parts, each containing eight episodes. This could still happen in the finale, but i like this here as a nice counterpoint to the original confession instead. 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 last bunch of breaking bad episodes have had to compress a lot of time and storytelling, and thus, for me, not everything in the finale landed with the impact id hoped for. This story contains spoilers for the season five finale of better call saul. The season four finale of breaking bad produced a winner in the waltergus feud. But if you need a helping hand to understand that final episode.
All good things or in this case, bad things, as the promos for part 2 of season 5 said must come to an end. Why breaking bad ended on season 5, according to vince. This story contains discussion of major plot points. Walt makes his next move against hank, putting hank in a tough position. Breaking bad explained everything and then reexplained it. So many shows, notably the sopranos and lost, have gone dark without anything approaching finality. It may be regarded as one of the best shows its time, but creator vince gilligan reveals why he ended breaking bad after just five seasons. A recap of breaking bads season 4 finale starring bryan cranston, anna gunn, and aaron paul. Part of the problem with how granite state and felina fit in to the endgame may arise from the structure of season 5 as a whole. Stop reading if you have not watched the finale of breaking bad, titled felina.
But id still put it on a list of breaking bads best episodes. There was nothing flashy or complicated about it, because breaking bad has spent a season with its foot on the accelerator, he wrote. Heres why vince gilligan ended breaking bad after 5 seasons. There are certain weeks when it becomes incredibly apparent that better call saul has perhaps surpassed breaking bad in terms of quality, and this was one fo. Breaking bad season three features both of the perennially downontheirluck meth cooks more or. Breaking bad season 5 list of breaking bad episodes felina is the series finale of the american drama television series breaking bad. Bryan cranstons yfrontwearing walter white took the show to glory as the cancerriddled chemistry teacher who swapped suburban life for his own meth empire. And the season finale was the best episode of the series and it really makes you think twice about the characters like if they. Better call saul season 5 finale and kims decision. Why breaking bad ended on season 5, according to vince gilligan mar. Better call saul has now aired its season 5 finale on amc, which saw kim on a dark path of her own while nachos chances of surviving the final season were significantly reduced.
The fifth and final season of the american television drama series breaking bad premiered on july 15, 2012, and concluded on september 29, 20 on amc in the united states and canada. Better call saul season 5 ending explained features jimmy and kim make a dastardly plan and lalo and nacho encounter some trouble south of the border in the thrilling better call saul season 5 finale. The closurehappy breaking bad finale the new yorker. This is a show, the way weve worked ever since breaking bad, everything is handmade.
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