Breaking Bad’ Ending Explained: What Happens to Walter White?
After years of relative obscurity, no one would’ve expected the conclusion of Breaking Bad to amass much fanfare. By the time Season 5 of the critically acclaimed AMC drama hit the airwaves, a mass audience caught up with the show thanks to its popularity on Netflix’s streaming service — an early indicator of where the industry was shifting toward. Unlike most shows that garner a seismic critical following, creator Vince Gilligan did not want to overstay his welcome, deciding to end the series after five seasons and 60 episodes. On September 29, 2013, the world eagerly awaited to see how Walter White’s (Bryan Cranston) Shakesperean rise-and-fall saga would end in the series finale, “Felina.” After all was said and done, Breaking Bad signed off under satisfactory terms, perhaps too satisfactory. Despite being a show about how a mild-mannered, decent man destroys his life and others around him to ruins, Gilligan opted to find resolution amid Walt’s self-destruction.
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