Film Theory: The Breaking Bad Ending’s HIDDEN Truth

My 2 Favorite Shows. Breaking Bad And Film Theory

Actually Walt did get punished.

While he got the money he wanted, he sacrificed what he was doing it all for; his family. His brother is dead, Walt Jr. will never get over what his father and mother did, Skyler's character was completely ruined and she is now a depressed and single mother. He doesn't even feel bad for ruining his family for the rest of their lives and instead gloats about how "good" he felt from doing it.

Not to mention the hundreds of innocent people who die because of what Walt did…

If there's anything I learned from this show, it's that good cannot come out of evil. You will only get more evil.

The title is highly misleading. What do you want, Quentin Tarantino levels of blood gore?

We still didnt get to see him die since no funeral or even mock funeral, or even dirty cops/crime syndicate saving him. And his buddy drives away before cops comes. So im still waiting 4 the buddy to save him somehow from hospital or transport to jail. And realy hope someone makes a breaking bad 2. Or 2 break bad.

9:24 yeah mr white, yeah science!

Oh this screams better call saul. cant wait.

Shows really aren't supposed to be picked apart this much. I was happy with the way it ended, it seemed the only possible ending. He was dying anyways, and his family was left in good hands thanks to Grey Matter.

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Nice try Only one problem but it's a biggie: IF the writers had wanted Walter's fate to be uncertain, they would NOT have conveyed such a critical story element in a manner so subtle that it would pass undetected by almost the entire audience, discernible only to those viewers gifted with formidable investigative skills equal to your own. Although a show can resort to clue-laden cliff-hanger  if there are more episodes to come. This is less a dramatic technique than a business tactic to generate inter-season fan buzz and help retain the audience,but obviously  doesn't apply for a show's final episode since  there's no opportunity to spring a "Surprise – he lived!" next-season opener. So would the writers have any reason to intentionally structure the circumstances of his injury to create (for whatever dubious dramatic purpose) a credible ambiguity concerning Walt's fate? I think not, otherwise, given the importance of issue, they would have been far more (if you'll pardon the oxymoron)  CLEARLY AMBIGUOUS.  The show's premise was "What happens when a soon-to-be-dead-hence-nothing-to-lose, straight-laced guy does the otherwise unthinkable by crossing over to The Dark Side?" Even though the unexpected lengthy remission of the cancer allowed enough time for the original "quick deal-and-die" plan to be replaced by White's step-by-step ascension towards becoming a Criminal Kingpin, yet in the end, the cancer is back forcing Walt to return (sort of) to Plan A – he makes sure his family will be taken care of, puts his affairs in order… and dies. Thankfully this drama was of sufficient quality that it successful;;y resisted the cultural pressure {which is far greater for network tv) that central characters not only demonstrate that (non-white collar) crime doesn't pay, but they must also face a public reckoning with the legal system. If the fans felt let down by the actual ending, I can only imagine that is the result of a long history of U.S. tv drama sticking to socially approved story lines, but Walter White is shown to have paid an extraordinary price for his actions. The only unanswered and truly intriguing question left unanswered is this: as he lay dying, reflecting on the many unforeseen and extreme consequences resulting from the dramatic decisions he made following his initial diagnosis, if somehow he were then given the chance to go back to that fateful doctor's appointment – even armed with understandings provided by having "been-there, done-that" and knowing he was still doomed doomed on this 2nd time 'round to have the cancer take him  again – armed with all this knowledge and experience, WHICH path would Walter White choose? Are you SURE?  – the answer may not be as obvious as it may first appear. … But clever theory.

I understood it was a shrapnel wound and I thought that Walt was going to get arrested

Congrats Film theory. You did countless hours of research to determine whether he could survive a bullet you forgot the obvious fact that he had inoperable cancer and was about a month max from dying anyway.

"Highly unlikely."

It's a work of fiction. Odds mean nothing. Creators confirmed his death.

The ending was great. Walter white is dead. No season 6. After a great ending why risk comming back. Then it's not a great ending anymore. It won't be an ending at all. Then you have to come up with another great ending.

It was most likely Lydia that called the cops not other civilians, that's why the cops were in such a rush.

Dude you’re trippin

Walt got hit from a ricochet bullet. Watch it again and you hear him grunt and see him jerk towards the end of the gun fire from the car trunk.

They could have ended it at the 4th season when he killed gus

Nope I want Walter to be dead I don't want him in jail he was a great character and the people he killed he killed for good reasons he already lost his family he should die in peace the way he did

Nice. I didn't do the science behind it, but i've used some of these arguments to support my idea that Walt survived as well. They didn't show him doing it, but Walt called the police. He knew that he wasn't returning from that compound even if he lived, and he had the cops on the way, just in case his own revenge didn't pan out. But if Walt DID die, it was FAR from "on his own terms" or "without punishment." He lost his friends, lost and disgraced his family, some of whom are now dead. He had to go into hiding, and everyone alive he knew will remember him as a piece of shit. And when it comes down to it, NOTHING really happened on his terms. Walt just wanted to be a peaceful, quiet little meth cook, and not have any violence or problems. But that's not what happened. Walt really had to suffer the entire way thru the story, with only brief periods of what seemed like happiness. No, even if Walt died in that final scene, it certainly wasn't without punishment. A bittersweet ending, if you will. He lost everything important to Walter White, and did the last thing that was important to Heisenberg

I think you're looking at it too closely.

The bullet hit him right in the cancer.

No punishment. Right. Like Hank didn't die. his son and Marie won't remember that he killed Hank and Steve Gomez

you even have the yeah science clip in your intro!

XD BEST VIDEO EVA XD

Walt gonna get killed anyway
He's going to get the death sentence

They had reached the limit of 62 episodes. They couldn't make more.

We wish there was that many APD officers in Albuquerque. Either way, if this was accurate, they would've shot him

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1:51 Not ALL the money, though.

LOVED THE INTRO

I took it as Walter being shot in the Liver. Which by the way is deadly.

bad grass are hard to kill

I lost 15 minutes of my life to watch this bullshit.

This is my own private domicile and I will not be harassed……….BITCH!!

The script for the last episode says "Heisenberg is gone" when the police break into the lab. While that doesn't say he's dead, I feel like it's pretty fair to assume he's dead since he's definitely not moving anywhere very quickly.

I half expected the F TH to turn into [F]UCK [TH]IS

"No consequences?" Are you kidding? He died knowing that his wife and son hated his guts, and that his daughter would never know him. He had lost the thing that was most important to him–his family.

Well, IF that is what happened I would love the ending even more than I already did! Walt`s case in Better Call Saul? OMG I would give a lot to see that happening!!! Nice Theory, I never looked beyond the obvious ending, because it all seemed so clean cut! But I admit id would totally make sense for him to survive! Really nice research!
I even think you can see the police officer feeling for Walt`s pulse nod before the scene cuts! Look REALLY close what happens before the screen turns black!

This is bullshit. I turned this off when the narrator referred to gunshot wound statistics. Fucking bullshit.The ending was near perfect and brought the character of walter white to a close. He died doing what he loved best, chemistry. Usually we see lead characters die with their family and loved ones, but here we see the protagonist die in a meth lab, the only thing that he truly loved. Walter had gone so far downhill there was no turning back, and the ending was the icing on the cake.

Yeah no he died

matpat your god dam right

Poeple who are pissed Walt won do not deserve to watch this show. He is the star and the reason of this show. Why wouldnt you want him to win? It's not a real life documentary so no need to get all upset bc the bad guy won…

This is wrong. It's black blood, so it hit the liver

Maybe its just been too long since the show, but if the FBI caught up with Walt (dead or alive) wouldn't they seize any money surrounding his family?

hold up…..so people are just assuming WW is dead based on NOTHING? lmaoooo dumbasses.

the anals of surgery?