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With production of Breaking Bad season 5 set to begin in early 2012, fans of the series are waiting with anticipation to find out what happens to Walter White when the series comes to an end this year. But has that information already been revealed by Walter White himself, Bryan Cranston?
In two separate interviews, over a year apart, Cranston discusses what he believes to be the only possible conclusion to the series: “Walter White will die.” How will he die? Well that’s more complicated – though Cranston does hint at what may be the driving force behind Walter’s death wish.
Looking back at a video interview with Jeanne Wolf in 2010 (shortly before Breaking Bad season 4 began production), Cranston said that he felt “pretty damn sure” about the fate of Walter White, while at the same time admitting that he doesn’t know what direction in which the series will head.
“I don’t know where it’s going, but I’m pretty damn sure that he’ll die at the end of this show. At the end of this show, Walter White will die. How he will he die? I really, honestly don’t know – and I’ve never asked [Vince Gilligan].”
You can watch the video of Cranston’s interview from 2010 below:
Jumping ahead to shortly after the Breaking Bad season 4 finale, Cranston spoke with TV Line about the future of his character. While remaining adamant about not knowing what’s going to happen in the series too far in advance, Cranston’s theory of Walter’s death remains – but it appears to have also evolved.
Instead of simply stating that Walter is going to die, Cranston explains that Walter White “knows he’s going out in a year” - and then continues by revealing why Walter White cannot escape death, no matter what.
“It’s been such a journey for me and for this character that it didn’t make sense for me to know too far ahead, because Walt has no idea what’s ahead for him, even an hour. So I don’t ask [Gilligan], and I don’t read my scripts too far in advance.
I think Walt’s going to a place where he truly enjoys the empowerment that his situation has given him. And even though he knows he’s going out in a year, from lung cancer, he’s going to go out big. He’s going out big.”
Even though his cancer is currently in remission, Walter specifically said (in an episode from season 4) that it can come back at any time – and Cranston believes that time is now. With a death clock hanging around his neck and Cranston believing that Walter is going to choose to “go out big,” the speculation now becomes on how big is “big” and who else is involved.
While some may quickly dismiss this as pure speculation, one has to acknowledge that next to series creator Vince Gilligan, Cranston knows the character of Walter White better than any anyone else. And since Breaking Bad is one of the most honest narratives on television, in terms of character arcs (even if it does tend towards the fantastical from time to time), it’s a reasonable assumption that an actor of Cranston’s caliber would be able to intuit the fate of Walter Water, a character he has played for over four years.
Now there’s only one question left to ask: What does Bryan Cranston believe is going to happen to Jesse? If Walter White is going to go out big, perhaps Jesse is the one that closes the book on his longtime partner.
I suppose we’ll just have to wait and see.
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Expect Breaking Bad season 5 to premiere late summer 2012
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Source: TV Line, Jeanne Wolf’s Hollywood
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To all the people saying jesse’s a screw up walts screwed up many more times than jesse. dealing with tuco was walts idea, expanding into new turf (leading to combos murder) walts idea, killing jesse’s gf (which he did do she died from choking on her own vomit not a fatal od) which caused a plane crash and a suicide walts idea.
Unless I missed something, Walter did not kill Jessies gf.
he didnt. i dont know why people keep saying he did.
He saw her die yes.. but he never touched her at all and never did anything at all to hurt her.
He also didn’t do anything to save her either.
He didn’t purposely kill her. But, he is the reason she died. She was on her side when he entered Jesse’s room. When he shook him, he unintentionally pushed Jane onto her back. And, then she asphyxiated due to her position. Plus, he did nothing to help her. I think that is the biggest problem. He let her die. He could have easily put her back to her side… Which might have saved her. But, he chose to let her die.
good pick up. I didn’t notice she was on her side at first. well he definitely wanted to see her dead.
Walt had to let Jane die. If he let her live, jesse would’ve spent ALL his money on drugs and Jane would’ve always had that blackmail card to play on Walt. Which would’ve lead to her ‘death’. From Walts perspective… It was neccesary that Jesse learned his lesson. The hard way.
You can recall the scene where Jesse told Jane about the 400k Walter owed him and Jane was like”Lie on your side baby, so you dont choke when you puke.”
I think we were being prepared for this scene. Now Walt walks in, Sees Jesse and Jane sleeping while lyin on their “SIDE”. Walt starts shaking Jesse trying to wake him and Its this action that leads to Jane lying on her “BACK”. And to cap it off, he watches as she chokes.
In other words if Walt hadn’t gone to that house that night, Jane would have slept on her side and even if she puked she wouldn’t have died.
If Walt is eliminated from this equation, Jane doesn’t die. Hence, it reasonable to conclude he is responsible for Janes death.
While there is people pointing the blame at Walter for Janes death, he (Walter) warned Jessie about the possible consequences of taking meth, he didn’t step in to save Jane as he wanted to save Jessie with whom he has more history and loyalty. Walter isn’t responsible for Janes death, he did not give her the drugs, she chose to take them instead of taking off with the money to start fresh.If Jane had lived Jessie and her would be junkies on a downward spiral, of course a whole plane load of people would have survived!
I think Jane’s dad attempted to crash those planes over Jesse’s home, death by accident as you see,he was so disturbed by Janes death that killing 100 or so other people didn’t phase him.
Negligent Homicide…
He was in the immediate area of a person in dire need of medical assistance…
That’s a felony…
My wife n I applaude the brilliance of this shows writing. The acting is beyond perfect.Thank you for the years entertainment.
I think that Walt should die at the end of the series, but I think it should be by Jesse’s hand. Because he finds out that Walter himself took the one love of his life; out.
Without a doubt; I’d like to see that scene play out.
Kat
Wow, that is harsh but would be a great conclusion to the series in a dark way! I hope the writers consider your comment. When season four ended it is hard for me to see what direction the conclusion will take. Foe me I hope that Walt and Jesse somehow clear all of their tracks and live happily ever after. What can I say I love happy endings but yours has me thinking.
From Watching the show from the beginning I have liked it because it goes against predictability. You don’t know what is going to happen next or how it is going to happen. Most shows you can predict five episodes in advance what is going to be happening. I have trouble predicting what is going to happen five minutes into the episode.
Really, it is pretty unpredictable but I find myself predicting some of the plot twist before they take place (although only several minutes before they happen).
all you guys are nerds that are saying I want Jessie to die and I want Walter to die nerds!!!!
When I found out breaking bad was finishing with the 5th season I was happy, it wasn’t because I don’t like it but because its not being dragged on until it becomes a bad show
I have never thought of that but you are right. All good things must come to a end, it is better to end this show at a peak then wait until it is sour. I have seen every episode up to date and is one of my favorites. When I found this show I only watched reality and mostly still do but Will never miss an episode of Breaking Bad.
BB is the best written show ever! I can’t stand to see it go! How can they possibly answer all the necessary questions and resolve all issues in one season? I fear it will be rushed or worse, predictable & just over! There’s so much material for at least two more seasons. HOW MUCH LONGER MUST WE WAIT???!!! I can’t stand it!!!!!
I think Mike is going to kill Walt.
Or the reverse, Walt offs Mike.
He did save the vial of ricin, hemay put into use on Mike.
AWESOME,AWESOME,AWESOME!LOVE BREAKING BAD!!
I have been a loyal follower since day one. I am so upset that this show is going to end. Isn’t there any way that these characters can live on to continue? I have never watch anything with this intensity, and I can only hope that another “Breaking Bad” will come along!!
Agreed. This is by far the most intelligent and enjoyable show on TV. I am very sad to see it go, but I can’t wait to see how it ends.
I agree, BB is the best show on TV, isnt there anyway they can just continue for a little while longer? We should start a petition! I will be lost without it!!
For all we know Hank might end up shooting Walt (not realizing it’s Walt at first)and killing him in a sting operation.
Jesse will definately rise to power. After healing mike will return and resume his duties only it will be jesse handing out the cash on payday. Hand will get killed by walter jr who will already be aware of something being sideways just not the specifics. Hank will try to turn him for info though or recruit him to help to inform from within which he’ll agree to until realizing what he’s done is burn his dad down. Now uncle gotta go. Cancer will kill walt but jesse won’t turn into gus. He likes the pipe and he’s earned his promotion and after walts treatment of him for his own self preservation and paranoid thoughts he’s gonna turn skyler and hanks ole lady out and get to planning a war on the idiots down south. Or those left who will try to pick up their fallen bosses crown and wear it. Only to fall. Just like the real world of dope. Nobody gets smarter because they made more money. They make more money so its time to get higher.
Thats why thy call it DOPE!!!
Awesome analogy that would be a good ending to the story line what you speak is da truth bro once an addict always an addict and s*** if he has all dat money and power he could get high 24/7 and not worry about denting that pocket any!!!! but i think jesse gunna kill walt for poisoning that little boy because at the end of last season that plant was in the backyard of walts crib and thats one of the main reasons jesse turned on Gus and was going to help walt kill him and walt is in a power trip hes always has to be in control and ruin jesses life if hes not doing exactly what hes told by him. Trust that jesse will find out somehow that it was walt that poisoned the boy!!!!
What is dat money? I think you mean dope money, right?
I think the show has to come to an end. I am very sad to see it go, but like any story with continuity must have some kind of conclusion, whether it is a movie or series. This story is about a man’s rise to power and great wealth. Any real rise to power, especially in the illegal world, can only really end in a few different ways. Walt’s story has four possible conclusions as I see it, and the specifics of which can only be speculated upon. Walt’s rise to power can end in a fall of power, and a loss of wealth and status. Hank could catch up with him and Walt’s career may end with an arrest. Walt may very well die, as many are already guessing. Or he may find a way to disappear. Take his family and vanish to some comfortable retirement in a non-extradition country. Hey, at this point we only have to wait another year until we find out.
I still cannot believe that Walt would have tried to kill the little boy, no way, maybe just a coincidence about the same plant in Walts backyard I hope.
Not saying he did anything good by all means and I wish bad things to anyone that would hurt a child but I think Walt was not trying to kill the boy and think that he is how the doctors secretly found out what it was that the boy had ingested.
Awesome analogy that would be a good ending to the story line what you speak is da truth bro once an addict always an addict and s*** if he has all dat money and power he could get high 24/7 and not worry about denting that pocket any!!!! but i think jesse gunna kill walt for poisoning that little boy because at the end of last season that plant was in the backyard of walts crib and thats one of the main reasons jesse turned on Gus and was going to help walt kill him and walt is in a power trip hes always has to be in control and ruin jesses life if hes not doing exactly what hes told by him. Trust that jesse will find out somehow that it was walt that poisoned the boy!!!!
I think the plot might go like this:
Walter finds out that his cancer has returned and plans on making meth in a basement in the Laundry area. He and Jesse go through many difficulties from hiding the area from Hank and Walter Jr. The series will introduce a new Antagonist. In the end Walter Jr is disappointed in his father and leaves. The main Antagonist kidnaps Walter Jr, Walt’s wife and her sister and plans on ransoming them for dozen pounds of meth. When Walter arrives at the site, he is betrayed and about to be executed when his tumor kills him before the bullet strikes his head. The Antagonist decides to bury the others alive in the desert, but Jesse rescues them all earning Hank’s trust. Hank, Jesse, Walter Jr and Mike go on a revenge mission avenging Walter. That would be a Terrific Ending. Discuss with me people.
Season 5 will end and most likely with Walt’s death, but if the first 4 seasons prove anything it’s that none of us will really be able to predict how? And we all won’t be able to predict until after we have seen it… comon, who could have predicted the Lily of the valley plot twist at the end of season 4 – Just Brilliant Writing – by the way, Walt never intended for the young boy to die, he needed to turn Jesse’s loyalties away from Gus, that’s all. I wouldn’t be suprised to see Jesse become Hank’s undercover partner in the DEA and I also wouldn’t be suprised to see Walter White become the Drug Barron that they bring down, Walter will throw Jesse in front of a bullet and himself on top of a bomb to save Skyler and Walt Jr. as a final act of redemption, having lost their love and respect. But, we will all know his cancer had returned so as to not feel sorry for him. With this show we a guaranteed one thing it will be great!
dont kill walter or jesse we love this show!!!!!!
dont kill walter or jesse we love this show!!!!!! this show has been awesome! hard to find a tv show that really shows the tuff situations in life . keep it going! please!!!!!!!!!!! jean reyes
I think this is the best drama series on TV as well, but, if the rumors are true, that season five will be the last, then two things need to be said.
First, I admire Vince Gilligan (Creator, Writer and Producer) for deciding to end the show while the quality is so high, rather than selling out to comercialism, only to see the show decend into a serial drama.
Second, Walter White, is now in so deep, he has (in his own words) ‘won’ the war against Gus, and Gus has eliminated the Cartel… I have no idea how Walt and Jesse will go forward from here, but, one would think with Saul’s and Mike’s help, Walter or should I say Heizenburg, is set to take over the drug trade, right under the nose of Hank and the DEA…
Perhaps Walt is going to set up his own new superlab under the carwash, with Skyler laundering the profits… All this is fore-seeable, and good conjecture, but it’s hard to see this series ending without Walter going down.
Hank doesn’t want to be a cop anymore. He finds out about Walter, and that all his therapy came from the meth money, which makes him stained as well. Mike gives his loyalty to Jesse because Jesse saved his life. After freaking out at first (like Skyler did), Hank comes to terms with it all and becomes Walter’s Mike. Thus the final showdown begins.
Or, maybe Holly just kills them all…
Hank and Maree arn’t ‘stained’ as they were blissfully unaware of where the therapy money came from if anything they think Walter won it gambleing, one thing is certain in my mind, if Hank ever discovers Walter and Jesse are the team making and selling the blue ice, then he will go balistic, gloves will be off, career be dammed. Walter has already shown his inner contempt for Hank who he thinks is too big an influence on Walter Jr. And Jesse hates Hank for beating him up. I wouldn’t ming betting that Hank will start putting 2 and 2 togetherm and will confront Walt with his suspicions – in which case Walt will say “prove it”…
I agree with most people that its a great show, well written and well acted. My only issue is that both Walt & Jesse are drugdealers, being glorified for selling drugs, and Walts actions are being justified because he is doing it for his family. But what about the fact that he is doing that on the behest and misery of other peoples families by creating and selling drugs. Same goes for Jesse. My problem with the show is that that the two main characthers, although its their narrative we are following (and enjoying) that they are portrayed as “good guys” vs the evil ones, when in truth all of them are evil i.e drugdealers and murderers etc, so why should Walt and Jesse survive? why shouldnt there be consequences of the life of crime? why has the at first upright skylar all of a sudden forgotten where that money is from and God knows how many lifes will be or are being destroyed because of drugs?
Although we feel empathy for Walter and Jesse, I don’t think this show treats either of them as “good guys” v evil ones… Breaking bad doesn’t glorify the world of drugs in which it’s set, it shows the seedy underworld of meth users quite graphicly, that’s what I think is so amazing, yes we support Walt in not wanting to see him die, but I don’t think anyone would think he didn’t deserve to be caught and jailed for his criminal acts, as for Skyler, to me, she is the most annoying character, not worthy of the love that Walter has for her – how she can toss walter aside and sleep with Ted, is weak and lacking any true moral judgement, and to then use over $600k to pay off Ted’s dodgy tax bill – but that is what makes this show so fantastic, none of the characters act as you would expect and we are not meant to just like the good guys and hate the bad guys – this show portrays complex mix of good and bad in everyone.
According to Vince Gilligan, he has created a world within the show where evil is eventually punished, and there are consequences for a life of crime. Walter does not have a happy ending coming to him.
This is to bad I wish there could be a couple more season’s I’m not ready for it to end. But thanks for 4 awesome season’s looking forward to end I guess…!!!!!
This is to bad I wish there could be a couple more season’s I’m not ready for it to end. But thanks for the 4 awesome season’s looking forward to end I guess…!!!!!
I think the series could sustain 2 more seasons without dropping off the quality, one season to deal with Heizenburg’s rise to power, the total corruption of Walter White, and then a final season to see either his total destruction or redemption! – Which would be the more compelling to watch?
I finally figured it out. Walter Jr. will somehow try meth by finding it on walters shirt or finding their next lab, walter will be devasted and kill himself in his lab which he sets fire to. Anyone?
If you want jessie or walter to die then your dumb
If you want jessie or walter to die then your wired
i think in the first half of the show will show a bond between jesse and walter and the cartel threatens them to do business with them. and at the end of the first half jesse will be killed at the end of the first half and the cartel will end up going after walt in the second and walt confesses to distribution of meth to hank and hank protects the family and walt is arrested and dies in jail. s***ty ending but could be possible.
This is the best show i have ever watched im so sad its going to be over soon but im happy they arnt dragging it on and messing up the stroy. Im so happy i started watching this I have watched each season atleast 3 times!
If it’s a *****t ending, then, it’s not possible, this show will not end as any of us expect it to, this show just doesn’t go in the normal direction of a drama, every one of the main characters are heading in unexpected directions, what will Mike do? Will Hank return to the DEA? Will Jesse split with his new love or see it go down the same deadly spiral as his last girl? How deep will Walter decend into the Heizenberg persona and what will Skyler and Walter Jr, do? – Fantastic directions to ponder, who would have thought it would be so rich in pathos when first we saw Walter standing on a dirt road in his y fronts pointing a revolver at an oncomming siren in episode one?
a few good reasons why Jesse should kill walt. watching jessie’s first girl friend die. and maybe if the kid takes a turn for the worst and dies and jessie finds that plant at walts house
Breaking Bad was recommended by our local video easy owner as the best watch in the shop he wasnt kidding! Im hooked ! I wonder if Mike had anything to do with Gus’s death ? Cant wait to see whats installed for season 5 !
Not sure if anyone has wrote about this before, but I seem to remember an interview were Vince G ws talking about the idea of breaking bad. What if two middle age screen writers who are unemployed start selling drugs to make money and they become king pins in the process. I am not sure if this means anything but what makes Walter and the rest of the show so good is that although based in fantasy, its written from an organic and truthful point of view. Walter is something more than a character to these writers, and now to the viewers. I can’t seem to remember a character, other than Tony S. who people loved and at the same time are so repulsed. Whatever happens, I cannot wait till July 15th.
Reservoir dog style. they both kill each other!!! END SCENE
YES walt did kill jesses gf if you watch closely at one point she rolls jesse over to his side and tells him not to sleep on his back or he will choke if he throws up. later on when walt shows up and there both sleeping he tryes to wake up jesse and rolls his gf on her back in the process. this is why she choked and died. all he would of had to do is roll her back on her side
For Pitty sake people – Walter did not kill Jane! – He did not inject the meth in her arm, he did not roll her on her back, he did not make her vomit, he did not attempt to save her, but that is not killing her… if you were witness to a killing by gun shot and did not throw yourself in front of the bullet you would not be accused of the murder… he made the hard choice of not interfering in hope that Jessie might be turned around that’s all… by the way season 5 is going to be an extended season I think over some 26 episodes so possibly shown over two years – good news for any real fan!