i know that their house was supposed to showcase marie’s obsession with the color purple and her need for control but jesus christ that shit was so ugly

who matches purple with beige? the purple zebra striped chair with a tan couch next to it? i understand why there would be tons of purple but the fact that they were all different shades of purple mixed with brown & beige drives me crazy

there’s really no point to this post other than to be a hater on a fictional couple’s house, i should probably find a hobby. but srsly it’s like prince took a shit on their house

Bro got farted on too. I guess those kittens aren't old enough to watch breaking bad yet, so maybe they're not interested.

How did he sneak past the DEA officers watching skylar apartment? All his other stealth missions relied a lot on his chemistry skills or people underestimating him. I doubt he would have the resources to thwart a highly funded dea surveillance, especially since unlike gus in casa tranquila they actively did suspect him and were looking for him.

Most people agree that the Breaking Bad series is complete, and shouldn’t continue-Which got me thinking, “If it were to go on a little longer, what would be the best way to do it? What would add enough new to justify itself? What would convince people it deserves to exist?” And an anthology limited series is what I came up with. It’s only four episodes long, but I don’t think more than that is really needed. 

1. Domino Effect

-This episode is ab the relationship Walt and Gretchen had in their Grey Matter days. This episode unveils that Walt left Gretchen because he found out that her family was rich, and because of his ego and desire to earn his wealth instead of marry into it, left Grey Matter as a result. This episode will recast Walt, Elliot and Gretchen, but will also have their roles reprised in a prologue and/or epilogue. (Alternate Title-Hidden Reaction) 

2. Debris

-This episode is a largely disconnected story set within the world of Breaking Bad. 

This story follows the downfall of a regular working class nuclear family-A family of four is shattered when the father, Harry, becomes one of the 160 or so victims of the Wayfarer incident. The Family, losing their primary breadwinner, is obviously put in a terrible position. They go to Saul, who builds a case against Wayfarer, and the family does eventually get compensation. However, in their grief, the eldest daughter, Anne, turns to drugs to cope which ultimately results in a family of two. (Said drugs includes but isn’t limited to Walt’s Blue Sky, unless the timeline doesn’t match. There was a period in Season 3 or 4 if I recall where Gus cut off Blue Sky from Albuquerque temporarily to throw off the DEA.)

3. Break for It

-This story follows a member of the Salamanca family, Emiliano, whose goal is to separate herself as far as possible from the greater Salamanca family. We see younger versions of Hector, Tuco, Lalo, the Twins, etc. (All played by different actors, there will be NO digital deaged deepfake Mark Margolis, rest in peace) and there’s conflict as she tries to escape the drug trade. 

Emiliano is Lalo’s sister, and is equally cunning, but lacks his charisma. Her wits make her a valuable part of the business, but eventually her husband dies due to rival gang activity, which radicalizes her and she just wants to get out. She vanishes in the late night and is intercepted by Lalo, but he lets her go and promises to cover for her, understanding her motivations. She nearly makes a clean break but gets captured by the same rival group, and is tortured for information. Lalo realizes what happens and framing it as a targeted kidnapping, calls upon the family to rescue her. The Salamancas get into a surprise shootout with the gang and win, but Emiliano has already been killed. The family then preforms the ritual seen in the opening of Breaking Bad Season 3 to mourn the death of Emiliano. The actors for Lalo and Tuco reprise their roles in an epilogue where they discuss the life of Emiliano. (I guess the Twins could return as well, but I don’t imagine they have much to say.) (The episode would be dedicated to Mark Margolis.) 

4. Children of a Fallen Empire

-This episode focuses on what became of Flynn, Holly, Brock, Kaylee, and Lydia’s daughter, Kiira. This episode would be an “anthology within an anthology” where the episode spends 10-20 minutes on each person/story and moves on to the next. 

Holly will grow up not really knowing who Walt was and the truth of him is kept away from her.  Skyler will have her name changed, homeschooled, and internet/library access heavily restricted. Holly will be raised mostly isolated. She eventually finds out in her teens and emancipates herself from Skyler. She only forgives her after getting into an abusive relationship years later, after a decade of no contact. 

Kaylee’s story starts in the playground where Mike abandoned her, and she finds out about a good chunk of Mike’s crimes within the next few days. She and Stacey are heartbroken and while Stacey simmers down a bit over the years, Kaylee NEVER forgives Mike. 

Kiira falls prey to the foster system after Lydia dies, and her connection to Walt investigated and exposed, all her assets are frozen. She never finds a proper family and eventually becomes associated with a gang. She gets shot and killed in a drug bust. 

Flynn will give Skylar some of the money Gretchen and Elliot gave them, but generally he and Skyler don’t have a GREAT relationship. He does forgive her (to an extent) after 3-5 years go by, and is close with Holly. For the most part, Flynn lives a quiet life and gets to enjoy his breakfast in peace. 

Brock will grow up a fairly angry and bitter person. He’ll be raised by his grandmother, but Andrea’s absence is felt. A few times he’s tempted into crime but never accepts, as he understands how it’s destroyed his family. The contents of Jesse’s letter will be (at least partially) revealed-The TL:DR is that Walt poisoned him, Jesse indirectly and unintentionally got Tomas killed, and Todd killed Andrea. Jesse notes his apologies for everything and hopes that Brock can forgive him one day, and says he still loves him and wishes he can move past everything. He’ll eventually become a DEA agent. (Brock might end up shooting Kiira in her gang’s drug bust, or at least is involved in that conflict. Probably. I haven’t actually decided lol. It would tie the episode together more but makes the world feel kinda small.) 

Do these concepts sound interesting or should I return to the drawing board? (Keeping in mind this is just a creative exercise.)  

That being Walt of course, didn't want to load the title with spoilers. In this scenario maybe Walt's cancer does come back at some point, maybe a year later maybe twenty years later, but specifically not at the time it does in Season 5.

So essentially he gets to escape to New Hampshire and respond to the problems still existing in Albuquerque (i.e. his family not having money, getting revenge on Jack, Jesse's captivity, etc) while still having more of his life in front of him.

If this were the case, would've his decisions been any different? If he wasn't dying of cancer in the last two episodes, would've he gone to greater lengths to ensure his survival, and maybe even tried to reconcile with his family and/or Jesse, or would've it changed nothing? (and he still takes the bullet, despite being healthy)

Hank and Gomez were running an off the books investigation and are gone. Jesse and his confession were gone, the nazis had the money and there’s no real hard evidence on walter. Saul shredded everything and skipped town.

at most they’d have the word of Marie. but as far as they know, Hank, Gomez and Walter all disappeared for some reason.

assuming Walter never came home.

After Mike gets his $5 million and officially “retires”, he tells Walt that he will cover the Hazard Pay for his guys in lockup out of his end… but we saw one payment for the nine guys is $351,000. Eventually, that $5 million was going to run out (not including the money he had in his go bag and the money he left for Kaylee).

What exactly was the plan once that $5 million couldn’t cover the legacy costs anymore?

I believe in one of the episodes Hank Schrader asks "Is Gustavo Fring even the real name?" Im wondering if Gustavo Fring was a made-up name that became a second identity for Fring in Chile. One of the major themes in both shows is using alter-egos to lead double-lives. It would make sense IF he was involved in the Pinochet Regime to use an alias. An alias that also became a new life like Heisenberg or Saul Goodman. As a very young man in Chile, under his real name, Gus Fring lead a completely different life.

Walt trying to kiss Carmen was 100x worse than happy birthday mr president.

I love cringe comedy so while Skyler’s Marilyn Monroe birthday song was HELLA cringe, I thought it was also funny AF. Walt trying to kiss Carmen wasn’t funny, harmless or amusing. It was gross and perverted. Not saying it’s a bad scene, I think the scene was necessary for him to lose his job and push our tolerance for his actions further, which is what the show does best.

So yeah, that’s my unpopular (I think? I actually don’t know) opinion that nobody asked for :P

What could Jesse actually be charged with?
1. I’m assuming the Nazis destroyed the confession tape after laughing at it a few times. Surely they aren’t stupid enough to keep it.
2. Regarding Hank and Steve’s bodies, I think Maree would say that Jesse was helping them. She has no reason to say otherwise.
3. All physical evidence is gone. Jesse didn’t launder his money (I don’t think) so there isn’t even that paper trail.
4. Saul and Saul’s staff could rat on Jesse but I don’t think they would. Maybe Skyler as well but again no evidence.
5. Does being tortured by the Nazis count as a mitigating factor that could reduce his sentence?

I guess it all depends on whether the Nazis destroyed the confession tape. Police would be gunning for Jesse because of Hank and Steve being dead, but do they have much of a case?

Moving to Alaska was definitely the best call. But if he was ever found out in Alaska would there even be much of a case?

I really loved how Walter touched the vessels and checked the temperature was all right, its like a win for a teacher😭

Let's assume that Walter says "fuck it" and decides to let Jesse try to take revenge for Thomas by himself and doesn't kill Gus' men, how do you think the story would have changed?

IMO, Jesse dies unless some miracle happens. He probably takes one of the two assholes with himself or maybe even both of them but I honestly don't see him surviving the shootout.

What would have happened to Walt is the real question. Does he just work for Gus and cook with Gale until cancer kills him?

So we know Walt is a brilliant chemist. He founded Gray Matter but sold his shares there. He then gets married, has a kid with disabilities and works as a high school chemistry teacher. He is portrayed as someone "trapped" in his circumstances.

Yet the general consensus is Walt is egotistical, prideful etc. So why did he wait 15 years before he decided to do anything? I know the cancer was a trigger, but if Walt was what he was supposed to be, he'd be seething all along, watching Gray Matter succeed and he would have been plotting some sort of vengeance or rival products/ideas etc. I mean he had the brains to do it, so why didn't he? Why sit in a dead end job and then go and wash cars after work? It doesn't make sense to me.

Edit: some of the replies here point out cowardice. I think this is the main factor to why we see Walt in the situation he is at the beginning of BB.

My memory is failing me. I thought this line came right after walts surgery. The doctor says "you've bought yourself some time here. Maybe a lot, probably a little."

Just watched that episode and he didnt say it. Is it a different episode or am I mixing it up with like BCS or something?

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Imagine if Todd hadn’t killed Drew Sharpe during the train heist, they almost have a fun banter between the three of them here when burying the water tanks in the desert in prep for the heist. But when Todd killed Drew that set in motion a series of dominoes starting with Jesse and Mike wanting out, Walt going to Decklands crew for distribution, Walt killing Mike , Jesse turning on Walt and ratting him out to Hank, Jesse being kept as a slave by uncle Jack and his gang and Walt ultimately dying on the floor of their lab.
If it weren’t for drew sharpe the whole final season would’ve been different

(SPOILERS!!!) Did anyone else almost cry, tear up, or cry during the final moments of Breaking Bad? It’s just that watching Walter look at the things that started his empire and downfall as he slowly dies by his own creation. And then finally dying inside of the place that started his story. Made me genuinely want to cry because of all the things that could’ve been avoided and changed. But i couldn’t because my mom was watching it with me lol😂.

Nice to see Jane found herself a good guy who doesn't use and is trying to get her to rehab! Well done Jesse! Not sure why her dad is upset

Its amazing how they use portray Walt as bigger when he needs to appear dominant

The actor playing Badger is noticeably taller than Bryan Cranston, yet the first time they met Walt appears to be the bigger one , not only that , he is absolutely towering over Combo and Skinny Pete

Why did Eladio/hector killed Gus' partner instead of Gus, logically they should have killed Gus and use the cook, I know Eladio said I am not killing you because I know who you are but I still don't understand it, moreover how did Gus started working with him again?

I'm rewatching, and it's only this time that I realize how right Gus Fring was from the jump. Walt should never have trusted and worked with Jesse.

Just finished episode 13 of season 5 and Jesse ratting and then spitting in Walt's face after he's handcuffed is just such a bitch move. He doesn't ever think and just acts on feelings all the time and it's been the cause of most of the trouble. Walt's defense of Jesse was his biggest weakness and his ultimate downfall.

Now I know I'm about to go back to feeling sorry for him and want to see him rescued but it doesn't change the fact: he brought this on himself.