Breaking Bad Finale

[Birdie Num Nums]

I'm another newbie to the series, and am ignorant of all the sub-plots. Question, and this is well beyond Spoiler Alert: if Walt had not been "accidentally" shot and bled to death, having apparently tied up all the loose ends, what was his next step?

 

[Fermion]

Probably turn himself in. He was dying of cancer anyway. He was going to turn himself in at the bar until he saw a way to patch things the best he could.

 

[LoneAspen]

Probably turn himself in. He was dying of cancer anyway. He was going to turn himself in at the bar until he saw a way to patch things the best he could.

I don't know. If Walt had lived, and assuming he didn't get caught by the cops, I think he would have gone back to cooking.

Since he had eliminated the competition (and I don't think there's any way Jesse would go back and cook again), he'd now be the only person left who could cook Heisenberg meth.

Even though he might not live too much longer, I bet he would have started up another lab.

 

[veremchuka]

No he was going to turn himself in.

The reason was to free his wife from the DEA scrutiny and percussion. I forget the guy's name (the vacuum cleaner guy that makes people disappear) told him they'd nail her if they can't find him. The DEA had 2 missing and presumed dead agents. Sky was being squeezed to give up Walter by the DEA. She really had no idea where he was* and had no ability to save herself. So Walt wanted to kill Jack's gang for stealing $69MM of his money and then he was going to give himself up. He would be dead in 6 months, maybe a year, so he had nothing left to live for. Don't forget he conned Gretchen and Elliot into setting up the irrevocable trust for Walt Jr and he'd get it on his 18th birthday so the family got his $11MM. His job was done.

*ETA I just remembered that Walt gave Sky the Mexican lottery ticket whose numbers were the co ordinates of where the $90MM was buried but now is Hank's and Gommie's grave. So while Sky had no idea where Walter was she could have given them their bodies. Not sure how well that would have gone for her but it was about all she had to bargain with.

 

[Koolau]

Not too many surprises, but well played out. Very enjoyable ending and left a good taste.

That has been addressed in the UK version of Breaking Bad -

If "Breaking Bad" Had Been Set In The U.K

Uhhh, just my $.02 worth, but in the UK (maybe under OB care a couple of years down the road) Walt would have taken all of season one - maybe season two - just to get his MRI or CT, etc. As a commenter in the UK story said, Walt would only have been offered palliative care in any case. Justsayin.... YMMV.

 

[tmm99]

I am so very happy that Breaking Bad had a cohesive, "made sense", reasonable, and entertaining ending. Really tied all the loose ends. Unlike "Lost".

 

[donheff]

Uhhh, just my $.02 worth, but in the UK (maybe under OB care a couple of years down the road) Walt would have taken all of season one - maybe season two - just to get his MRI or CT, etc. As a commenter in the UK story said, Walt would only have been offered palliative care in any case. Justsayin.... YMMV.

You say that as if it is an indictment of the ACA. But in the pre-ACA US system Walt had to cook meth and come up with $300K in cash to get decent treatment. Under the ACA he would have received the same or better treatment you or I would get under our current employer paid insurance (unless we have some sort of super gold plated union HI) and he could still cook meth if he wanted to buy special treatment from a concierge oncologist.

 

[Koolau]

You say that as if it is an indictment of the ACA.

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Nope, justsayin...

 

[daylatedollarshort]

Not too many surprises, but well played out. Very enjoyable ending and left a good taste.



Uhhh, just my $.02 worth, but in the UK (maybe under OB care a couple of years down the road) Walt would have taken all of season one - maybe season two - just to get his MRI or CT, etc. As a commenter in the UK story said, Walt would only have been offered palliative care in any case. Justsayin.... YMMV.

Well, you can base your conclusions upon the words of the enlightened scholars who tend to post comments in news articles, or one alternative source would be to look at where the UK health care system ranks compared to the U.S. health care system based on key metrics like life expectancy and infant mortality in research studies conducted by organizations like WHO or the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund. Just sayin, too,

Here is one article you might find of interest -

U.S. health 'mediocre' compared to other wealthy countries despite spending the most of any nation on Earth | Mail Online