Ending Of Breaking Bad Explained (2023)

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What happened at the end of Breaking Bad? ›

However, fans also had to watch most of their favorite characters meet grisly ends as Walter White's all-consuming quest to conquer the meth trade claimed many lives, including ultimately his own as Walt is killed in the Breaking Bad finale following his final act of revenge.

When her life fell apart and Walt disappeared, Skyler lost her assets and moved in with her kids in a small apartment with a job as a taxi dispatcher. It was revealed that her sister, Marie, reached out for a truce, so it's likely that the two reconnected shortly after the series finale.

He's perfectly okay with Jesse shooting him ... but Jesse is done doing him favors, noting Walt's already bleeding out from the machine gun assault. That wound is what kills him. Nothing more, nothing less. And so it is that the last of the 200 deaths is his own.

Jesse (Aaron Paul) managed to escape after he strangled Todd (Jesse Plemons), while Walt took one last walk around the meth lab. Walt was hit by a ricocheted bullet and the series ended with the antihero bleeding out on the ground.

In the final scenes, Jesse refuses to kill Walter when handed a gun, and being fully aware that Walt was responsible for Jane's death, he parts ways with him; forgiveness is ambiguous.

There is no doubt Walt intended to kill Jesse in that final confrontation, thinking Jesse was a complicit threat and voluntarily making the Blue meth for the gang. Walt went out of his way to maneuver Jesse in that room, to orchestrate his vengeance, and eliminate the final threats to his family's future.

After Breaking Bad

In an interview, show creator Vince Gilligan confirmed that Walter Jr. eventually received his father's drug money through Gretchen and Elliott Schwartz, which he had arranged beforehand.

Walter used some of that money to escape town after he was almost captured. In the following months, he spent another lump from that money on gathering different supplies before he made his way back to Albuquerque. For his son, Walter left a sum of 9 Million dollars as a parting gift.

The $9.72 million and some change Walter White was able to salvage after being robbed of most of his drug money by Jack and his crew ended up with Walter Jr., not Skyler. By the end of the series, Skyler was so disgusted with herself and with Walter White that she would not have accepted that money for any reason.

A brilliant but underachieving chemist working as a high school science teacher, Walt is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, which spurs him on to use his chemistry knowledge to cook and sell crystal meth to provide for his family after his imminent death.

Is Walt 100% dead? ›

Yes." The Breaking Bad movie El Camino isn't Walt's story. It picks up where the show left off with Jesse. And while a Cranston cameo via flashback would be a welcome sight for fans, it's time to accept that Walter White is dead and focus on whether or not Jesse can avoid the same fate.

White, portrayed by Bryan Cranston, is seen in the series finale “Felina” (which aired in September 2013) getting wounded by a machine gun before collapsing. He's seen smiling, otherwise motionless, as an officer takes his pulse.

Rae Torres of Collider felt this indicated that Walt's greatest regret was not leaving Gray Matter Technologies but rather his abusive treatment of Jesse throughout Breaking Bad, and served to contrast with Jimmy's inability to honestly answer his own question.

Jesse Went To The DEA

After realizing that it was Walt who poisoned Brock, Jesse went ballistic. He wanted to bring Walt to justice, even if it meant he has to confess to everything he had done up until that point as well. As a response to this betrayal, Walt put a hit out on Jesse's head.

Walter White Dies

He was badly injured from his gunshot wound, and he spent his precious final moments surrounded by all the machines and devices used to cook meth. It's where Walter always felt his best, and it's where he died. In the final shot, he is shown dead on the ground in the lab as the DEA approaches.

From there, Jesse climbed into a car and understandably sped away from the nightmare he'd been living. Walt, realizing that he'd been hit by one of the bullets, decided to die in the meth lab — surrounded by his beloved cooking machinery.

After the end of Breaking Bad, did Skyler White get the money Walter prepared for her? The $9.72 million and some change Walter White was able to salvage after being robbed of most of his drug money by Jack and his crew ended up with Walter Jr., not Skyler.

It works, but results in Walter's accelerated death when he's shot with a stray bullet from the automatic-attack-gun-robot he's rigged as part of Jesse's rescue. Jesse jumps into an El Camino and drives away to freedom, shedding tears of joy, anguish, and general catharsis.