'Breaking Bad' Creator Vince Gilligan: ‘Breaking Bad My Blue Meth’; Explains the End
AMC cult drama series "Breaking Bad" ended on Sunday night after a five season run. The drama series ended with the death of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), the chemistry teacher who turned into the dread drug-lord Heisenberg.
Vince Gilligan, creator of "Breaking Bad," stopped by at Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" on Monday and said that "The show is my blue meth" and he may need a "12-step recovery program" as "Breaking Bad" is over.
After the final episode of "Breaking Bad" was aired, Gilligan said on "Talking Bad" that he thinks Walt was with his "precious" in the last scene. Before dying, Walt took a round of the meth lad that he and Jesse (Aaron Paul) had built.
Gilligan said (as quoted by The Guardian] "... in that last scene, [Walt] is with his "precious", in Lord of the Rings terms. He's with that meth lab that he and Jesse designed, his baby so to speak, and the lyrics to the song, Baby Blue by Badfinger, back that up. And I think he is at peace with himself. He has screwed up his life tremendously and I think he knows that, but he has accomplished the thing he has set out to accomplish."
Jesse had given Walt a watch on his 51st birthday. In the final episode of "Breaking Bad, Walt left that wrist-watch on top of the phone after making a call to find the new address of his former friends and business partners Elliot and Gretchen.
"... I think he's been wearing it all this time, and he knows he's heading for the end game," Gilligan said as quoted by The Guardian. "He hangs up the phone, looks at his watch and remembers that his now arch nemesis, or one of his many arch nemeses, has given it to him, and he doesn't need it any more. So he takes it off and leaves it."
In the final scenes of "Breaking Bad," it almost seemed that Walt will kill Jesse, but he tackles him down and covers him, protecting him from the bullets coming from the automatic machine gun.
"We were thinking [Walt] is gonna kill Jesse the whole time, we think that's his intent, then he sees him and sees what terrible shape he's in, and instinct takes over; that fondness he's felt for him - although he hasn't shown it very well over the years, I have to admit," Gilligan said.