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Breaking Bad ‘alternate ending’ was shown on DVD box set that would have changed everything

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Updated 16:45 3 May 2025 GMT+1Published 16:46 3 May 2025 GMT+1

Breaking Bad ‘alternate ending’ was shown on DVD box set that would have changed everything

Bryan Cranston played another one of his iconic characters in the alternative ending to the Fox crime series

Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair

Back in 2013, Breaking Bad filmed an alternative ending to their series - but many people don't know about it.

We all know about the iconic crime drama, whether you've seen it or not, you have to acknowledge the multi-Emmy award winning series as one of the best of the 21st century.

Breaking Bad starred the likes of Aaron Paul, Dean Norris, Anna Gunn, and of course, Bryan Cranston.

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The latter played the iconic Walter White, the meth-cooking high school chemistry teacher who decides to sell the drug after being diagnosed with stage three lung cancer, to secure his family's future.

It's probably the role that Cranston is best known for, behind his role as Hal in the 2000s Fox comedy, Malcolm in the Middle.

And in an unexpected twist, an alternative ending for Breaking Bad was filmed that incorporated the two, merging their worlds - only on the DVD edition of course.

But how was this done?

Well basically, 'it was all a dream'. Seriously.

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It all starts with Walter White in the iconic scene in the seventh season of season five.

He asks people to 'say my name', before they reply with his cook name, 'Heisenberg' and he wakes up.

Hal wakes up from a dream in the middle of the night in a sweat and panic, next to his wife Lois (Jane Kaczmarek), explaining everything to her.

In classic Hal fashion, he can be seen freaking out and kicking his feet when mentioning his 'dream life', even describing Jesse Pinkman (Paul) as a 'kid who always looked like he was wearing his older brothers clothes.'

One of the funnier parts of the scene was when he impersonated Jesse, claiming: "He would always say and use the b-word!" (because Lois doesn't let Hal swear, of course.)

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But when Hal mentioned that he 'cooked meth', Lois laughed at him and replied: "You? cooking anything?"

He described Hank Schrader's character (Norris) as a DEA agent that was also his brother as someone who looked like 'the guy from The Shield', who was really played by Michael Chiklis.

Hal explains the whole Breaking Bad plot to Lois in about 30 seconds (Fox)
Hal explains the whole Breaking Bad plot to Lois in about 30 seconds (Fox)

Realising that he 'killed people', Hal freaked out after realising he even made bombs, but Lois assured him he 'couldn't kill someone' and that he 'thought he was Osama Bin Laden' now he'd grown his beard.

After a failed attempt to get Lois to get freaky in the middle of the night, Hal simply says 'good night Skylar', before turning off the light to the Malcolm in the Middle theme music as the camera zoomed in to the iconic Walter White hat resting on a chair.

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It's definitely a more playful take on the series ending, contrasting with the otherwise dark (yet inevitable) ending which Breaking Bad fans experienced on Fox in 2013.

Featured Image Credit: Fox

Topics: Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston, TV

Joshua Nair
Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair is a journalist at LADbible. Born in Malaysia and raised in Dubai, he has always been interested in writing about a range of subjects, from sports to trending pop culture news. After graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA in Media, Journalism and Publishing, he got a job freelance writing for SPORTbible while working in marketing before landing a full-time role at LADbible. Unfortunately, he's unhealthily obsessed with Manchester United, which takes its toll on his mental and physical health. Daily.

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