It was 10 years ago that TV network AMC aired the first episode of an original new series called Breaking Bad.

The series was the creation of a relatively unknown writer/director by the name of Vince Gilligan who had previously received some level of attention within the industry after penning several episodes of the hit TV series The X-Files.

By the end of 2018, Breaking Bad would have already won numerous top awards and Gilligan would be the hottest thing in the industry.

2008 to 2015: Breaking Bad

For those of you have been stuck in a glacier for the last decade and haven’t seen the show, here is a brief bit of background on the show.

Breaking Bad is set in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The series is about a respectable family man and chemistry teacher by the name of Walter White, played by Bryan Cranston. Walters’s life is mundane and completely uneventful. Despite his obvious love for his family and his high standards of professionalism at work, Walter is clearly depressed and in a rut.

After he discovers he has a form of lung cancer, he finds out that his insurance company won’t pay for the treatment. With no other options, White recruits his former student Jesse Pinkman, played by Aaron Paul, and begins to manufacture crystal methamphetamine to raise the money he needs.

The term “breaking bad” is an American saying that refers to making trouble or turning to a life of crime. Over the course of the 5 series’, Breaking Bad managed to win an incredible 110 awards from 262 nominations.

This record has not been achieved by many TV series’ in history. Breaking Bad also brought in record-breaking audience numbers to AMC, a smaller TV network, which outdid many of the shows being run on the main TV networks at the same time.

5 Series’ And We Are Done

Creator Vince Gilligan always insisted that he didn’t want to make the mistake that many other shows had when they overstayed their welcome. He wanted the show to end at its peak and go out with a bang.

While we won’t give away what happens in the final episode, it is fair to say that he achieved what he always said he would.

But leaving a hit TV show behind is not an easy thing to do.

It wasn’t long before rumors began to fly that there would be a spin-off TV show that featured several characters from the original series.

Better Caul Saul would be a prequel show that followed the antics of lawyer Saul Goodman, who upon trying to win the affections of his well-respected lawyer brother, passes the bar to become a practicing lawyer.

After repeated objections from his brother, Saul finally begins to enter a world where the boundaries between right and wrong become increasingly blurred.

All four seasons received the same high levels of critical acclaim as Breaking Bad. According to Wikipedia, “the series premiere held the record for the highest-rated scripted series premiere in basic cable history at the time of its airing”.

Series 4 was aired earlier this year. It introduced a few other of the main characters from the original Breaking Bad series, something which helped it draw in record audiences.

While it is not known if there will definitely be a 5th series, it certainly looks likely.

Breaking Bad The Movie

Fans of both series’ received quite a shock last week when the news broke that “Gilligan has written the script and is gearing up to direct starting this month in the traditional Albuquerque haunts”. While we have little to no information whether this will be completely based on the Breaking Bad series, rumors suggest that it almost certainly is.

But would a Breaking Bad movie be a bridge too far and risk being precisely what Gillian always claimed he would not do?

It is a natural thing for all of us to feel sad to have reached the end of something, but this is also how we somehow keep a special value to the things we love. Just think of the many films, The Matrix being a perfect example, which have been ruined by sequels.

The exciting mystery of the first Matrix film was destroyed by two rather lame sequels, each of which tried to outdo the film before it. What we ended up with is the whole saga feeling diluted and washed out.

If Gilligan has written a Breaking Bad film, it will have to take place during the TV series given that Walter was respectable before the sage began. This effectively means that Gilligan is going to have to squeeze the film in without touching on the TV series (unless he takes some inspirations from the X-Files series and introduces some totally surreal dream flashback elements or alien abductions).

The only way it is likely he will be able to bring in all the characters is to either slice a kind of mini-series of events into one segment of the film or to focus the events on a minor character or character as he did with Better Caul Saul.

Perhaps it will be Mike’s turn or we will see more about how Gus rose to power to become a huge drug trafficker? Whatever the case, Gilligan has certainly shown that he knows how to write great scripts that are rich in interesting characters. (https://skinnyninjamom.com/)

So if anyone can adapt a TV series that went out on top into a film, Gilligan can. While we all want to see the Breaking Bad characters back in action again, we just hope that what Gilligan comes up with is able to match the original.

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