As you can see above, for fans of both “Breaking Bad” and “Malcolm in the Middle,” the sequence is note-perfect (and it probably doesn’t hurt if you’re a fan of both “The Bob Newhart Show” and “Newhart,” as well), but it probably seems obvious that it would never have served as an actual ending to “Breaking Bad.” Nevertheless, during an interview with Rich Eisen (via YouTube), Bryan Cranston was asked whether the scene really existed, and Eisen claimed that some fans believed that the sequence was considered at one point as a real ending to the series.
Cranston shut this down, saying he had created it as a gag inspired by the famous “Newhart” ending. While that should put to rest any misguided notions about the idea ever at any point being considered as the end of the saga of Walter White, the scene is so funny and perfectly executed that you can probably still safely expect it to spread from “Breaking Bad” fan to “Breaking Bad” fan as a curious footnote to the show’s expansive lore — especially those fans who also watched “Newhart.”
