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BuzzFeed: "This Breaking Bad Alternate Ending Must Be Seen To Be Believed"

Was it all just a terrible nightmare? Malcolm in the Middleā€™s Hal may have eaten too many fried Twinkies before bed, according to a new DVD extra. [UPDATED]

At BuzzFeed, you can check out my latest post, "This Breaking Bad Alternate Ending Must Be Seen To Be Believed," in which I take a look at an alternate ending for AMC's Breaking Bad, one that invokes Newhart and, well, Malcolm in the Middle.

Fans of AMCā€™s Breaking Bad continue to mourn the death of the antihero drama in their own unique ways, but thanks to this DVD extra ā€” from the Breaking Bad: The Complete Series DVD box set, out November 26 ā€” fans of the science-wielding antihero have yet another chance to imagine a different fate for Bryan Cranstonā€™s Walter White.

In this case, an alternate ending to the show itself, which ā€” heavily borrowing from the iconic ending of Newhart (which referenced the earlier The Bob Newhart Show) ā€” imagines that the entire narrative of Breaking Bad was a dream experienced by Cranstonā€™s pater familias Hal from the 2000-2006 Fox comedy Malcolm in the Middle, substituting fried Twinkies for Bobā€™s Japanese food. Waking up terrified from his nightmare, Cranstonā€™s Hal remarks that he was ā€œthis meth dealer,ā€ before being comforted by his wife, Lois (Jane Kaczmarek), who reminds him that he canā€™t cook anything, let alone meth, and that heā€™s definitely not married to a ā€œtall, beautiful blondeā€ woman.

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