Breaking Bad Episode That Left Everyone on Set Crying Their Hearts Out
The scene that finally turned Walter White into Heisenberg for good.
Breaking Bad is a great show that has gone down in television history forever.
Even George Martin admitted that Game of Thrones would rather go to hell than win an Emmy against Breaking Bad. He called Walter White the standard villain that no one in his own work can compare to.
Considering how much content we consume these days, even great things erode from our minds.
But there are enough powerful scenes in Breaking Bad that will stay with you forever. One of those scenes made not only the viewers cry, but everyone on the set during the filming of the episode.
Despite the show's brutality, Breaking Bad rarely killed off beloved characters. Most of those who were brutally murdered were usually villains.
This continued until the fifth season. Then, viewers were heartbroken to lose their favorite character, Mike Ehrmantraut in season 5 episode 7 Say My Name.
The cold and calculating killer was actually very appealing because of his moral compass. For many, Walter became the show's true villain at that very point.
Series creator Vince Gilligan gave special thanks to the episode's writer, Thomas Schnauz, for his first professional directing job that turned out to be the show's one of the most heartbreaking storylines.
Gilligan also admitted that the filming of this particular scene left absolutely no one on the set indifferent.
"It's just a sad moment, beautifully written and directed by one of my oldest friends, […] and in his first professional directing gig he just did a fantastic job with that episode and that scene. And of course the two actors, Bryan Cranston and Jonathan Banks, killed it. Just did a wonderful job. There wasn't a dry eye in the house that day," Vance shared in his interview with Empire.
Breaking Bad has earned the title of one of the best television shows of our time for a reason.
The meticulousness with which the show's creators approached the show as a whole allowed it to become one of the most important TV series in a long time.
Unfortunately, not all shows are able to maintain the same level of quality, or raise it constantly, which makes Breaking Bad stand out even more against the backdrop of its contemporaries.
Source: Empire