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How to End a Modern Drama like AMC's 'Breaking Bad'?

Spoiler alert for those who've never watched Breaking Bad , the AMC TV series that started five seasons ago. Episode one: chemistry teacher Walter White discovers he has cancer with only two years left to live. To provide security for his wife and a son with cerebral palsy he begins making and selling methamphetamine.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Spoiler alert for those who've never watched Breaking Bad, the AMC TV series that started five seasons ago. Episode one: chemistry teacher Walter White discovers he has cancer with only two years left to live. To provide security for his wife and a son with cerebral palsy he begins making and selling methamphetamine. As he descends into the Albuquerque drug trade, segments explore the questionable morality of the anti-hero. With just two episodes remaining, here's the question: is there any way to write a satisfying ending? Matt Zoller Sietz is TV critic for New York magazine, editor in chief of RogerEbert.com and author of The Wes Anderson Collection.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    KCRW

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    Christian Bordal

    Managing Producer, Greater LA

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    Director of Content, News

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    Matt Zoller Seitz

    editor at large of RogerEbert.com; writer for New York Magazine; co-author of the book “The Sopranos Sessions”

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