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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

Well one would hope so but yank TV does tend to refuse to kill shows when it should, if so we will be left spending half the season wondering whether Walt and Skylar get it on again and little else, this will no doubt be followed by Skylar getting more involved in the cooking and killing in order to appeal to the female demo.

normally yes, but cable shows seem to be able to choose their own fate moreso than network shows

from an article in the new york times friday

So, by necessity, “Breaking Bad” has had to get darker, more violent and more dangerous with every season. Aaron Paul, whose character, Jesse, started out as a burned-out street dealer, has gone from playing a selfish punk to an overwhelmed sidekick, filled with remorse, scarred by the things he’s done.

“All the characters bear the weight of their choices,” he said. “This is not being dark just for the sake of being dark. These are people whose worlds are crashing in on top of them. It’s heavy, heavy stuff.”

Which means, Mr. Gilligan admitted, the show cannot go on much longer. Although he’s changed his mind in the past, he now thinks the show should end after five seasons, if for no other reason than to honor the integrity of the experiment. “This was never intended to be an open-ended show,” he said. “As creators of the show, we have to see it through to the end, to finish what we started.”