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« on: October 04, 2013, 01:18:07 PM »
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R.I.P., Walter White. "He will be greatly missed."
Fans of "Breaking Bad" aren't just mourning the end of the heralded AMC drama; they are also mourning the demise of antihero Walter White, husband, father, chemistry teacher, meth kingpin.

Some of those fans — members of the "Unofficial Breaking Bad Fan Tour" Facebook page — decided to purchase an obituary in Friday's Albuquerque Journal.

[Related: Lingering Questions From the 'Breaking Bad' Finale]

"I've been a humongous 'Breaking Bad' fan since the beginning," group leader David Layman told the New Mexico newspaper. "I was actually in the pilot, and putting the obit in the paper was fitting, because the series was based in Albuquerque and it provides some of us some closure."

The obit reads: "Walter White, aka 'Heisenberg,' 52, of Albuquerque, died Sunday after a long battle with lung cancer and a gunshot wound." It noted he left behind wife Skyler, son Walter Jr., and daughter Holly. In lieu of flowers, the obit urged readers to donate to a drug abuse prevention charity of their choice.


Layman's group is hardly alone in their grief over the "Breaking Bad" finale. Sunday's episode was watched by a series-record 10.3 million viewers and dominated Twitter (1.2 million tweets, according to SocialGuide) and Facebook (around 5.5 million posts).

Ironically, much like Walter, Layman is a science teacher with a student named Jesse! Hmm, wonder if he has an RV parked in his driveway, too...
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Re: Walter White gets an Obituary
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2013, 01:20:05 PM »
Someone just texted me that, I thought it was amusing.
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Re: Walter White gets an Obituary
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2013, 02:04:36 PM »
Might pee off people who care about spoilers with that title...

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Re: Breaking Bad
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2013, 02:06:10 PM »
Might pee off people who care about spoilers with that title...

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Re: Breaking Bad
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2013, 02:06:28 PM »
Beat you all to it.
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Re: Breaking Bad
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2013, 02:08:09 PM »
Beat you all to it.

I think we both changed it to the same thing.

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Re: Walter White gets an Obituary
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2013, 02:11:52 PM »
Might pee off people who care about spoilers with that title...

My bad, but how long do you wait before you can start talking about it?
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Re: Walter White gets an Obituary
« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2013, 05:03:01 PM »
Might pee off people who care about spoilers with that title...

My bad, but how long do you wait before you can start talking about it?

You don't start talking about it.  People can get into it at any time.

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Re: Walter White gets an Obituary
« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2013, 05:07:13 PM »

You don't start talking about it.  People can get into it at any time.

I understand that, but the finale has been everywhere.
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Re: Breaking Bad
« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2013, 05:14:55 PM »
Weird, the "unread post" section on the front page doesn't have the thread title updated.

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Re: Breaking Bad
« Reply #10 on: October 06, 2013, 10:46:59 PM »
I finished season one. I know he dies. It doesn't make the show any less freaking awesome.

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Re: Breaking Bad
« Reply #11 on: October 07, 2013, 12:32:33 AM »
I finished season one. I know he dies. It doesn't make the show any less freaking awesome.

The show is very literal.  When the doctor tells him he has 2 years to live, it's not just wasted dialogue.  There is hardly any waste in the show, which is why it's so much better than anything else.  Almost every word of every scene means something.

No filler here.

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Re: Breaking Bad
« Reply #12 on: October 07, 2013, 10:28:02 AM »
Worried about Spoilers? Is the stress of huge plot points being potentially ruined for you causing emotional damage? BETTER CALL SAUL!

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Re: Breaking Bad
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Re: Breaking Bad
« Reply #14 on: October 08, 2013, 09:15:48 PM »
Awesome!

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