What If Walter and Jesse Didn’t Use The Magnet? | A Breaking Bad Story

[@BoosterLane]

Mike: Good Ending+ Jesse: Good Ending+ Walter: Neutral Ending

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

Best case scenario for Walter. Even though it's not desirable to him as his wife still doesn't completely support his illegal actions.

[@azuredragon9276]

Here's one: what if Jesse never dropped charges against hank?

[@Alknix]

He would've got an "accident" before he could raise too much of a stink and become a problem for Fring's operation.

[@theminingassassin16]

Walt does seem like the kind of person who would cook meth just for fun.

[@Armando43212]

Walt's the type of person to burn money cause it smelled nice

[@theminingassassin16]

@@Armando43212 Are you sure? He didn't seem too happy about Jesse burning his money.

[@Armando43212]

@@theminingassassin16 walts the type of person to get a disabled drug lord to blow up a black guy

[@Fork219]

Nice pfp

[@FEZERVED]

@@theminingassassin16he didn’t want Jesse to burn the money without him being there to smell it 😂

[@fraur001]

I've noticed that the happiest endings for Mike involves Gus dying either by Walt of the cartel.

[@ESTERZEOFF]

Mike's life was basically sworn to Gus

[@shinobuoshinoisbestgirl5778]

Except the og story ironically

[@fraur001]

@@shinobuoshinoisbestgirl5778the OG story is honestly one of the worst endings for Mike. He fails to ensure savings for his granddaughter and he is killed by Walt meaning all of his bad things he did was all for nothing.

[@ESTERZEOFF]

@@fraur001Wasn't there a fund in place?

[@fraur001]

@@ESTERZEOFFtaken by the DEA

[@fraur001]

In this scenario the DEA would have no reason to assume that Heisenberg was behind Gus’s death and the destruction of the lab. They probably assume that one of the now unidentifiable burnt corpses in the destroyed lab belonged to Heisenberg given that the blue meth would disappear after the event. They probably assume that Gus death and the lab’s destruction was caused by a rival or a former disgruntled employee of Gus.

[@urbex_coasters]

Or maybe think Gus was Heisenberg.

[@tacotruckengineer6734]

I love how the most clever idea that Jesse came up with leading to the most fallout in the story - while his second most clever idea (creating a battery) likely saved their lives … truly poetic.

[@plagiats]

I'm glad you didn't make the device plan work, as Mike debunked it immediately

[@suoer98762]

What if after Walter died in felina,woke up again in the beginning of the show with all his memories

[@ShaggyDabbyDank]

This one would be pretty crazy, I'd love to see it

[@manueldoll8578]

Bro that's not a 20 min video essay, that's an entire show

[@redgta2508]

Yes

[@jasonhake5502]

What if he didn't die st the end of Felina?

[@generalohu7782]

@@ShaggyDabbyDankSame!! This would be fantastic!

[@JediMaster_PloKoon]

What if the confession tape was true? It should start off with Hank and Gus partnering up.

[@S_047]

I really find it hard to think Gus , as cautious as he is, to trust a DEA agent . But still love the idea .

[@andrewdeluca7352]

Pretty sure Murge said the "what if the confession tape was true" is one of the theories he said he'd never do.

[@JediMaster_PloKoon]

@@andrewdeluca7352 He said he wouldn’t do what if Hank joined Walter when he found the book. He did say he wouldn’t mind doing what if Hank was a dirty cop from the beginning and when I asked about this what if during a live stream recently, he said he’s working on it.

[@andrewdeluca7352]

@@JediMaster_PloKoon Oh, I'm that case, I can't wait.

[@JediMaster_PloKoon]

@@andrewdeluca7352 Me neither. I’m hyped. I’m betting this one will be on par with the lost tapes.

[@LordBloodraven]

Lydia would have still been a potential liability. Her fear of being discovered by the DEA would always be there, but with Jesse and Walt out of the business, Mike could have handled that last loose end on his own if it ever became a problem.

[@Greyz174]

They only found out about Madrigal to begin with because the magnet thing worked

[@Grumpollion]

I'm glad you had the bombs fail. Mike had told them that bombs wouldn't work.

[@HalfGoodGamer]

I know it's kind of a meme ATP but i would be very interesting to see how things would shake out if Hank didn't poop and find out the truth

[@Masterofham8]

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[@ThatBlueBlade]

That is so in character for walt. No empire, no one behind him, just the him and his product. I do have an idea though: What if Gus didn't survive the poisoning? He was the first one to drink the poison afterall.

[@hq9684]

WHAT IF Walter's cancer was different? What if it was skin cancer? Prostate cancer? A brain tumor and so on?

[@genericwhitemale9566]

Less fatal cancers would maybe prevent him from becoming Heisenberg due to him having a far higher chance of living which would lessen his carelessness about dying but he'd still need the money to pay for it, possibly leading to him still deciding to do it. Maybe he'd accept Gretchin and Elliott's offer in the halfway point of season 1. Fatal stuff like a malignant brain tumour wouldn't really change anything. Maybe a brain tumour would change his behaviour a bit and make him more aggressive but it wouldn't change much.

[@burtonthegrape9217]

I think a cool what if would be "What if Max and Gus got started at the same time as Jesse and Walter."

[@theonechillbeing9317]

This is most interesting and unusual alternate ending of Breaking Bad.

[@LuckyPhox-j4i]

They would build a robot

[@0neno]

They would build a dune buggy and drive to Oregon

[@user-yf9ku1tl6b]

Just imagine, it’s like they build a terminator and we see it kill everyone inside the police station, kind of like in the first terminator film

[@SirLukedatgoat]

Walter doing that final cook in Gus’s former farm just for the chemistry made me feel happy. Walt did something he loved without hurting anyone.

[@masterelf12]

This is the "For the love of the game" ending for Walter Hank, Mike, Jesse, Walter, Saul all alive and safe This is the best happy ending for breaking bad, canon or what if

[@mrghost3088]

Walt was his own worst enemy. He got the money for his family. They were good to go. He had even gotten away with it. But he just couldn't leave it alone. He was hooked on meth himself. He was addicted to the cook, rather than the use.

[@Crazy56U]

Suggestion: What if Walt met Gus earlier? (Instead of the car wash, Walt’s second job was at an Los Pollos Hermanos.)

[@Delta_Aves]

Gus would've been a better boss than Bogden.

[@TexasNationalist1836]

I LOVE the emphasis Walter puts on the first B in Bomb would always make me laugh

[@channingcheese2]

lamp oil? rope? Bombs?

[@osr6447]

What if Walter Was Black. Walter Black

[@Gabriel-ki7uj]

He'd be arrested earlier

[@elperrodelautumo7511]

What if Walter was Blanco?

[@Grumpollion]

He wouldn't have known chemistry. But he would have eaten frequently at Pollos Hermanos.

[@bobkerr2755]

What if all the white breaking bad characters were black and the three black characters were white?

[@Spongebongvapepants]

Breaking in

[@Teajonmustard]

What if Walter sold his body instead of meth?

[@leotufs7878]

He would come to Tuco like normal, there would be no meth deals because hes not dealing meth, Jesse if he was involved would be killed due too walter being superior and if he wasnt there he would live uninvolved, Tuco would take him to the cartel and Walt would be killed during Gus's crewsbinfiltration or he would then belong to Gus, he would get enough money and when telling Gus about his cancer the 2 would prepare a way to give it to his family, when he dies the money gets sent too his family and everyone ends up happy, except the cartel who is dead Of course Walt ended up being partners with Gale btw 😂😂

[@ViktorNederloe]

Breaking....back

[@Mariofanguy46]

The only issue i have with this is that walter could have still kept selling meth through todds uncle jack or saul could have likely found another way to get it sold.Walts product was special and there was still a market to fill.

[@Delta_Aves]

Jack's gang weren't in the drug industry. They were originally hired by Walt to kill Gus's men in prison (which, here, didn't happen since the offshore accounts weren't discovered) and then only Todd was working with Walt.. The cooking equipment they had near the end was taken from Declan, Mike's distributer, and it was only at the request of Lydia, whom they never met/collaborated with in this timeline. With Saul, even if he could find another means of selling, he probably couldn't find a new partner for Walt, with Jesse gone, and wouldn't want to work with him again following the Brock fiasco.

[@KapitanKaos]

Also he doesn't have the methylamine

[@195j]

The meth that walt make would still be top tier and maybe saul could find a peusdo distributer instead of methylamine@@KapitanKaos

[@Mariofanguy46]

@@KapitanKaos maybe jack could've got it.He was a kingpin.

[@thefantabulousladyvira]

What if Lalo killed Kim before she intervened during the "Tell me again" scene?

[@lancenwokeji6349]

Jimmy would've probably told him. Then Mike would've shot Lalo. Cue immense Cartel drama.

[@matthewglabek2787]

You have failed to stop me Batman Now Gotham will Fall

[@Noirtrice]

Holy shit, the rare good ending for everyone involved. Good stuff man, keep up the good work! My own suggestion: What if Juan Bolsa was Gus' ally, starting from before BCS? Throughout both series, Bolsa gives off the impression of an incompetent guy getting played by everyone and in particular giving Gus far too much leeway and trust, but what if it was a front, working as an inside man in order to deliberately help Gus' plans to eventually overthrow the cartel, and get some power for himself? Might be a bit of a long shot, but we don't know *that* much about Bolsa so there's surely a lot of wiggle room with him to work with, and I think it'd be fun to throw a spotlight on whats otherwise a super overlooked character.

[@ReinBoughShawty]

What if Hank found the listening device plugged into his computer?

[@fraur001]

I’m not sure if Hank would suspect Walt at first.

[@0ia]

Very enjoyable as usual. I gotta say at 6:04 I kind of thought that sometimes the characters can be a bit monotonic and same-y in their reasonableness and chillness. Especially with him fanning away the cigarette smoke, that kind of increases the tension and I may like to see that tension build; I kind of expected: Walter sternly stares at Saul before responding in disappointed staccato, "Okay, while that may be a possibility, you..." Walter pauses and looks at the room around him, spotting Jesse and Saul's clueless expressions as they hang on his words. He tenses his fists. "YOU DON'T LEAVE THINGS LIKE THAT UP TO CHANCE!" Walter shouts with brisk ardor. In the video's take, I think he may sound more like a young street person than an old jaded bottled-up egotistical high school teacher. Like it sounds like something that Jesse or Badger could say. "Okay you might be onto something Saul, but I can't... I can't just leave something like that up to chance, because... what if it's not?" Ignore that if you like; just one random internet person's idea :)

[@murgeproductions]

Nice observation

[@sumirunihon]

One very important thing you forgot to address in this story, Mike's 9 guys who are in lockup. That's the whole reason Mike agreed to work with Walter in the first place. Without the income from the cooks, Mike has no means of paying off his guys meaning they flip, meaning Mike will never get to pay her grandaughter which was the whole damn point. If Mike was reluctantly gonna work with Walt for that reason in the original timeline, why would that be different in this timeline?

[@Alknix]

Because the reason Mike agreed to work with Walt was that the authorities found and confiscated the hazard pay (and Keyly's fund). And the reason for that was that they'd found the list of bank account numbers in Fring's damaged picture frame when they were ruffling through the wreckage of the evidence room.

[@bradcarver8127]

Saul do you know a guy that specializes in demolition? Well I used to, but he’s gone underground no one’s heard from him. You guys ever heard of…… Werner Ziegler

[@gobucs3146]

What if Walt never went on the ride along with Hank? 😂

[@genericwhitemale9566]

He still wanted to cook meth after seeing the drug bust on TV. He could still get the equipment and ingredients on his own but without Jesse he has no means of distribution and isn't stupid enough to try and sell it himself. This probably leads to him abandoning the idea and once he gets the job offer from Elliot, he takes it and lives out the rest of his days a well paid employee of Grey Matter.

[@biggsleezy]

Now it makes sense why you made the video, a possibility where everyone alive at that point of the show could have gotten what they wanted without anymore deaths and torment as of Jesse's case

[@venusmilksheep]

Do what if Walt turned himself in during Granite State, you can do either at the start when Saul recommended him to turn himself in and to confess to everything, or at the end when he accepted defeat in New Hampshire and called the police before he changed his mind after he saw the interview with Gretchen and Elliot

[@Delta_Aves]

It would've probably been the ending some people thought Walt deserved more; going to jail for his crimes and having all he worked for been for nothing, as he wouldn't be able to get the remaining money to his family. However, if the cancer didn't immediately kill him, Lydia would've hired Jack to orchestrate his death via prison connections to tie up loose ends, Skylar wouldn't have gotten a deal with the DA, as Walt never gave her the ticket, and Jesse would spend the rest of his days as a slave cook for the neo nazis until they eventually decide to kill him.

[@moviefanjay]

So I have a video suggestion what if Drew Sharp was a threat? (Hear me out) So like in another one of your videos Todd and Kuby switch places during the train heist but during the heist when the Good Samaritan shows up when Todd is distracting the train drivers, Todd decides to kill the train drivers and the Samaritan. Walter Jesse and Kuby stop after hearing the gunshots and Mike tells them what happened, Jesse and Mike says they should leave but Walter argues they should finish but behind them is Drew Sharp who heard gun shots and gets a good look at the three (maybe even hears names like Walter, Jesse, Mike, Todd etc) but either way he knows something is wrong and drives off to report what he seen to the police. Thoughts?

[@ghosted_w]

It’s good

[@Monkey_lives_in_Krajina]

Here is how it will go Todd goes to Walter,Jesse and Kuby and shots Drew. Then Jesse screams"yeah bitch" and they live their lives happily ever after JK

[@moviefanjay]

@@ghosted_w thanks

[@Grumpollion]

It increases the heat on anybody who would have known that the train carrying methylamine would be at that place at that time. In other words, Lydia. She gets another visit from multiple different federal agencies. I think she cracks under the pressure. Maybe Walt gets Jack's connections to murder Lydia in jail so she can't testify. Todd would obviously object though.

[@SirLukedatgoat]

What if Drew had a tank instead of a motorcycle.

[@BostonSmall]

5:17 did you just make a god dam joker references from the movie? Nice!

[@NyGuel]

What if Nachos dad was willing to let the cartel use his business as a front?

[@MarioSMG64]

Wow, a happy ending for literally everyone? We’re truly breaking new ground here. Good stuff!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your content! Suggestion: What if Tuco killed hank on their encounter?

[@gregger_mcgregger]

As very interesting as this is I feel that it’d be something a bit too similar to the other What Ifs, only this time that Walter, Mike, and Gus would have a lot more of a connection and being closer with their shared hatred for the Salamancas. It’d probably turn from Walt cooking for the money and pride to more for his pride and vengeance. It’d probably save Gale and maybe even Combo from death too if it meant Walt being in on Gustavo’s plan. He could probably replace Jesse for most of that too.

[@TaMac-r12T]

Finally a story where walt doesn't die.

[@Finn2885]

Good What if video! I knew destroying the encrypted laptop would expose more potential leads for DEA.

[@Omegavirus94]

An Happy End would be nice tbh ….but than it wouldn’t be ‚breaking bad ‚

[@olivercleary3778]

What if Hank never read the book of Walt Whitman poems on the toilet?

[@genericwhitemale9566]

Then the final part of season 5 doesn't happen. Jesse isn't nearly forced into hiding and therefore never finds out about the ricin cigarette. Hank never finds out about Walter. Mike can retire in peace.

[@SpideySansGoku2517]

A surprising good ending from the heisenverse very nice

[@williamshanks8959]

What if Walt Jr/Flynn accepted Gus Fring's part time job offer at los pollos Herman's?

[@lu502k]

im not in the empire business, i am in the car wash business !

[@stewartbugler]

I think it be a really interesting part 2 to this... Walter would keep that Meth he cooked up at the end. N eventually he would pass... so it be a decent story of Hank finding this Meth in amongst the possessions after Walter passes away. N the peices come together though he is long out of the game.

[@murgeproductions]

Maybe…

[@MickyMich26]

What if Saul went to Gus’s instead of Kim

[@Grumpollion]

Nothing much changes, does it?

[@MickyMich26]

@@Grumpollion I don’t know. I just wanted to know what twist could be put on it

[@Delta_Aves]

@@Grumpollion Well, Gus wouldn’t have found out it was just a distraction as quickly as he did, since it was Kim saying Saul easily talked Lalo into sending her instead of him.

[@ErisEntropy]

It's hard to do Walter's intelligence justice, but I think you did pretty good here. I think him trying to bomb the police station is a bit out there, and it probably wouldn't be discussed exactly that way, but this is an entertaining watch

[@oraclemirai]

Funny enough, Walt's plan did work but really as icing on the cake. If anything, this was a pretty happy ending all things considered.

[@genericwhitemale9566]

It's basically a step down from the exact perfect ending everyone got in the "what if Kuby and Todd switched roles?" video. They all got to live and retire in this one just without the insane amounts of money they got through the season 5 operation. Walt at least gets to keep his car wash though, probably pays better than his teaching job and he's his own boss. Plus he likely has at least 50K - 100K left over from what we see in crawl space. Not a bad ending.

[@leonardobonilla330]

What if Saul managed to change his identity at the end of season 6

[@supernintendo182]

I feel like Ed wouldn't take a client with police helicopters on his tail.

[@TrueKDG]

Love this one and interestingly enough whether Mike left or not really wouldn’t change much as he wouldn’t work with Walter either way all that would happen is they don’t waste time bombing the police station

[@chillysea1]

please never stop making these.

[@venturatheace1]

Easily the best ending for everyone

[@TRACYSPAM3]

LETS GOOOOOO ANOTHER VIDEO IM GONNA WATCH 5 TIMES IN ROW FROM THE INSANE AMOUNT OF EFFORT AND TALENT

[@grifftown]

Oooo soon as I saw the title I immediately clicked. Stoked for this one bro

[@BradSav]

What if Jimmy had electromagnetic hypersensitivity instead of chuck

[@phenom504]

Wow a happy ending for everyone? That’s quite the surprise. Well maybe except for Walt since he still has the urge to cook

[@xXxKAMIKAZExXx]

What if Jesse did have a metal ring at the the end of his...?

[@bobkerr2755]

He'll forever sing soprano

[@nikola.1903]

What if Walter and Jesse went to Mexico with Tuco ?

[@BryceLynch838]

What if Lalo and Zeigler's widow actually got together?

[@prdus]

Really well written, awesome job :) I have a story suggestion: What if Walter didn't sabotage Gale and ended up working with him

[@Delta_Aves]

Well Walt only had Jesse replace Gale to keep the former from pressing charges against his brother-in-law, so what would would he have done instead to prevent it?

[@torendawson5618]

What if janes dad had jane and jesse arrested when he finds out about the two doing heroin again

[@SalBadman]

Nice vid as always, Any chance we could see a "What if Gus survived into season 5?" episode in the future? And also, Ik you said you'll never do "What if Walt got Cancer Early?" Because he wouldn't be able to use Jesse, but I think if he did, he would sort of take over Daniel Wormalds role in the earlier seasons, except he would be trying to go deeper into the game. Mike might even be able to mentor him, since he would meet him very early on. And he would have a similar bond with Nacho as he does with Jesse. I still think you would be able to make it work. Definitely anticipating the first what if more, tho.

[@aetherialbeing4223]

Scenario I’d love to see is what if Gaff killed Jesse/what if Mike didn’t save Jesse in time when he was nearly snipped in the desert.

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

Hmm, I don't know. This honestly appears too good to be true if Vince chose not to go with Jesse's unorthodox plan after seeing the ending. But still a great video, Merge. 👍

[@Hankstuh_69]

what if walter never got revenge on jack

[@TheBigSmokeDetonator]

What if Jesse killed Saul? (What if Jesse discovered the truth about Brock's poisoning, confronted Saul and after he confessed him a truth, Jesse in a fit of anger shot Saul in the head)

[@Delta_Aves]

At that point, Saul doesn't really have much of an impact on the rest of the main BB story.

[@genericwhitemale9566]

Basically nothing. Saul's role at the end of season 5 was extremely minimal. His main contribution was leading Jesse to discovering the truth about Walt which is what leads to this scenario. The only major consequences are that Saul never becomes Gene. So the Gene scenes in BCS and basically the final quarter of Season 6 of BCS don't happen. Saul never faces justice and never reconciles with Kim, plus the truth about the death of Howard Hamlin is never revealed. Basically it's just a far worse ending to Jimmy's Character Arc.

[@fraur001]

Would anyone here be willing to help my list common tropes from these videos? Here are some i've noticed: Jesse getting a bad ending means the rest of the cast gets a happy(ier) ending/Jesse getting a happy ending means the majority of rest of the cast gets a bad ending. Mike gets a happy ending in a way that is dependent on Gus dying. Something in the story goes Walt's way that has the unintended consequence that is family gets murdered(What if Walt got his perfect Death?/What if Walt outsmarted Hank and Jesse?)

[@ayyybob]

Any/most characters not dying means walter dying/having a bad ending The salamancas get happy endings dependent on walt, mike and gus dying

[@LuffyBlack]

I look forward to seeing you cook again

[@Hector.S16]

It will be very interesting to do a video about "what if saul didn't make huell take Jesse's pot or Jesse never smoking in the office before calling the disapearer?", because it will change many event in the ending of season 5. I have searched your great videos but didn't find a video about this theory.

[@gwgwgwgwgwgwgwgwgw]

What if Howard refused to take the blame for not allowing Jimmy into HHM? Or, what if Chuck told him himself? This would drastically change their character dynamic, since Jimmy wouldn't really have a reason to hate Howard, and would distance himself from Chuck far earlier on in the timeline

[@Hazard65]

Breaking bad: The good ending

[@JacobDean88]

Awesome!! It was great to watch the live chat!! I said howdy but I don't think you saw it!! Hopefully you do more live videos

[@Michael-he7tc]

So… deciding to blow up a police station led to a happy ending? I’m sorry, this is breaking bad, and vince Gillian’s cosmic karma doesn’t work that way. I would’ve personally had it that Walter lies and manipulated Jesse into thinking that the blast radius would be directed at the wall, leaving any travelling innocents with minor injuries at worst in order to get him to go along with it, becuase as it it’s unrealistic he’d stick with a plan this dangerous to innocents as is. Once the walls blows up, it kills one or two bystanders, leaving Jesse to go on another meltdown about his involvement in such. Basically acting as a much earlier drew sharp incident. He’s disgusted with Walter but this isn’t Mike’s death or Gale shooting levels, only Drew Sharp levels, so he isn’t throwing money out the window. The plan still fails, but luckily the laptop is encrypted. Jesse decides to leave the game and is disgusted by Walter for his lies about the blast radius. Walter reacts in a similiar way as did in our timeline, petty. Walter goes on to secure more methylamine by learning about the train, another supply depot or another crew outside Albuquerque, bringing Todd along to be his new partner for all of it. (Not particularly realistic but just for the sake of him still being able to cook, if they were able to manage it as a ragtag group in season 1 then Season 5 Heisenberg shouldn’t have any issues.) However due to no Lydia or Declan Walter’s empire only really exists over Albuquerque, with Todd, Todd’s associates and the few guys Saul could muster to act as distribution, leading to dramatically less profit, he’d be lucky to have 5 million by a 3 month time period. Since Mike isn’t dead Jesse isn’t throwing his money out of the window, meaning he doesn’t have police attention and so isn’t a liability, so he doesn’t need to dissapear, so he doesn’t find out about Brock’s poisoning. Walter never meets Jack but there’s no way Jack wouldn’t be aware of his nephew’s connection to a drug peddler like Walt, so I still think he’d be keeping tabs on him. When Walter gets his cancer coming back he isn’t compelled to leave, as he only has about 5 million, and his ego can’t let him admit that Gus’s cut to Walt would’ve made him far wealthier if he just stuck with Gus, no, he has to outperform him and provide for his family fully, he isn’t going to sell out for pennies, and so he continues on with his drug empire just in time for Hank to find out, leading Hank to bug Walter’s car right to the fumigation, all of it. Far larger evidence in favour of Hank than the medical bills, which is all Walter would have against him. By the time Walter notices it’s too late and most of this is handed over to the DEA, and he goes in for questioning. Todd goes in as well as any guys they were using for distributioning, and Jack gets his guys to stab Walter and all of his guys for distribution in the prison block so they can’t speak out against Todd, all in a similiar fashion to how they handled Gus’s guys in our timeline. They frame it as Todd barely escaping the last execution, so he isn’t suspected as being part of the attacks. Far away Mike and Jesse both learn of the brutal murder of supposed drug Kingpin Walter White, Mike raises a spiteful toast, Jesse is sorrowful for a second, but realises Walter dug his own grave with his actions, turning off the TV. Todd would have to serve a lot of time in prison but due to lack of evidence can get off as a lower level consigliere to Heisenberg then what he actually was. He tries to mention Jesse Pinkman but he is long gone from town after the secure laptop situation, and not returning due to the blast radius lie from Walter, so Jesse is safe. If Jimmy met with Walter for his cut while his car was bugged he’s screwed and right into the DEA with him, but since he doesn’t really have any knowledge of Todd this would save him in the long run. Jack however, not knowing of how much he knows adds him to the hitlist as the last real target, but Jimmy narrowly escapes as Jacks crew overstretches themselves for so many targets in a two minute time window, as we’ll say Walter and his distrubutors outnumber the amount of Gus’s guys, which was a tight enough operation in our timeline, so Jimmy narrowly escapes and is rushed into protective witness custody (again Vince’s cosmic karma, Jimmy doesn’t deserve to die, he deserves life behind bars). From there the trial goes all the same as our timeline, but the charges are lower due to Jimmy only be associated to small-time Albuquerque Kingpin Walter White’s local empire, not a nationwide one, ending up with 57 years once he confesses to Howard and all the other crimes he’s committed, upping his sentence dramatically from what he was initially slated to get. Jack would leave him alone owing to the fact he has said nothing about Todd in his full confession, plus the protective witness custody being impossible to break through. So I’m an ironic way without realising it, that confession of everything Jimmy did saved his life. Either that or Jimmy is lucky enough to avoid Walter visiting him for his cut, and is spared from the DEA. He has two choices, stay as Saul Goodman in Alberquerque, in hopes Walter or the distributors don’t spill, a risk which ends up being true as they are all stabbed to death soon after, leaving Jimmy consequenceless or go on the run just in case. I believe it’s more in character for him to go on the run, due to paranoia and also the fact I always got the impression he wanted to start a new life after the empty existence of Saul Goodman, he was always obsessed with the idea of disappearing, he talked about it a lot in breaking bad Season 4. He wouldn’t have to run all the way to Omaha though, as Heisenberg would be a far smaller case worldwide. Where he’d go otherwise I’m not sure. But it’d likely be something flashier and bigger than the Cinnabon life, as there’s no one really out to get him, especially once he realises the law isn’t onto him and all of his former business partners have been dealt with, which may lead him into settling down, as his new life wouldn’t be as black and white so to speak, but I believe Jimmy being this far into embracing Saul Goodman would still end up with him committing more crimes and eventually getting caught for god knows what, but maybe not for even necessarily being Saul Goodman, as Saul Goodman isn’t anywhere near as large of a manhunt, so he may only go in for committing minor crimes under his new alias, leading to no confession and no massive jailtime. If this were an actual episode/finale it’d probably be best to leave it ambiguous, kind of like Jesse’s ending in Breaking Bad, as Jimmy gets a clean slate again, and it’s up to the audience to decide if he reforms and settles down or the clean slate will also fail and the cycle will repeat itself just his as the clean slate Chuck gave him did throughout Better Call Saul. Note: still a great episode and I enjoyed it! But I felt like everyone getting off so easily didn’t feel very breaking bad so had a crack at writing my own, and hey if the still-cooking-through-the-cancer idea halfway through could make a good episode then go ahead to use it. Note 2: I’ve had to edit this quite a bit for inconsistencies eg I said Walter still kills the witnesses but without Lydia to get the names or a reason to kill them as the offshore account isn’t found, this point is pointless and impractical, or better plot points, eg instead of Walt’s cancer not coming back he stays in the game for his ego, or the entire Jimmy storyline I just edited in right now, etc. Due to a mixture of comment feedback and me thinking it over myself, and for any feedback point out inaccuracies, thank you. This may lead to contradictions in the rest of the comment but I’ve checked over and it seems fine, but if you spot any while reading that is why.

[@gwgwgwgwgwgwgwgwgw]

How would Walt learn the names of the witnesses without Lydia? Obviously Mike isn't going to give them to him

[@lancenwokeji6349]

The prison murders couldn't happen here since the offshore bank accounts aren't found. Hank could find the book though. I don't recall any reason as to why the book wouldn't be where it was on that fateful day.

[@Michael-he7tc]

@@gwgwgwgwgwgwgwgwgw shit I forgot about that fair enough that throws a massive spanner into the works. Another commentor suggested that the fact the offshore accounts aren’t found means Gus’s guys won’t get in trouble negating the witnesses anyways, so I might just edit it out they don’t affect the overall narrative really

[@Michael-he7tc]

@@lancenwokeji6349 sorry we’re gus’s guys only found becuase of the offshore accounts? I don’t remember that but my memory on that is foggy so if so I’ll edit it to reflect it

[@lancenwokeji6349]

@@Michael-he7tc New edit looks good and well thought-out.

[@TRACYSPAM3]

It’s a good Day When murge post a video

[@Darthjojo47]

What if Anton Chigurh was in the breaking bad verse

[@jackscrivens9520]

What if Tyrus found the explosive on the wheelchair when he was searching Hector's room? I don't know how he missed that in the actual episode. Gus probbably would have won in this scenario.

[@genericwhitemale9566]

Like you said, Gus wins. He kills Hector and without a real way to get to Gus anymore, Walt is either forced into hiding with the scraps he had hidden in the crawl space or is killed by Gus at some point. Jesse is possibly killed by Gus for "betraying" him but it's more likely that Gus never finds out that Jesse was in on the plan.

[@Familyguygaming]

What if Magnet use The Walter and Jesse? | A Breaking Metal Story

[@EX30049]

Damn, Jesse unknowingly shot himself in the foot with his magnet idea

[@jaun-pg7ro]

What if hank was killed instead of tuco

[@Chinchilla2310]

I kinda believe Walt would reach out to the DEA to produce schedule 1 substances for research/academic purposes and work for them. It’d also let him keep an eye on any developments with Gus’s empire. The “godfather of MDMA” was approached to do the same thing. Maybe he’d rekindle his friendship with Elliot and Gretchen, too.

[@damofo8342]

Amazing story, as always! Got a suggestion for a video. What if Mike was too late to save Jimmy in Bagman? Whether Jimmy immediately gets shot without hesitation or Mike couldn't get a good angle to kill the guy holding Jimmy at gun point.. I would love to hear about this scenario

[@astartesfanboy5294]

I mean…. I highly doubt this is how it would end, given it’s a multi state domestic drug production case with ties to international cartels, I’d imagine other agencies like the FBI and the NSA could and would get involved. Which would include decryption.

[@genericwhitemale9566]

I mean they gave up on it pretty fast in the actual show.

[@AmyOhHenry225]

This is more of a "What if Mike left early?" than a "What if they didn't use magnets?" . Mike could still be there and refuse the magnets for one reason or another and things would've played out differently from there

[@konstantin.20324]

Yo man, I’ve been watching your videos recently and I am still enjoying such videos of yours. Could you please cover one scenario where Hank doesn’t discover the toilet book? Would be really interesting.

[@hmk5123]

This would be a happy ending for everyone. I imagine when Walt’s cancer returns, he would want Skylar to drive him to the chicken farm just to cook one last time for the sake of his passion for chemistry. This time, Skylar would see it all, but wouldn’t feel bad about it, knowing being in a lab was his lifelong passion. Basically, she would give Walt one last meal before he passes away surrounded by his family. That is unless Hank still finds Gale’s book in the bathroom.

[@EthanJohnson-r9i]

What if Walter took Tucos assault rifle with him before the shootout

[@mr.objective2007]

I think Gus wouldn’t encrypt his computer just in case the cartel ever threw him under the bus for one last FU before he goes

[@PXTSERYU_]

Love this one, the ending especially feels very in character.

[@Nauticalus]

These videos are like crack to me

[@GEMCRSTALS4]

this is the actual best ending, no good characters except gale dies

[@ripperrex7883]

Great work! I'd say this was a pretty positively ending story!

[@murgeproductions]

Glad you think so!

[@ripperrex7883]

@@murgeproductions Not sure if you are taking ideas but some What If ideas I had: 1. What If Saul decided to go through with Ed picking him up and making a new identity for him when he thought he was discovered by Jeff in BCS S5. 2. What if Saul decided to not scam/steal from the guy who had cancer in BCS S6? 3. What if Nacho was/went all in with the Salamancas(dark nacho storyline). 4. What if Saul decided to not pick up Walter and Jesse as clients? 5. What if Walt alerted Steve and Hank to Jesse coming out of the window in BB S1? 6. What if Walt decided to let the drug dealers kill Jesse and didn't interfere in BB S3?

[@ReaverLordTonus]

I'd be interested in seeing a "What If" where literally everything goes right after Gus' death. The Laptop gets destroyed before the police get it, Walt, Jessie, and Mike don't go with Vamonos Pest and thus never meet Todd and Jack, the kid doesn't show up at the methlamine hiest to get killed, and Hank doesn't find the book signed by Gale.

[@bens4602]

That’s the most wholesome ending thus far

[@devaughnfranklin6683]

Been binging tf out these what ifs 😂 I appreciate you 💯🔥

[@adityasubhedar9556]

what if Walter had kept quiet during dinner with hank?

[@nathanpierce7681]

walt's got some serious ocd, going through all that work just so that he could cook meth for fun lmao where does he dump all that meth though? scratch that, what if the dea finds it and is just immensely confused at how much of it there is just *lying around* in an abandoned chicken farm good idea for a sequel vid where hank talks to walt about it and walt, sweating bullets, plays it cool and just lets him keep talking

[@vincentvorse]

What if Jesse never figured out Walt poisoned Brock