I know it's been done before, even filmed with Bryan Cranston and his wife from Malcolm in the Middle, Jane Kackzmarek. I'm not trying to say that the entirety of Breaking Bad is a dream had by Cranston's character in Malcolm in the Middle. No, I believe that Walter never left New Hampshire. In his slow debilitation, Walter dreamed of going all the way back to New Mexico. Not only that, but he also dreamed up a different scenario, the entirety of Malcolm in the Middle.
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It isn't like Breaking Bad to be surrealistic in any way. Everything is very logical and reasonable, minus Gus walking around with half a face.
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| I get that you have money, Breaking Bad. It's rude to flaunt. |
But suddenly, in the last episode, everything almost immediately takes a dream-like turn. The cops drive past Walt's car, he hits the window and the snow falls in a nice clean motion, then the keys fall from the very next place he checks. This is all played up to seem like fate, as Walt believes, but I believe that the writers planted a strong hint that it was all a dream from then on.
Once Walt gets back to Albuquerque, everything starts going his way. He swash-buckles the Schwartzes, says goodbye to Skylar, and poisons Lydia without any repercussions at all. Then the big finale happens and every single one of his nemeses dies while he and Jesse manage to walk away. He even gets to die exactly how he wants, surrounded by what he loves.
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| Anything's better than a log cabin |
It's all too perfect, as perfect as a nice dream. Dreams occur for two main reasons: fantasies can be lived and hidden truth can be confronted. While Walt drains to nothingness in a cold cabin in New Hampshire, he dreams of exactly how to achieve everything he has worked for. All of his fantasies for a satisfying ending to his life are lived out in perfect order. Not only that, but he faces the truth that he has been hiding for years. He makes meth because he likes the power, not because he wants to help his family.
So now you can accept that Walt is still just dreaming in New Hampshire. While this could have been one of his dreams, he could have also dreamed another long scenario, possibly further from reality. Like he lives in a nice warm house, with a couple kids and a loving wife, and sitcom-like endings to all of his problems.
Walter has had enough turmoil in his life, and maybe the best dream he could possibly have would take him away from it all completely. As he got closer to death, maybe his dreams got stranger and farther from reason. Like two sons who live out his fantasies. Malcolm is the genius who has all the potential in the world, like Walt's perception of himself as a young man. Dewey is a diabolical mastermind who never faces any repercussions at all, like Walt's perception of himself as Heisenberg. His children get to live out his fantasies while he relaxes with a wife who still loves him, in a comfortable home far from the cold of New Hampshire.
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Plus, being a couple decades younger is pretty standard dream stuff.
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