Breaking Bad
The first birdcall featured in theBreaking Badseries finis portend Walter White ’s deadly demise . The song , " El Paso , " by Marty Robbins was purposely chosen by creator Vince Gilligan due to its meet language , much likethe title of theBreaking Badfinale , " Felina " , was also exceedingly deliberate .
TheBreaking Badseries finalefollowed Walt ( Bryan Cranston ) as he evaded gaining control by go away his hideout in New Hampshire to devolve to New Mexico . He wed up informal ends in his life while also setting up his family financially through Elliot and Gretchen Schwartz . Walt then got word of Jesse ’s ( Aaron Paul ) whereabouts so he equip an M60 to his machine and embarked on a presume suicide missionary work to Jack Welker ’s meth compound . After light up the berth , he allowed Jesse to escape before take one last waltz around the chemistry lab . During the shootout , Walt suffered a gunfire wounding and the serial ended with the central character run out on the base .
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Marty Robbins ' 1959 vocal was heard twice duringBreaking Bad ’s series finale . It ’s first used when Walt drive his steal motorcar from New Hampshire to New Mexico and again when he was building the M60 . The song itself served as an allegory for Walt ’s impending death . The lyrics of " El Paso " described a cowhand that was kill by his enemies as he died in the arms of his lover , Feleena . The name " Faleena " was a unmediated influence of the series last ’s title and it foreshadowed the mode that Walt was kill by a bullet train in the torso . Rather than dying in the arm of his devotee , he give way surrounded by what made him feel the most alive , the chemistry research laboratory . Here are some of the songs lyrics that linked directly to Walt :
" Something is dismally wrong for I feel
A bass burning pain in my side
Though I am trying to stay in the bicycle seat
I ’m getting weary , ineffectual to ride
But my love for
Feleena is strong and I rise where I ’ve fallen
Though I am aweary I ca n’t blockade to rest
I see the white puff of gage from the rifle
I feel the bullet go deep in my chest
From out of nowhere Feleena has found me
kiss my cheek as she kneel by my side
Cradled by two have it off arms that I ’ll fail for
One little osculation and Feleena , goodbye "
As Walt establish the M60 into his railway car , he buzz " El Paso " as if he follow to terms with his fate well before he drove out to the chemical compound . Gilligan changed the title more or less from the charwoman ’s name to " Felina , " which held even more significance . The parole " felina " is an anagram for " close " but it also had a scientific significance . The title could be break up into three ingredient on the periodic tabular array : iron ( Fe ) , Li ( Li ) , and sodium ( Na ) or line of descent , exertion , and tears , substance that nearly allBreaking Badcharacterscould interrelate to .
The last scene in theBreaking Badseries finalefeatured another memorable song , " Baby Blue " by Badfinger . The song , like Jerome Robbins ' " El Paso , " held a mysterious meaning . The call was in reference to Walt ’s greatest achievement , his infamous gamey - quality grim meth . Despite everything he had done in his life sentence , his signature drug was what he so desperately wanted to be have sex for during his time as a kingpin .
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A issue of looker believed thatWalt survived theBreaking Badfinale . This has lead to the ongoing death debate since the show ’s finis in 2013 . It remains a secret whether Walt will seem in the upcoming sequel , El Camino : A Breaking Bad Movie . But even if Walt did succumb to his injuries , there are still a number of ways that Cranston could be involved in the sequel project .
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