A Forgotten Malcolm In The Middle Joke Spoils Breaking Bad’s 5 Seasons
As unlikely as it may seem, one episode of Malcolm in the Middle effectively gave away the entire plot of Breaking Badand did so entirely by accident, years before the later series was even created. One of the most underrated sitcoms of the past few decades, Malcolm in the Middle was a hit in the late '90s and early '00s. Centering around Malcolm, a gifted but rebellious kid, and his chaotic family, Malcolm in the Middle was caustic, absurd, and often surprisingly sweet.
Like Roseanneand its laterspinoff,The Conners, Malcolm in the Middle succeeded by offering a grounded depiction of working-class family life in a US sitcom. Malcolm in the Middle’s Wilkerson family struggled to make ends meet in a way that few families on American sitcoms tend to, although they were never as hard up for money as Walter White. After playing the lovable, laidback goofball Hal on Malcolm in the Middle, series star Bryan Cranston wowed viewers and critics alike with his portrayal of the cold, vicious Breaking Bad antihero Walter White throughout that later hit show’s five seasons.
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Unlikely as it may seem, one episode of Malcolm in the Middle accidentally gave away the entire plot of Breaking Bad years before the crime drama began. Admittedly, like many Breaking Bad fan theories, this claim does stretch credulity as the episode in question aired years before Breaking Bad began. However, there is still a striking similarity between the alter ego that Hal assumes in one characteristically anarchic episode of the sitcom and Walter White’s fall from grace. In Malcolm in the Middle season 4, episode 14, “Garage Sale,” Hal finds an old pirate radio transmitter that he owned in
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