Better Call Saul's Midseason Cliffhanger Was Bigger Than Breaking Bad's
The Better Call Saul season 6 midseason finale twist was bigger than the cliffhanger in Breaking Bad season 5. Like its predecessor, Better Call Saul's final season is split into two parts, with the first half ending with «Plan and Execution.» The episode, which sees Jimmy and Kim's Casimiro scheme against Howard come to fruition, ends on a sinister and tragic note. Lalo kills Howard in the final scene, before turning his attention to an impending conversation with Jimmy and Kim. It was a tense, brutal sequence that makes the extended wait for the next episode more difficult.
Breaking Bad also left viewers on a cliffhanger in its final season, concluding the first part with Hank finally uncovering the truth about Walter. The two twists are similar in that they represent moments where the protagonist's double-life started to unravel, with the dual aspects blending together in an unforeseen way. For Walt, his brother-in-law discovered he was the area's premier meth manufacturer. For Jimmy, his decision to be a «friend of the Cartel» indirectly caused the death of a former colleague, escalating his cruel prank into something much more traumatic. They're both integral scenes, but Better Call Saul's is the more shocking.
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Hank's pursuit of Heisenberg was a recurring thread throughout Breaking Bad, with Walt evading many close calls before he was undone by a poetry book. The manner in which Hank found out about Walt's secret was unexpected, but him learning the truth fit naturally into the show's endgame. After watching a cat-and-mouse game unfold for years, audiences knew at some point Hank would figure out Heisenberg's identity, setting up a tense and emotional
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