The Reddit AMA passed off in April 2015, shortly after the primary season of “Breaking Unhealthy” spin-off “Higher Name Saul” wrapped up. When requested which “Breaking Unhealthy” character’s dying affected him probably the most, Gilligan answered:

“I’ve to say the dying of Walter White affected me probably the most, as a result of what it represented was the top of the story and the completion of this seven-year journey we had taken collectively — the solid, crew, writers and administrators of ‘Breaking Unhealthy.’ That was probably the most affecting dying to jot down. I truly teared up once I wrote it.”

From Gilligan’s reply, it is clear that the tears weren’t a lot about Walt’s tragedy however what ending the sequence meant to him. Making “Breaking Unhealthy” was a protracted journey — Gilligan has talked earlier than about how a number of networks turned down the present earlier than it discovered a house at AMC. On that journey, he solid inventive partnerships and secured his legacy as one among tv’s nice writing skills. Attending to create one thing and see it by means of to fruition is a profound expertise, one worthy of tears.

Gilligan added to his reply, “I believe an in depth second [in terms of most affecting] was the dying of Mike Ehrmantraut.” Gilligan did not elaborate on why he feels this manner, nevertheless it’s in all probability extra to do with the context of the scene itself.