How Breaking Bad Ends; Spoiler Alert

I know how Breaking Bad ends. If you watched last week's episode, you know there was a shoot out. Who will live and who will die? And what will the actors who play the characters and the writers who write their stories do next? The staff of Breaking Bad has a chance to break for the better, but will there be a happy ending or will they become Lost?

Well, we all have heard that there's a prequel, with the title Better Call Saul.  The fact that it's a prequel indicates that Saul can either live or die and the show can still go on. I'm betting on Saul living. Bob Odenkirk has been everywhere today.

One thing is for sure, it doesn't really matter which character lives or die, the actors and writers have unique opportunities to cash in, and I bet they do. But that window won't last forever. We can look at the window of the show Lost. The actor who played John Locke got to be on Hawaii 5-0/ He also got his own show 666 Park Avenue. The reason I'm saying the character name as opposed to the actor, is because I couldn't immediately recall his name. Terry Something right?

I haven't seen Person of Interest, but it is an undeniable hit for Michael Emerson, the actor who played Ben Linus. He's the winner as far as the cast of Lost goes and he was the probably the one you didn't think would be the biggest star.

Quick, who played Sawyer? He has a series coming up, and we'll see how it does. I am betting on him,  but I thought he would be more famous by now. Hurley had a show that was canceled. Yunjin Kim is on something called Mistresses while her "husband" Daniel Dae Kim actually got a role on Hawaii 5-0 even though it will get lost on Friday nights next season. I haven't watched either show. Evangeline Lilly is going to be an elf in the next Hobbit.

What about Matthew Fox who was the "star" of Lost? He's always working, but he will never be as big as he was. He had a golden ticket.

The biggest winner--JJ Abrams -- who is directing Star Wars of course. We've almost forgotten that he was the executive producer.

The Breaking Bad cast has set themselves up nicely, for now. Bryan Cranston is in ten movies a year, he will be working until the day he dies. Aaron Paul showed that he is a real actor, but I expect him to go into more romantic leading parts. Dean Norris who plays Hank already has a hit in Under the Dome. Anna Gunn would be a great DA on a legal show, if not her editorial in the New York Times shows she can write shows of her own,  Walt Jr. (RJ Mitte) deserves his own show.

I'm betting on their continued success, but I doubt that anything they ever do will ever compare with what they did on Breaking Bad.

So spoiler alert, there will be a happy ending for the staff of Breaking Bad.

For now . . .