How Many Episodes of Breaking Bad Does Bryan Cranston Have Left? A blog written after the final season premiere.

The final season of Breaking Bad is here, and with it comes the question: How many episodes will Bryan Cranston have left?

Cranston has been very open in the past about how many more episodes he wanted to do. He’s said that he’ll be ready to move on from Walter White once he finishes the show. But this season was supposed to be the final season; why did he choose to return for one last year?

It seems that Cranston feels an obligation to finish out the series. “I’ve always believed that you should go out on your terms,” he told Variety. “And I think that’s what Vince has done here.” It’s hard to argue with that logic, but Cranston has also said that he’d like to see Walter White die in the finale, which would not only end his time on Breaking Bad but also make it impossible for him to return in any capacity (meaning no spin-offs or crossovers).

So with only two seasons left, we’re left wondering: How many more episodes will we get out of Bryan Cranston? The answer lies somewhere between zero and infinity.

Bryan Cranston has only 10 episodes left to play Walter White in Breaking Bad. And, as the actor says in this interview with Men’s Journal, “I’ll be glad when it’s over.”

Cranston isn’t looking forward to the end because he’ll miss playing the meth kingpin. He’s ready for it to wrap because he’s tired of being recognized. “It’s not that I don’t like it,” he says. “It’s just that I don’t want it anymore.”

We got the season premiere of Breaking Bad on Monday night, and we’re still recovering from a helluva ride. Here are five things we learned about Bryan Cranston — who started out as a wacky dad on a sitcom before turning into a wacky drug lord — from his Men’s Journal interview:

1. He has no idea what his character is doing. “I couldn’t tell you where Walt is going next,” Cranston says. “I don’t plan my moves so that I could predict what would happen three moves ahead. I can think two moves ahead, but that’s all.”

2. He knows exactly where he wants his character to go next: rehab. “You see these scenes in movies where the addict goes

The first episode of Breaking Bad’s final season was a calm before the proverbial storm. This week’s “Madrigal” gave us a lot to chew on, but it was not an action-packed episode. We didn’t see Walter White or Jesse Pinkman at all. But we did get to spend some time with a few characters who are bound to be important in this final stretch.

It probably wasn’t the most exciting hour of television, but I thought it was excellent. The performances were amazing, especially from Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut and Giancarlo Esposito as Gus Fring. And I know that many fans were already complaining about the slow pace on Twitter before the end credits rolled.

But I want to quickly address one complaint that seemed to be particularly popular: “Why didn’t we see Bryan Cranston for more than two minutes?”

I understand where this frustration comes from, but it’s silly. If you’re going to complain about anything, complain about the fact that we only got seven episodes in this final season!

The answer is 16. That’s how many episodes of Breaking Bad are left before Walt and Jesse, who are on the run, have to face ultimate consequences for their past actions.

The seventh episode of the final season opened up with a preview of what’s to come: $80 million buried in the desert that no one will find. There was also a quick flash of Walt in bed, talking to his wife, Skyler, and then he was shown alive and well in an RV, cooking crystal meth with a new partner.

We’ll be there when it all goes down, but until then we’re going to have to resist the urge to binge-watch all 16 episodes at once. We’ve been burned by this before: In Season 3, we had just two seasons left before Walt and Jesse were arrested for drug trafficking and sent to jail. There wasn’t any time to go back and watch them from the beginning again. So we waited until the very end to watch it all at once; then we got frustrated because we couldn’t see what would happen next! This is how it works with TV shows now: We wait for them to air on TV; then we watch them online or on DVD later.

What makes Breaking Bad so great is that it’s

In a recent interview with NPR, Bryan Cranston said he’s had to make peace with the fact that many people will know him only as Walter White, the meth kingpin he plays on AMC’s Breaking Bad.

“It’s going to be attached to me forever,” Cranston told Fresh Air’s Terry Gross. “It is what it is. If I’m going to be attached to something for the rest of my life, I’m thrilled that it’s this.”

Fans got a chance to see how Cranston made his peace with Walter White in Sunday night’s season premiere — and they also got some hints about where the story is heading in the show’s final eight episodes. In the episode, Walt finally returns home after being on the lam for more than six months. But he doesn’t go back for any kind of reunion; instead, he uses a neighbor’s security camera to sneak a peek at his family from afar.

He watches his son — now 16 and growing into a young man — shovel snow off the driveway, and then he watches his wife — now living under an assumed name — answer the door for Walt Jr., who has just arrived home from school. As far as she knows, her husband is still dead and buried in New Hampshire, so