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** "What If Mike Killed Tuco?" is generally considered by viewers as the best-case scenario of all the possible ways the event of both shows could have played out. [[DownplayedTrope It's admittedly a bit downplayed]] [[InSpiteOfANail what with Nacho, Combo, Jane, Gale, and Hank all still dying]] [[DeathByAdaptation in addition to Badger dying too]], and with Saul and Kim divorcing anyway, but otherwise things turn out as best as they possible could. You won't find another timeline where Walt, Jesse, Mike, Howard, and Steven Gomez all live and the former four all retiring happily with their families provided for.
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** "What If Mike Killed Tuco?" is generally considered by viewers as the best-case scenario of all the possible ways the event events of both shows could have played out. [[DownplayedTrope It's admittedly it's not a bit downplayed]] completely happy ending] [[InSpiteOfANail what with Nacho, Combo, Jane, Gale, and Hank all still dying]] [[DeathByAdaptation in addition to Badger dying too]], and with Saul and Kim divorcing anyway, but otherwise things turn out as best as they possible could. You won't find another timeline where To be specific: Howard Hamlin survives and retires from the public life to live happily with his wife. Mike takes care of the loose ends and retires with more than enough money to provide of Kaylee. Jesse retires from the meth and moves Andrea and Brock into his house so they can be a family. Walt, inspired by Jesse, Mike, Howard, also gives up the meth trade, parts ways with Jesse on good terms and lives the rest of his time left with his family loving him. Also, even though Murge didn't bring it up, due to the events of "Ozymandias" being prevented, Steven Gomez all live and the former four all retiring happily with their families provided for.also lives as a bonus.
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** In the scenario where Walt kills himself in the pilot, Mike blows himself up to give Gus an opening to kill Hector.
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** In the scenario where Walt kills himself in the pilot, Mike blows himself up to give Gus an opening to kill Hector.Hector, which leads to Gus getting mowed down by the Cousins.
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** If Walt kills himself in the pilot, most of the cartel comes out unscathed and crushes Gus and his organization; the sole exception is Hector Salamanca, whom Gus kills in a TakingYouWithMe measure when all is lost.
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* AdaptationalExplanation: "What if Walter White was in El Camino?" shows what Jack could have done with the shares of Walt's money as a PointOfDivergence: he used it to create an underground bunker.
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* AdaptationalTimespanChange: "What if Walter White was in El Camino?" pushes the events of ''Film/ElCamino'' back three months instead of taking place immediately after "[[Recap/BreakingBadS5E16Felina Felina]]".
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** "What if Walt and Jesse Didn't Use the Magnet?": Walt and Jesse's attempt to bomb the evidence lockup fails to destroy the evidence as with the magnet, and merely attracts the cops' attention. The difference is that the bombs aren't powerful enough to knock over the photo with the offshore accounts written, meaning the laptop is still encrypted and [[AllForNothing the work to destroy the lockup was unnecessary]].
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** "What If Walter White was in El Camino?" is built around Walter White not getting shot by his automated trunk gun.
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** "What If Walter White was in El Camino?" is built around Walter White not getting shot by his automated trunk gun.gun and how that resonates throughout the events of ''Film/ElCamino'', particularly pertaining to Jesse.
** "What If Walt and Jesse Didn't Use The Magnet" results in everyone who died in Season 5 surviving because the offshore accounts aren't found, forcing Mike to work with Walt and Jesse again leading to Drew Sharpe's death, the Gus Fring case is closed so Hank and Gomez aren't killed, Jesse leaves town with Andrea and Brock, Todd is the only member of Jack's crew who is encountered, and Walt, who has no way to go into "empire building", cooks meth for himself for what remains of his life.
** "What If Walt and Jesse Didn't Use The Magnet" results in everyone who died in Season 5 surviving because the offshore accounts aren't found, forcing Mike to work with Walt and Jesse again leading to Drew Sharpe's death, the Gus Fring case is closed so Hank and Gomez aren't killed, Jesse leaves town with Andrea and Brock, Todd is the only member of Jack's crew who is encountered, and Walt, who has no way to go into "empire building", cooks meth for himself for what remains of his life.
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* DarkHorseVictory: Saul can be considered this in the "Breaking Bad: The Lost Tapes" timeline despite not having been mentioned in it. He may not be making millions like the other timelines, but Gus, Mike, all the Salamanca, and everyone else he was afraid of are all dead, he is doing well for himself, and he never has to go into hiding, all without him having to do anything. And all because he never met Walt.
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** Joaquin Salamanca, of all people, ends up a big winner in "What If Mike Killed Tuco?". With the early deaths of Tuco, Lalo, Leonel, and Marco, Joaquin is promoted to Don of the Salamanca's operations and does surprisingly well. After Gus' plan to poison the Cartel fails and Gus is murdered by Don Eladio, Joaquin is left as the sole head of the Cartel's operations and drug trade in New Mexico.
** Saul can be considered this in the "Breaking Bad: The Lost Tapes" timeline despite not having been mentioned in it. He may not be making millions like the other timelines, but Gus, Mike, all the Salamanca, and everyone else he was afraid of are all dead, he is doing well for himself, and he never has to go into hiding, all without him having to do anything. And all because he never met Walt.
** Joaquin Salamanca, of all people, ends up a big winner in "What If Mike Killed Tuco?". With the early deaths of Tuco, Lalo, Leonel, and Marco, Joaquin is promoted to Don of the Salamanca's operations and does surprisingly well. After Gus' plan to poison the Cartel fails and Gus is murdered by Don Eladio, Joaquin is left as the sole head of the Cartel's operations and drug trade in New Mexico.
** Saul can be considered this in the "Breaking Bad: The Lost Tapes" timeline despite not having been mentioned in it. He may not be making millions like the other timelines, but Gus, Mike, all the Salamanca, and everyone else he was afraid of are all dead, he is doing well for himself, and he never has to go into hiding, all without him having to do anything. And all because he never met Walt.
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** "What If Mike Killed Tuco?" is generally considered by viewers as the best-case scenario of all the possible ways the event of both shows could have played out. [[DownplayedTrope It's admittedly a bit downplayed]] [[InSpiteOfANail what with Combo, Jane, Gale, and Hank all still dying]] [[DeathByAdaptation in addition to Badger dying too]], and with Saul and Kim divorcing anyway, but otherwise things turn out as best as they possible could. You won't find another timeline where Walt, Jesse, Mike, and Howard all live and retire happily with their families provided for.
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** "What If Mike Killed Tuco?" is generally considered by viewers as the best-case scenario of all the possible ways the event of both shows could have played out. [[DownplayedTrope It's admittedly a bit downplayed]] [[InSpiteOfANail what with Nacho, Combo, Jane, Gale, and Hank all still dying]] [[DeathByAdaptation in addition to Badger dying too]], and with Saul and Kim divorcing anyway, but otherwise things turn out as best as they possible could. You won't find another timeline where Walt, Jesse, Mike, Howard, and Howard Steven Gomez all live and retire the former four all retiring happily with their families provided for.
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** In "What if Jesse killed Walt?", Walt's plan to turn Jesse on Gus by poisoning Brock backfires spectacularly when his words fail to convince Jesse and Jesse blows Walt's brains out.
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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In "What if Walt and Jesse Didn't Use the Magnet", Todd is brought in a couple episodes earlier than in canon to plant Walt's bombs to destroy the evidence in the DEA's case against Gus Fring.
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* HistoryRepeats: Gus' failed attempt at taking out the cartel in "What If Mike Killed Tuco?" plays out almost ''identically'' to what happened in 1989 [[Recap/BreakingBadS4E8Hermanos when Don Eladio had Max killed]]. Upon realizing [[SpottingTheThread the whole situation with Gale feels familiar]], Don Eladio has him promptly shot in the head, causing him to fall into the pool; and once Tyrus and Victor are dealt with, he forces Gus to drink multiple shots of the poisoned tequila, whereupon Gus collapses in the ''same spot'' he did back in '89, where upon his head gets stomped.
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* GoldenEnding: "What If Mike Killed Tuco?" is generally considered by viewers as the best-case scenario of all the possible ways the event of both shows could have played out. [[DownplayedTrope It's admittedly a bit downplayed]] [[InSpiteOfANail what with Combo, Jane, Gale, and Hank all still dying]] [[DeathByAdaptation in addition to Badger dying too]], and with Saul and Kim divorcing anyway, but otherwise things turn out as best as they possible could. You won't find another timeline where Walt, Jesse, Mike, and Howard all live and retire happily with their families provided for.
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** "What If Mike Killed Tuco?" is generally considered by viewers as the best-case scenario of all the possible ways the event of both shows could have played out. [[DownplayedTrope It's admittedly a bit downplayed]] [[InSpiteOfANail what with Combo, Jane, Gale, and Hank all still dying]] [[DeathByAdaptation in addition to Badger dying too]], and with Saul and Kim divorcing anyway, but otherwise things turn out as best as they possible could. You won't find another timeline where Walt, Jesse, Mike, and Howard all live and retire happily with their families providedfor.for.
** "What If Walter and Jesse Didn't Use The Magnet?" effectively turns [[Recap/BreakingBadS5E1LiveFreeOrDie "Live Free or Die"]] into a DenouementEpisode, and ends the show one season early: Mike bails at the first opportunity rather than stick around, and while Walt's plan to blow up the evidence room fails, word getting out that the laptop was encrypted [[AllForNothing means it didn't matter]]. The [=DEA=], having not learned about the list of associates, closes the Gus Fring case, Mike decides to retire, Jesse leaves town with Andrea and Brock, and the car wash starts turning a legitimate profit. And while Walt [[HereWeGoAgain starts cooking meth again in private]], it's just for "the chemistry".
** "What If Mike Killed Tuco?" is generally considered by viewers as the best-case scenario of all the possible ways the event of both shows could have played out. [[DownplayedTrope It's admittedly a bit downplayed]] [[InSpiteOfANail what with Combo, Jane, Gale, and Hank all still dying]] [[DeathByAdaptation in addition to Badger dying too]], and with Saul and Kim divorcing anyway, but otherwise things turn out as best as they possible could. You won't find another timeline where Walt, Jesse, Mike, and Howard all live and retire happily with their families provided
** "What If Walter and Jesse Didn't Use The Magnet?" effectively turns [[Recap/BreakingBadS5E1LiveFreeOrDie "Live Free or Die"]] into a DenouementEpisode, and ends the show one season early: Mike bails at the first opportunity rather than stick around, and while Walt's plan to blow up the evidence room fails, word getting out that the laptop was encrypted [[AllForNothing means it didn't matter]]. The [=DEA=], having not learned about the list of associates, closes the Gus Fring case, Mike decides to retire, Jesse leaves town with Andrea and Brock, and the car wash starts turning a legitimate profit. And while Walt [[HereWeGoAgain starts cooking meth again in private]], it's just for "the chemistry".
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** If Mike left New Mexico instead of helping take care of Gus' laptop, Walt would instead go all in on his plan to use a bomb to take out the evidence room. However, it would fail to blow up the building, instead forcing Walt and Jesse to lay low for a while, even after Saul points out [[AllForNothing Gus most likely had it encrypted]]. Eventually, a few days later, with no further evidence uncovered, the [=DEA=] decide to declare the Gus Fring case closed. As such, Mike decides to stay in town with his daughter and granddaughter, Jesse decides to move out of town with Andrea and Brock, [[HereWeGoAgain and Walt decides to start cooking again on his own]].
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* StatingTheSimpleSolution: In "What If Walt and Jesse Didn't Use The Magnet"[[note]]where [[PointOfDivergence Mike deciding to cut his losses and leave New Mexico rather than help take care of Gus' laptop]] results in Walt going forward with his bomb idea[[/note]], after Walt's "device" plan doesn't work, and he and Jesse reconvene at Saul's office, [[DumbassHasAPoint Saul brings up the fact that Gus most likely had his laptop encrypted,]] [[AllForNothing meaning the DEA can't get anything from it]].
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* CompositeCharacter: In "What if Hank Didn't Survive The Salamanca Twins Ambush?" when Gus goes to kill Hector once and for all, Walter replaces Tyrus in loading up a syringe of poison which he hands to Gus.
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** In "What if Hank Didn't Survive The Salamanca Twins Ambush?" when Gus goes to kill Hector once and for all, Walter replaces Tyrus in loading up a syringe of poison which he hands toGus.Gus.
** In "What if Walter White was in El Camino?", Walter takes Jesse's place in shooting Neil dead.
** In "What if Hank Didn't Survive The Salamanca Twins Ambush?" when Gus goes to kill Hector once and for all, Walter replaces Tyrus in loading up a syringe of poison which he hands to
** In "What if Walter White was in El Camino?", Walter takes Jesse's place in shooting Neil dead.
* CrazySurvivalist: In "What if Walter White was in El Camino?", Jack is shown to be one of these as he observes Declan's rudimentary underground lab and gets an idea to create a bunker.
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** In "What if Drew Sharp Survived", everyone associated with Walt qualifies in one way or another. Walt, Jesse, and Mike sell their shares to Saul, who sells the business to Declan and keeps up the hazard payments to Mike's guys to stay quiet, making the trail go cold.
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** In "What if Drew Sharp Survived", everyone associated with Walt qualifies in one way or another. Walt, Jesse, and Mike sell their shares to Saul, who sells the business to Declan and keeps up the hazard payments to Mike's guys to stay quiet, making the Heisenberg trail go cold.
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** If he lets Hank be killed by the Salamancas, he takes his revenge on the Cartel even more smoothly than in canon, Walt never turns on him because Gus persuaded him to help avenge Hank and cooks until he dies with his money, and reaps endless profits with Lydia and Gale's help after letting Jesse leave provided he finish up Gale's training as meth cook.
** If Jesse spares Gale, Mike kills Walt and even though Jesse disappears, he still has Gale who's able to get his meth to 96%, meaning the mass poisoning is still on.
** If Jesse kills Walt, Gus has Mike frame Hank as Heisenberg, Saul gets Skyler to corroborate the case against Hank, and Jesse disappears with Andrea and Brock with Gus's blessing.
** If Jesse spares Gale, Mike kills Walt and even though Jesse disappears, he still has Gale who's able to get his meth to 96%, meaning the mass poisoning is still on.
** If Jesse kills Walt, Gus has Mike frame Hank as Heisenberg, Saul gets Skyler to corroborate the case against Hank, and Jesse disappears with Andrea and Brock with Gus's blessing.
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** Gus Fring gets off scot-free in a few scenarios.
** If he lets Hank be killed by the Salamancas, he takes his revenge on the Cartel even more smoothly than in canon, Walt never turns on him because Gus persuaded him to help avenge Hank and cooks until he dies with his money, and reaps endless profits with Lydia and Gale's help after letting Jesse leave provided he finish up Gale's training as meth cook.
** If Jesse spares Gale, Mike kills Walt and even though Jesse disappears, he still has Gale who's able to get his meth to 96%, meaning the mass poisoning is still on.
** If Jesse kills Walt, Gus has Mike frame Hank as Heisenberg, Saul gets Skyler to corroborate the case against Hank, and Jesse disappears with Andrea and Brock with Gus's blessing.
** If he lets Hank be killed by the Salamancas, he takes his revenge on the Cartel even more smoothly than in canon, Walt never turns on him because Gus persuaded him to help avenge Hank and cooks until he dies with his money, and reaps endless profits with Lydia and Gale's help after letting Jesse leave provided he finish up Gale's training as meth cook.
** If Jesse spares Gale, Mike kills Walt and even though Jesse disappears, he still has Gale who's able to get his meth to 96%, meaning the mass poisoning is still on.
** If Jesse kills Walt, Gus has Mike frame Hank as Heisenberg, Saul gets Skyler to corroborate the case against Hank, and Jesse disappears with Andrea and Brock with Gus's blessing.
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** "What If Walter White Had His Perfect Death?" not only has Combo managing to avoid his canonical death thanks to Skinny Pete, but Jane doesn't relapse into her drug addictions.
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* AmbiguousEnding: "Mike vs. The Salamancas" ends with Walt giving himself up after exposing himself to warn Hank that Lalo has a gun. Although it's implied that Jesse gets away, Walt's fate is left ambiguous after he gives himself up to Hank. However, Murge's interpretation is that he goes to prison.
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** "Mike vs. The Salamancas" ends with Walt giving himself up after exposing himself to warn Hank that Lalo has a gun. Although it's implied that Jesse gets away, Walt's fate is left ambiguous after he gives himself up to Hank. However, Murge's interpretation is that he goes toprison.prison.
** "What If Walter White Had His Perfect Death?" ends on the Cousins killing Walt's family, with Hank and Gomez managing to take them out in turn (albeit not before Hank himself dies in the process)... and Mike having watched it all play out from a distance. And although he's seemingly okay with the situation given how he relays the information to Gus, many commentators have pointed out that Mike ''canonically'' [[NobleDemon is against the deaths of those not in the game,]] [[SeriousBusiness let alone the deaths of children.]]
** "Mike vs. The Salamancas" ends with Walt giving himself up after exposing himself to warn Hank that Lalo has a gun. Although it's implied that Jesse gets away, Walt's fate is left ambiguous after he gives himself up to Hank. However, Murge's interpretation is that he goes to
** "What If Walter White Had His Perfect Death?" ends on the Cousins killing Walt's family, with Hank and Gomez managing to take them out in turn (albeit not before Hank himself dies in the process)... and Mike having watched it all play out from a distance. And although he's seemingly okay with the situation given how he relays the information to Gus, many commentators have pointed out that Mike ''canonically'' [[NobleDemon is against the deaths of those not in the game,]] [[SeriousBusiness let alone the deaths of children.]]
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* NonIndicativeTitle: Downplayed: "What If Walter White Had His Perfect Death?" is actually more asking ''how'' he would be able to get his perfect death. And it boils down to [[PointOfDivergence two particular bullet points]]: [[Recap/BreakingBadS2E11Mandala Combo managing to avoid getting gunned down in the street]], and [[Recap/BreakingBadS2E9FourDaysOut Walt being given six months to live rather than being told he's in remission]].
