Interviewer: The first season of Breaking Bad was obviously shortened by the writers’ strike. And you said that you had originally intended to kill off a character in episode nine but you only got to episode seven. […] Who were you going to kill off?
Vince: I was going to kill off this gentleman right here [points to Aaron].
Aaron: Thank God for the writers’ strike. Thank you writers! I love you. Wow.
Bryan: Eh, you should’ve done it.
Mr. Cranston and Mr. Paul with the show’s creator, Vince Gilligan, right, who wants his main character to become “harder and harder to root for,” because “this thing he’s chosen to do is changing him.
Vince Gilligan Talks Season 4 at the Premiere (MovieWeb)
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