Lambert, Rosie, Critics & More React to BREAKING BAD Finale

AMC aired its fifth and final season finale of Breaking Bad titled 'Felina' last night, Sunday, September 29th. Fans of the show quickly took to Twitter to share their reactions while TV critics posted their take on the last we'll ever see of Bryan Cranston's Walter White.

Below, check out what both celebrities and critics had to say about the series wrap up:

Adam Lambert @adamlambert
Whew that Breaking Bad finale! Bam! So good.

Emmy Rossum @emmyrossum
Don't my bosses know that a 5am call time the morning after the Breaking Bad finale isn't nice? I need to stay up & cope/process/grieve.

Rosie @Rosie
u know when u see a great movie and the crowd claps - or on b way when u stand up - i wish the #BreakingBad cast n crew could feel that now

Mindy Kaling @mindykaling
My fave Office Halloween episode, Ryan went as Jesse Pinkman. We love you long time #breakingbad! http://instagram.com/p/e3dIYOpQ_T/

Conan O'Brien @ConanOBrien
Anyone else thought of chaining Vince Gilligan in a barn to make him come up with another show?

Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt
Thank you, Vince Gilligan, for conceiving & executing the most bizarre love story I've ever seen. #GoodbyeBreakingBad

Julie Bowen @itsJulieBowen
#breakingbad. Perfect.

Zach Braff @zachbraff
I can't believe Walt was a woman the whole time. Awesome ending. #BreakingBad

Source: USA Today

The Hollywood Reporter's chief TV critic Tim Goodman:
"I loved Jesse dreaming about building the perfect wooden box (a reference to his earlier days in therapy) and how that contrasted with the box he was put in by the Nazis," he wrote. "I loved how Jesse was able to kill Todd by viciously choking the life out of him but was also able to choose not to kill Walt. I never, for even a second, thought Jesse would die in this series. He was always the misguided innocent. And there's a reason AaRon Paul has those Emmys (and should, by rights, have one from this year)."

USA Today's Robert Bianco:
"If you have to go, go out on top," he wrote. "In a stunning 75-minute extended finale, Vince Gilligan brought Breaking Bad to a supremely fitting close, tying up all the loose ends in his modern classic AMC series and killing off his now iconic anti-hero Walter White. And he did so in a way that confirmed Bad's status as one of TV's greatest series -- and star Bryan Cranston as one of America's best actors."

The Washington Post's Hank Steuver:

"But like all big-talker shows that bring their heavy cargo in for a rough and breathlessly observed landing, Breaking Bad didn't quite leave itself enough runway to satisfactorily end some of its better story lines, especially once the chronology gap closed up between the flash-forwards from last year's episodes and Sunday night's conclusion," he wrote. "One could easily argue that there was just too much left to do in this one episode."

The Toronto Star's Vinay Menon:

"Give the producers credit for ending the saga of Walter White this decisively," Menon wrote. "Most of the important loops were closed with clever precision in what felt like the fastest 75 minutes of television in history. What an insane ride. What a shame it's over. In his death, Walter White was able to exert control over his own destiny and be the man that Heisenberg temporarily made us forget. And now he will live on as one of the great TV characters of all time."

Photo credit: Ursula Coyote/AMC

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