Two years after the show that introduced us to Walter White/Heisenberg ended, fans still carry hope that there will be a comeback to the show about a genius and evil high school chemistry teacher turned meth lord - which is why the latest "Breaking Bad" hoax was so well accepted.
These days, the better part of Internet hoaxes revolve around fake celebrity deaths, with victims including "Home Alone" actor Macaulay Culkin, pop stars Britney Spears and Justin Bieber and actors Tom Hanks and Tony Danza (you can read a list here) but the "Breaking Bad" hoax, claiming there was a sixth season of the show on the way, was basically just playing with fans' feelings.
According to Business Insider, the "Breaking Bad" hoax consisted on a supposed sixth season of the show starring Bryan Cranston (an unlikely event because, SPOILERS, the character dies at the end of the last episode) was being planned, with showrunner and creator Vince Gilligan supposedly planning to start shooting on December.
The original "Breaking Bad" hoax appeared on website NBC.com.co, as it's usually by tricking readers that the site is legit that they end up catching them; on the story, which ended up heading the Google News hits for "Breaking Bad Season 6," Gilligan supposedly spoke to "NBC News" to say that neither Walter White nor "Breaking Bad" were dead, with a new season on the works.
The Independent reports that the "Breaking Bad" hoax isn't the first one from this website that ends up going viral, as last week they reported that Yelp was suing "South Park" over a recent parody episode, which turned out to be a lie.
It seems like the reason NBC.com.co has gotten so many hits lately is due to a change in Google's algorithm, as it now focuses a lot on shared stories regardless of how factual they might be.
In any case, it's a shame the season 6 was just a "Breaking Bad" hoax - but still, the second season of the series' prequel, "Better Call Saul," can't come fast enough!
