20 Ways Your Favourite TV Shows Were Almost Completely Different

by James Hunt

1. Breaking Bad - Jesse Was Going To Die In Season 1

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For five seasons we witnessed the descent of Walter White and the rise of Heisenberg, but right alongside him was Jesse Pinkman.

A criminal with a good heart underneath it all and expertly played by Aaron Paul, it may have been Walt's arc that gripped us, but it was Jesse everyone was rooting for, and without him a lot of Walt's story just wouldn't have worked (killing Jane, for example, is the major turning point for his character).

Jesse, though, wasn't supposed to make it past Season 1. The original plan was for him to die during the first season, and even when the writers' strike cut it severely short, they were still going to have Tuco kill him in the finale. Vince Gilligan, however, realised how much potential Paul had and ended up changing his mind, and writing his way into TV history instead.

Which of these do you wish had actually happened? Which other ways were TV shows almost different? Let us know down in the comments section.

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