There has been a lot of downvoting when anyone brings up the possibility that Chuck may have survived. There are seemingly even direct misinformation campaigns regarding it. Did he die? Maybe. I'd even go as far as to say most likely. However, until one of the writers says one way or the other, Chuck is the cat in Schrodinger's box.
"But Fuzzy, the writers literally said Chuck is dead!"
Okay, show me. Show me an article where Gould or Gilligan says anything directly indicating that Chuck died. The closest I've seen is - “We try not to screw around with the audience where ‘you thought it was this, but it’s now that’,” said Gould, “To build up the way we did and not have consequences, it would be a wet cracker.” That wouldn't exactly hold up in court.
"McKean said he was dead in a deadline.com article!"
McKean is an actor, not a writer. Gould may have told him straight out that he was dead, or maybe he implied it. Either way, actors are NOT reliable sources for story not yet written. They learn for sure during the initial read-though of the script after it's written, and even then there's a chance of change if it doesn't feel right. Over and over again we hear about actors being blindsided when they read about some emotional moment in the read-though. More recently, Odenkirk even stated that Chuck's fate ultimately lies with the writers who "keep their options open."
"BUT THEY SAID HE WAS DEAD IN [insert one of many articles here]!
Oh yeah? Someone else who has no say or inside information said he was dead, eh? Unless it's a quote from Gould or Gilligan themselves, it's NOT a certainty.
I'm not saying Chuck lives. I'd be as adamant about this if people were saying that Chuck survived. We don't know, and no one will tell us because, as Gould said in a Variety.com interview, "I don’t want to define anything more than what’s on screen."
Submitted August 30, 2017 at 05:45PM by Fuzzymuscles http://ift.tt/2x6DON4
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