( CNN ) -- `` Breaking Bad '' fans are staring into their post-Walter White life with mixed emotions . There 's satisfaction for Sunday night 's well-executed series finale -- appreciation for the inspiring and historic work from `` Breaking Bad '' creator Vince Gilligan , star Bryan Cranston and the rest of the team . But , ultimately , sadness that it 's all over . ( Thankfully , `` Breaking Bad '' has spared its fans from the `` rage '' portion of the series finale roller coaster -- unlike some shows we could mention . ) So if you 're mourning the end of `` Breaking Bad , '' and wondering just how you 'll fill that void , know that your misery has plenty of ( famous ) company : . For the most part , viewers have applauded the conclusion to `` Breaking Bad 's '' five-season run on AMC , but there are those who have been critical of its neat and tidy ending . `` I wish I 'd been able to respond to how fundamentally sympathetic the finale was to Walt , '' says NPR 's Linda Holmes . `` Here , however , I could not escape the feeling that by earning anyone 's sympathy , Walt was getting away with one last self-aggrandizing con . ... I did n't crave a happy ending for him , and he got about as happy an ending as he possibly could have . '' Esquire magazine agreed , critiquing that while the final stretch of season five `` had some great individual episodes , '' Sunday 's series ender `` was maybe the most conventional of the entire series . ... We watched as a tarnished hero killed the baddies , set his captured sidekick free , and died . Endings do n't come much more Hollywood . '' Yet none of those who were disgruntled by the final moments of chemistry teacher-turned-meth kingpin Walter White could argue that the finale , and the series as a whole , was par excellence . For what it 's worth , we 're with Variety 's AJ Marechal : . Good luck future writers !
`` Breaking Bad '' ended after five seasons on Sunday . Fans are mourning the loss of an acclaimed show . A few critics were disgruntled with the clean ending . Everyone agrees that the series was exemplary .