Nangona "kulo lonke ilizwe" laphela ngaphandle kweminyaka eli-7 edlulileyo, iithiyori zaMann malunga nolu ngcelele zisasebenza. Enye yezona gumbe zidumileyo kukuba "kulo lonke ingcwaba" linxulunyaniswa nomnye umboniso weTV nge-Bryan Cranston-Malcolm embindini woqwalaselo. Kutshanje, i-actor iphawuliwe ngale ntetho ibhinqileyo. Ukundwendwela ubusuku bobusuku kunye neJimmy Fallon, i-Cranston yaphendula, kuyinyani ukuba iWalter Mhlophe yasinda, yathatha omnye umntu yaza yaba nguHallen kwi-Malcolm embindini wolwazi ":
Andikhululekanga ukuveza olu hlobo lolwazi ngaphandle kwesiqinisekiso sokhuseleko. Ndicinga ukuba kumnandi, kodwa kulungile ... kumnandi, andazi. Hayi, iWalter Mhlophe ngokuqinisekileyo ifile. Ufile, ufile, ufile.
Kwixa elidlulileyo, ababhali bolu ngcelele bangenelwa kule ntetho, xa benqakraza inyani, xa omnye umyinge avela eMalcolm, uJane Kachmarek, wavela kwelinye icala lexesha ". Kule ndawo yongezelelekileyo, i-cranston ngendlela ye-HAL ivuke emva kokulala okungapheliyo- kuyavela ukuba iziganeko "ziya kuphupha. Nangona kunjalo, kucacile ukuba yayiyinto nje kuphela.
Ngaphandle kwento yokuba iWalter Mhlophe ifile, lo mlinganiswa unamathuba okubuyela kwizikrini ngentsimbi yesithandathu, ixesha lokugqibela le-Saris "engcono". Kudliwanondlebe lwakutsha nje neCollider, i-Cranston iqinisekisile ukuba uya kuvuma ngokudlalela ukudlala uWalter, ukuba umboniso kunye nabavelisi baya kufuna.