Breaking Bad (2008– )

Informed he has terminal cancer, an underachieving chemistry genius turned high school teacher uses his expertise to secretly provide for his family by producing the world's highest quality crystal meth.

Creator:

Vince Gilligan

Stars:

Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul

Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 37 wins & 98 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Bryan Cranston	...	Walter White (62 episodes, 2008-2013)
Anna Gunn	...	Skyler White (62 episodes, 2008-2013)
Aaron Paul	...	Jesse Pinkman (62 episodes, 2008-2013)
Dean Norris	...	Hank Schrader (62 episodes, 2008-2013)
Betsy Brandt	...	Marie Schrader (62 episodes, 2008-2013)
RJ Mitte	...	Walter White, Jr. (62 episodes, 2008-2013)
Bob Odenkirk	...	Saul Goodman (43 episodes, 2009-2013)
Jonathan Banks	...	Mike Ehrmantraut (29 episodes, 2009-2013)
Steven Michael Quezada	...	Steven Gomez (28 episodes, 2008-2012)
Giancarlo Esposito	...	Gustavo 'Gus' Fring (26 episodes, 2009-2011)

Storyline

When chemistry teacher, Walter White, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given only two years to live, he decides he has nothing to lose. He lives with his wife and teenage son, who has cerebral palsy, in New Mexico. Determined to ensure that his family will have a secure future, White embarks on a career of drugs and crime. He proves to be remarkably proficient in this new world as he begins manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with one of his former students. The series tracks the impacts of a fatal diagnosis on a regular hard working man and explores how a fatal diagnosis affects his morality and transforms him into a major player of the drug trade.

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Plot Keywords:

drug | cancer | chemistry | teacher | crystal meth | 

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Taglines:

The experiment is out of control. (season 3)

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Romanian Spanish German Persian

Also Known As:

Halvale Teele

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

High Bridge Productions, Gran Via Productions, Sony Pictures Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Danny Trejo (Tortuga), Raymond Cruz (Tuco), Michael Bofshever (Mr. Pinkman) and Geoffrey Rivas (Police Officer) have all appeared in the gang classic Blood In, Blood Out. In one episode, Giancarlo Esposito (Gus Fring) says the words, "Sangre Por Sangre" to Mark Margolis (Tio Salamanca), which is the Spanish title for the film.

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Goofs

In the opening credits letters in the names are highlighted in green so as to represent a chemical element symbol. However, Michael Slovis, the Director of Photography, for several of the beginning episodes, they highlight the Ch. There is no chemical element symbol Ch. After a number of episodes they caught it and thereafter they only highlighted the C.

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Quotes

Jesse Pinkman: So you do have a plan? Yeah, Mr. White! Yeah, science!

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Connections

Referenced in NeoParadise: Mission Show Control/Baking Fat/Die Mettbraut (2012)

User Reviews

Step aside Tony Montana, cause here comes Walter White.

What an awesome change of pace for Bryan Cranston, who is best known for playing the goofy dimwitted Homer Simpson like dad from Malcom In The Middle(2000-2006). But this character is not goofy or dimwitted. Walter White is your everyday man, who is a high school chemistry teacher, and has a loving wife and handicapped son. On the verge of his 50th birthday party. He begins having a mid life crisis, to make matters worse, he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. But not wanting to leave his family with nothing, in a quick way to make a lot of money. He teams up with a former student named Pinkmam(Aaron Paul) who is now a drug dealer, to make the drug called Crystal Meth. You don't like what Walter is doing, but at the same time you try to understand why he is doing it. I like watching the transformation he is going through, like Mr.Chips turning into Michael Douglas from Falling Down(1993). This series is quite enjoyable, it's a good dramatic series, with some humor moments. Cranstons performance in the show is memorable, and at times heartbreaken to watch. And he and Aaron Paul play off each other so well. I hope it will last a little while.