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:

Walter White: Chemist, Meth Cook, Hiesenberg, Killer, Drug King Pin? (season 5, part 1)

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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

Costars Bryan Cranston, Matt Jones, and Bob Odenkirk have both appeared in How I Met Your Mother.

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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

Walter White: I am not in danger, I am the danger.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cleveland Show: Brownsized (2013)

User Reviews

Brilliant Character Work In Pitch Black Comedy-Drama

The age of Bryan Cranston has returned. Once universally lauded for his work in Malcolm In The Middle, there had yet to be a good vehicle for this man's particular talents. He has that rare gift of generating sympathy and manic-energy at the same time.

For those that would be content to label this show a Weeds knock-off, bear in mind that Breaking Bad is a new kind of monster. It touches on the very same themes, "living realistically as a middle class in the United States" which often makes us resort to extremes to survive. Like the mother and daughter team that robbed that bank. But the weed selling antics of Showtime's hit show is really nothing like "Bad." The Pilot was about as perfect a Pilot as I've ever seen, and much of it rests on Bryan Cranston's shoulders.

Cranston plays Cheimstry teacher Walter White. He has a loving wife, a child with Cerebal Palsy and another is on the way. He also happens to be dying from an inoperable lung cancer situation, which happened although he "never smoked." His finances in disarray, the once great student of science turns to crime to solve his problems.

He cooks Crystal Meth with a good for nothing ex-student. From the antics of the first episode, the show is leading towards a dark place, but a place of truth. This is a no nonsense black comedy.

For people that love Tarantino or the Coen's, this might be your cup of tea.