Breaking Bad
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| Genre | Crime drama Thriller Neo-Western Black comedy |
| Created by | Vince Gilligan |
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| Composer | Dave Porter |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original languages | English Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 62 (list of episodes) |
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| Production location | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
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| Running time | 43–58 minutes |
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| Network | AMC |
| Release | January 20, 2008 – September 29, 2013 |
| Related | |
| Better Call Saul El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | |
Breaking Bad is an American television series set in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It started in January 2008. The show was broadcast across Canada and the United States on the cable channel AMC. It has won 10 Emmy Awards. Breaking Bad ended in September 2013. Bryan Cranston plays the main role, Walter White. There are five seasons, which have 62 episodes total.
Premise
Walter White, an overqualified high school teacher, lives a life he is not satisfied with. He is often outdone by his prideful brother-in-law Hank, and matters are made worse when he is diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer.
Desperate to raise money to provide for his family after he dies, Walter partners up with Jesse Pinkman, a former student of his to cook highly pure crystal meth. He adopts the persona "Heisenberg", and slowly delves into the criminal underworld, dealing with dangerous figures in the drug trade while building his own ego-driven empire.
Main characters
- Walter White - A depressed high school chemistry teacher who is deeply unhappy with his life. After getting diagnosed with lung cancer, he makes very high quality crystal meth in order to make money for his family alongside his former student Jesse Pinkman, taking on the nickname "Heisenberg". It soon becomes clear that Walter built his empire not to provide for his family, but to finally satisfy his long-dormant ego and to feel alive.
- Skyler White - Walter's stressed, neglected housewife. She dissapproves of Walter's drug dealing, but helps manage the money he makes from it in order to protect her family. She later realises that in order to do so, she must distance them from Walter.
- Jesse Pinkman - A laidback, amateur drug dealer and former student of Walter's. He always had great potential, once showing a talent for carpentry, but he was constantly put down by his parents and was tortured by his drug addiction. He teams up with Walter to create their very high quality crystal meth, but his life slowly becomes worse because of it.
- Hank Schrader - Walter's confident and prideful brother-in-law who works for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Hank dedicates himself to arresting the mysterious Heisenberg, unaware it is his own brother-in-law, Walter.
- Marie Schrader - Skyler's highly-strung sister, and wife of Hank. She has kleptomania, meaning she constantly feels the urge to steal things no matter ehat they are, such as spoons, and gifts.
- Walter White Jr. - Walter and Skyler's rebellious son. He has cerebral palsy, and eventually takes on a name of his own, Flynn.
- Gustavo "Gus" Fring - A highly dangerous drug lord who hides his crimes behind his fried chicken restaraunt franchise, Los Pollos Hermanos. Gus has a strong hatred for the Salamanca crime family and Hector "Tio" Salamanca in particular, who is responsible for killing his lover, Max.
- Saul Goodman - A cocky and quick-thinking lawyer who later works with Walter and Jesse in managing their drug empire. Despite being highly corrupt, Saul is a very talented lawyer, being able to manipulate a courtroom and nitpick the law at ease. His real name is Jimmy McGill.
- Mike Ehrmantraut - A grizzled former police officer who works as a security consultant for Gus and on occasion, Saul. Mike is very intelligent, being able to trick people when he needs to, and cover up crime scenes when hired to do so. He believes in not taking half-measures, but his own strict set of morals sometimes cause him to lose sight of his belief.
- Lydia Rodarte-Quayle - A tense corporate executive for a company named Madrigal Electromotive. She is highly prone to stress, but also helps Mike and Walter with distributing drugs overseas to Europe.
- Todd Alquist - A psychopathic employee at Vamonos Pest, a company that helps with exterminating pests from homes. He is the nephew of Jack Welker, the leader of a neo-nazi gang.
