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Breaking Bad
A dying teacher and his former student enter the drug trade — and discover there is no line Walter White won't cross to protect his empire.
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Quick Facts
AI Summary
The teacher-turned-meth-lord story that changed TV forever — meticulous, devastating, and peerless through Ozymandias.
Series Details
Series Overview
- Premise
- Terminal cancer pushes Walter White from high school chemistry into Albuquerque's meth underworld.
- Tone
- Dark, slow-burn transformation story — from Mr. Chips to Scarface.
- Setting
- Albuquerque, New Mexico — desert, strip malls, and superlabs beneath laundromats.
- Tagline
- Chemistry is the study of change.
Production
- Filming locations
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (primary — including local homes, restaurants, and desert)
- Showrunner
- Vince Gilligan
- Composer
- Dave Porter
- Production companies
- High Bridge Entertainment, Gran Via Productions, Sony Pictures Television
- Color palette
- Deliberate color symbolism — yellow for meth, green for money, pink for tragedy
Expanded Universe
- Prequel series
- Better Call Saul (2015–2022) — Saul Goodman / Jimmy McGill origin story
- Feature film
- El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019) — Jesse Pinkman after the finale
- Short film
- Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short (2020)
Episodes
S01E01
S01E02
S01E03
S01E04
S01E05
S01E06
S01E07
Pilot
Diagnosed with lung cancer, chemistry teacher Walter White cooks meth with former student Jesse Pink... · 58 min · Jan 20, 2008
Cat's in the Bag...
Walt and Jesse must dispose of two bodies — one alive, one dead. · 48 min · Jan 27, 2008
...And the Bag's in the River
Walt chooses whether to kill Krazy-8; Skyler grows suspicious of Walt's behavior. · 48 min · Feb 10, 2008
Cancer Man
Walt refuses Gretchen and Elliott's charity; Jesse tries to sell meth on his own. · 48 min · Feb 17, 2008
Gray Matter
Walt and Skyler attend Elliott's birthday party; Jesse is evicted. · 48 min · Feb 24, 2008
Crazy Handful of Nothin'
Walt delivers meth to Tuco Salamanca and survives by bringing a bag of fulminated mercury. · 48 min · Mar 2, 2008
A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal
Walt negotiates a drug deal with Tuco using pseudo-science and intimidation. · 48 min · Mar 9, 2008
Cast & Characters
Bryan Cranston
Walter White / Heisenberg
Aaron Paul
Jesse Pinkman
Anna Gunn
Skyler White
RJ Mitte
Walter White Jr.
Dean Norris
Hank Schrader
Betsy Brandt
Marie Schrader
Bob Odenkirk
Saul Goodman
Giancarlo Esposito
Gustavo Fring
Jonathan Banks
Mike Ehrmantraut
Jesse Plemons
Todd Alquist
Laura Fraser
Lydia Rodarte-Quayle
Krysten Ritter
Jane Margolis
Walter White
Character
Jesse Pinkman
Character
Heisenberg
Character
Gustavo Fring
Character
Saul Goodman
Character
Crew
Vince Gilligan
Creator / Showrunner / Writer / Director
Dave Porter
Composer
Michelle MacLaren
Director / Executive Producer
Peter Gould
Writer / Executive Producer
Mark Johnson
Executive Producer
Rian Johnson
Director (Fly, Fifty-One, Ozymandias)
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