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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
S02E01
S02E02
S02E03
S02E04
S02E05
S02E06
S02E07
S02E08
S02E09
S02E10
S02E11
S02E12
S02E13
Seven Thirty-Seven
Tuco beats No-Doze to death; Walt and Jesse flee as the Cousins arrive. · 47 min · Mar 8, 2009
Grilled
Walt and Jesse are held captive at Tuco's remote desert shack. · 47 min · Mar 15, 2009
Bit by a Dead Bee
Hank is hailed as a hero for killing Tuco; Walt creates an alibi. · 47 min · Mar 22, 2009
Down
Jesse's parents kick him out; Walt's secret second phone is discovered. · 47 min · Mar 29, 2009
Breakage
Walt and Jesse hire a crew; Hank suffers PTSD after the Tuco shootout. · 47 min · Apr 5, 2009
Peekaboo
Jesse confronts meth heads who stole his money; Walt Jr. visits a dodgy website. · 47 min · Apr 12, 2009
Negro y Azul
The cartel sends a narcocorrido about Heisenberg; Jesse meets Jane Margolis. · 47 min · Apr 19, 2009
Better Call Saul
Walt and Jesse hire criminal lawyer Saul Goodman; Hank links the RV lab to Walt. · 47 min · Apr 26, 2009
4 Days Out
The RV breaks down in the desert; Walt and Jesse struggle to survive. · 47 min · May 3, 2009
Over
Walt's cancer is in remission; Jesse and Jane relapse into heroin. · 47 min · May 10, 2009
Mandala
Combo is killed by a kid on a bike; Jane overdoses. · 47 min · May 17, 2009
Phoenix
Jane dies; Walt Jr. creates a donation website that Skyler exploits. · 47 min · May 24, 2009
ABQ
Two planes collide over Albuquerque — Jane's father's grief causes disaster. · 47 min · May 31, 2009
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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