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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
S03E01
S03E02
S03E03
S03E04
S03E05
S03E06
S03E07
S03E08
S03E09
S03E10
S03E11
S03E12
S03E13
No Más
The Whites refuse Walt's return; the Cousins hunt Hank. · 47 min · Mar 21, 2010
Caballo sin Nombre
Walt moves back home; the Cousins are redirected to target Walt. · 47 min · Mar 28, 2010
I.F.T.
Skyler sleeps with Ted; Walt installs a security gate. · 47 min · Apr 4, 2010
Green Light
Jesse crashes his car; Walt pushes Gus to hire him. · 47 min · Apr 11, 2010
Más
Gale shows Walt the superlab; Jesse moves in with Andrea. · 47 min · Apr 18, 2010
Sunset
The RV is destroyed; Hank assaults Jesse and is suspended. · 47 min · Apr 25, 2010
One Minute
Hank beats Jesse; Walt warns the Cousins to stay away from Hank. · 47 min · May 2, 2010
I See You
Hank is hospitalized; Walt Jr. creates a website for Hank's bills. · 47 min · May 9, 2010
Kafkaesque
Jesse starts a NA group to sell meth; Skyler joins Walt's money laundering. · 47 min · May 16, 2010
Fly
Walt obsessively hunts a fly in the superlab with Jesse. · 47 min · May 23, 2010
Abiquiu
Andrea's son Brock is poisoned; Skyler meets Saul. · 47 min · May 30, 2010
Half Measures
Jesse targets the dealers who used Tomas; Walt stops him at gunpoint. · 47 min · Jun 6, 2010
Full Measure
Season finale — Walt runs over two dealers and orders Jesse to kill Gale. · 48 min · Jun 13, 2010
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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