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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
S04E01
S04E02
S04E03
S04E04
S04E05
S04E06
S04E07
S04E08
S04E09
S04E10
S04E11
S04E12
S04E13
Box Cutter
Gus slits Victor's throat in the lab; Walt and Jesse are kept alive. · 47 min · Jul 17, 2011
Thirty-Eight Snub
Walt buys a gun; Skyler won't let Walt near the family. · 47 min · Jul 24, 2011
Open House
Marie steals again; Walt Jr. drives Walt's AZ-5 car. · 47 min · Jul 31, 2011
Bullet Points
Walt and Skyler rehearse a cover story for Hank. · 47 min · Aug 7, 2011
Shotgun
Jesse goes on a bender; Walt tracks the ricin cigarette. · 47 min · Aug 14, 2011
Cornered
Walt tells Skyler he is the danger; Jesse learns about Brock's poisoning. · 47 min · Aug 21, 2011
Problem Dog
Walt plants a bomb in Gus's car; Jesse confesses to Andrea. · 47 min · Aug 28, 2011
Hermanos
Flashback reveals Gus's history with the cartel and Max. · 47 min · Sep 4, 2011
Bug
Hank shows Walt the GPS tracker; Walt and Jesse's trust fractures. · 47 min · Sep 11, 2011
Salud
Jesse cooks for the cartel in Mexico; Gus poisons the Don. · 47 min · Sep 18, 2011
Crawl Space
Ted Beneke refuses to pay the IRS; Walt learns Hank knows about Gus. · 47 min · Sep 25, 2011
End Times
Walt builds a pipe bomb; Hector Salamanca detonates it at the nursing home. · 47 min · Oct 2, 2011
Face Off
Season finale — Walt defeats Gus; the Lily of the Valley poison is revealed. · 51 min · Oct 9, 2011
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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