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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
S05E01
S05E02
S05E03
S05E04
S05E05
S05E06
S05E07
S05E08
S05E09
S05E10
S05E11
S05E12
S05E13
S05E14
S05E15
S05E16
Live Free or Die
Walt and Jesse destroy evidence with a giant magnet; Mike returns. · 47 min · Jul 15, 2012
Madrigal
Lydia Rodarte-Quayle panics; Mike is pulled back into the business. · 47 min · Jul 22, 2012
Hazard Pay
Walt, Jesse, and Mike restart cooking in tented houses. · 47 min · Jul 29, 2012
Fifty-One
Walt's 51st birthday; Skyler walks into the pool fully clothed. · 47 min · Aug 5, 2012
Dead Freight
The team robs a methylamine train in the desert. · 47 min · Aug 12, 2012
Buyout
Mike wants out; Walt refuses to sell his share of methylamine. · 47 min · Aug 19, 2012
Say My Name
Walt kills Mike on the banks of the river; Declan's crew is massacred. · 47 min · Aug 26, 2012
Gliding Over All
Mid-season finale — Walt retires; Hank finds Walt Whitman's book in the bathroom. · 49 min · Sep 2, 2012
Blood Money
Hank confronts Walt in the garage; Walt rebuilds his empire. · 47 min · Aug 11, 2013
Buried
Walt buries his money in the desert; Marie confronts Skyler. · 47 min · Aug 18, 2013
Confessions
Walt's confession tape frames Hank; Jesse learns about Jane. · 47 min · Aug 25, 2013
Rabid Dog
Jesse is hidden at the Schrader home; Walt hires Jack's gang. · 47 min · Sep 1, 2013
To'hajiilee
The desert standoff goes wrong; Hank is captured by neo-Nazis. · 47 min · Sep 8, 2013
Ozymandias
Hank is executed; Walt loses his family and most of his money. · 47 min · Sep 15, 2013
Granite State
Ed the Disappearer relocates Walt to New Hampshire. · 47 min · Sep 22, 2013
Felina
Series finale — Walt returns to Albuquerque for a final reckoning. · 55 min · Sep 29, 2013
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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