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Breaking Bad

Posted by Robert on December 6, 2025 at 5:49am
 
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Breaking Bad is a critically acclaimed American neo-Western crime drama series widely regarded as one of the greatest television shows of all time. It ran for five seasons on AMC from 2008 to 2013 and has since developed into a full media franchise. 
  
Premise
 
The series follows Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a dispirited, over-qualified high-school chemistry teacher in Albuquerque, New Mexico. After being diagnosed with inoperable stage-three lung cancer and given a short time to live, White decides to enter a dangerous life of crime to secure his family's financial future. 
 
He partners with his former student, a small-time drug dealer named Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), to manufacture and distribute an extremely pure, signature blue methamphetamine. As White delves deeper into the criminal underworld, adopting the alias "Heisenberg," he transforms from a mild-mannered family man into a ruthless drug kingpin, putting his family and himself in constant danger, particularly from his brother-in-law, a DEA agent named Hank Schrader (Dean Norris). 
  
Key Characters
 
The main cast of the show includes:
 
  • Walter White (Bryan Cranston): The protagonist who transforms from a teacher to a drug lord.
  • Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul): Walter's former student and cooking partner.
  • Skyler White (Anna Gunn): Walter's wife, who becomes increasingly suspicious of his double life.
  • Hank Schrader (Dean Norris): Walter's brother-in-law and a DEA agent.
  • Marie Schrader (Betsy Brandt): Skyler's sister and Hank's wife.
  • Walter White Jr. (RJ Mitte): Walter's son, who has cerebral palsy.
  • Gustavo "Gus" Fring (Giancarlo Esposito): A high-level drug distributor and fast-food chain owner who becomes Walter's primary adversary (seasons 2–4).
  • Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk): A crooked lawyer who represents Walt and Jesse.
  • Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks): A private investigator and "cleaner" who works for Gus and Saul. 

 

 
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