Breaking Bad

Ther is only one show where you hate all the characters, but still you can't get enough of them... and that's Breaking Bad!!!

Script for the first episode of the final season of Breaking Bad just appeared on IMDB. If you hate SPOILERS disregard. If you can't wait until the summer: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903747/board/thread/196881928

I first learnt of this show about a year ago. It was always one of those things I was going to get around to watching. Back then everyone in the UK was raving about 'The Wire' but my friend told me, in his quiet understated way, "Breaking Bad is some of the best TV that I have ever seen, everything about it is in it's own way sublime !"
With such high praise I felt obliged to seek it out. After a while I forgot about it, but I was reminded of it again when a Facebook friend posted that he'd been watching it. This made me more determined to see this phenomenal programme for myself. I finally watched the pilot episode of season one last week. I have to admit if the rest of it lives up to the potential shown in the pilot I will totally agree with every one of the reviews which describe it as, "Perfect !"

Only one word to add whats already said about this show... BRILLIANT !!
Watch it if you're not already.

jajaja!!! I`m addict to this show, just perfect !! Walter white... you are the man.

@@@My first review/post on TV.com@@@ I just started watching this amazing AMC show about 3 weeks ago, and if I'm not busy with my life I could've finished all 3 seasons available on Netflix by now.. but so far this show is interesting. I'm still watching season 2 and I have 5 more episodes to go until I start season 3. I gave it a (Great 8.5) rating but I'm sure its gonna get a whole lot better. By the way, I don't like drama or action shows (even Sci-Fi shows like Lost) cause I'm more of a comedy wanna-watch-something-about-22-minute-long kinda guy and I loved Bryan Cranston in Malcom in the middle, but my brother told me to watch him on another show(another character) and now I'm kinda hooked.

This is probably one of the best shows to ever air. It has some of the best plot lines and gritty scenes ever done. I could go on forever about this show. Watch this show from the very beginning if you haven't seen it. Avoid spoilers at all costs. I'm curious to see how everything pans out in the end and confident I won't be disappointed.

wow this show, has just caught me by surprise, the way its gelled together, the writing the characters, its too awesome, have to say it is one of the best right now, watch alot of shows it definitely is my 2nd best only after game of thrones, but could easily surpass game of thrones as well. it has it all, suspense, drama, action, its thrilling and funny too.. well put i might add..

Walter White (Bryan Cranston) is a chemistry teacher,
one of those teachers who are driven and inspiring - if you are patient enough to listen to him. Students are not overly responsive,
and much may have to do with Walters guaranteed harmless appearance.

He is a very gray and brown figure, dressed in muted earth tones and short, a pretty boring and proper type.Just turned 50 years he gets a fateful statement: he is suffering from long screed andunoperable lung cancer. Walter's days are numbered.

With a pregnant wife (Anna Gunn) and a disabled teenager son(RJ Mitte), it is not the time to tell this story yet and Walters only worry is how he will ensure that the family's future is secured when he had gone to the happy hunting grounds. The solution however, comes to him: He'll engage criminal activity.´

His brother in law (Dean Norris) is a drug police and talks loudly about all the raids he does while in a more serious tone talking about the problem of methamphetamine. Walter must go on a raid and see how a former student flees the place. Walter seeks out Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) and offers to cook meth for him. Quickly, the chemistry teacher becomes producer of the area's purest methamphetamine.

Actually, the arrangement is deeply tragic. I can not offhand think of any other ongoing TV series in which the protagonist suffers from cancer and does everything for his family, without revealing the secret of course. It is original and strong and provides a serious basis for a series that is otherwise entertaining and at times hysterically funny.

Walter and Jesse are a strange radarpar that over time begin to respect each other for their knowledge. But the road is lined by quite a few obstacles and hilarious situations. Especially the first few sections of the sevenepisodes short season is extra fun with the absurd situations, the pair end up in.

A bit into the series, Walters cancer gets official and they start to treat it sensitively, both within families and within the series itself. Walter get dealt with, gets worse and narrower and finally shaves off his hair, to the wife Skylers terror and son Walter Jr. 's delight. "Bad ass, dad!" he comments.

And Walter is a "bad ass", not only for his cooking dope in a mobile home, but also to the knowledge of hisfragile life causes him to break out the brown template and not being afraid to challenge and mess with dangerous types. It is a very cool development that is managed superbly by Bryan Cranston. I can not remember having seen him before in something else, but now that I have, I will never forget him, for he is a true character actor.

He won an Emmy for "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series". Not at all undeserved. Even Aaron Paul as Jesse makes a great effort. When the character is introduced, he is a pretty simplisticdope-head but also his character grows up. He's a junkie, but there is also a functioning brain in him.

"Breaking Bad" settled perfectly within my collection and has immediately become a bit of a favorite show with its high-class acting and script and an original topic as a starting point. Time of writing, the fourth season is underway, and I cannot wait for more.

Superb acting. Brilliant writing. Fantastically filmed. Thought-provoking. Scored excellently. You just can't touch this show.

The first episode takes off so quickly you just don't know what to expect. From there the first season is highly entertaining and draws you into the action.

The second season for me is the highlight of the first three... where you literally will find yourself watchign episode after episode -- heartbreaking character arcs as each is developed more than you could ever expect in a TV drama.

Third season flips everything on you. As your least liked characters become your new favourites and old threads are woven back in to make your jaw hit the floor again.

Can't wait to watch Season 4 before season 5 starts.

Break. bad.

In a lot of ways, I see a lot of similarities between Breaking Bad and The Wire, the latter being a show that didn't hammer its audience over the head constantly with flashy moments, but instead expected the audience to be patient and see what all the plot threads and groundwork were building up to. And damn if The Wire wasn't perfection.

Where Breaking Bad differs is that it's much more macroscopic in scope and focuses on a narrower set of characters and the world as perceived by them. The advantage to this kind of storytelling (if done right), is the stakes and emotional ties we have with the story and characters can be much higher. If the season premiere told us anything, it was that we were in for a lengthy chess match that would keep us on the edge of our seats until the final move was made. This couldn't be truer for the finale

Face Off." Walt, having no more options after his attempt to blow up Gus in the parking lot failed, asks Jesse if there are any other places that he goes that are not heavily watched by his surveillance. But before he is even able to think about it, Jesse is escorted to the police station, where they ask him why he would tell Andrea that her son was poisoned by "Ricin." It's a very rare poison, so it makes sense that they are suspicious.

Of course Jesse just gives them the run around. His response about seeing it on House was hilarious if not spot-on (on House, it's always the rarest thing). After Saul finally comes in and whisks the detectives out of the room, it's revealed that he's actually there on behalf of Walt and asks Jesse if he's thought up an answer. Saul then meets with Walt and tells him that Jesse told him Gus goes to a care center for old people to visit Hector Salamanca. Jesse and Walt know Hector from season two, when Tuco had tried smuggling them over to the cartel. The key information here though, is that Gus and Hector are enemies, as Jesse witnessed Gus torturing the guy.

Perfect blend of a season ender

Everything about Breaking Bad is perfect. The writing, the acting, the directing, the editing, the cinematography - everything.

I don't want to give anything away about this show plot wise but what I will say is this. You will not be dissapointed if you watch this show - I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Bring on season 5! :)

Well, I have been hearing good things about this show from my friends at school. I just wanted to thank futuramarama for recommend this show. I have been seriously hooked watching this show. The writing is brilliant, the storylines are well executed, and there always happens to be twists in episodes that will make you think what will happen next. I have been watching "Breaking Bad" on Netflix and I have been catching on the all of the episodes. I'm not gonna review the episodes of this show but I pretty much give most of the episodes a 10. The show is about Walter White (Bryan Cranston) who is a high school chemistry teacher that happens to struggle and he gets diagnosed with lung cancer. The weird thing is that he has never smoked or anything like that in his life. Walter than turns to a life of crime and happens to produce and sell methamphetamine with a former student named Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) so Walter can have the accomplishment of securing his family's financial future before he dies in 2 years. Overall, this show is just terrific, it is so good that it makes me speechless... you just have to watch the show and check it out for yourself. futuramarama, if you're reading this review, I wanted to thank you for recommend this show. 10/10

This show is one the most underrated shows in the history of tv , Hands down breaking bad is the best drama on tv now Breaking bad is a cinema quality show , well acted .. well directed .. well written , what do you want more ?? i am really impressed with this show and how they choose the acting cast , All cast are brilliant .. best of them of course are Bryan Cranston then Aaron Paul Also Vince Gilligan is a genius man Season 2 from this show was Simply INCREDIBLE , the best season i have ever seen .. Season 1 : 9.5/10 Season 2 : 10/10 Season 3 : 9.8/10 Finally i am looking for season 4 and i think it is gonna be great

This show is great but it is safe to say that this show isnt for everyone because it has drugs in it and a lot of cussing and some violent scenes. Besides all of that if you are age appropriate than you will enjoy this show because it is funny and has some intense scenes and it can be exiting at times and it is plenty action packed. I also love the storyline to this show it makes a lot of cence and the acting is great and flauless. Well that's my review for this show and don't forget to look at my brothers reviews he loves this show it is like his favorite show and he works really hard on his reviews and they are really good so look at them tigerdude22 take a look it will be worth it he is really good t this.

There aren't too many TV shows out there that are willing to cross the line. Many try to keep it nice and clean in order to keep there sponsors and not have the fat moms of America knocking down there front door. But once in a blue moon I show comes around that has no intention of being nice and clean but instead of being real and giddy. Breaking Bad is breaking ratings for AMC the Show is sharp, smart and clever. It deals with Real life and a depressed middle-age man who is going die within three years leaving his son and unbirth child alone with his wife with almost no money so he goes and does what he needs to. I think Many people can relate to Walter White to some degree. His a flawed man but you can still admire him cause his intentions are always in the right place. Bryan Cranston is a phenomenal Actor, his the reason why I tuned into this show in the first place because of his work on Malcom In the Middle. For some reason producers find it necessary to put Bryan in sitiutions were his running around in his underwear...go figure. Breaking Bad deserves a two thumbs up.

Well well,i can't say i wasn't surprised to find out that this show isn't actually that bad!I started watching it last night and for the first 5-10 minutes i couldn't stop wondering when malcom and his crazy mother would show up..! But after all bryan cranston is pretty believable..even if in some scenes he looks like a total brutal and crazy man...i mean..ok this guy just found out he is going to die for lung cancer but the way he kills those guys in the pilot is pretty evil...i can't imagine my chemistry teacher (that by the way is incredibly hot,what a woman..^^)doing something like that...but after all the 58 minutes series is pc cool to watch...so we'll just have to wait and see how it all turn out!

I actually think this show is a bit boring at times. The acting is good, but the first time I watched it, I was expecting a bit more and also wanted to see more action. Hearing good reviews from other viewers, I chose to try it. I was kind of unimpressed as it wasn't quite as interesting as I thought. I must say the acting is good. The characters are also decent, but the storylines are often slow to come to surface. Overall, this is an okay show, but not one I will watch on a regular basis. It's just okay. Thank you.

Breaking Bad started with a bit of a whimper. AMC chose to premiere the debut season right before a big writers' strike (that they couldn't have known about). The first season was cut short by a couple of episodes.



Yet, it seemed that the show's writers knew exactly how to deal with this tragedy. They moved a few things around, and blended the first season finale very well with the second season premiere.



Season Two continued to introduce new characters and new opportunities for the duo; whilst expanding upon these relationships, leading to a catastrophic finale.



Season Three furthered these relationships, and delved deeper into side characters, whilst furthering the core plotline.



Overall, I make the assertion that this is the best written, and possibly the best acted television show currently in production. AMC has a hit here, and it will be interesting to see what the writers have in mind for an endgame.

I just started watching this show, and I already know I am going to love it. I'm on the first season, but I'm almost done with it, and immediately going to start seasons 2 and 3. This show is really addicting. The stories are well written, the acting is superb. Bryan Cranston really acts well in this, it's almost hard to believe this is the same guy who played Hal on Malcolm in the Middle. I truly recommend this show to anyone who wants to get into a new show. It's a great show, with a great plot (a high school chemistry teacher finds out he has lung cancer, and to make money for his wife and son he cooks and sells crystal meth), great acting, the whole show is just great. I can't wait to continue on with season one, and start seasons two and three. Great show. 'Nuff said.

This show has already had heaps of praise awarded to it, so I'm going to tell you why I like. I love the sweeping vistas of Albuquerque and the deserts of NM as a whole. I love the way Dean Norris and Betsy Brandt portray Hank and Marie to the point I'm wondering why they haven't won any awards except my own favorite supporting characters award. I love the fact it shows all sides of the crime world: the Flashy, the Gritty, the Business, and the Heartbreaking. I honestly think this could be the ulitmate Drama. The one caveat I do have with the show is the sometimes sudden character transformations Walt and Skyler go through, although people in real life are prone to wild modd shifts. Plus they play the characters so well only when you read it on paper does it sound implausible. Check it out if you have the time. Hell, buy the DVD's if you don't, they're like 20 dollars a set.

hen I first heard about "Breaking Bad" from the trailers, I was not taken in. I thought, how good could it be starring "Malcolm's Dad" from that sitcom. When I tuned in - midway through season 1, I was hooked. So what makes the show so good? As it turns out, it's Bryan Cranston (you know "Malcolm's dad). He goes through a series of emotions in each scene he's in - from fear, to false bravado, to being unintentionally hilarious. The scene where he's ditched his clothes and stands out in the desert in his "tighty whiteys" - is priceless.Then there are the rest of the ensemble cast. I've done an extensive review of Aaron Paul - so here I'll just say everyone, from Skylar, to Hank, and Tuco, et al., complement the character of Walter White, beautifully. The show is indeed, superb.

One of the most basic of human rights - the right to pursue happiness was replaced long ago by Dick Nixon's "War on drugs"! This ill-advised battle was not started out of concern for our lives, but of the fear that we might retain a miniscule of control over our own lives. What was over-looked was - and is - the fear that somehow enlightenment and happiness, not to mention self-worth, might somehow be bad for CAPITALISM! In the sixties drugs were to turn on & tune in. The war on drugs has escalated it to a complete denial of SELF! Add to that the denial of the right to attempt to maintain or regain good health and well-being and you realise that the war on drugs has accomplished three things. It has denied us choices based on other peoples fears - it has taken away our right to self-medicate for reasons of our own choice - and the black market on drugs has furnished out enemies with the money they so desparately need to make our lives miserable! If drugs were legalized only the less deadly ones would survive and our enemies would be broke!

Breaking Bad takes the gritty modern take on life to the next level in one of the best shows I've ever seen. Walt has been stepped on all through his life and when he finds out he has cancer most likely due to one of the labs he worked at, he's furious, so he decides to try and do something about it. This story just gets you hooked in, It's great to think that someone as straight edged as Walt could end up getting into a business like this. It takes my interest in chemistry far past a hobby as well, showing how Walt finds ways to use it in his everyday life, whether its making a deadly poison or even some knockout gas. This show has it all though, it makes you laugh while it has you on the edge of your seat and begging for more. Two thumbs up for this one. Oh and also Bryan Cranston is one of the best actors ever, I never thought I would say that for anyone starring in Malcom in the Middle, but hey, give anyone a chance right?

Breaking Bad is an absolute marvel of a TV show. The main characters are almost perfectly cast, lead by the incredible Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul. Only thing i don't like about the cast is that Bryan and Aaron's characters argue way too much.The show's first season was creative and the story-telling drew me right in. Like many of the actors who portray meth addicts actually in the show, I was hooked. I thought the show was really something. Only thing is that I thought that the show could've been more realistic.



And as I finished the third season,it has been nothing short of amazing.The writing has even gotten better, and our 2 lead characters, Walt and Jesse, are absolutely phenomenal. One of the most perfect TV shows on the air right now. Highest recommendation.

One of the most brilliantly most put together shows of all time. It's no wonder the two leading actors, Bryan Cranston & Aaron Paul got so much Emmy wins because of it. This show has perfect writing, acting, intriguing story lines, and just amazing drama. I commend the writers of this show and I commend AMC. I don't see this as a long running show, but after three seasons, it continues to go strong. Their second season was one of the best TV seasons I have ever seen in my entire life. Sure it can be slow paced at times, but you have to be patient, it definitely is a slow burning show. Think The Wire's slow burning style writing and 24's high octane action together. This show is centered around Walt, a person with lung cancer who "breaks bad" by making crystal meth with one of his former students, Jesse Pinkman. With a family falling apart, and your brother in law being in the DEA, you've got yourself a great show.



Go out and buy this show, watch it on Hulu, something. It is as good as everyone says it is, go watch it, it really is the best drama on television right now.

An overqualified - nobel prize winning Chemistry teacher (Walter White) who has a pregnant wife and disabled son becomes diagnosed with cancer. When he gets diagnosed he grows depressed and weary upon how he can pay for his new child's future and for his family. Walt sees an ex high school student (Jesse Pinkman) of his who he failed in high school. He sees that Jesse has become a drug dealer and has a proposition for Jesse. Walt eventually asks if he can start cooking crystal meth with him, you soon find out that the meth he makes is fantastic and both of them are making some serious cash. The show has just gotten better each season, at first it was introducing the characters but then it gets deeper and messier for both Walt and Jesse (in the drug business). I would say that this is easily the best show on amc and possibly the best on the air at the moment, i cannot believe that this hasn't won best drama and Mad Men, which is good but not great gets so much praise when it doesn't even come close to this is quality of script. Breaking bad is a show i would recommend to everyone, it's originality, acting and writing all makes it what real television and real drama should be.



Overall:

Season 1 - 9.2/10

Season 2 - 9.5/10

Season 3 - 9.7/10

Plot is very interesting. Classic everyman - Walter White (Bryan Cranston) chemist teacher. In the opposite - Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) drug dealer. These two different completely persons has one simple plan - big money. Making of drug it not such easy business.

Breaking Bad is actually a lot funnier than you'd expect - the kind of humor that rises up in a series like "Dexter" on Showtime, borne out of jangled nerves and the dark recesses of the human condition that inexplicably let in the light of humor when you prod them. Yes, Walt is dying. Walter having a midlife crisis of epic proportions. His home life would test the faith and resilience of any man. And, yes, he's cooking up meth. But you know what? He's likable. Even lovable. And more than anything, relatable.

The show follows Walter White as his life is turned upside down when he finds out he is going to die from cancer. Due to the circumstances Walter finds himself useing his chemistry skills to cook meth(with a former student) rather then teaching it to students like he had been for years. Ultimatly Walter finds himself killing drug dealers and fighting for his life at every corner. The show has a very Dexter like feel to it, which in this day of lame crap like dancing and singing on prime time it is nice to see some good darker/mature shows being made by the smaller network channels.

This show, along with Dexter, continues to amaze me with the depth of writing. The show keeps me on edge of my seat every episode. Lost has continued to decline in the writing but the writing for this, hands down, is so original. It is like watching a novel jump from the pages and onto the screen. The character of Walt has so much depth that it could be written as 2 characters. The kid makes me want to choke him almost every episode. To evoke these emotions over a TV show, is beyond me. I do not know how the writers could keep the pace of the excellent work they have created.