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( fr ) Breaking Bad is an American television drama series created by Vince Gilligan. It chronicles the life of a terminal high school chemistry teacher who's suffering from the world's worst case of mid-life crisis and becomes a criminal. The AMC network, on which the series premiered January 20, 2008, originally ordered nine episodes for the first season (including the pilot), but the Writers Guild of America strike limited the production to seven episodes. Breaking Bad has been renewed for a second season consisting of 13 episodes. Principal filming for the second season of Breaking Bad began on July 15, with a tentative air date in 2009.

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Breaking Bad’s Season Finale “ABQ” Gives Ridiculous New Meaning to the Words “Left Behind.” Body Bags, Secret Codes, and the Teddy Bear Discussed.
For Hunter's reviews/wrap-ups of the previous two episodes of Breaking Bad leading up to last Sunday's divisive finale, click here for ep 11 (Mandala) and here for ep 12 (Phoenix). Now that most everyone has caught up with the season finale of Breaking Bad, entitled ABQ, on their TiVo and what not, let's take a look at what went...down. Actually, for the sake of disclosure, the mini-delay of this write-up is also due to the episode being a surprising disappointment in my eyes. For a series that is deftly founded on madcap realism, the natural awes of science, and the odds of consequence, I found ABQ to stretch way beyond the show's established believability (and viewers' trust therein).Spoiler Alert from this point forward: While the ending to ABQ finally revealed the cause of the body bag [Read more]
some time ago on Slash Film  (Breaking Bad) 
Breaking Bad Finale: Walt’s in the Doghouse, Jesse’s in a Meth Den
Welcome to the Breaking Bad season-two finale! Quickly, let’s recap what happened last week, when we were off for Memorial Day (and meth overdoses were far from our minds). We learned that Walt actually did complete the $1.2 million drug deal with Gustavo, while also missing the birth of his daughter — whoops. Instead of immediately splitting the profits with Jesse, Walt decided to hold the money until Jesse got clean. Jane wasn’t into that plan, so she called Walt at his house and threatened to out him if he didn’t give them Jesse’s money, which Walt did, reluctantly. Meanwhile, Walt Jr. started a website soliciting donations to help pay for Walt’s surgery — Saul decided this was the perfect front for Walt’s drug money, so he helped create a [Read more]
some time ago on Vulture NYMag  (Breaking Bad) 
Weeds Season 5 Trailer
Note: This post contains spoilers from the prior season. With the season finale of AMC’s crystal-meth drama, Breaking Bad, airing this Sunday, the season premiere of Showtime’s Weeds arrives right in time to [insert a tired pun for TV addiction]. Scheduled for June 8th, season five finds Mary Louise Parker’s drug-dealing California mom/widow, Nancy Botwin, pregnant with the child of Esteban (Che’s Demián Bichir). In keeping with Nancy’s breezy who-needs-a-plan-or-a-401K style, the baby was a surprise. That would be fine if Esteban, a mayor in Mexico, wasn’t a control-freak lording over an elaborate black market of cocaine, firearms and human traffic. Oh yeah, and Nancy and Esteban both know that [...] [Read more]
some time ago on Slash Film  (Breaking Bad) 
Breaking Bad: Episode “Phoenix,” Flynn’s Ugly Website, and Season 2 Finale Predictions
Our recap and mini-essay for last week’s Breaking Bad proved surprisingly popular. We’re glad to see so many /Film readers tuning in to this superb AMC series; it’s a show that frantically cooks up smart debate…as well as predictions for several main characters that are exceedingly bleak and exciting. Today, we discuss “Phoenix,” the 12th episode [...] [Read more]
some time ago on Slash Film  (Breaking Bad) 
TV Buzz: AMC’s Breaking Bad Finally Crosses the Dark Side
Geez. Breaking Bad is breaking our innocent heart like the fourth grade. How about yours? With last Sunday’s episode, “Mandala,” the show tapped a pungent high too strong for /Film to ignore. Indeed, the latest ep in the best crystal meth drama outside of Wasilla, Alaska seemed to Ziploc the destinies of several main characters. Spoilers and tear drops ahead. If you’re a fan, please chime in below. If you’re not, what are you? A fan of Two and a Half Men? Do you know how much money that fat kid makes?!! Or, even worse, are you a fan of NBC’s Mark (competing time slot)?Before we really dive in though, let us raise the following observation: Perhaps what was most frightening about Sunday night’s ep is that this incredible AMC series is only in its second season. At le [Read more]
some time ago on Slash Film  (Breaking Bad) 
Breaking Bad: Back to the Lab Again
In the universe of Breaking Bad, there's really only one certainty: People aren't necessarily who you think they are. In last night's disturbing opening scene, Combo, one of Walt and Jesse's drug dealer lackeys, is confronted by two thugs in a car. A young boy on a bike approaches, and Combo warns him to leave the scene. Right when we think that the boy's going to get caught in drug-war crossfire, he instead takes out a gun and shoots Combo dead, upending our expectations entirely. It's a recurring theme throughout the episode.Walt and His FamilyWalt's doctor tells him of a risky surgery option; for about $200,000, Walt can have the shrunken tumor removed. Skylar balks at the cost and danger, but Walt says yes immediately, displaying his newfound ballsiness. Skylar, meanwhile, finds that h [Read more]
some time ago on Vulture NYMag  (Breaking Bad) 
Hung, Pilot: Reviewing the debut
The second is that patience is going to be required here. Again, look at Breaking Bad as the model, and not just because both deal with high school teachers resorting to a life of crime to pay the bills. Hung is going to take its time getting Ray's career as a male prostitute(*) -- and Tanya's parallel career as a pimp -- off the ground. As Breaking Bad has shown (and as The Wire has, though I'm not yet prepared to set the bar remotely that high), series that show a little patience in de [Read more]
7 days ago on The Star-Ledger - NJ.com  (Breaking Bad) 
Verdict: 'Hung' doesn't deliver
Hung has a good deal in common with AMC's Breaking Bad, not to mention a host of other shows that dwell on the plight of middle-age men at sea in a changing society. And maybe you have to be a guy to fully appreciate either show. I often find Breaking Bad tedious and predictable, despite its terrific lead actor, Bryan Cranston, and I also found myself growing impatient with Ray.Here's a guy who is so tethered to his past that he refuses a reasonable offer on his decrepit house, despite hi [Read more]
8 days ago on Chicago Tribune  (Breaking Bad) 
Review: 'Hung' on HBO
Clearly the Obama administration needs to address the issue of teacher salaries and fast. On AMC's Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston is playing a science teacher making meth, and now we have Thomas Jane as Ray Drecker, a high school basketball coach turned male prostitute in HBO's Hung.Both are men of middle age who find themselves undone by fate -- Cranston's Walter White has cancer, Ray's wife has left him and he's lost his home to fire -- and a lack of ambition. Both are angry at a world that [Read more]
9 days ago on Los Angeles Times  (Breaking Bad) 
Lynda Hirsch on Soaps
Q: I just saw an ad for the TV show Breaking Bad. Did the star from that show ever appear on a soap? — Rowina, Gaithersburg, Md.A: He sure did. Bryan Cranston, who won a Best Actor Emmy last year for his role in Breaking Bad, spent a year on Loving. Douglas Marland, who created that soap with Agnes Nixon, saw the character of Douglas Donovan as a mirror of himself. At the time the soap debuted, Marland said he needed a good guy. Every soap needs a good guy. I think I am a pretty goo [Read more]
11 days ago on Creators Syndicate  (Breaking Bad) 
Talk Forum - What You're Saying
Talk Forum - What You're SayingAMCtv.com awards its Talk forum commenters quoted in our weekly What You're Saying post with prizes like a Breaking Bad baseball hat or a Breaking Bad t-shirt (limit one per person).How badly has Walt broken? Will Jesse follow Walt's lead or reform himself? And don't forget Hank -- will he join Walt and Jesse's operation? These were some of the questions on viewers' minds this week.? I would say that Walt is already so deep into the dark side that he's going to [Read more]
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Breaking Bad Season 2 Interviews - The Crew
Breaking Bad Season 2 Interviews - The CrewSeason 2 is over, but that doesn't mean there you can't still immerse yourself in Breaking Bad. Go behind-the-scenes to hear from the men and women working on the other side of the camera to make Walter White's world an on-screen reality with AMCtv.com's exclusive crew interviews.? I think certain characters deserve and demand redemption. I love a happy ending as much as anybody... I'd like to take a page from Grimm's Fairy Tales and perhaps have that [Read more]
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'Breaking Bad' is fantastic and fantastical
STORY Share 'Breaking Bad' is fantastic and fantastical[1 Comment(s)]By Emley KerryAMC's newest hit show, Breaking Bad, is a breathtaking tour de force of cinematography, loaded with interesting shots, angles and lighting. The acting and the plot, however, sometimes fall sort - or perhaps go too far. When high school chemistry teacher Walter White realizes that he has terminal lung cancer, he gets the idea that cooking methamphetamine is the only way he will be able to afford treatment a [Read more]
25 days ago on Tiger Weekly  (Breaking Bad) 
'Breaking' a good habit
But I am sitting here proudly wearing my Breaking Bad wristwatch which came from the show's lead actor -- the talented Bryan Cranston -- with this [Read more]
25 days ago on Variety  (Breaking Bad) 
Breaking Bad: Season 2 Review
June 9, 2009 - My goodness. Look how far we've come. We started watching this show with a pretty simple, though hard to believe, premise. A teacher needed extra money to leave behind for his family in the event of his death. He cooked meth with his former student and by the end, he had earned the respect and business of Albuquerque's craziest drug dealer, Tuco, by blowing out the side of his office. Of course it sounds silly written out like that, but the source of Breaking Bad's power isn't it [Read more]
26 days ago on IGN  (Breaking Bad) 
The Emmys Report: The Drama Series Race
Breaking Bad: An under-appreciated gem, last year Bryan Cranston surprised a lot of people by winning for Lead Actor, and the second season was even better [Read more]
27 days ago on BuddyTV  (Breaking Bad) 
On-Demand is in Demand
By PHIL VILLARREAL Watch shows whenever, wherever So you went to a barbecue on Sunday and missed Breaking Bad? * No worries. You can pull it up on your cable box for free Monday morning. * Can't wait for Steven Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience to hit local theaters? For the price of a movie ticket you can watch it at home right now via online rental. * Still looking for Season One of Buffy the Vampire Slayer at Target? Just log on to Hulu.com and watch every episode for free. Ther [Read more]
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Breaking Bad Season 2 Interviews - The Cast
Breaking Bad Season 2 Interviews - The CastDo you find yourself entering Breaking Bad withdrawal already? Relive Season 2 with some of AMCtv.com's exclusive cast interviews. It's all you'll need to hold out until Season 3.? As long as Walt's looking in the mirror and seeing someone he doesn't recognize, he can justify what he's doing: 'That's not me; that's Heinsenberg.' -- Bryan Cranston (Walter White)? Even as an actor reading these scripts, I found myself laughing at things I knew I should [Read more]
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Breaking Bad Nets Two TCA Nominations
Breaking Bad Nets Two Television Critics Association NominationsThe Television Critics Association announced today the nominees for the 2009 TCA Awards, and Breaking Bad has been honored with nominations in the Outstanding Achievement in Drama category as well as the Individual Achievement in Drama category.Breaking Bad's Emmy-winning star Bryan Cranston will compete against Damages' Glenn Close, House's Hugh Laurie, The Shield's Walton Groggins and AMC's own Jon Hamm (Mad Men) for the Individua [Read more]
some time ago on AMCtv.com  (Breaking Bad) 
Talk Forum - What You're Saying
Talk Forum - What You're SayingThroughout Breaking Bad Season 2, AMCtv.com will award Talk forum commenters quoted in our weekly What You're Saying post with prizes like a Breaking Bad poster or a Breaking Bad t-shirt (limit one per person).Breaking Bad's explosive Season Finale left the Talk forum divided -- some were happily surprised with the teddy bear's origin, others felt cheated. Fans also chattered about Jesse's situation in rehab and debated Skyler's decision to walk out on Walt.? I [Read more]
some time ago on AMCtv.com  (Breaking Bad) 
Brand New Breaking Bad Season 3 Sneak Peek Video!
As AMC aired the season 2 finale of Breaking Bad the past Sunday, fans are already drooling for season 3. Get your first look at what's to come in season 3 with the first sneak peek video. Click below to take a look at what's in store for this hit series starring Emmy-winning actor Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt and RJ Mitte. [Read more]
some time ago on MovieWeb  (Breaking Bad) 
Creator Vince Gilligan Answers Fan Questions
Creator Vince Gilligan Answers Fan QuestionsIn his chat with the fans, the Breaking Bad creator describes the creative process behind the show's craziest moments, explains the second season's shocking endgame and talks about the devil's luck behind Walt's successes.kcbarker 4: Is there a set number of seasons that you envision for the show?A: I don't really know how long Breaking Bad will last. These characters that my writers and I spend so much time with tend to come alive for us. And as much [Read more]
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