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Breaking Bad (2008)

TV-MA

  • Drama
  • Crime
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Overview

Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.

  1. Vince GilliganCreator

Seasons

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Specials

2009 | 9 Episodes

Specials of Breaking Bad premiered on February 17, 2009

poster season Season 1

Season 1

2008 | 7 Episodes

Season 1 of Breaking Bad premiered on January 20, 2008

High school chemistry teacher Walter White's life is suddenly transformed by a dire medical diagnosis. Street-savvy former student Jesse Pinkman "teaches" Walter a new trade.

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Season 2

2009 | 13 Episodes

Season 2 of Breaking Bad premiered on March 8, 2009

Walt must deal with the chain reaction of his choice, as he and Jesse face new and severe consequences. When danger and suspicion around Walt escalate, he is pushed to new levels of desperation. Just how much higher will the stakes rise? How far is Walt willing to go to ensure his family's security? Will his grand plan spiral out of control?

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Season 3

2010 | 13 Episodes

Season 3 of Breaking Bad premiered on March 21, 2010

Walt continues to battle dueling identities: a desperate husband and father trying to provide for his family, and a newly appointed key player in the Albuquerque drug trade. As the danger around him escalates, Walt is now entrenched in the complex worlds of an angst-ridden family on the verge of dissolution, and the ruthless and unrelenting drug cartel.

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Season 4

2011 | 13 Episodes

Season 4 of Breaking Bad premiered on July 17, 2011

Walt and Jesse must cope with the fallout of their previous actions, both personally and professionally. Tension mounts as Walt faces a true standoff with his employer, Gus, with neither side willing or able to back down. Walt must also adjust to a new relationship with Skyler, whom while still reconciling her relationship with Walt, is committed to properly laundering Walt’s money and ensuring her sister Marie and an ailing Hank are financially stable.

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Season 5

2012 | 16 Episodes

Season 5 of Breaking Bad premiered on July 15, 2012

Walt is faced with the prospect of moving on in a world without his enemy. As the pressure of a criminal life starts to build, Skyler struggles to keep Walt’s terrible secrets. Facing resistance from sometime adversary and former Fring lieutenant Mike, Walt tries to keep his world from falling apart even as his DEA Agent brother in law, Hank, finds numerous leads that could blaze a path straight to Walt. 

Casts

  • Profile Bryan Cranston with character Walter White

    Bryan Cranston

    Walter White

  • Profile Aaron Paul with character Jesse Pinkman

    Aaron Paul

    Jesse Pinkman

  • Profile Anna Gunn with character Skyler White

    Anna Gunn

    Skyler White

  • Profile RJ Mitte with character Walter White Jr.

    RJ Mitte

    Walter White Jr.

  • Profile Dean Norris with character Hank Schrader

    Dean Norris

    Hank Schrader

  • Profile Betsy Brandt with character Marie Schrader

    Betsy Brandt

    Marie Schrader

  • Profile Bob Odenkirk with character Saul Goodman

    Bob Odenkirk

    Saul Goodman

  • Profile Jonathan Banks with character Mike Ehrmantraut

    Jonathan Banks

    Mike Ehrmantraut