'' Breaking Bad'' is an American

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created by

Vince Gilligan George Vincent Gilligan Jr. (born February 10, 1967) is an American writer, producer, and director. He is known for his television work, specifically as creator, head writer, executive producer, and director of AMC's '' Breaking Bad'' (2008– ...

, which premiered in 2008 on the cable network

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. The story is about

Walter White Walter White most often refers to: * Walter White (''Breaking Bad''), character in the television series ''Breaking Bad'' * Walter Francis White (1893–1955), American leader of the NAACP Walter White may also refer to: Fictional characters ...

(

Bryan Cranston Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor and director who is best known for portraying Walter White in the AMC crime drama series ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013) and Hal in the Fox sitcom ''Malcolm in the Middle'' (2000–20 ...

), a 50-year-old

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chemistry teacher in Albuquerque, New Mexico. After White is diagnosed with terminal

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, he uses his chemistry expertise to cook

crystal meth Methamphetamine (contracted from ) is a potent central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is mainly used as a recreational drug and less commonly as a second-line treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and obesity. Methamphe ...

, assisted by his former student Jesse Pinkman (

Aaron Paul Aaron Paul (born Aaron Paul Sturtevant; August 27, 1979) is an American actor best known for portraying Jesse Pinkman in the AMC series ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013), for which he won several awards, including the Critics' Choice Television ...

), to secure his family's (played by

Anna Gunn Anna Gunn (born August 11, 1968) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Skyler White on the AMC drama series ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013), for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a ...

and

RJ Mitte Roy Frank "RJ" Mitte III (; born August 21, 1992) is an American actor, best known for playing Walter "Flynn" White Jr. on the AMC series '' Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013). Like his character on the show, he has cerebral palsy. After moving to ...

) inheritance before he dies. The pilot episode was first aired on January 20, 2008, and the series finale, was broadcast on September 29, 2013. ''Breaking Bad: Original Minisodes'', which consisted of several one- to five-minute clips, released 17 short episodes over the course of three years throughout ''Breaking Bad''s run. On October 11, 2019,

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released '' El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie'', a feature film continuation of ''Breaking Bad'', written and directed by Gilligan. An additional short film '' Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short'' was released on February 17, 2020.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2008)

Season 2 (2009)

Season 3 (2010)

Season 4 (2011)

Season 5 (2012–13)

Other media

''Breaking Bad: Original Minisodes'' (2009–2011)

''Breaking Bad: Original Minisodes'' is a

web series A web series (also known as a web show) is a series of scripted or non-scripted online videos, generally in episodic form, released on the Internet, which first emerged in the late 1990s and became more prominent in the early 2000s. A single in ...

based on the television series ''Breaking Bad''. A total of 17 "minisodes", which are more comedy-oriented than most full episodes, were released over the course of three years.

Season 1 (2009)

On February 17, 2009, five "mini-episodes" were made available online before the premiere of the show's second season. These five were eventually included with ''Breaking Bad: The Complete Second Season''.

Season 2 (2010)

Before ''Breaking Bad''s third season, ten more webisodes were released, each mostly focused on Saul Goodman.

Season 3 (2011)

Additional minisodes were produced before the premiere of ''Breaking Bad''s fourth season; two would eventually be released.

''Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short'' (2020)

In conjunction with the television premiere of '' El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie'' on AMC, the network released a three-minute short film ''Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short'' on its official YouTube account on February 17, 2020.

Ratings

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Breaking Bad Lists of American crime drama television series episodes